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Robert Tracinski / The Federalist:
Donald Trump Needs To Not Be President Yesterday — We're done with the “Well, maybe it won't be so bad and we should take what we can get” phase of this administration. It's time for the “He's a disaster and needs to go” phase. For everybody's good, Donald Trump needs to not be president …
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David Ferguson / Raw Story:
'I'm terrified': Neo-Nazi blubbers like a baby in video reporting he's wanted for arrest in Charlottesville — Neo-Nazi Christopher Cantwell — who was one of the “Unite the Right” Charlottesville marchers interviewed by Vice.com — released a weepy, rambling video of himself discussing …
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The Times of Israel:
Yair Netanyahu says leftists more dangerous than neo-Nazis — Echoing Trump, PM's son claims ‘thugs of Antifa and Black Lives Matter are getting stronger’ while Nazis are a thing of the past — The son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said American left-wing groups are more dangerous than neo-Nazis.
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Faith Gates / Mediaite:
Shep Smith: We Haven't Yet Found ‘The Very Fine People Protesting With the White Supremacists’
The Definitive Source:
How to describe extremists who rallied in Charlottesville
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Hannah Parry / Daily Mail:
‘The president let a Jew steal his daughter’: White nationalist Charlottesville rally co-organizer …
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
‘The President Was Entirely Correct’
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Matt Latimer / Politico:
Time for My Fellow Republicans to Stand Up and Be Counted
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New York Times:
Trump Ends C.E.O. Advisory Councils as Main Group Acts to Disband — President Trump's main council of top corporate leaders disbanded on Wednesday following the president's controversial remarks in which he equated white nationalist hate groups with the protesters opposing them.
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CNBC:
Top CEOs jump from Trump, disband strategic council of corporate giants — Members of President Donald Trump's Strategic and Policy Forum have agreed to disband the group, sources told CNBC, as corporate backlash mounts against the president. — The business advisory council …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Business Councils Disband After CEOs Defect
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
What Steve Bannon thinks about Charlottesville — On Tuesday night, while Gary Cohn was fuming about President Trump's latest comments, Steve Bannon was excitedly telling friends and associates that the “globalists” were in mass freakout mode. — Today, Bannon reveled in the disbanding …
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Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
Steve Bannon, Unrepentant — Steve Bannon on the phone, December 9, 2016 — You might think from recent press accounts that Steve Bannon is on the ropes and therefore behaving prudently. In the aftermath of events in Charlottesville, he is widely blamed for his boss's continuing indulgence of white supremacists.
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Raw Story
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon's Ideological Allies Inside the White House Are Souring on Him
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Raw Story
CJ Hunt / GQ:
A Charlottesville White Supremacist Stripped Down to Escape Protesters and We Got It on Video — I arrived in Charlottesville at sundown on Friday, where I'd come looking for an ending to the documentary I'm making on Confederate monuments. In two years of covering the debate in New Orleans …
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Baltimore Sun:
Confederate monuments taken down in Baltimore overnight
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New York Times:
Baltimore Mayor Had Statues Removed in ‘Best Interest of My City’
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Alabama AG Sues Birmingham, Mayor For Covering Confederate Monument
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Threats Force Hollywood Cemetery to Remove Confederate Memorial
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Mike Levine / ABC News:
Special counsel's Russia probe loses top FBI investigator — One of the FBI's top investigators, tapped by special counsel Robert Mueller just weeks ago to help lead the probe of Russian meddling in last year's presidential election, has left Mueller's team, sources tell ABC News.
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Courtney Kube / NBC News:
Right-Winger Jack Posobiec, Retweeted by Trump, Is Navy Intel Officer — WASHINGTON — A right-wing activist who brought attention to debunked conspiracy theories — and who gained new prominence when he was retweeted by President Donald Trump this week — is a U.S. naval intelligence officer detailed …
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Sarah Jones / New Republic:
Liberals Helped Create Trump's New Bogeyman, the “Alt-Left” — The term was coined by the right-wing as a slur. Then it was adopted by the left's would-be allies. — President Donald Trump on Tuesday introduced a new nemesis to join the “fake news” media, Crooked Hillary, and Mexican rapists: the alt-left.
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German Lopez / Vox:
It sure looks like Trump's Charlottesville talking points came straight from Fox News
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CNN:
Trump defiant after outburst and GOP picks up pieces — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)Republican lawmakers and administration aides found themselves again Wednesday weighing the costs and benefits of remaining loyal to President Donald Trump, whose equivocal statements about neo-Nazis …
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Source: McConnell upset at Trump over latest Charlottesville comments
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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Angry White Boys — What do the white nationalists actually want? — W — hat is it these white boys are so angry about? — You don't go to a protest because you're happy. You go to a protest because you are mad about something or, in my case, because it is your job.
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Zachary Cohen / CNN:
Former CIA director slams Trump's ‘despicable’ comments in letter to CNN anchor — Washington (CNN)Former CIA director John Brennan slammed President Donald Trump's “dangerous” and “ugly” comments on the deadly violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia …
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Southern Poverty Law Center:
The Daily Caller has a White Nationalist Problem — On Monday, August 14, the Daily Caller very quietly removed white nationalist Jason Kessler's contributions to the publication after the violence and chaos in Charlottesville. The white nationalist “Unite the Right” rally was organized by Kessler.
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Rachel Stoltzfoos / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Hope Hicks To Be Named White House Comms Director
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Aides Tried to Conceal His Crazy, Racist Beliefs From the Country — Donald Trump's aides have been angry with him frequently — indeed, usually — since the beginning of his presidential campaign. But they have rarely registered their dismay as nakedly as they did Tuesday night …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
If a top Trump aide leaves, it could ‘start a run on the bank’
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Kate Conger / Gizmodo:
Cloudflare CEO on Terminating Service to Neo-Nazi Site: ‘The Daily Stormer Are A**holes’ — Internet companies typically take a hands-off approach to offensive content on their networks, erring on the side of maintaining an open internet. But this approach sometimes ends in PR disaster.
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Fox's Abby Huntsman Humiliates Herself as Guests Weep Over ‘Morally Bankrupt’ Trump … What's a Fox & Friends host to do when they desperately want to push President Donald Trump's narrative the “both sides” are to blame for Charlottesville, but their guests want to talk about what's really going on in America right now?
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Marist Poll:
8/16: Trump at Lowest Point With 35% Job Approval Rating... Crack at the Base — President Donald Trump's job approval rating is at its lowest point since taking office with only 35% of Americans giving him a positive score. — President Donald Trump's job approval rating …
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