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Policy@Intel:
Intel CEO leaves American Manufacturing Council — Earlier today, I tendered my resignation from the American Manufacturing Council. I resigned to call attention to the serious harm our divided political climate is causing to critical issues, including the serious need to address the decline of American manufacturing.
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Tony Romm / Recode:
Here are the business leaders who are — and aren't — officially advising Trump — The latest departure: Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, citing Trump's comments on Charlottesville. — From immigration to climate change, President Donald Trump has repeatedly found himself at odds …
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Ina Fried / Axios:
Intel CEO exits President Trump's manufacturing council
Intel CEO exits President Trump's manufacturing council
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Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Outraged in Private, Many C.E.O.s Fear the Wrath of the President
Outraged in Private, Many C.E.O.s Fear the Wrath of the President
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CNNMoney:
Three CEOs walk away from Trump after Charlottesville
Three CEOs walk away from Trump after Charlottesville
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Roger Yu / USA Today:
Under Armour, Intel CEOs quit Trump's job council over Charlottesville rally response
Under Armour, Intel CEOs quit Trump's job council over Charlottesville rally response
Matt Egan / CNNMoney:
From racism to climate change, CEOs keep turning on Trump
From racism to climate change, CEOs keep turning on Trump
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New York Times:
Bannon in Limbo as Trump Faces Growing Calls for the Strategist's Ouster — WASHINGTON — Rupert Murdoch has repeatedly urged President Trump to fire him. Anthony Scaramucci, the president's former communications director, thrashed him on television as a white nationalist.
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David French / National Review:
Fire Steve Bannon — There is no room for an alt-right apologist in the White House. — For those who've forgotten one of the worst elements of the 2016 election, a short refresher is in order. Almost from the moment that Donald Trump descended on the lobby of Trump Tower …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump acts like the president of the Red States of America — THE BIG IDEA: Donald Trump often behaves as if he's first and foremost the president of the states and the people who voted for him. — That's at odds with the American tradition, and it's problematic as a governing philosophy …
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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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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump asked to fire 3 White House staffers — The Latest on President Trump and the Charlottesville, Virginia violence (all times local): — The leaders of four minority House caucus groups have written a letter to President Donald Trump calling for the removal …
Scott Whitlock / newsbusters.org/feed/all:
CBS Excludes 9/11 to Claim Three Times as Many ‘Right Wing’ Terror Attacks
CBS Excludes 9/11 to Claim Three Times as Many ‘Right Wing’ Terror Attacks
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Derrick Lewis / WNCN:
Protesters pull down Confederate statue at old Durham County courthouse — DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) - A crowd of protesters gathered outside the old Durham County courthouse on Main Street Monday evening in opposition to a Confederate monument in front of the government building.
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Virginia Bridges / Durham Herald-Sun:
Protesters topple Confederate soldier statue in downtown Durham
Protesters topple Confederate soldier statue in downtown Durham
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Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
Deadly rally accelerates removal of Confederate statues
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Justice demands 1.3M IP addresses related to Trump resistance site — The Department of Justice has requested information on visitors to a website used to organize protests against President Trump, the Los Angeles-based Dreamhost said in a blog post published on Monday.
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Far Right Plans Its Next Moves With a New Energy — The white supremacists and right-wing extremists who came together over the weekend in Charlottesville, Va., are now headed home, many of them ready and energized, they said, to set their sights on bigger prizes. — Some were making arrangements to appear at future marches.
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Emma Loop / BuzzFeed:
DC Hotels Kept Canceling On Richard Spencer, So He Had To Hold A Press Conference In An Apartment
DC Hotels Kept Canceling On Richard Spencer, So He Had To Hold A Press Conference In An Apartment
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Rusty Surette / KBTX-TV:
Texas A&M cancels White Lives Matter rally due to safety concerns
Texas A&M cancels White Lives Matter rally due to safety concerns
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Retweets Cartoon of Train Killing CNN Reporter — President Trump has retweeted a cartoon of a train bearing the Trump logo killing a CNN reporter, just days after a protester at a white-nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was fatally run down by a driver who participated in that rally.
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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 …
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Mediaite and Political Wire
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.
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Trump campaign emails show aide's repeated efforts to set up Russia meetings … Three days after Donald Trump named his campaign foreign policy team in March 2016, the youngest of the new advisers sent an email to seven campaign officials with the subject line: “Meeting with Russian Leadership - Including Putin.”
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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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Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Is America Headed for a New Kind of Civil War? — A day after the brawling and racist brutality and deaths in Virginia, Governor Terry McAuliffe asked, “How did we get to this place?” The more relevant question after Charlottesville—and other deadly episodes in Ferguson, Charleston …
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Trump Job Approval Rating Now at 34%, New Low — President Donald Trump's job approval rating in Gallup Daily tracking is at 34% for the three-day period from Friday through Sunday — by one point the lowest of his administration so far. — It is difficult to pinpoint the precise cause …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump retweets Twitter user calling him a fascist — President Trump on Tuesday appeared to retweet someone referring to him as a “fascist.” He has since deleted the tweet. — The retweet came after Trump shared a story from “Fox & Friends” which said the president was “seriously considering” pardoning Joe Arpaio.
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Emily Smith / CNN:
Holocaust Memorial in Boston vandalized — (CNN)A 17-year-old has been charged with willful and malicious destruction of property for allegedly vandalizing the Holocaust Memorial in Boston Monday, according to the Boston Police Department. — Photos from the memorial showed shattered glass lying …
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The Hill, Sputnik International and CBS Boston
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
5 things to watch in Alabama's special election — The Alabama GOP Senate primary on Tuesday will go a long way in answering the overriding question of the race: How much do Mitch McConnell's cash and Donald Trump's endorsement matter? — The brutal fight on the Republican side …
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Erica Pandey / Axios:
Trump-backed and Trumpian candidates face off in Alabama
Trump-backed and Trumpian candidates face off in Alabama
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Washington Post:
‘Very threatening’: Mother of Charlottesville suspect James A. Fields called 911 twice … CHARLOTTESVILLE — Years before a 20-year-old Ohio man allegedly rammed his car into a panicked crowd of activists in Charlottesville, it was his disabled mother who was terrified.
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