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John Paul Stevens / New York Times:
Repeal the Second Amendment  —  Rarely in my lifetime have I seen the type of civic engagement school children and their supporters demonstrated in Washington and other major cities throughout the country this past Saturday.  These demonstrations demand our respect.
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Michael A. Lindenberger / Dallas Morning News:   I support gun restrictions, but repealing the 2nd Amendment is wrong
BuzzFeed:
Christopher Steele's Other Report: A Murder In Washington  —  The author of the famous Trump dossier provided a secret report to the FBI asserting that RT founder Mikhail Lesin was bludgeoned to death by thugs hired by an oligarch close to Putin.  Three other sources independently told the FBI …
San Francisco Chronicle:
Citizenship question on 2020 census may result in undercount  —  The size of your child's kindergarten class.  Homeland security funds for your community.  Natural disaster preparation.  Highway and mass transit resources.  Health care and emergency room services.
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Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
California sues Trump administration over addition of citizenship question to census … The state of California sued the Trump administration Monday night, arguing that the decision to add a question about citizenship in the 2020 Census violates the U.S. Constitution.
Politico:
Census to add controversial question on citizenship status
Discussion: ABC News, Fox News and twitchy.com
Department of Commerce:
U.S. Department of Commerce Announces Reinstatement of Citizenship Question to the 2020 Decennial Census
Carolyn McAtee Cerbin / USA Today:
Citizenship question to be put back on the 2020 Census for first time in 70 years
Discussion: CBS Miami
Katie England / Daily Herald:
At Q&A in Provo, Mitt Romney says he's more conservative than Trump on immigration … U.S. Senate candidate Mitt Romney speaks at the Utah County Republican Women's event in the ballroom at the Provo City Library on Monday, March 26, 2018, in Provo. … A notecard is read …
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Addy Baird / ThinkProgress:
Mitt Romney goes extreme on immigration, attacks DREAMers
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Washington Post:
Trump privately presses for military to pay for border wall … President Trump frequently said Mexico would pay for a wall along the southern border as he sought the presidency in 2016.  Now, he is privately pushing the U.S. military to fund construction of his signature project.
Chris Enloe / TheBlaze:
CNN host admits he let David Hogg tell lies during interview.  Just wait until you hear his reason.  —  Brian Stelter, who hosts CNN's “Reliable Sources” on Sundays, admitted Monday that he let David Hogg, the outspoken pro-gun control Parkland, Florida, student, get away with making false claims about firearms on his show last month.
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TMZ.com:
Parkland Leader David Hogg Rejected by UC Schools
Discussion: TheBlaze and IJR
Rich Lowry / National Review:   The Teenage Demagogues  —  Stoneman Douglas students' passion is not wisdom
CBS News:
Kushner lawyer: WH counsel has concluded no issues involving Jared amid loan probe  —  White House officials have been looking into whether $500 million in loans that went to Trump administration senior adviser Jared Kushner's family real estate company may have spurred ethics or criminal law violations …
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Stephen Braun / Associated Press:   Democrats press White House for results of Kushner inquiry
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Talks of Bringing Back Rob Porter, Aide Accused of Spousal Abuse
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Stormy Daniels is a sideshow.  Let's focus on the real Trump scandals.  —  To judge by the blockbuster ratings for “60 Minutes,” I must be one of the few politically sentient adults to have missed the Stormy Daniels interview on Sunday night, just as I earlier missed Karen McDougal's high-rated interview on CNN.
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story, The Root and AOL
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Tim Mak / NPR:
NRA Says It Receives Foreign Funds, But None Goes To Election Work  —  The National Rifle Association acknowledged that it accepts foreign donations but says it does not use them for election work — even as federal investigators look into the role the NRA might have played in Russia's attack on the 2016 election.
