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6:35 AM ET, March 16, 2019

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David C. Atkinson / New Republic:
The Longer History of the Christchurch Attacks  —  On Friday, an Australian white supremacist committed a monstrous act of violence against Muslim worshippers in New Zealand.  The attack, which he livestreamed, was steeped in the kind of global iconography and discourse that characterizes modern white supremacy.
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Wajahat Ali / New York Times:
The Roots of the Christchurch Massacre  —  All those who have helped to spread the worldwide myth that Muslims are a threat have blood on their hands.  —  For Muslims, Friday Prayer is like Sunday Mass for Christians.  It's the day of community prayer.  We travel to our local mosques, our religious sanctuary.
Alex Ward / Vox:
The New Zealand shooter called immigrants “invaders.”  Hours later, so did Trump.  —  The alleged shooter rambled about immigrants in his manifesto.  Trump mentioned it during a veto ceremony.  —  President Donald Trump just used similar language to describe immigrants coming …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump says white nationalism is not a rising threat after New Zealand attacks: 'It's a small group of people'
Brian Klaas / Washington Post:
A short history of President Trump's anti-Muslim bigotry
Discussion: ThinkProgress
The Daily Beast:
Fewer Than 1 In 5 FBI Terror Cases Target White Supremacists, Stats Show
Discussion: Just Security
Joseph Menn / Reuters:
Beto O'Rourke's secret membership in America's oldest hacking group  —  Illustration REUTERS/Mike Segar/Troy Dunkley  —  As the Texas Democrat enters the race for president, members of a group famous for “hactivism” come forward for the first time to claim him as one of their own.
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Beto O'Rourke apologizes for jokes about wife, says he has benefited from ‘white privilege’  —  Cedar Rapids, Iowa (CNN)Beto O'Rourke said Friday night that he had been wrong for joking at several events in his first two days campaigning in Iowa that his wife has been raising their three children “sometimes with my help.”
Scott Bland / Politico:
O'Rourke ‘not ... proud’ of teenage murder fantasy writing  —  'WASHINGTON, Iowa — Beto O'Rourke said Friday he is “not ... proud” of fiction he wrote as teenager about murdering children, while acknowledging its surfacing could hurt his campaign.  —  “Stuff I was part of as a teenager …
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
‘Not one woman got that kind of coverage’: Beto backlash begins
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
2020 Democrats tried fundraising on Beto O'Rourke's presidential bid
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Owen Daugherty / The Hill:
Bernie Sanders gets 7 stitches after cutting head on shower door  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) got seven stitches Friday after he cut his head on a shower door.  —  Politico reports Sanders was given a “clean bill of health” and the minor injury did not interrupt his campaigning.
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Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Bernie Sanders' staffers unionize in first for presidential campaign
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
One year in, Facebook's big algorithm change has spurred an angry, Fox News-dominated — and very engaged!  — News Feed  —  It's been a little over a year since Facebook announced major algorithm changes that would decrease the amount of news in News Feed, instead prioritizing non-publisher content …
Discussion: Mashable and Fox News
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Flynn done cooperating with Mueller probe, but info he provided is still part of ongoing investigations, government says  —  (CNN)Michael Flynn has finished cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, but the information he provided is still part of other ongoing criminal investigations …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Flynn business partner facing prosecution complains he was singled out
Discussion: Raw Story
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Republicans really hate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.  There's a lesson there for 2020.  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is the breakout star of the House freshman class, a charismatic, media-savvy politician equally at home interrogating witnesses in committee hearings and communicating with the public on Instagram.
