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11:55 AM ET, August 13, 2017

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Claudia Koerner / BuzzFeed:
Here's What We Know About The Man Accused Of Killing A Woman At A White Supremacist Rally  —  A 20-year-old man was arrested on Saturday after police said he plowed his car into a group of protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia. … Nine pedestrians were injured in the crash, and a 32-year-old woman was killed.
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David Caplan / ABC News:
Mother of Charlottesville suspect: ‘I just knew he was going to a rally ... I thought it had something to do with Trump’  —  The mother of the man who allegedly plowed into a group of people protesting a white nationalist rally Saturday in Virginia said she knew her son was attending a rally …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Trump babbles in the face of tragedy  —  President Trump speaks about events in Charlottesville on Saturday in Bedminster, N.J. (Jim Watson/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)  —  One of the difficult but primary duties of the modern presidency is to speak for the nation in times of tragedy.
Discussion: Vox, Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Chuck Johnston / CNN:
Charlottesville car crash suspect ID'd as 20-year-old Ohio man  —  (CNN)The suspect being held in a Virginia jail in connection with a deadly crash near a scheduled rally of white nationalists has been identified as James Alex Fields Jr., 20, of Maumee, Ohio, according to Superintendent Martin Kumer …
Discussion: COED, WTVR-TV, twitchy.com, RedState and Mediaite
Toledo Blade:
Charlottesville rocked by white nationalist protests; Total of dead reaches 3  —  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A car with a Lucas County license plate plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally Saturday in a Virginia college town, killing one person …
Discussion: New York Times, CNN, FOX6Now.com and NPR
Joe Ruiz / NPR.org:
Ohio Man Charged With Murder In Virginia Car Attack Following White Nationalist Rally  —  A man who appeared to be marching Saturday with a group of self-proclaimed fascists and had, a day earlier, texted his mother to say he had dropped off his cat for her to watch, is accused of killing …
Washington Post:
One dead and 19 injured as car strikes crowds along route of white nationalist rally in Charlottesville
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
Three dead, dozens hurt after Virginia white nationalist rally is dispersed; Trump blames ‘many sides’
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Man charged with murder for allegedly plowing into crowd in Charlottesville following white nationalist rally
Joshua Eaton / ThinkProgress:
Violence erupts at Klan-like rally through the University of Virginia campus
Daily Mail:
Woman is killed and 19 hurt as car plows into anti-fascists at white nationalist rally …
Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Driver in custody after car rams into crowd following Virginia white nationalist rally
Fox News:
Injuries reported after car plows into protesters during clashes at ‘Unite the Right’ rally
CBS News:
Trump condemns hatred “on many sides” in Charlottesville white nationalist protest
Dallas Morning News:
Amid the violence in Virginia, President Trump failed in a test of leadership  —  Protests and marches have long been a part of American history; they are part of what makes America great.  The First Amendment protects the right of Americans to speak and to assemble publicly.
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New York Times:
Trump Is Criticized for Not Calling Out White Supremacists
Tampa Bay Times:
Marco Rubio: Donald Trump needs to clearly denounce white supremacists in Charlottesville
Discussion: The Atlantic and Denver Post
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump fails to condemn white supremacists in statement on Charlottesville violence
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Scaramucci criticizes Trump's reaction to Charlottesville violence  —  Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci had harsh words for President Donald Trump's reaction to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, this weekend.  —  Scaramucci spoke to ABC News Chief Anchor …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Political Wire
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Dakshayani Shankar / ABC News:
Any attack to incite fear ‘is terrorism’: Trump's national security adviser on Charlottesville
Discussion: Politico
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
I'm a White Man.  Hear Me Out.  —  I'm a white man, so you should listen to absolutely nothing I say, at least on matters of social justice.  I have no standing.  No way to relate.  My color and gender nullify me, and it gets worse: I grew up in the suburbs.  Dad made six figures.
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Simple Justice
Chris Coons / The Atlantic:
Progressive Values Can't Be Just Secular Values  —  For a generation, the Democratic Party of which I'm a member has steadily moved away from communities of faith.  Today, according to a recent Pew study, more than one-third of Democrats—including 44 percent of self-described liberal Democrats …
Bernie Becker / Politico:
Think Obamacare repeal was hard?  Wait for tax reform  —  Congressional Republicans need to think again if they're hoping tax reform will offer them an easy victory after their bungled Obamacare repeal effort.  —  Rewriting the tax code will be just as difficult as health care — maybe even more so.
Josh Delk / The Hill:
Mueller wants to interview Priebus in Russia probe: report  —  Robert Mueller, the special counsel in charge of the Russia probe, plans to interview current and former senior Trump administration officials as part of his ongoing investigation, according to a new report on Saturday.
 
 
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