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John Harwood / CNBC:
GOP is more likely to vent ‘personal disgust’ for Trump after Charlottesville — Accusations that Trump is racist have never made Republican politicians abandon him in large numbers. — The killing of an anti-supremacist protester in Charlottesville, Virginia, has generated rage toward white nationalists.
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Jana Winter / Foreign Policy:
FBI and DHS Warned of Growing Threat From White Supremacists Months Ago — Trump doesn't want to call out white supremacists. The FBI already did. — The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security in May warned that white supremacist groups had already carried out more attacks …
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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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why is Trump reluctant to condemn white supremacy? It's his racism — and his megalomania. — THE MORNING PLUM: — During a visit to Washington on Monday, President Trump will again address the deadly violence sparked by a rally of white supremacists and neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, a White House aide tells CNN.
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Politico, New York Times, Political Insider blog and 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 …
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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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New York Times and The Week
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Trump silent as aides look to explain his vague Charlottesville statement
Trump silent as aides look to explain his vague Charlottesville statement
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Scott Greer / The Daily Caller:
Why Were The Police Held Back In Charlottesville?
Why Were The Police Held Back In Charlottesville?
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Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
GoDaddy bans neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer for disparaging woman killed at Charlottesville rally — After months of criticism that GoDaddy was providing a platform for hate speech, the Web hosting company announced late Sunday that it will no longer house the Daily Stormer …
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New York Post:
Trump badly missed the mark on Charlottesville
Trump badly missed the mark on Charlottesville
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Patrick Smith / BuzzFeed:
Angela Merkel Just Said Violence By Far-Right Groups In Virginia Was “Absolutely Repulsive”
Angela Merkel Just Said Violence By Far-Right Groups In Virginia Was “Absolutely Repulsive”
Monique Garcia / Chicago Tribune:
Illinois Senate approves resolution asking police to recognize neo-Nazi groups as terrorist organizations
Illinois Senate approves resolution asking police to recognize neo-Nazi groups as terrorist organizations
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Matt Egan / CNNMoney:
Merck CEO quits Trump council over Charlottesville — Trump addresses Charlottesville clashes (full) — One of America's most prominent black CEOs quit President Trump's manufacturing council on Monday over Trump's failure to condemn white supremacists. — Kenneth Frazier of Merck …
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
These Are Donald Trump's Racist Troops
These Are Donald Trump's Racist Troops
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
GOP senator rips Trump over Charlottesville statement: ‘Call evil by its name’
GOP senator rips Trump over Charlottesville statement: ‘Call evil by its name’
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Pearce Tefft / INFORUM:
Letter: Family denounces Tefft's racist rhetoric and actions — My name is Pearce Tefft, and I am writing to all, with regards to my youngest son, Peter Tefft, an avowed white nationalist who has been featured in a number of local news stories over the last several months.
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Oklahoma man charged in anti-government bomb plot — The FBI has arrested an Oklahoma man on charges that he tried to detonate what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb outside a bank, acting out of a hatred for the U.S. government and an admiration for Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, according to court papers.
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 …
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Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Sessions defends Trump's comments on Charlottesville, says car-ramming fits definition of domestic terror — Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the incident of a driver ramming a car into a crowd of demonstrators in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, which killed a young woman and sent 19 …
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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Sessions Says ‘Evil Attack’ in Virginia Is Domestic Terrorism
Sessions Says ‘Evil Attack’ in Virginia Is Domestic Terrorism
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Media Matters for America:
Alex Jones: A lot of KKK protesters are “Jewish actors” who look like the “cast of Seinfeld” with their hoods off — ALEX JONES (HOST): Here's a little bit of audio of me like 18 years ago protesting the KKK. There's no big crowd of Antifa there supporting me, and them threatening to kill me, everything else.
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Right Wing Watch
Ali Watkins / Politico:
Obama team was warned in 2014 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 …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Here's how Republicans can atone for backing Trump — Donald Trump would not have become the Republican nominee and then the president if not for the support, excuse-making, intentional blindness, moral obtuseness and political cowardice of elected GOP officials and party insiders.
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Alexa Chryssovergis / Arizona Republic:
Voter fraud in Arizona: What it looks like, how often it happens and how it is fought — President Donald Trump spoke to members at the first meeting of a commission on voter fraud Wednesday. He criticized states that have failed to comply with the commission's requests to turn over voter information.
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Conservatives Must Regulate Google And All of Silicon Valley Into Submission — Google's fascist witch-burning of an honest engineer for refusing to bow down at the altar of politically correct lies was the final straw, an unequivocal warning to conservatives that there's a new set of rules, and that we need to play by them.
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