memeorandum: Trump infuriates his base with tweeted veto bluff (Mike Allen/Axios)

9:40 PM ET, March 24, 2018

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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:

NRA host taunts Parkland teens: ‘No one would know your names’ if classmates were still alive … As they've stepped out of the hallways of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and into the national spotlight, the Parkland, Fla., teenagers have become Twitter influencers …

Discussion: FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV, Law & Crime and CNN

NBC News:

At March For Our Lives, survivors lead hundreds of thousands in call for change — WASHINGTON — Marjory Stoneman Douglas senior Emma Gonzalez stood silent, with tears streaming down her face, on a stage in front of thousands at Saturday's March For Our Lives.

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German Lopez / Vox:

Watch: Emma Gonzalez's incredible moment of silence at March for Our Lives — Gonzalez abruptly went silent for minutes to honor the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. — Emma Gonzalez got the March for Our Lives audience riled up.

Discussion: Politico and Curbed NY

Randi Kaye / CNN:

Sandy Hook survivor joins Parkland students to say ‘Enough’ — Newtown, Connecticut (CNN)Lauren Milgram has a mission. The sweet and funny, shy yet confident, 12-year-old will join an anticipated hundreds of thousands of people at the March for Our Lives in Washington on Saturday.

Discussion: KTLA

Tucker Carlson / RealClearPolitics:

The Problem With David Hogg and the Parkland Students — Tucker Carlson on the why David Hogg, Emma Gonzalez and other their friends should stay out of the gun control debate. Carlson called Hogg an “extremist” for his positions and that he wants to make policy but is not interested in what people who disagree with him think.

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Patricia Mazzei / New York Times: For Parkland Students, a Surreal Journey From ‘Normal’ to a Worldwide March

Justin Carissimo Cbs / CBS News:
March for Our Lives 2018 — live blog

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Tre Goins-Phillips / IJR: David Hogg Worries New Clear Backpacks in School Rule Violates Students' Constitutional Rights

Steve Israel / New York Times:
First, March. Then, Follow This Gun Reform Battle Plan.

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USA Today:
March for our Lives rallies happening in every U.S. state: 'We're here and coming to make a change'

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Steve Annear / BostonGlobe.com:
Parkland, Fla., students and families flew to Washington, D.C., on the Patriots' plane

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David Boddiger / Splinter:
Hundreds of Thousands Join March for Our Lives to Show that ‘We Are the Change’ [UPDATING]

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Ray Sanchez / CNN:
Students rally in March for Our Lives events in Washington and across US

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New York Times:

Stormy Daniels, Trump's Unlikely Foe, Is ‘Not Someone to Be Underestimated’ — One by one, the honorees came forward to be recognized: the wounded veteran, the tech executive and the noted porn star. — It was the 10-year reunion for Scotlandville Magnet High School's Class of 1997 in Baton Rouge …

G Salisbury / City & State PA:

Sources: US Rep. Costello to drop out of PA-6 race before May primary — Sources have told City&State PA that Republican U.S. Rep. Ryan Costello has decided not to seek reelection in Pennsylvania's hotly contested Sixth Congressional District. — Despite filing petitions on Tuesday to run …

Discussion: CNN, Political Wire and Roll Call

Harry Enten / CNN:

Activists are marching, but the public hasn't punished GOP in polls for inaction on guns — Students prepare to ‘march for their lives’ — (CNN)In the aftermath of the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, the public's support for stricter gun laws shot up to levels not seen in 25 years.

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Alana Abramson / TIME:
Republican Donor Launches Gun Control Advocacy Group During the March For Our Lives

Discussion: Axios and The Daily Caller

The Guardian:

The Brexit whistleblower: ‘Did Vote Leave use me? Was I naive’ — Shahmir Sanni, a volunteer for the Vote Leave, the official pro-Brexit EU referendum campaign, explains how a company linked to Cambridge Analytica played a crucial role in the result, and voices his concerns …

The Guardian:
Revealed: Brexit insider claims Vote Leave team may have breached spending limits

Discussion: Raw Story

Ashley Parker / Washington Post:

How Trumpism has come to define the Republican Party — Over just a few days last week, the essence of Trumpism was on global display: The president ignored his advisers by congratulating Vladimir Putin, took the first steps toward imposing tariffs on billions of dollars in Chinese goods …

CNN:

March for Our Lives: Live updates — Survivors of the Florida school shooting are marching in Washington for stricter gun laws and sibling marches are organized around the country in solidarity. Follow here for the latest.

Discussion: Refinery29 and KFOR-TV

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Trade and the Cities (Wonkish) — Bad policies sometimes lead to interesting economics. For example, the disastrous turn toward austerity after 2009 was a kind of natural experiment that led to an upwelling of good work on the effects of fiscal policy. — And I'm starting …

Wall Street Journal:

Trump Relishes Off-Script Approach — President showcases a more unilateral style, relying on his sense of what the moment requires — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump signed a $1.3 trillion spending bill early Friday afternoon, but not before leaving both his staff and lawmakers on edge …

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Jason Linkins / ThinkProgress:

March for Our Lives crowd tops Trump inauguration, according to organizer estimates — Ahead of Saturday's March For Our Lives, officials associated with the event were bullish on their crowd expectations, anticipating that as many as a half a million demonstrators were poised to descend …

Discussion: The Hill

George F. Will / Washington Post:

The second-most dangerous American — Because John Bolton is five things President Trump is not — intelligent, educated, principled, articulate and experienced — and because of Bolton's West Wing proximity to a president responsive to the most recent thought he has heard emanating …

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Mike Allen / Axios:

Trump infuriates his base with tweeted veto bluff — A former White House official tells me that online conservative ire (Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter, Mark Levin, etc.). about the spending bill President Trump signed yesterday — after a puzzling tweeted veto feint — “is the hardest I've seen ever seen …

Olivia Solon / The Guardian:

‘A grand illusion’: seven days that shattered Facebook's facade — Revelations about the depths of Facebook's failure to protect our data has finally pulled back the curtain, observers say … “Dumb fucks.” That's how Mark Zuckerberg described users of Facebook for trusting him with their personal data back in 2004.

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