Discussion: IJR, Breitbart and The Week
Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
Disney Reinstates Director James Gunn For ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy 3’  —  EXCLUSIVE: Redemption and second chances have long been superhero movie staples, and today it looks like life has imitated art.  I've learned that Disney has reinstated James Gunn as the writer-director of Guardians of the Galaxy 3 …
New York Times:
Russian Oligarch Sues the U.S. Over Sanctions  —  WASHINGTON — Oleg V. Deripaska, a Russian oligarch with close ties to the Kremlin, sued the United States government on Friday, demanding it lift sanctions that he claimed have cost him billions of dollars, made him “radioactive” …
Discussion: News Agency UNIAN
Carlos Sanchez / Texas Monthly:
Joaquin Castro “All But Certain” to Challenge John Cornyn for U.S. Senate, Source Says  —  A Joaquin Castro candidacy instantly makes next year's Senate race competitive, observers say.  —  Joaquin Castro, the Democratic congressman from San Antonio, “is all but certain” …
Discussion: The Texas Tribune and Off the Kuff
Stacey Ritzen / UPROXX:
Lori Loughlin's Husband Is Apparently A Vocal Trump Supporter Who Frequently Complains About People Not ‘Carrying Their Own Weight’  —  The fallout of Operation Varsity Blues, as it's now being called, has been full of schadenfreude, to say the least.  Actress Lori Loughlin …
Discussion: Page Six
Media Matters for America:
Rush Limbaugh suggests New Zealand shootings might be a false flag attack committed by a leftist to smear conservatives  —  Limbaugh: “There's an ongoing theory that the shooter himself may in fact be a leftist who writes the manifesto and then goes out and performs the deed purposely to smear his political enemies”
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Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:   Rush Limbaugh Baselessly Suggests NZ Mosque Attacks Could Be False Flag Carried Out by a ‘Leftist’
Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
Black Editor Who Took Over Alabama Newspaper That Called for K.K.K. to ‘Ride Again’ Steps Down  —  When a white newspaper editor in Alabama drew widespread condemnation for an editorial that called for the Ku Klux Klan to ride again, only to be replaced by a black woman who hoped to take the newspaper …
HuffPost:
Despite Crackdowns, White Supremacist And Neo-Nazi Videos Take Stubborn Root On YouTube  —  The ideas in a treatise by Brenton Tarrant, the alleged gunman responsible for the massacres at two New Zealand mosques, are also circulating on many of the world's most popular social media platforms.
Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
Academic Behind Cambridge Analytica Data Mining Sues Facebook for Defamation  —  WASHINGTON — The academic who helped Cambridge Analytica vacuum up private information from tens of millions of Facebook profiles sued the social media giant on Friday, arguing that the company defamed …
Discussion: Boing Boing and fox8.com
Katie Galioto / Politico:
Trump issues first veto of his presidency  —  Donald Trump issued the first veto of his presidency Friday afternoon, rejecting a congressional resolution that would have blocked him from funding his border wall without congressional approval.  —  “Consistent with the law …
Discussion: NPR, Washington Post, Hot Air and CNN
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NBC News:
New Zealand shooting leaves online extremism researchers ‘hopeless and furious’  —  Researchers told NBC News that they had raised concerns about online extremism but said their warnings and ideas have been largely ignored.  —  Researchers have warned tech companies for years that online extremism …
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Judge Unseals Portions Of Christopher Steele's Deposition In Dossier Lawsuit  —  A federal court unsealed 43 pages Thursday of a deposition that former British spy Christopher Steele gave as part of a lawsuit over his infamous anti-Trump dossier.  —  To the disappointment of many observers …
Baltimore Sun:
Maryland lawmakers seek UMMS board reform, citing ‘serious concerns’ over deals for Mayor Pugh, others  —  University of Maryland Medical System has contracts with their board member's private companies.  (Lloyd Fox / Baltimore Sun video)  —  General Assembly leaders expressed outrage Thursday …
Caroline Kelly / CNN:
Gore: Trump inadvertently pushes people to fight climate change  —  Al Gore: Trump's climate change denial creates supporters  —  (CNN)Former Vice President Al Gore said Friday that President Donald Trump's repeated denials of man-made climate change have inadvertently pushed more people …
Discussion: Axios
 
 
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CNN:
White House and House Democrats battle over John Kelly, ex-officials in Trump probes
Discussion: Raw Story
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Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:
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Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
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