memeorandum: White supremacists cheer Trump's response to Charlottesville violence (Judd Legum/ThinkProgress)

9:35 PM ET, August 13, 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.

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.

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Mediaite

Washington Post:

Alleged driver of car that plowed into Charlottesville crowd was a Nazi sympathizer, former teacher says … CHARLOTTESVILLE — A man accused of plowing a car into a crowd of protesters here — killing one person and leaving 19 injured — long sympathized with Nazi views and had stood …

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 …

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog

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.

Discussion: Southern Poverty Law Center, The Daily Caller, Mashable, New York's PIX11, The Root, The Guardian, WTVR-TV, Hit & Run, Common Dreams and alicublog

WCPO:

Charlottesville car attack suspect James Fields Jr. was ‘infatuated’ with Nazis, ex-teacher says — Fields recently moved from Northern Kentucky — UNION, Ky. — The man police said rammed his car into a crowd of people protesting a white nationalist rally was “very infatuated with the Nazis …

Discussion: CNN, Washington Post, Associated Press, dailycallernewsfoundation.org, The Guardian and The Daily Signal

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. However, I'm going to leave this page up at the top for half the day. People are interested to see what went down. — You can also check this forum thread for attendees only for updates from people at the event (and post in it if you're there).

Andy Campbell / HuffPost:

Mother Of Charlottesville Victim Heather Heyer: 'I'm Proud Of What She Did' — “I want her death to be a rallying cry for justice,” Susan Bro told HuffPost. — RUCKERSVILLE, Va. Susan Bro sat in her darkened home on Sunday, tearing up as she smiled. — She was thinking fondly of her daughter …

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

Claudia Koerner / BuzzFeed:
Here's What We Know About The Man Accused Of Killing A Woman At A White Supremacist Rally

Discussion: The Federalist, Business Insider, The Atlantic, The Other McCain and Fox News

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

New York Times:
What We Know About James Alex Fields, Driver Charged in Charlottesville Killing

Discussion: Affinity Magazine, AOL, Little Green Footballs, KQED News, FOX6Now.com, NPR.org, CNN, Axios, Toledo Blade and Gizmodo, more at Mediagazer »

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

Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story, BuzzFeed and The Week

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

Discussion: Associated Press and Politico

Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
One group loved Trump's remarks about Charlottesville: White supremacists

Discussion: FiveThirtyEight, Telegraph and Affinity Magazine

Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
White supremacists cheer Trump's response to Charlottesville violence

Discussion: Power Line, The Atlantic, CBS News, Hullabaloo, Shareblue, Washington Post, CNN, IJR and Damian J. Penny

Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Republican senator: White nationalists can't be part of GOP base

Discussion: Politico, Raw Story, CBS Miami, BillMoyers.com, israpundit.org, Sputnik International, New York Post, RedState, Talking Points Memo and New York Magazine

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

Discussion: The Hill

Washington Post: Syria's Assad has become an unexpected icon of the far right in America

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

Discussion: The Guardian

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 …

Discussion: RedState and Mediaite

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.

Discussion: Political Wire

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

Discussion: ThinkProgress

Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Scaramucci criticizes Trump's reaction to Charlottesville violence

Discussion: Axios, The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo, ThinkProgress and The Week

David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Scaramucci: Elements Within Washington and White House Are Trying to ‘Eject’ Trump

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Gateway Pundit

Madeline Conway / Politico:
Scaramucci criticizes Trump's Charlottesville response and blames Bannon

Discussion: RedState, Business Insider, ABC News, AOL, Axios, Washington Free Beacon and TheBlaze

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.

Discussion: Raw Story, The Root, Gizmodo and Lawyers, Guns & Money

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.

gofundme.com:

I Was Beaten By White Supremacists — On August 12th, 2017 there was a “Unite the Right” march of white nationalist and other right-wing groups (KKK, Neo-nazis, and white supremacists) that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia. These individuals were protesting against the removal …

Discussion: The FADER and The Root

Yesha Callahan / The Root: Interview: 20-Year Old Deandre Harris Speaks Out About Being Assaulted by White Supremacists in Charlottesville, Va.

Patricia Mazzei / miamiherald:

Powerful Venezuelan lawmaker may have issued death order against Rubio — One of Venezuela's most powerful leaders may have put out an order to kill Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a fervent critic of the South American country's government, according to intelligence obtained by the U.S. last month.

Discussion: Fox News, Politico, RedState, TheBlaze, IJR and The Gateway Pundit

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