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8:05 AM ET, March 17, 2019

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News' ‘Judge Jeanine’ Won't Air This Saturday  —  “Judge Jeanine” isn't holding court Saturday night.  —  Fox News Channel replaced tonight's broadcast of Jeanine Pirro's weekly program with a repeat episode of its documentary series “Scandalous,” just days after the 21st Century Fox …
Jane Lee / Reuters:
Backstory: How Reuters uncovered Beto O'Rourke's teenage hacking days  —  (Reuters) - Reuters reporter Joseph Menn exclusively revealed on Friday that Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke belonged to one of the best-known groups of computer hackers as a teenager.
New Zealand Herald:
Christchurch mosque shooting: The faces of the victims … They are fathers, mothers, grandparents, daughters and sons.  —  They are refugees, immigrants and New-Zealand born.  —  They are Kiwis.  —  These are the names of those who have died or are missing after the horrific acts of terror in Christchurch.
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Associated Press:   The Latest: Death toll in mosque attacks rises to 50
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
New Zealand prime minister says gun laws will change after attack
Tom Kington / The Times & The Sunday Times:
Witness in Berlusconi's bunga-bunga trial ‘poisoned’  —  A Moroccan-born model who attended Silvio Berlusconi's bunga-bunga dinners has died in hospital, allegedly killed by radioactive poisoning.  —  Magistrates opened a murder investigation after the death this month of Iman Fadil, 34 …
Zak Cheney-Rice / New York Magazine:
The Endgame of White Supremacy Is Always Death  —  At least 49 people were killed on Friday in an attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, by a man whose name — by his own admission — is irrelevant.  It is irrelevant, according to a 74-page manifesto he allegedly wrote …
Discussion: Mother Jones
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Hassan Ahmad / The Daily Beast:   Fighting White Nationalism Is Necessary, but Not Sufficient
Paul Sakkal / The Age:
Fraser Anning lashes out after he was egged by teenager  —  Queensland senator Fraser Anning struck out twice with an open hand at a teenager who smashed an egg on the back of his head during a media conference at a right-wing rally in Melbourne on Saturday.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Splinter
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Ginger Gibson / Reuters:
Senator Gillibrand formally launches presidential campaign  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand formally launched her presidential bid on Sunday morning, announcing she will deliver her first major speech next week in front of Trump International Hotel in New York City.
David Weigel / Washington Post:
He's running — almost.  Joe Biden gets ahead of himself in Saturday speech, to cheers from the crowd.  —  DOVER, Del. — Former vice president Joe Biden is expected to announce soon whether he will seek the White House in 2020.  On Saturday night, he seemed — for a moment — to get ahead of himself.
Martin Matishak / Politico:
Trump spy agency nominee marooned in Senate standoff  —  The dispute has kept William Evanina from officially assuming a counterintelligence post for more than a year.  —  Sen. Chuck Grassley is accusing the Trump administration of stonewalling him over a request for documents related …
Discussion: Raw Story
Laura Greenhalgh / Politico:
May asks MPs for ‘honourable compromises’ to back Brexit deal  —  Prime Minister Theresa May today asked Britain's MPs to “stand together as democrats and patriots” to back her Brexit deal.  —  Writing in the Telegraph, May lent heavily on the prospect that delays to Brexit could force Britain …
John Bowden / The Hill:
Missouri lawmaker files bills requiring some residents to own AR-15s, handguns  —  A Republican lawmaker in Missouri wants to require adults in his state to purchase handguns and AR-15 rifles.  —  Two bills introduced by state Rep. Andrew McDaniel would require residents to purchase firearms …
Discussion: Political Wire
Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
Facebook faces fresh questions over when it knew of data harvesting  —  Allegations come as US prosecutors investigate claims of cover-up  —  Facebook is facing explosive new questions about when senior executives knew of Cambridge Analytica's abuse of users' data, one year on from when the scandal …
John Bowden / The Hill:
Buttigieg says campaign gained enough donors to be on debate stage  —  South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) said Saturday that his campaign raised enough individual donors to guarantee a spot at the first Democratic Party debate of the 2020 cycle.  —  Buttigieg, who is exploring a White House bid …
New York Times:
She Extols Trump, Guns and the Chinese Communist Party Line  —  JUPITER, Fla. — The Republican National Committee promised an “evening reception with Donald J. Trump” last March at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.  —  A contribution of $2,700 toward the president's re-election would get you in the door.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump says he told House GOP to ‘play along’ on Mueller report vote  —  President Donald Trump on Saturday said he encouraged House Republicans to vote in favor of a resolution calling on the Justice Department to make Robert Mueller's final report public — despite tweeting a day earlier …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The House voted 420 to 0 to release the Mueller report. So why is Lindsey Graham blocking the bill?
Discussion: RedState
 
 
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New York Times:
How Parents Are Robbing Their Children of Adulthood
Discussion: Althouse
Khaled Diab / Washington Post:
White supremacists and radical Islamists sound exactly alike
Discussion: Observer+ and Breitbart
Shane Harris / Washington Post:
New Zealand attack exposes how little the U.S. and its allies share intelligence on domestic terrorism threats
Discussion: Bangor Daily News
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
How to Talk About the New Zealand Massacre: More Sunlight, Less Oxygen
David Gelles / New York Times:
Wall Street Has Been Unscathed by MeToo. Until Now.
Team Warren:
My Housing Plan for America
Stuart E. Eizenstat / Politico:
I've Seen Civil War Destroy the Democrats Before. We Can't Let it Happen Again.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
As the Democratic field grows, Stacey Abrams weighs a presidential race
Washington Post:
The Trump administration is opening millions of new acres to drilling — and that's just the start
Discussion: Axios
Wall Street Journal:
Terrorist Suspect Traced His Radicalization to a Visit to France
Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:
Old CNN website was source of unvetted ‘random’ info used by author of anti-Trump dossier, docs reveal
Travis Fain / WRAL-TV:
No voter ID approval for 12 UNC campuses, including Chapel Hill
 

 
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Uri Berliner says he is resigning from NPR as he “cannot work in a newsroom where I am disparaged by a new CEO whose divisive views confirm” NPR's problems

Gene Maddaus / Variety:
A Los Angeles ethics agency fines former CBS CEO Les Moonves $15K for misconduct in obtaining confidential police info about a sexual assault claim against him

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An analysis of the gender pay gap in UK media: 76% of the biggest media organizations increased the proportion of women in their top pay tier from 2022 to 2023

 
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