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  • Obama: Parkland students 'are shaking us out of our complacency'

    04/19/2018 11:27:32 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 55 replies
    CNN ^ | April 19, 2018 | By Jennifer Hansler
    Former President Barack Obama has again lauded the students of Parkland, Florida, writing that they "are shaking us out of our complacency." "America's response to mass shootings has long followed a predictable pattern," the 44th president wrote in an entry published Thursday in Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People" list. "This time, something different is happening. This time, our children are calling us to account." "Seared by memories of seeing their friends murdered at a place they believed to be safe, these young leaders don't intimidate easily," Obama wrote of the students. "The Parkland, Fla., students don't have the kind...