memeorandum: White House Acts to Stem Fallout From Trump's First Charlottesville Remarks (Glenn Thrush/New York Times)

6:05 AM ET, August 14, 2017

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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:

White House Acts to Stem Fallout From Trump's First Charlottesville Remarks — BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — The White House, under siege over President Trump's equivocal response to this weekend's bloody white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, Va., on Sunday condemned “white supremacists” for inciting the violence that led to one death.

Meghan Breen / KTVN-TV:

UNR Student Talks After Marching in Charlottesville White Nationalist Rally — Thousands gathered to protest in the streets Charlottesville, Virginia Saturday, among them was 20 year-old Reno resident Peter Cvjetanovic. — Cvjetanovic is an undergraduate at the university studying history and political science.

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ProPublica:

Police Stood By As Mayhem Mounted in Charlottesville — State police and National Guardsmen watched passively for hours as self-proclaimed Nazis engaged in street battles with counter-protesters. ProPublica reporter A.C. Thompson was on the scene and reports that the authorities turned …

Discussion: Business Insider, The Guardian, The Daily Caller and Washington Post

Amy B Wang / Washington Post:

One group loved Trump's remarks about Charlottesville: White supremacists — President Trump's public remarks on the violence in Charlottesville have been criticized by many, including members of his own political party, for being insufficient and vague. — But Trump's choice of words …

Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:

‘Look at the campaign he ran’: Charlottesville mayor is becoming one of Trump's strongest critics — A white nationalist site calls him “anti-white.” — An article it published in May outlines some highlights of Michael Signer's term as the mayor of Charlottesville: his endorsement …

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:

Hurt and Angry, Charlottesville Tries to Regroup From Violence — CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Brittany Caine-Conley, a minister in training at Sojourners United Church of Christ, arrived in downtown Charlottesville on Saturday morning expecting that there might be violence.

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WCPO:
Charlottesville car attack suspect James Fields Jr. was ‘infatuated’ with Nazis, ex-teacher says

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Andrew Anglin / Daily Stormer:
C H A R L O T T E S V I L L E — It is Sunday and the event is over.

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Robert King / Washington Examiner:
Mike Huckabee: If Trump ‘shot’ Charlottesville crash driver ‘between the eyes,’ he'd still be criticized

Discussion: The Hill

Jonathan Swan / Axios:

Anti-McMaster campaign is about to get uglier — The bare-knuckle campaign to remove National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster from the White House is about to get much uglier. — Outside forces opposed to McMaster are going to allege he has a drinking problem, according to sources outside …

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Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:

EXCLUSIVE: Former Trump Adviser Says He Will ‘Blow’ McMaster, Drudge ‘The F**k Out’ If Bannon Is Ousted — Sam Nunberg, a former political adviser to Donald Trump, warned Sunday of dire consequences for National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster and Matt Drudge if White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is pushed out of the West Wing.

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CNN:

Trump advisers signal the knives are out for Bannon — Bridgewater, New Jersey (CNN)Two senior Trump advisers — one inside the White House and another who recently departed — signaled Sunday that the knives are out for Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump's controversial chief strategist.

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Jerusalem Post: Comment: US National Security Adviser McMaster is a friend to Israel

ABC News:
Analysis: Why won't Donald Trump condemn white nationalism?

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HuffPost:

Heather Heyer ‘Murdered While Protesting Against Hate’ In Charlottesville, Friends Say — “If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention,” read Heyer's last public post on Facebook. — RUCKERSVILLE, Va. The woman who was killed in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday when a car plowed …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Gateway Pundit and Mashable

Washington Post:

Charlottesville victim: ‘She was there standing up for what was right’ — A demonstrator carries a sign honoring Heather Heyer during a protest on Aug. 13 in Chicago. Heyer was killed in Charlottesville, Va., when a car plowed into activists who were preparing to march in opposition to a nearby white nationalist rally.

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Andy Campbell / HuffPost:
Mother Of Charlottesville Victim Heather Heyer: 'I'm Proud Of What She Did'

Discussion: The Week, Common Dreams, Media Matters for America and The Stranger …

CNN:
Father: Heather Heyer was a champion for others

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Christina Caron / New York Times:
Heather Heyer, Charlottesville Victim, Is Recalled as ‘a Strong Woman’

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Nicole Hensley / New York Daily News:
Paralegal killed during protest of Charlottesville white supremacist rally: ‘She died doing what was right’

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Jeff Greenfield / Politico:

Why Trump Can't Say the Obvious — It's long past Passover, but the latest effusions from Donald Trump bring to mind the question that begins that ritual: “Why is this president different from all other presidents?” — Would any past president have not understood the need to read …

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gofundme.com:
I Was Beaten By White Supremacists

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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Charlottesville mayor: There is a ‘direct line’ between Trump campaign and white supremacist rally

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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump's incredibly unpresidential statement on Charlottesville

Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:

The Alt-Right's Rebranding Effort Has Failed — The alt-right movement has sought over the past two years to rebrand white nationalism, lifting it out of the obscure corners of the website Stormfront and elevating it into the mainstream political discussion. — In some ways the effort succeeded.

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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Time for Republicans to Leap From the Boat

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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
He's One of Them — As we get underway today, a few thoughts on yesterday.

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Rod Dreher / The American Conservative:

The Curse Of Identity Politics — Charlottesville is the kind of America that identity politics is calling into being. It's time for straight talk about that. — On the Right, the story is fairly straightforward. Neo-Nazis, white nationalists, and their ilk have to be condemned in no uncertain terms, and marginalized.

Discussion: Instapundit