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Robin Eberhardt / The Hill:
Trump approval falls to lowest level ever in Gallup poll — President Trump's approval rating has dropped to its lowest level ever in a Gallup tracking poll. — The president's approval rating is only 34 percent in the latest Gallup average released Monday, while 61 percent of adults disapprove …
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Trump, Saying ‘Racism Is Evil,’ Condemns Violence in Charlottesville — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump bowed to overwhelming pressure that he personally condemn white supremacists who incited bloody demonstrations in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend — labeling their racist views …
Jim Finkle / Reuters:
Neo-Nazi site moves to Google after GoDaddy dumps it
Neo-Nazi site moves to Google after GoDaddy dumps it
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The Moderate Voice, The Verge, New York Magazine and Talking Points Memo
Matt Egan / CNNMoney:
Merck CEO quits Trump council over Charlottesville
Merck CEO quits Trump council over Charlottesville
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Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Merck's C.E.O. Took a Stand. What About Other Executives?
Merck's C.E.O. Took a Stand. What About Other Executives?
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Business Insider and STAT
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Anti-Nazi movie goes viral after Charlottesville
Anti-Nazi movie goes viral after Charlottesville
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Politico, Business Insider, RedState, The Guardian and The Atlantic
Kaili Joy Gray / Shareblue:
Germany slams American Nazis as American president remains silent
Germany slams American Nazis as American president remains silent
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New York Times and Talking Points Memo
Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Trump attacks Merck CEO for stepping down from manufacturing council in protest
Trump attacks Merck CEO for stepping down from manufacturing council in protest
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Weekly Standard, Reuters, New York Times, New York Magazine, STAT, IJR, East Bay Times, The Daily Caller, Mother Jones and Mediaite
Yair Rosenberg / Washington Post:
‘Jews will not replace us’: Why white supremacists go after Jews
‘Jews will not replace us’: Why white supremacists go after Jews
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Gregg Jarrett / Fox News:
Trump ‘seriously considering’ a pardon for ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio — EXCLUSIVE: President Trump may soon issue a pardon for Joe Arpaio, the colorful former Arizona sheriff who was found guilty two weeks ago of criminal contempt for defying a state judge's order to stop traffic patrols targeting suspected undocumented immigrants.
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Wall Street Journal:
The Poison of Identity Politics — The return of white nationalism is part of a deeper ailment. — As ever in this age of Donald Trump, politicians and journalists are reducing the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday to a debate over Mr. Trump's words and intentions.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, No More Mister Nice Blog and The American Conservative
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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.
NBC News:
Pence Defends Trump From Critics of Charlottesville Remarks — Vice President Mike Pence on Monday continued to defend President Donald Trump's response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend, telling NBC News the president “made it very clear” he condemns “the KKK and white supremacists.”
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Jia Tolentino / New Yorker:
Charlottesville and the Effort to Downplay Racism in America
Charlottesville and the Effort to Downplay Racism in America
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John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
Explaining Trump's Charlottesville Behavior — The nucleolus of Trump. — You can choose to have whatever opinion you have on the president's statement today condemning white supremacists, but it's hard to believe he would have read it out if he'd had his druthers.
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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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
‘You will have to shovel our bodies into the oven, too’: Father of Charlottesville neo-Nazi disowns him — One father of a marcher in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend is denouncing his own son after the young man was seen on national news spouting hate.
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WDAY-TV and The American Conservative
Steve Kovach / Business Insider:
Google cancels domain registration for Daily Stormer — Google has canceled the domain registration for The Daily Stormer, a company spokesperson confirmed Monday. — “We are cancelling Daily Stormer's registration with Google Domains for violating our terms of service,” the spokesperson told Business Insider.
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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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Axios, Talking Points Memo, Shakesville, Political Wire, Raw Story and The Week
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.
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ThinkProgress, KFOR-TV, RedState, WTVC-TV, Shakesville and The Week
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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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Shareblue, The Moderate Voice, Politico, Mediaite, Political Insider blog, The Daily Caller and Taylor Marsh
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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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Talking Points Memo, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Raw Story, Right Wing Watch and YouTube
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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Media Matters for America:
Right-wing media provided home for white supremacist before he organized Charlottesville rally — Before he organized the recent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, VA, Jason Kessler wrote for The Daily Caller and the white nationalist site VDare and appeared as a purported expert on Alex Jones' Infowars network.
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CNN, FiveThirtyEight and The Week
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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Washington Free Beacon, New York Magazine, The Guardian, New York Times, Lawfare, BillMoyers.com, The Daily Caller, The Week and BBC
Doug Criss / CNN:
Another white nationalist rally planned, this time in Texas with Richard Spencer — (CNN)Brace yourselves for Round 2: White nationalists are planning for another protest in September. — White nationalists, neo-Nazis and other extremist groups plan to hold a “white lives matter” rally at Texas A&M on September 11.
Agence France-Presse:
Merkel condemns ‘disgusting’ US far-right violence — Recommended — Protests, vigils around US decry white supremacist rally — Trump faulted for not rebuking racists — Police, FBI probe deadly violence at white nationalist rally — Entities — Your feedback is important to us!
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BuzzFeed, RedState, The Daily Caller, The Week and Daily Kos
Eric J Weiner / Bloomberg:
Stocks Surge, Havens Retreat as Korea Fears Wane: Markets Wrap — U.S. officials say nuclear war with North Korea isn't imminent — Volatility drops; Treasuries, gold and the yen all pull back — Start your day with what's moving markets in Asia. Sign up here to receive our newsletter.