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5:15 PM ET, February 22, 2018

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New York Times:
Trump Promotes Arming Teachers, but Rejects Active Shooter Drills  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday intensified his calls for arming highly trained teachers as part of an effort to fortify schools against shooting massacres like the one that occurred in Parkland, Fla., last week …
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Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Shooting Survivor: CNN Gave Me “Scripted Question” After Denying Question About Armed Guards  —  Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Colton Haab said he was approached by CNN to ask a question at Wednesday night's town hall but decided not to after the network gave him a “scripted question,” quashing one he wrote himself.
Washington Post:
NRA goes on the offensive after Parkland shooting, assailing media and calling for more armed school security … After a week of media silence following the school shooting in Florida, the National Rifle Association went on the offensive in its first public response to the massacre …
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
A superintendent threatens to suspend students protesting gun laws.  But that's not legal. … The superintendent of a Texas public school district is drawing harsh criticism after issuing a written threat Tuesday to suspend any students who take part indemonstrations about gun violence after the school shooting in Florida last week.
CBS News:
NRA's Wayne LaPierre makes it clear he isn't backing down on guns — or the culture wars  —  National Rifle Association Executive Director and CEO Wayne LaPierre launched into criticisms of socialists, the FBI and the media Thursday, as he defended gun rights from the stage of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).
E.J. Dionne Jr. / Washington Post:
Why is only one side in the gun culture war required to show respect?  —  You have perhaps heard the joke about the liberal who is so open-minded that he can't even take his own side in an argument.  —  What's less funny is that on gun control, liberals (and their many allies who are moderate …
Washington Post:
Does the Second Amendment really protect assault weapons? Four courts have said no.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
CNN:
Transcript: Stoneman students' questions to lawmakers and the NRA at the CNN town hall
John Bacon / USA Today:
Trump plan at odds with teacher #ArmMeWith movement
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The economics of arming America's schools
Peter Burke / WPLG-TV:
CNN refutes Parkland school shooting survivor's ‘scripted’ question claim
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump: I never said ‘give teachers guns’
Discussion: ABC News and Breitbart
Andrew Desiderio / The Daily Beast:
NRA Blames Media, FBI, and Democrats After Mass Shooting
Discussion: ABC News, Politico and The Daily Beast
Washington Post:
Special counsel Mueller files new charges in Manafort, Gates case … New charges were filed Thursday against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his business partner, ratcheting up the legal pressure on them as they prepare for a trial later this year.
Discussion: Axios
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Trump Staffer Rick Gates Fires His Lawyer in Russia Probe … Former Trump campaign official Rick Gates has fired his lawyer, The Daily Beast has learned.  And, contrary to recent media reports, Gates is not about to make a deal with the special counsel Robert Mueller, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Discussion: ABC News, WTVR-TV, CNN, CNBC and True Pundit
Josh Gerstein / Politico:   Judge rejects Manafort's latest bail offer
CNN:
McMaster could leave WH after months of tension with Trump  —  Washington (CNN)With tensions flaring between President Donald Trump and national security adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, the Pentagon is considering options that would allow the President to potentially move the three-star general …
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Heather Sher / The Atlantic:
What I Saw Treating the Victims From Parkland Should Change the Debate on Guns  —  As I opened the CT scan last week to read the next case, I was baffled.  The history simply read “gunshot wound.”  I have been a radiologist in one of the busiest trauma centers in the nation for 13 years …
Kim Janssen / Chicago Tribune:
Gov. Rauner drinks chocolate milk to demonstrate his commitment to diversity  —  In an awkward onstage appearance this week, Gov. Bruce Rauner drank a glass of chocolate milk to demonstrate his belief in diversity.  —  “It's really, really good,” Rauner said after taking a sip of the sugary drink.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Margaret Brennan Named Host of ‘Face the Nation’ on CBS  —  WASHINGTON — Margaret Brennan, the senior foreign affairs correspondent for CBS News, will be the next moderator of “Face the Nation,” the network's prestige Sunday morning public affairs show and one of the most influential venues in American politics.
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CBS News:
Margaret Brennan named Face the Nation moderator
Discussion: Politico and CBS Denver
Dustin Volz / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. official focused on election security being shoved aside  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of a federal agency who has helped U.S. states protect election systems from possible cyber attacks by Russia or others is being removed from his post by Republican House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan and the White House.
Discussion: Political Wire and The Verge
Ryan Devereaux / The Intercept:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Will Remove “Nation of Immigrants” From Mission Statement  —  The lead U.S. agency tasked with granting citizenship to would-be Americans is making a major change to its mission statement, removing a passage that describes the United States as a nation of immigrants.
Discussion: Axios and The Daily Caller
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Trump: ‘Maybe They Have to Put a Rating System’ on Movies … During a meeting Thursday with state lawmakers, President Trump suggested violent entertainment is to blame for mass shootings in the United States.  —  His proposed solution?  A ratings system for movies.
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Cruz: Dems are ‘the party of Lisa Simpson’  —  (R-Texas) compared the Democrats to know-it-all cartoon character Lisa Simpson in a Thursday appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference.  —  “The Democrats are the party of Lisa Simpson and Republicans are happily the party of Homer …
Justina Vasquez / Bloomberg:
In One Tweet, Kylie Jenner Wiped Out $1.3 Billion of Snap's Market Value  —  Kylie Jenner tweets she hasn't been using the app lately  —  Users pile on with feedback that echoes Wall Street concerns  —  Snap Inc.'s flagship platform has lost some luster, at least according …
Kathryn Rubino / Above the Law:
Over 30 Percent Of Applicants Want To Go To Law School Because Of Trump  —  Why do you want to go to law school?  —  We've known for a while that more people are taking the LSAT — we're talking a double-digit increase.  But exactly why has largely remained a source of speculation …
 
 
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
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