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8:20 PM ET, March 27, 2023

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Associated Press:
Police: Nashville school shooting suspect was former student  —  Authorities say they believe the 28-year-old female shooter who killed three children and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday was a former student.  The violence at The Covenant School …
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The Tennessean:
Nashville school shooting: Seven fatally shot at Covenant School, including female suspect  —  Chris Gadd Rachel Wegner Kirsten Fiscus Craig ShoupNashville Tennessean  —  Three adults and three children are confirmed dead following a mass shooting Monday morning at The Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville.
CNN:
28-year-old woman kills 3 students and 3 adults at private Christian school in Nashville, police say  —  An armed 28-year-old woman fatally shot three students and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville before she was shot and killed by police, authorities said, in the deadliest school shooting in nearly a year.
Washington Post:
6 killed, including 3 children, at Nashville school; shooter also dead  —  Bystander describes police response, emotional parents outside school … Updated just now  —  At least three children and three adults are dead after a shooting at a private Nashville grade school, authorities said Monday.
David K. Li / NBC News:
Shooting at Nashville Christian school leaves multiple injured and gunman dead, officials say  —  The “active shooter” incident unfolded at The Covenant School on Burton Hills Boulevard in Nashville.  —  Gunfire erupted at a Tennessee Christian school on Monday with “multiple” …
Fox News:
Nashville school shooting: 6 killed including 3 students, shooter dead
David K. Li / NBC News:
Nashville school shooting live updates: Six killed, including three children
New York Times:
3 Children Dead in Shooting at Nashville Christian School, Hospital Says
New York Times:
Former National Enquirer Publisher Testifies Again in Trump Inquiry  —  The grand jury investigating a hush-money case against the former president met again on Monday, but the timing of any potential indictment remained unclear.  —  The former publisher of The National Enquirer testified …
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Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
Donald Trump Deserves to Be Indicted
Discussion: CBS News and Politico
Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
GOP congressman from Nashville district ‘heartbroken’ by shooting  —  Democrats and gun-control advocates highlighted a 2021 Christmas photo showing Rep. Andy Ogles and members of his family with firearms.  —  Rep. Andrew Ogles (R-Tenn.), who represents the Nashville district where the Covenant School …
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Bolts:
How the Tennessee GOP is Trying to Mute Music City
Discussion: New Republic
Washington Post:
The gun that divides a nation … The AR-15 wasn't supposed to be a bestseller.  —  The rugged, powerful weapon was originally designed as a soldiers' rifle in the late 1950s.  “An outstanding weapon with phenomenal lethality,” an internal Pentagon report raved.
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Washington Post:   We spent 7 months examining the AR-15's role in America. Here's what we learned.
Bloomberg:
FBI Releases Files on Ivana Trump  —  The FBI released on Monday nearly 200 pages of internal documents it kept on Ivana Trump, the first wife of former President Donald Trump.  —  The files were classified as “Secret.”  In one document dated Feb. 14, 1989, the FBI said it …
Discussion: Raw Story
Helen Lewis / The Atlantic:
How Did America's Weirdest, Most Freedom-Obsessed State Fall for an Authoritarian Governor?  —  A journey through Ron DeSantis's magic kingdom In the course of a single month this year, the following news reports emanated from Florida: A gun enthusiast in Tampa built a 55-foot backyard pool shaped …
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Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Pro-DeSantis Super PAC Hires Another Former Trump Aide
Discussion: Puck, The Hill and Political Wire
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Trump's Favorite Extreme Think Tank Is Jumping Ship for DeSantis
Discussion: Raw Story
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Top Republicans balk at Trump highlighting Jan. 6 rioters, calling it politically unwise  —  Some Republican senators said they don't understand why Trump keeps relitigating the Capitol attack and those who were prosecuted for breaking the law.  —  WASHINGTON — Top Senate Republicans broke …
Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
Americans Pull Back From Values That Once Defined U.S., WSJ-NORC Poll Finds  —  Patriotism, religion and hard work hold less importance  —  Patriotism, religious faith, having children and other priorities that helped define the national character for generations are receding in importance to Americans …
Alexander Sammon / Slate:
What the Heck Is Joe Biden Thinking Lately?  —  After his historic midterm wins, he's suddenly tacking right.  A new hire may be why.  —  In mid-March, the Biden administration formally approved the Willow oil drilling project on federally owned landed in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve.
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Sarah Fitzpatrick / NBC News:
Ex-Tucker Carlson producer files new claims Fox News lawyers coached her testimony in Dominion lawsuit  —  Abby Grossberg sued Fox last week, alleging she was coerced into giving misleading testimony about the network's election fraud coverage.  She was fired Friday.
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
4 in 10 Dems Want Biden to Step Aside in 2024  —  But these voters don't have a favored alternate  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Even though most Democrats hold a favorable opinion of President Joe Biden, only one in four would want him to run for a second term.
David D. Kirkpatrick / New Yorker:
The Dirty Secrets of a Smear Campaign  —  Rumors destroyed Hazim Nada's company.  Then hackers handed him terabytes of files exposing a covert campaign against him—and the culprit wasn't a rival but an entire country.  —  In the summer of 2017, Hazim Nada, a thirty-four-year-old American living in Como …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
In Waco, Trump stokes anger and valorizes violent actors  —  At a dubiously timed rally, he pairs calls for resistance with tacit assurances that those who did would be defended  —  Donald Trump walked down the steps from his private jet and onto the stage at his rally in Waco, Tex. …
Wall Street Journal:
The IRS Makes a Strange House Call on Matt Taibbi  —  An agent shows up at the home of the Twitter files journalist who testified before Congress.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Democrats are denouncing the House GOP investigation into the weaponization of government, but maybe that's because Republicans are getting somewhere.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Patrick Kingsley / New York Times:
Live Updates: Netanyahu Delays Plan to Overhaul Top Court  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel announced that he would delay judicial changes that have set off civil unrest, a move that came after a right-wing partner in his governing coalition removed his objections.  —  Pinned
Timothy Noah / New Republic:
They're Not Joking: House Republicans Actually Compare Themselves to the Mob  —  Sometime late last year, the leaders of the five power centers within the House Republican caucus started calling themselves the Five Families.  “You know my reference,” Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene …
Discussion: Raw Story and Backbencher
Chris Stokel-Walker / BuzzFeed News:
We Spoke To The Guy Who Created The Viral AI Image Of The Pope That Fooled The World  —  “I just thought it was funny to see the Pope in a funny jacket,” he told BuzzFeed News.  —  Over the weekend, a photo of Pope Francis looking dapper in a white puffer jacket went mega-viral on social media.
Jeffrey S. Solochek / Tampa Bay Times:
Removal of ‘Ruby Bridges’ film from Pinellas school sparks outrage  —  A parent complained that the movie might teach white children to hate Black children.  —  The Disney movie “Ruby Bridges,” which tells the tale of a 6-year-old who integrated New Orleans schools in the 1960s …
John Ganz / Unpopular Front:
The Jock/Creep Theory of Fascism  —  It's Real and It Works … A little while ago, I came up with the idea that that the difference between Italian Fascism and German Nazism was that Fascism essentially had “Jock-Douche” vibes while Nazism had “Creep-Loser” vibes.
Discussion: Bulwark+
Chris Geidner / Law Dork with Chris Geidner:
Texas judge rules against immediate relief for students facing drag show ban  —  Citing a procedural rule but giving no further explanation, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk holds off on granting relief to students whose university president banned a charity drag show.
 
 
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