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New York Times:
A Combative Trump Criticizes ‘Alt-Left’ Groups in Charlottesville — President Trump angrily defended himself on Tuesday against criticism that he did not specifically condemn Nazi and white supremacist groups following the weekend's deadly racial unrest in Virginia, and at one point questioned whether …
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Politico:
Full text: Trump's comments on white supremacists, ‘alt-left’ in Charlottesville — The following is a transcript of President Donald Trump's remarks at a news conference on infrastructure at Trump Tower on Aug. 15 and the Q&A with the media that followed. — PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Hello, everybody.
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Trump lashes out at ‘alt-left’ in Charlottesville, says ‘fine people on both sides’ — President Donald Trump lashed out about the criticism of his initial statement about the Charlottesville violence today and quickly went on to blame both sides of protestors for the conflict …
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Not Planning on Charlottesville Trip; ‘Why The Hell Would We Do That?’ Aides Say … President Donald Trump does not have plans to visit Charlottesville, Virginia in the wake of the the white-supremacist and neo-Nazi gathering that took place in the city over the weekend.
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Justin Fishel / ABC News:
Trump ad-libbed ‘many sides’ remark in response to Charlottesville violence
Trump ad-libbed ‘many sides’ remark in response to Charlottesville violence
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CBS News:
Steve Bannon's job has never been in more jeopardy, sources say
Steve Bannon's job has never been in more jeopardy, sources say
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Daily Mail:
Bannon could be gone ‘by the end of the week’: New claim of a Friday massacre in the cards …
Bannon could be gone ‘by the end of the week’: New claim of a Friday massacre in the cards …
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Today in Trumpworld — August 15
Today in Trumpworld — August 15
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Fox News, Daily Caller delete posts encouraging people to drive through protests — Months before a man allegedly turned his vehicle into a weapon and plowed through a group of protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, an article that made the rounds in conservative media encouraged readers to do something similar.
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Henry Grabar / Slate:
In January, Fox News Posted a Video of Cars Mowing Down Protesters That Urged Viewers to “Study the Technique” — Conservatives are rightfully aghast at the terror attack on Saturday that left one woman dead and more than a dozen injured in Charlottesville, Virginia. — Henry Grabar is a staff writer for Slate's Moneybox.
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Robin Eberhardt / The Hill:
Fifth leader resigns from Trump's manufacturing council — The president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing has resigned from President Trump's American Manufacturing Council, making him the fifth business leader to do so. — “I'm resigning from the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative …
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New York Times:
Walmart's C.E.O. Joins Group to Rebuke Trump Over Charlottesville
Walmart's C.E.O. Joins Group to Rebuke Trump Over Charlottesville
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Lawrence H. Summers / Washington Post:
Summers to CEOs: If you won't quit Trump's advisory councils now, then when?
Summers to CEOs: If you won't quit Trump's advisory councils now, then when?
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The Guardian, The Atlantic, Business Insider and CNBC
Jessica Schulberg / HuffPost:
Controversial Trump Aide Katharine Gorka Helped End Funding For Group That Fights White Supremacy — Life After Hate works to de-radicalize neo-Nazis. The Trump administration decided it wasn't a priority. — WASHINGTON Weeks before a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville …
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CBO's Publications:
The Effects of Terminating Payments for Cost-Sharing Reductions — CBO and the Joint Committee on Taxation estimated the effects on the federal budget, health insurance coverage, market stability, and premiums if payments for cost-sharing reductions would end after December 2017. — 430.71 KB
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Light turnout in Alabama Senate primary — MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Latest on Alabama's special primary election for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions (all times local): — Turnout could be even lower than expected in Alabama's Senate primary.
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Jeff Stein / Vox:
Alabama GOP Senate frontrunner: “there are communities under Sharia law right now”
Alabama GOP Senate frontrunner: “there are communities under Sharia law right now”
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Talking Points Memo
CNNMoney:
Former Google engineer: ‘I do not support the alt-right’ — Fired engineer: Google a “psychologically unsafe environment” — James Damore was fired from Google last week over his controversial 3,300 word essay on diversity. His memo put him in the good graces of the alt-right — but he's now distancing himself from the movement.
