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8:45 AM ET, February 21, 2018

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Jeff Tavss / Associated Press:
Florida House votes down motion to take up weapons ban with Douglas students present  —  Final vote was 36-71 on first day of lobbying for students  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - On their first full day lobbying Florida lawmakers in Tallahassee to change the state's gun laws …
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Alex Leary / Tampa Bay Times:
Parkland students come under attack for their outspokenness  —  Critics begin to question their motives.  —  The grieving students in Parkland have been praised for their articulate, emotional and forceful response to the tragedy.  —  Now they are coming under attack from the far-right …
Jerry Iannelli / Miami New Times:
Here Are the Eight Miami GOP Dirtbags Who Just Voted Down Assault Weapon Ban … Perhaps no piece of news illustrates how depraved and broken the Florida political system is than what just went down in Tallahassee.  Just six days after Nikolas Cruz used an AR-15 assault rifle to murder 14 teenagers …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Watch Van Jones annihilate Jack Kingston for doubling down on his attacks on the Parkland survivors  —  Former Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) went on CNN's “AC 360” Tuesday to double-down on the allegation he made earlier in the day that survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School school shooting massacre were left-wing pawns.
Charles Rabin / miamiherald:
Parkland students face new attack, this time from the political right on social media  —  Even as they rode buses to Tallahassee on Tuesday as the newest and most powerful political voices for gun control in America, an outspoken group of students who survived the Marjory Stoneman Douglas …
Discussion: ABC News
Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail:
Donald Trump Jr. ‘likes’ tweet attacking Florida school shooting survivor, 17, which suggests …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Right-Wing Media Uses Parkland Shooting as Conspiracy Fodder
The Daily Beast:   NRA Usually Shuts Up After Mass Shootings. Not This Time.
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Oprah Winfrey Answers Call & Joins Clooneys, Katzenbergs, Spielberg And Capshaw In Donating $500,000 …
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:   A spreading movement?  How Florida school shooting survivors are inspiring other students to demand gun control
New York Times:
As Florida Students Head to State Capital, Lawmakers Fail to Take Up Assault Rifle Bill
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Times:
Kushner Resists Losing Access as Kelly Tackles Security Clearance Issues  —  Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, is resisting giving up his access to highly classified information, prompting an internal struggle with John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff …
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Arthur Allen / Politico:   Shulkin says he has White House backing to purge VA
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Democrat Linda Belcher Takes Deep-Red Kentucky Seat, the 37th Flip Since Trump's Inauguration … Democrat Linda Belcher triumphed in a special election on Tuesday night in a deep-red Kentucky district where President Trump previously won by a whopping 50-point margin.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Last night, Democrats flipped a Kentucky state legislature seat in a district Trump won by 49 points  —  Democrat Linda Belcher regains her old seat.  —  Early Tuesday evening, Democrat Linda Belcher was pronounced the winner of the special election in Kentucky's House District 49 …
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Democrat wins state House race in Kentucky after a Republican's scandal and suicide
Courier-Journal:
Dan Johnson's widow claims voter fraud after losing seat to Linda Belcher in District 49 race
Discussion: The Week
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
CPAC Says Dinesh D'Souza Not Going to Speak This Year, Condemns ‘Indefensible’ Remarks  —  After Dinesh D'Souza's disgusting tweets going after teenage survivors of a school shooting, people genuinely wondered if D'Souza was lined up to speak at CPAC this week.  The organization says he is and was not.
