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2:45 AM ET, February 22, 2018

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CNN:
Trump suggests arming teachers as a solution to increase school safety  —  Watch CNN's town hall “Stand Up: The Students of Stoneman Douglas Demand Action” live on Wednesday, February 21, at 9 p.m. ET on CNN TV and CNNGo.  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump, after listening to a series …
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CNN:
Students are walking out in protest: Live updates  —  Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students are in Tallahassee meeting with Florida lawmakers to demand action against gun violence.  Later tonight, CNN hosts a town hall on the issue.  Follow here for the latest.
John Herrman / New York Times:
The Making of a No. 1 YouTube Conspiracy Video After the Parkland Tragedy  —  YouTube's list of “Trending” videos typically includes funny clips, updates from popular YouTube personalities, movie trailers and viral TV segments.  On Wednesday, for a brief time, the No. 1 trending video …
USA Today:
Trump vows tougher background checks, mental health screens for gun buyers in meeting with students
Associated Press:
The Latest: Sheriff: Deputies to carry rifles at schools
Discussion: Axios
Washington Post:
‘Fix it’: Students and parents tell Trump he needs to address gun violence at schools
Discussion: The Week
NBC News:
Mueller asking if Manafort promised banker White House job in return for loans  —  Federal investigators are probing whether former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort promised a Chicago banker a job in the Trump White House in return for $16 million in home loans, two people with direct knowledge of the matter told NBC News.
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Reuters:
Fresh U.S. criminal charges filed in special counsel's Manafort case
Discussion: Politicus USA and Axios
Wall Street Journal:   Mueller Examines Manafort Loans
Tara Palmeri / ABC News:
Former Trump Adviser Sam Nunberg expected to meet with special counsel team
Discussion: Politico
Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Trump's former bodyguard makes $15,000 a month from a GOP ‘slush fund’  — The Republican National Committee is paying a firm owned by Trump's former bodyguard $15,000 a month for consulting, according to its latest campaign filings.  — Within weeks of leaving the White House …
Matthew Avery Sutton / The Guardian:
Billy Graham was on the wrong side of history  —  Racial tensions are rising, the earth is warming, and evangelicals are doing little to help.  That may be Graham's most significant, and saddest, legacy … Play Video  —  When Billy Graham stands before the judgment seat of God …
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Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:   Billy Graham forgave Nixon's sins, blaming them on the ‘demon-power’ of sleeping pills
Associated Press:
The Latest: Billy Graham gave more than prayer to presidents
Discussion: Breitbart
Associated Press:
Billy Graham gave more than prayer to presidents
Discussion: Breitbart
Yoel Roth / Twitter:
Automation and the use of multiple accounts  —  Keeping Twitter safe and free from spam is a top priority for us.  One of the most common spam violations we see is the use of multiple accounts and the Twitter developer platform to attempt to artificially amplify or inflate the prominence of certain Tweets.
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Ryan Nobles / CNN:
Congresswoman claims most mass shooters are Democrats  —  Congressman booed at his gun control town hall  —  (CNN)Rep. Claudia Tenney, an upstate New York Republican who is up for re-election in one of the most competitive congressional districts in America, told a radio host in Albany …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Texas school district threatens to suspend students who protest gun violence  —  A superintendent in a Texas school district is warning that students will be suspended if they cause any disruptions to protest gun violence.  —  Needville Independent School District (ISD) …
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Shannon Vavra / Axios:
Trump: “Why aren't Dem crimes under investigation?  Ask Jeff Sessions!”  —  Question: If all of the Russian meddling took place during the Obama Administration, right up to January 20th, why aren't they the subject of the investigation?  Why didn't Obama do something about the meddling?
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
The Pro-Trump Media Has Its Match In The Parkland Students  —  On Monday night, the pro-Trump media set its sights on a new political enemy: young adult survivors of gun violence.  —  The attack on outspoken survivors of the Parkland school shooting began with an article …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Democrats Didn't Even Dream of This Pennsylvania Map.  How Did It Happen?  —  They seemed not to believe that they would be allowed to strive for partisan balance in addressing Republican gerrymandering.  —  Few people expected that the Pennsylvania congressional map …
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Toomey calls for ‘conversation’ about impeaching state Supreme Court justices
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Bernie blames Hillary for allowing Russian interference  —  Bernie Sanders on Wednesday blamed Hillary Clinton for not doing more to stop the Russian attack on the last presidential election.  Then his 2016 campaign manager, in an interview with POLITICO, said he's seen no evidence …
Discussion: Jacobin
Washington Post:
Melania Trump's parents are legal permanent residents, raising questions about whether they relied on ‘chain migration’ … The parents of first lady Melania Trump have become legal permanent residents of the United States and are close to obtaining their citizenship, according to people familiar …
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle connects the dots in latest Mueller indictment to tie Trump directly to Putin  —  On Wednesday, MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle laid out how special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is becoming “clearer by the indictment.”  —  Tuesday's guilty plea …
William Brennan / New York Magazine:
Worst Roommate Ever  —  “You've got your whole life in front of you.  You're pretty, you've got this house — well, you don't have this house anymore.  This house is my house.”  —  Alex Miller's spare room had been on Craigslist for two weeks when, last March, she got the call she'd been waiting for.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
This photo of Trump's notes captures his empathy deficit better than anything  —  President Trump held a worthwhile listening session Wednesday featuring a range of views on how to combat gun violence in schools.  And while Trump's at-times-meandering comments about arming teachers …
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
How the Activists Who Tore Down Durham's Confederate Statue Got Away With It  —  DURHAM, N.C.—"Let me be clear, no one is getting away with what happened."  —  That was Durham County Sheriff Mike Andrews's warning on August 15, 2017.  The day before, a protest had formed on the lawn outside the county offices in an old courthouse.
Discussion: Raw Story and Front Page Magazine
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Alfred Charles / WRAL-TV:
Durham DA drops all charges in Confederate monument toppling case
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Daily Caller
Steve Brusk / CNN:
NRA rejects idea of raising minimum age to buy rifles  —  Pres. Trump's complex relationship with guns  —  Washington (CNN)The National Rifle Association is rejecting ideas to raise the minimum age for purchasing rifles.  —  The idea of keeping people younger than 21 from buying rifles …
Discussion: NPR
 
 
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Nicholas Fondacaro / NewsBusters:
CNN's Tapper Sits Back as Student Equates Rubio to School Shooter
Discussion: Instapundit and twitchy.com
National Review:
Congress, Not the Justice Department, Should Regulate Bump Stocks
Haley Britzky / Axios:
Father of Parkland victim presses Rubio on assault weapons at town hall
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
Andrew R. Arthur / CIS.org:
An MS-13 Horror Story that the Press Has Largely Ignored
Discussion: National Review
The Local:
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Alexander Nazaryan / Newsweek:
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Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
At Straitlaced Disney, a Star Producer's R-Rated Behavior Draws Complaints
Discussion: Breitbart and IndieWire
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Top DOJ official Rachel Brand fires back at claims she bolted over Mueller probe concerns
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