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8:55 PM ET, August 15, 2017

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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.
Discussion: RedState, Axios and JustOneMinute
Washington Post:
The nation can only weep  —  TUESDAY WAS a great day for David Duke and racists everywhere.  The president of the United States all but declared that he has their backs.  —  When a white supremacist stands accused of running his car into a crowd of protesters, killing one and injuring 19 …
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump goes off script, and white supremacists cheer  —  For the white supremacists who have been roundly vilified since their rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend, Donald Trump's news conference on Tuesday came as validation: The president used many of their talking points …
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 …
Discussion: Politico and Axios
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 …
Discussion: RedState
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 …
Justin Fishel / ABC News:
Trump ad-libbed ‘many sides’ remark in response to Charlottesville violence  —  President Donald Trump went off script and used his own words Saturday when he made that controversial decision to condemn “many sides” of the unrest in Charlottesville, Virginia, rather than to single out white supremacists …
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump blows up damage control as he blames ‘both sides’ for Charlottesville
Discussion: The Atlantic
Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times:
‘Alt-left’ charged at ‘alt-right,’ Trump says, again placing blame for Charlottesville violence on ‘both sides’
Discussion: twitchy.com and Vox Popoli
Inae Oh / Mother Jones:
Trump Says There Were “Very Fine People on Both Sides” in Charlottesville
Discussion: The Hill
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.
Discussion: Political Wire, IJR and Mediaite
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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.
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 …
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
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Firing Steve Bannon Won't Change Donald Trump  —  Earlier this year, when Steve Bannon, Donald Trump's chief strategist, was at the peak of his influence, I visited him at the White House.  “This is totally top secret,” he said, ushering me inside his office on a Saturday night in mid-March.
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Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Read the White House's Talking Points After Trump's Press Conference
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Governor Roy Cooper:
North Carolina Monuments  —  Last weekend, I watched with horror as events in Charlottesville unfolded.  Having served as North Carolina Attorney General for 16 years, I am all too familiar with the racism, bigotry and full-out white supremacy that exist in corners of our society.
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CNN:
Sheriff wants to charge protesters who pulled down Confederate statue
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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New York Times:
Trump Threat to Obamacare Would Send Premiums and Deficits Higher
Discussion: CNBC
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 …
Discussion: The Atlantic
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Vice News:
Watch VICE News Tonight's full episode
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Mediaite
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.
Discussion: Politico and IJR
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Jeff Stein / Vox:
Alabama GOP Senate frontrunner: “there are communities under Sharia law right now”
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: Hot Air and FOX2now.com
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Heather Mac Donald / Wall Street Journal:
Don't Even Think About Being Evil
Discussion: Instapundit
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.
Discussion: Washington Post
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.
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 …
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 …
Isabel Gottlieb / Bloomberg:
Netflix Co-Founder's Crazy Plan: Pay $10 a Month, Go to the Movies All You Want  —  MoviePass wants to subsidize your film habit, letting you go to the theater once a day for about the price of a single ticket.  —  As movie theaters struggle with tepid sales, Mitch Lowe has an extreme proposal …
 
 
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
A teen checked into an Internet-addiction camp in China. He was dead two days later.
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Michael Qazvini / Daily Wire:
Leftist Activists Demand New York Museum Take Down Statue of ‘Racist’ Theodore Roosevelt
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg:
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
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Sarah Wildman / Vox:
“You will not replace us”: a French philosopher explains the Charlottesville chant
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Elliot Kaufman / National Review:
Campus Conservatives Gave the Alt-Right a Platform
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Trump, Obama and the Politics of Evasion
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
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The Obama-Trump Voters Are Real. Here's What They Think.
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

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