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Paul Krugman | Nasty, Brutish and Trump 
Students staged a
Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "On Wednesday, after listening to the heart-rending stories of those who lost children and friends in the Parkland school shooting - while holding a cue card with empathetic-sounding phrases - Donald Trump proposed his answer: arming schoolteachers."
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Intelligence Committee Democrats, led by ranking Democrat, Rep. Adam Schiff of California, wrote the memo. (photo: Getty)
Intelligence Committee Democrats, led by ranking Democrat, Rep. Adam Schiff of California, wrote the memo. (photo: Getty)

Democratic Response Memo Finally Released, Redacted
Karoun Demirjian and Rosalind S. Helderman, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The House Intelligence Committee released on Saturday a redacted memo authored by Democrats and intended to rebut GOP allegations that federal law enforcement agencies had political motivations for wiretapping one of President Trump's former campaign aides."
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NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre, who believes the N.R.A. is the only one that truly cares about the children. (photo: Getty)
NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre, who believes the N.R.A. is the only one that truly cares about the children. (photo: Getty)

Sponsors Flee From NRA After Corporate America Second-Guesses Association With Organization Promoting Mass Murder
Bess Levin, Vanity Fair
Levin writes: "If there's one clear point that's emerged from the Parkland shooting, it's that change in gun-control policy is not going to come from Washington politicians."
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Police outside a school. (photo: Bob Daemmrich/Alamy)
Police outside a school. (photo: Bob Daemmrich/Alamy)

Police in Schools Turns Students Into Criminals
Megan French-Marcelin, ACLU
French-Marcelin writes: "Like many teenage boys, Nathan and Caleb, 14- and 16-year-old brothers who were students at Clarkston High School in rural Washington, liked to play pranks. At least they did until an incident at school landed both boys with felony charges."
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FCC chairman Ajit Pai. (photo: Getty)
FCC chairman Ajit Pai. (photo: Getty)

The NRA Just Awarded FCC Chair Ajit Pai With a Gun for His 'Courage'
Dell Cameron, Gizmodo
Caremon writes: "FCC Chairman Ajit Pai joined the pack at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Friday alongside fellow Republican commissioners Michael O'Rielly and Brendan Carr - the architects of the recent order repealing net neutrality protections passed in the Obama era."
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., his wife Jane Sanders, and his son Levi Sanders arrive to a primary night rally in Essex Junction, Vt., March 1, 2016. (photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., his wife Jane Sanders, and his son Levi Sanders arrive to a primary night rally in Essex Junction, Vt., March 1, 2016. (photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Bernie Sanders' Son Considering Run for Congress From New Hampshire
Dominick Proto, ABC News
Proto writes: "A new - and familiar - name might soon be added to the list of candidates running in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District race: Levi Sanders, the son of 2016 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders."
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Teenagers play basketball in the Carver Terrace housing project on Nov. 21, 2013, in Port Arthur, Texas. (photo: Eric Kayne/Earth Justice)
Teenagers play basketball in the Carver Terrace housing project on Nov. 21, 2013, in Port Arthur, Texas. (photo: Eric Kayne/Earth Justice)

EPA Scientists Find That Air Pollution Is Worse in Poor, Black Communities
Alex Lubben, Vice News
Lubben writes: "People of color, and black people in particular, are much more likely to be exposed to air pollution, scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency found."
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