| No Images? Click here  Monday, March 18NEW ZEALAND PM: STRICTER GUN LAWS WITHIN DAYS New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she will announce new gun laws within days, after a lone gunman killed 50 people in mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch. The PM said that the "worst act of terrorism on our shores" had exposed a range of weaknesses in gun laws. [Reuters] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]MULVANEY: TRUMP NOT A WHITE SUPREMACIST Asked by Fox News host Chris Wallace why President Donald Trump hasn’t given a speech condemning anti-Muslim bigotry following the shootings in New Zealand, acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney insisted “the president is not a white supremacist.” White House counselor Kellyanne Conway countered similar criticism of the president’s inadequate response by telling journalists, “You can actually shut up and pray for people.” [HuffPost]INTERNET CULTURE BIRTHED ATTACK The New Zealand massacre was birthed by an internet culture specifically engineered to exploit the speed and reach of social media and networked groups of bad actors who have made such extremism a global threat. [HuffPost]ISLAMOPHOBIA GETTING WORSE The attack in New Zealand shows Islamophobia is only getting worse as anti-Muslim rhetoric emboldens extremists across the globe. [HuffPost]WHITE NATIONALISTS IN U.S. ARMED FORCES Leaked chat logs have connected seven current members of the U.S. armed forces to a white nationalist group, according to a HuffPost investigation. Two Marines, two Army ROTC cadets, an Army physician, a member of the Texas National Guard and one member of the Air Force all belong to an organization called Identity Evropa, listed by the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center as an extremist group. [HuffPost]‘SIMILARITIES’ IN BOEING CRASHES Data from the black boxes of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed killing all 157 people on board showed “clear similarities” with October’s Lion Air crash, a spokesman for the Ethiopian Transport Ministry said. Meanwhile, a safety analysis of a new software program installed on Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft reportedly showed crucial flaws. [HuffPost]
 FACEBOOK REMOVES MASSACRE VIDEOS In the aftermath of the deadly mosque shootings, Facebook removed more than 1.5 million videos worldwide of the massacre that livestreamed on its platform. [HuffPost]FOX NEWS HOST: BUY GUNS! Fox News host Pete Hegseth told viewers that they should buy more AR-15s in response to presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke’s calls for stricter gun controls. [HuffPost]TRUMP FOUNDATION FACES HUGE FINE New York State Attorney General Letitia James has called for a $5.6 million fine against the Trump Foundation for allegedly spending tax-free charity money on Trump’s personal, business and campaign costs. The penalty would be in addition to $2.8 million in restitution for misused charity funds, said James. [HuffPost]KENTUCKY JUDGE BLOCKS HEARTBEAT LAW A Kentucky judge has blocked a controversial law that would ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, which is typically about six weeks into pregnancy. The ruling by Judge David J. Hale of the state’s western judicial district came hours after Republican Gov. Matt Bevin signed the measure into law. [HuffPost]TRUMP ATTACKS MCCAIN AGAIN Trump attacked the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Twitter twice over the weekend, accusing him of sharing the infamous Russia dossier with the media and mocking him over his academic record at the U.S. Naval Academy. [HuffPost]GILLIBRAND JUMP INTO 2020 RACE Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is officially a contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination and will deliver her first major campaign speech this month outside the Trump International Hotel in New York City. [HuffPost]
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