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11:00 AM ET, February 21, 2018

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Sophie Tatum / CNN:
NRA to participate in CNN town hall  —  Shooting survivor: I'm not a crisis actor  —  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 CNN.com.  —  Washington (CNN)The National Rifle Association …
Discussion: Axios, The Week, Mediaite and twitchy.com
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Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Colorado congressman booed as people demand action on guns  —  GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. (AP) — Grumbling and jeers met the request for a moment of silence for the 17 people killed last week in the Florida school shooting.  —  “Let's do something for them!” one man yelled at the beginning …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Roll Call
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 …
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: The Root, EW.com and ABC News
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
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Right-Wing Media Uses Parkland Shooting as Conspiracy Fodder
Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail:
Donald Trump Jr. ‘likes’ tweet attacking Florida school shooting survivor, 17, which suggests …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
Florida House refuses to debate guns, declares porn dangerous
Discussion: Associated Press, CNN and Joe.My.God.
Kirby Wilson / Tampa Bay Times:   Florida lawmaker's aide fired after saying outspoken Parkland students are actors
Nicole Chavez / CNN:
School shooting survivor knocks down ‘crisis actor’ claim
The Daily Beast:   NRA Usually Shuts Up After Mass Shootings. Not This Time.
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?
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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Trump Attacks Obama, and His Own Attorney General, Over Russia Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump attacked his own attorney general on Wednesday, asking in a Twitter post why Jeff Sessions has not been investigating Democrats for Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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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CNN:
Kushner-Kelly divide deepens over security clearance overhaul  —  NYT: Kushner resisting restricted access  —  Washington (CNN)White House chief of staff John Kelly has been locked in an internal struggle with President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner over his access …
Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Billy Graham, 99, Dies; Pastor Filled Stadiums and Counseled Presidents  —  The Rev. Billy Graham, a North Carolina farmer's son who preached to millions in stadium events he called crusades, becoming a pastor to presidents and the nation's best-known Christian evangelist for more than 60 years, died on Wednesday at his home.
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Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Billy Graham, evangelist pastor and counselor to presidents, dead at age 99
Discussion: Axios, Scared Monkeys and The Week
David Cohen / Politico:
Billy Graham, influential evangelist and friend to U.S. presidents, dies at 99
USA Today:
Billy Graham, America's pastor, has died
Discussion: National Review and Althouse
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.
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Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Conservative Twitter Users Lose Thousands of Followers, Mass Purge of Bots Suspected  —  Twitter suspended thousands of accounts overnight and conservatives on the platform aren't happy about it.  Twitter has yet to make a public statement about the issue, but right-wing users believe …
Discussion: The Verge
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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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: RedState and Joe.My.God.
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Jim Jamitis / RedState:   WHOA: CPAC Totally Disowns Former Featured Speaker Dinesh D'Souza
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.
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.
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
Jonathan Bandler / lohud.com:
Fox News' Jeanine Pirro pleads guilty to 95 mph speeding ticket, down from 119 mph  —  Jeanine Pirro pleads guilty to speeding Wochit  —  Fox News personality and former Westchester District Attorney Jeanine Pirro has paid $393 and must take a defensive driving course after pleading guilty …
New York Times:
Will America Choose Its Children Over Guns?  —  As surely as there are camels' backs and straws to break them, moments arrive when citizens say they've had enough, when they rise up against political leaders who do not speak for them and whose moral fecklessness imperils lives.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Charles Duhigg / New York Times:
The Case Against Google  —  Critics say the search giant is squelching competition before it begins.  Should the government step in?  —  Shivaun Moeran and Adam Raff met, married and started a company — thereby sparking a chain of events that might, ultimately, take down this age …
Discussion: National Review
Bloomberg:
Latvia Signals Russia May Be Interfering in Banking Crisis  —  Defense ministry warns of disinformation campaign before vote  —  Draws parallels with interference in U.S. elections in 2016  —  The banking crisis engulfing the tiny nation of Latvia has turned into a potential diplomatic incident, as Riga points the finger at Moscow.
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Group Files Complaints Over Payments to Playboy Playmate Who Alleged Affair With Trump
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
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Ron Nixon / New York Times:
Under Trump, Border Patrol Steps Up Searches Far From the Border
Muneeza Naqvi / Associated Press:
Trump Jr: ‘Nonsense’ that family's profiting from presidency
Discussion: New Republic
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Tragedy of Erik Killmonger
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USA Today:
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Amy Barnhorst / New York Times:
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New Netanyahu Corruption Allegations: The Details
Discussion: VICE News
Josh Kovensky / KyivPost:
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Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
The Poison We Pick  —  This nation pioneered modern life.
Discussion: Instapundit
Chris McDaniel / BuzzFeed:
Missouri Fought For Years To Hide Where It Got Its Execution Drugs.  Now We Know What They Were Hiding.
Discussion: Daily Kos