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New York Times:
Trump Gives White Supremacists an Unequivocal Boost — WASHINGTON — President Trump buoyed the white nationalist movement on Tuesday as no president has done in generations — equating activists protesting racism with the neo-Nazis and white supremacists who rampaged in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend.
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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 …
David French / National Review:
Donald Trump Just Gave the Press Conference of the Alt-Right's Dreams — Let's be very clear about what just happened at Donald Trump's press conference. He gave the alt-right its greatest national media moment ever. He even called some of them “very fine people.” Don't believe me?
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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.
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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Did Trump Get His George Washington And Thomas Jefferson Line From Fox News? — The night before the president's press conference, Fox's Martha MacCallum and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich discussed the same thing. — At a wild, defensive press conference on Tuesday afternoon …
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Trump's horrifying ‘take three’ on Charlottesville — MORE FROM: … On Tuesday afternoon we learned yet again that the president of the United States is against neo-Nazis, which is nice. They're “very rough,” he said at an impromptu Trump Tower press conference — by which he likely meant …
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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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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump has not yet reached out to Charlottesville victim's family
Trump has not yet reached out to Charlottesville victim's family
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RedState and New York Post
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Why Trump Can't Respond to Charlottesville
Why Trump Can't Respond to Charlottesville
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Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Mother Jones and Business Insider
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump goes off script, and white supremacists cheer
Trump goes off script, and white supremacists cheer
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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
Donald Trump Has Been a Racist All His Life — And He Isn't Going to Change After Charlottesville
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Charlottesville victim's mother thanks Trump for ‘denouncing those who promote violence’
Charlottesville victim's mother thanks Trump for ‘denouncing those who promote violence’
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CNBC:
Read the transcript of Donald Trump's jaw-dropping press conference
Read the transcript of Donald Trump's jaw-dropping press conference
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The Root, New York Times and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump blows up damage control as he blames ‘both sides’ for Charlottesville
Trump blows up damage control as he blames ‘both sides’ for Charlottesville
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ABC News and The Atlantic
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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Inae Oh / Mother Jones:
Trump Says There Were “Very Fine People on Both Sides” in Charlottesville
Trump Says There Were “Very Fine People on Both Sides” in Charlottesville
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The Hill and Politicus USA
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Trump lashes out at ‘alt-left’ in Charlottesville, says ‘fine people on both sides’
Trump lashes out at ‘alt-left’ in Charlottesville, says ‘fine people on both sides’
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Washington Post and Axios
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
‘Wow’: Stunned TV Hosts Reacted in Real Time to Trump — “What I just saw gave me the wrong kind of chills,” a visibly stunned Chuck Todd said on MSNBC. “Honestly, I'm a bit shaken by what I just heard.” — Unable to disguise her disgust, the Fox News host Kat Timpf said …
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Political Wire
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Fox News Insider:
Donald Trump Charlottesville Charles Krauthammer Laura Ingraham Debate Racism — Charles Krauthammer and Laura Ingraham exchanged opposing views over President Trump's Q&A about the violence in Charlottesville, Va. — Ingraham said Trump would have been better served Tuesday to continue talking …
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 …
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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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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WRAL-TV:
Durham protester charged in Confederate statue vandalism
Durham protester charged in Confederate statue vandalism
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Rich Lowry / National Review:
Mothball the Confederate Monuments
Mothball the Confederate Monuments
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Vice News:
Watch VICE News Tonight's full episode — On Saturday hundreds of white nationalists, alt-righters, and neo-Nazis traveled to Charlottesville, Virginia, to participate in the “Unite the Right” rally. By Saturday evening three people were dead - one protester and two police officers - and many more injured.
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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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Caroline Orr / Shareblue:
Republicans have enabled Trump's white supremacy every step of the way
Republicans have enabled Trump's white supremacy every step of the way
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Dallas Morning News, Washington Post, BillMoyers.com and Daily Kos
Aaron Young / Des Moines Register:
This sleepy boy and his heifer at the Iowa State Fair are winning over the internet — Mitchell Miner and his heifer, Audri, have spent nearly every day together for the past two months. They've developed an unspoken connection during that short period of time. Aaron Young/The Register — CONNECT
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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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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Moore, Strange advance to GOP runoff in Alabama special election
Moore, Strange advance to GOP runoff in Alabama special election
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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
Rachel Stoltzfoos / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Hope Hicks To Be Named White House Comms Director — Hope Hicks will be named the new White House communications director, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned. — President Trump has offered the job to Hicks and she has accepted the position, according to a White House insider.
Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Read the White House's Talking Points After Trump's Press Conference — Email sent to surrogates and allies of the president says that Trump ‘reaffirmed some of our most important Founding principles’ in his Tuesday press conference. — There are reports that White House aides …
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Raw Story and Politicus USA
Steve Crump / The Charlotte Observer:
'I'm glad that girl died' during Virginia protest, says NC KKK leader — The leader of a North Carolina based group associated with the Ku Klux Klan says he is glad that a woman died while taking part in a protest in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend. — Heather Heyer was killed …
Bloomberg:
PepsiCo's Nooyi Comes Under Fire as Trump Council Splinters — Color of Change group goes after Nooyi in online campaign — Organization also plans to target Campbell's Denise Morrison — PepsiCo Inc. Chief Executive Officer Indra Nooyi is being targeted by Color of Change …