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10:55 AM ET, August 13, 2017

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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
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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: CNN, FOX6Now.com and NPR
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
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.
Washington Post:
One dead and 19 injured as car strikes crowds along route of white nationalist rally in Charlottesville  —  Watch more!  —  CHARLOTTESVILLE — Chaos and violence turned to tragedy Saturday as hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members — planning to stage what they described …
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
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.
Claudia Koerner / BuzzFeed:
Here's What We Know About The Man Accused Of Killing A Woman At A White Supremacist Rally
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump fails to condemn white supremacists in statement on Charlottesville violence
Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Driver in custody after car rams into crowd following Virginia white nationalist rally
Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Man charged with murder for allegedly plowing into crowd in Charlottesville following white nationalist rally
Daily Mail:
Woman is killed and 19 hurt as car plows into anti-fascists at white nationalist rally …
Joshua Eaton / ThinkProgress:
Violence erupts at Klan-like rally through the University of Virginia campus
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
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
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.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump suspects Bannon of leaking, putting job in jeopardy  —  President Trump has told close associates that he believes Steve Bannon is behind damaging leaks about White House colleagues, putting the chief strategist's job in fresh jeopardy, sources close to the president tell me.
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.
Ted Cruz:
It's tragic and heartbreaking to see hatred and racism once again mar our great Nation with bloodshed.  Heidi's and my prayers are with the loved ones of those killed and injured in the ongoing violence in Charlottesville.  The First Amendment protects the rights of all Americans to speak …
Discussion: Mediaite
 
 
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