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and RedState
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Jim Jamitis / RedState:   WHOA: CPAC Totally Disowns Former Featured Speaker Dinesh D'Souza
CNN:
Senior HHS official placed on leave for promoting unfounded claims and conspiracy theories on social media  —  (CNN)A top official at the Department of Health and Human Services has been placed on administrative leave after a CNN KFile inquiry while the agency investigates social media postings …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Axios
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump privately talks up new age limit on guns  —  President Trump has told associates that he doesn't think high school kids should be able to buy guns, and is open to the idea of imposing a minimum purchase age of 21 for guns like those used in the Florida high school massacre, a source close to the president said.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Presidential Memorandum on the Application of the Definition of Machinegun to “Bump Fire” …
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Pence was set to meet with North Korean officials during the Olympics before last minute cancellation … PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Vice President Pence departed for a five-day, two country swing through Asia earlier this month having agreed to a secret meeting with North Korean officials …
KPNX:
Arizona candidate got topless selfie from legislative staffer, messages reveal  —  A legislative staffer sent Steve Montenegro a topless photo via text message, according to a series of messages between Montenegro and the staffer that were reviewed by 12 News.  —  Author: Brahm Resnik
CNNMoney:
The unwitting: The Trump supporters used by Russia  —  Rosenstein: Russians paid, recruited Americans  —  A Donald Trump supporter who unwittingly helped a Kremlin-linked operation to meddle in American politics says he only learned of his part in the Russian plot when the FBI showed up at his doorstep months later.
Discussion: Business Insider
Sports Illustrated:
Exclusive: Inside the Corrosive Workplace Culture of the Dallas Mavericks  — More than a dozen current and ex-employees characterize the Mavs' hostile work environment—ranging from sexual harassment to domestic violence—as an “open secret.”  Sports Illustrated details the allegations in a special investigation.
Josh Kovensky / KyivPost:
UPDATED: Attorney who whitewashed Tymoshenko prosecution charged with perjury  —  Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko looks out from behind bars in November 2011.  In 2012, a team from US law firm Skadden came to Ukraine for a report that legitimized Tymoshenko's prosecution.  (UNIAN)
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David Von Drehle / Washington Post:
For an innocent man, Trump sure does act guilty  —  It's not true that everyone in prison claims to be innocent.  Most inmates I've known have been approximately as honest as people on the outside.  Take that as you will.  —  What is true, in my experience, is that a guilty person …
Chris McDaniel / BuzzFeed:
Missouri Fought For Years To Hide Where It Got Its Execution Drugs.  Now We Know What They Were Hiding.  —  The state of Missouri did everything it could to keep secret where it got the drugs it used to put 17 inmates to death.  Now, BuzzFeed News has discovered the supplier …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Eric Cortellessa / The Times of IsraelEric Cortellessa:
Haley to Abbas: US wants a peace deal but will not ‘chase after you’  —  Hitting back at top Palestinian negotiator, Washington's envoy to United Nations tells Saeb Erekat ‘I will not shut up’  —  WASHINGTON — US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Tuesday said Washington would not …
Kate Aurthur / BuzzFeed:
Natalie Portman Doesn't Want To Live In Oblivion  —  In an interview with BuzzFeed News, Portman discusses Annihilation, Hollywood's Time's Up revolution, learning from Reese Witherspoon, and her regret over signing the Roman Polanski petition.  —  Over the course of Natalie Portman's career …
Discussion: IndieWire and Mashable
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Sex Abuse Allegations Shatter Illusions of Charity Sector … The #MeToo movement has shone light on sexual misconduct in dozens on industries—movie producers, high-ranking politicians, billionaires, Oscar-winners, and rock stars have all paid the price for their past actions.
Amy Barnhorst / New York Times:
The Mental Health System Can't Stop Mass Shooters  —  SACRAMENTO — A few years ago, the police brought a 21-year-old man into the crisis unit where I work as an emergency psychiatrist.  His parents had called the police after seeing postings on his Facebook page that praised the Columbine shooters …
 
 
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Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Conservative Twitter Users Lose Thousands of Followers, Mass Purge of Bots Suspected
Mariel Muro / Weekly Standard:
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Tom McTague / Politico:
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New York Times:
New Netanyahu Corruption Allegations: The Details
Discussion: VICE News
Victor Mather / New York Times:
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Bloomberg:
Florida Teachers' Pension Fund Invested in Maker of School Massacre Gun
Discussion: Eduwonk
 Earlier Items: 
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Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
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Discussion: Instapundit
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Tavis Smiley sues PBS for firing him over sexual misconduct allegations
New York Times:
On Social Media, Lax Enforcement Lets Impostor Accounts Thrive
Libby Watson / Splinter:
New York Times Editorial Board: Person Published by Times a Week Ago Is ‘Disreputable’ and Untrustworthy
Libby Watson / Splinter:
You Dumb Motherfuckers, John Kelly Was Always Bad