Discussion: Political Wire, Raw Story and Mediaite
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:   NRA Acknowledges Receiving Foreign Funds, Moving Money Between Accounts
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Exclusive: Mark Zuckerberg has decided to testify before Congress  —  Zuckerberg says he's open to testifying before Congress  —  After repeated calls for him to do so, Mark Zuckerberg has decided he will testify before Congress.  —  Facebook sources tell CNNMoney the 33-year-old CEO …
Danny Vinik / Politico:
How Trump favored Texas over Puerto Rico  —  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — As Hurricane Maria unleashed its fury on Puerto Rico in mid-September, knocking out the island's electrical system and damaging hundreds of thousands of homes, disaster recovery experts expected that only one man could handle …
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Seth Rich's brother sues right-wing activists, Washington Times over conspiracy theories  —  This is why the Seth Rich conspiracy won't disappear  —  The brother of Seth Rich, the slain Democratic National Committee staffer whose unsolved murder became the basis for conspiracy theories on the far-right …
Jordan Weissmann / Slate:
Why Would the Atlantic Hire Kevin Williamson?  —  In a memo to staff, editor Jeffrey Goldberg cites an affinity for “second chances” and ideological diversity in hiring the conservative troll.  Both justifications ring hollow.  —  Jeffrey Goldberg knows that he hired a troll.
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Sarah Jones / New Republic:   The Conservative Columnist Conundrum
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
Trump and the West give Putin the fight he needs … Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter.  —  On Monday morning the United States, Canada and the European Union carried out a coordinated mass expulsion of Russian diplomats, responding to Moscow's alleged role in the March 4 poisoning …
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Maxime Schlee / Politico:
NATO cuts Russian diplomats' access over nerve agent attack
Federal Bureau of Investigation:
Statement on the FBI's Response to Suspicious Packages Received by U.S. Government Facilities in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area  —  On March 26, 2018, suspicious packages were received at multiple U.S. government facilities in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
Discussion: Axios
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Washington Post:
Baton Rouge police officers won't be charged in fatal shooting of Alton Sterling … Authorities in Louisiana said Tuesday that the Baton Rouge police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling will not face criminal charges, a decision announced nearly two years after his death prompted intense protests.
Discussion: IJR and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
Her son, facing murder charges, is being called an ‘alt-right killer.’ This mother blames herself.  … Her troubled son had been up for two nights straight, inconsolable over a breakup, when she pulled him into her bed to soothe him.  She never meant to doze, but woke with a start at 4:26 a.m.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Sam Harris, Charles Murray, and the allure of race science  —  This is not “forbidden knowledge.”  It is America's most ancient justification for bigotry and racial inequality.  —  On Monday morning, I woke up to a tweet from Sam Harris, the bestselling author and popular podcast host …
Discussion: The Atlantic
New York Daily News:
Legendary rocker Alice Cooper credits Jesus with curing him of alcoholism  —  Thirty-seven years ago, Alice Cooper awoke throwing up blood.  —  “Everything that could go wrong was shutting down inside of me,” the legendary rocker recalled to Confidential.  “I was drinking with Jim Morrison …
J.K. Trotter / Jezebel:
The New York Human Rights Commission Is Investigating The Wing  —  If you live in New York City or Washington, D.C. and work in a certain kind of industry, there's a good chance you've heard of The Wing.  If you haven't: Founded in 2016 as a private social club and co-working space for women …
Discussion: thecut
 
 
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Jimmy Miller / Toledo Blade:
Video shows guard wrestle with teen girl accused of stealing from Toledo Kroger
Discussion: Raw Story and The Root
Steve Liesman / CNBC:
Trump's approval rating dips amid opposition to tariffs and little change from tax cuts, CNBC survey says
Discussion: Political Wire and Opinion Today
Cindy Carcamo / Los Angeles Times:
Orange County may take stand against state's ‘sanctuary’ laws
Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
John Bolton Is No Bugaboo
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Gov. Scott Walker goes to court to get more time to cancel two special elections
Discussion: Mother Jones and Political Wire
Zeke Faux / Bloomberg:
How Facebook Helps Shady Advertisers Pollute the Internet
Morgan Cook / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Map locates 301 bar, restaurant and cigar lounge visits by Rep. Duncan Hunter
Discussion: Roll Call
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Reuters:
Exclusive: OPEC, Russia consider 10-20 year oil alliance - Saudi Crown Prince
Sun-Sentinel:
Stoneman Douglas suspects remain in jail after memorial was plundered
Discussion: NBC News and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Income Mobility Charts for Girls, Asian-Americans and Other Groups. Or, Make Your Own.
Discussion: thecut
John Kruzel / PolitiFact:
Does Mike Pence call his wife ‘Mother’?
Detroit Free Press:
Sources: Police arrest Larry Nassar's Michigan State University boss