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Blake Montgomery / BuzzFeed:
Here's What Really Happened In Charlottesville — Who came ready for violence? Was it on “many sides”? The answers are clearer on the ground. — Reporting From — Yes, you can blame the Nazis. — The race-fueled chaos that wracked Charlottesville, Virginia, finally came to rest on Sunday night.
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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.
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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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The Daily Caller, Althouse and Business Insider
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 …
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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 …
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Outside the Beltway, The Guardian, Business Insider, The Daily Caller and Washington Post
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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CBS News, Bloomberg, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Times, Talking Points Memo and Media Matters for America
Monique Garcia / Chicago Tribune:
Illinois Senate approves resolution asking police to recognize neo-Nazi groups as terrorist organizations — White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” clashed with counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Va., on the morning of Aug. 12, 2017, during a “Unite the Right” rally.
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The Hill
New York Times:
Far-Right Groups Surge Into National View in Charlottesville — It was a deadly weekend of rage-fueled street battles. And after the violent demonstrations in Charlottesville, Va., leaders of white nationalist groups claimed success. — “It was a huge moral victory in terms of the show of force …
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Talking Points Memo and Washington Post
Meghan Breen / KTVN-TV:
UNR Student Talks After Marching in Charlottesville White Nationalist Rally
UNR Student Talks After Marching in Charlottesville White Nationalist Rally
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Raw Story, The Week, Gizmodo, The Root and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
GoDaddy bans neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer for disparaging woman killed at Charlottesville rally
GoDaddy bans neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer for disparaging woman killed at Charlottesville rally
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Arizona Republic, TechCrunch, NPR, The Verge, The Moderate Voice and Mashable
Jacey Fortin / New York Times:
The Statue at the Center of Charlottesville's Storm
The Statue at the Center of Charlottesville's Storm
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Detroit Free Press, The Guardian, FiveThirtyEight and Power Line
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
White House says Trump ‘condemns’ white supremacists, KKK, neo-Nazi and all extremist groups
White House says Trump ‘condemns’ white supremacists, KKK, neo-Nazi and all extremist groups
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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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 …
Wall Street Journal:
We're Holding Pyongyang to Account — The U.S., its allies and the world are united in our pursuit of a denuclearized Korean Peninsula. — In the past few months, multiple illegal North Korean ballistic-missile and ICBM tests—coupled with the most recent bellicose language from Pyongyang …
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New York Times:
North Korea's Missile Success Is Linked to Ukrainian Plant, Investigators Say — North Korea's success in testing an intercontinental ballistic missile that appears able to reach the United States was made possible by black-market purchases of powerful rocket engines probably from a Ukrainian factory …
Gordon Lubold / Wall Street Journal:
Top U.S. General Readies Military Plan for North Korea, but Pushes for Diplomacy — Arriving in Asia, Gen. Joe Dunford says he is prepared for war, but supporting Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's efforts — OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea—The Pentagon's top military officer said Sunday …
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 …
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Washington Monthly, WTVR-TV, Mashable, New York's PIX11, Common Dreams and Hit & Run
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Washington Post:
Charlottesville victim: ‘She was there standing up for what was right’
Charlottesville victim: ‘She was there standing up for what was right’
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CBS Boston and Talking Points Memo
Andy Campbell / HuffPost:
Mother Of Charlottesville Victim Heather Heyer: 'I'm Proud Of What She Did'
Mother Of Charlottesville Victim Heather Heyer: 'I'm Proud Of What She Did'
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The Week, The Daily Caller, Common Dreams, The Stranger … and Media Matters for America
Christina Caron / New York Times:
Heather Heyer, Charlottesville Victim, Is Recalled as ‘a Strong Woman’
Heather Heyer, Charlottesville Victim, Is Recalled as ‘a Strong Woman’
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Narativ, New York Magazine, USA Today, The Guardian and New York Daily News
Ali Watkins / Politico:
Obama team was warned about Russian interference — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration received multiple warnings from national security officials between 2014 and 2016 that the Kremlin was ramping up its intelligence operations and building disinformation networks it could use to disrupt …
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Garrett M. Graff / Wired:
A GUIDE TO RUSSIA'S HIGH TECH TOOL BOX FOR SUBVERTING US DEMOCRACY
Michael Calderone / HuffPost:
Pulitzer-Winner James Risen Joins The Intercept And First Look Media — The New York Times veteran will help steer national security reporting and direct press freedom fund. — Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist James Risen, who spent seven years fighting off government efforts …