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12:50 PM 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
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 …
New York Times:
Trump Is Criticized for Not Calling Out White Supremacists  —  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Trump is rarely reluctant to express his opinion, but he is often seized by caution when addressing the violence and vitriol of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and alt-right activists, some of whom are his supporters.
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Charlottesville mayor on Trump: ‘Look at the campaign he ran’  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Charlottesville Democratic mayor Michael Signer said Sunday that President Donald Trump had emboldened organized racists who caused the racially charged violence in his city over the weekend.
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, twitchy.com, WTVR-TV, RedState and Mediaite
Media Matters for America:
Fox & Friends Sunday defends white supremacist Charlottesville protesters: “There's a reason those people were out there”  —  PETE HEGSETH (CO-HOST): I think the president nailed it.  He condemned in the strongest possible terms hatred and bigotry on all sides as opposed to immediately picking a side out the gate.
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Charlottesville mayor: We're not seeing leadership from the White House  —  Charlottesville Mayor Michael Signer (D) on Sunday ripped President Trump's response to violent clashes in the city that were spurred by a white nationalist rally.  —  “Our democracy has been through a lot in the last century.
Discussion: Politico
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Republican senator: White nationalists can't be part of GOP base
Washington Post:
One dead and 19 injured as car strikes crowds along route of white nationalist rally in Charlottesville
Dallas Morning News:   Amid the violence in Virginia, President Trump failed in a test of leadership
Tampa Bay Times:
Marco Rubio: Donald Trump needs to clearly denounce white supremacists in Charlottesville
Discussion: The Atlantic and Denver Post
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:
White nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia sparks violent clashes, turns deadly
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump fails to condemn white supremacists in statement on Charlottesville violence
Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Man charged with murder for allegedly plowing into crowd in Charlottesville following white nationalist rally
Fox News:
Injuries reported after car plows into protesters during clashes at ‘Unite the Right’ rally
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 …
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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
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.
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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Associated Press:
American tourist gives Nazi salute in Germany, is beaten up  —  https://apnews.com/7038efa32f324d8ea9fa 2ff7eadf8f20  —  Link copied!  —  BERLIN (AP) — Police say a drunken American man was punched by a passer-by as he gave the stiff-armed Nazi salute multiple times in downtown Dresden.
Discussion: The Root
Nicole Hensley / New York Daily News:
Paralegal killed during protest of Charlottesville white supremacist rally: ‘She died doing what was right’  —  Counter-protesters and medics rushed to help the lone victim who died during a peaceful Charlottesville protest disrupted by a madman with a sports car on Saturday.
 
 
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Debra J. Saunders / Townhall.com:
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