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Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Rep. Gutiérrez arrested at White House immigration protest — Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.) and about 30 other protesters were arrested Tuesday outside the White House during a rally commemorating the fifth anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
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Jack Holmes / Esquire:
This Vice News Documentary from Charlottesville Is Horrifying — Watch it and share it. — Hundreds of white supremacists marched with torches in an American city Friday night. They arrived the next day brandishing weapons and armor. One white supremacist allegedly murdered …
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The Atlantic
Julian Quinones / CBS News:
“What kind of society do you want to live in?”: Inside the country where Down syndrome is disappearing — “CBSN: On Assignment” airs Mondays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and on our streaming network, CBSN. Explore more on this topic in our “Behind the Lens” report.
Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute — Trump Temperament Consequences … - Donald Trump making Washington politicians uncomfortable may be a good thing according to half of the American public. But his behavior is seen as making it more difficult to get anything done according to the latest Monmouth University Poll.
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Washington Post
Fr. Mark Hodges / LifeSiteNews:
BREAKING: Texas permanently bans taxpayer funding of abortion … Advertisement … MUST-READS — BREAKING: Texas permanently bans taxpayer funding of abortion BREAKING: Texas permanently bans taxpayer funding of abortion News By Fr. Mark Hodges — LifeSite is hiring!
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Demands Data on Visitors to Anti-Trump Website, Sparking Fight — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is trying to force an internet hosting company to turn over information about everyone who visited a website used to organize protests during President Trump's inauguration …
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Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept:
Donald Trump Has Been a Racist All His Life — And He Isn't Going to Change After Charlottesville — “Racism is evil,” declared Donald Trump on Monday, “and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups …
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Andy Greene / Rolling Stone:
The Last Word: Jake Tapper on Trump, ‘SNL’ and Old-School Rap — CNN anchor explains how he's angered both sides of the political debate and why his wife thought a controversial ‘Saturday Night Live’ skit was sexist — Jake Tapper wasn't on the phone with Rolling Stone for more than 30 seconds …
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
From Trump Aide to Single Mom — A.J. Delgado and Jason Miller stood in the New York Hilton ballroom on the night of the 2016 election, watching the man they helped elect president deliver the unlikeliest of victory speeches. It was a heady moment for the small band of aides and operatives …
Elliot Kaufman / National Review:
Campus Conservatives Gave the Alt-Right a Platform — They deserve their fair share of the blame for the entirely predictable consequences of that choice. — Why did so many otherwise respectable conservative groups host Milo Yiannopoulos, an apologist for the alt-right, on college campuses across America?
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Weekly Standard
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
The Obama-Trump Voters Are Real. Here's What They Think. — The story of the 2016 presidential election is simple. Donald J. Trump made huge gains among white voters without a college degree. His gains were large enough to cancel out considerable losses among well-educated white voters and a decade of demographic shifts.
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Dominique Mosbergen / HuffPost:
White Supremacist In Charlottesville Wearing 82nd Airborne Hat Gets Called Out... By 82nd Airborne — The elite paratrooper unit continues to battle fascism — but now on American soil. — The 82nd Airborne Division fought several campaigns against Nazi Germany during World War II.
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Trump, Obama and the Politics of Evasion — Regarding last week's events in Charlottesville, Va., consider the following propositions: — (1) James Alex Fields Jr., the young man who on Saturday, police say, rammed his Dodge Challenger into a crowd in Charlottesville …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
An ugly pattern is taking shape. Trump exaggerates certain threats. He plays down other ones. — THE MORNING PLUM: — President Trump's reluctance to issue a direct, full-throated condemnation of the white supremacist violence in Charlottesville continues to be scrutinized for clues …
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Media Matters for America:
Fox guest: Confederate flag and LGBTQ pride flag “represent the exact same thing” — STEVE DOOCY (CO-HOST): What do you think about [House Minority Leader] Nancy Pelosi [(D-CA)], who made this statement yesterday: “It shouldn't take the president of the United States two days to summon …
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Hunter Woodall / Kansas City Star:
Kansas Democrat Paul Davis announces congressional bid, says he won't vote for Pelosi — The man who many thought would make another run for Kansas governor is officially running for Congress instead. — Democrat Paul Davis announced his entrance into the race for the 2nd District congressional seat Tuesday morning.
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Fox host: Trump comments 'one of the biggest messes I've ever seen' … Fox News's Kat Timpf slammed President Trump on Tuesday for his “disgusting” press conference in which he again blamed “both sides” for the violence that occurred in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend …
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Danielle Ryan / Salon:
What if the DNC Russian “hack” was really a leak after all? A new report raises questions media and Democrats would rather ignore — A group of intelligence pros and forensic investigators tell The Nation there was no hack— the media ignores it — Last week the respected left-liberal magazine …
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Power Line and The American Conservative