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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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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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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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Vice News:
Trump still hasn't called the Charlottesville mayor — President Donald Trump still hasn't called the mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia, about the violence that swept through the city during a white supremacist rally over the weekend. — “He was supposed to call me on Saturday,” …
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The Definitive Source:
How to describe extremists who rallied in Charlottesville
How to describe extremists who rallied in Charlottesville
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
‘The President Was Entirely Correct’
‘The President Was Entirely Correct’
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Mike Allen / Axios:
If a top Trump aide leaves, it could ‘start a run on the bank’
If a top Trump aide leaves, it could ‘start a run on the bank’
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Matt Latimer / Politico:
Time for My Fellow Republicans to Stand Up and Be Counted
Time for My Fellow Republicans to Stand Up and Be Counted
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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 …
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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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Bloomberg:
Trump Ends Business Councils as CEOs Turn Against President
Trump Ends Business Councils as CEOs Turn Against President
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CNNMoney:
White House business panels collapse as CEOs flee Trump
White House business panels collapse as CEOs flee Trump
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Top Trump business group to disband amid Charlottesville tumult
Top Trump business group to disband amid Charlottesville tumult
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Baltimore Sun:
Confederate monuments taken down in Baltimore overnight — Confederate statues in Baltimore were removed from their bases overnight, as crews using heavy machinery loaded them onto flat bed trucks and hauled them away, an end to more than a year of indecision surrounding what to do with the memorials.
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New York Times:
Baltimore Removes Confederate Statues; Mayor Cites Public Safety
Baltimore Removes Confederate Statues; Mayor Cites Public Safety
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CJ Hunt / GQ:
A Charlottesville White Supremacist Stripped Down to Escape Protesters and We Got It on Video
A Charlottesville White Supremacist Stripped Down to Escape Protesters and We Got It on Video
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Threats Force Hollywood Cemetery to Remove Confederate Memorial
Threats Force Hollywood Cemetery to Remove Confederate Memorial
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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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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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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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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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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon's Ideological Allies Inside the White House Are Souring on Him … Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump's besieged chief strategist, came into the White House in late January with a core group of right-wing allies and ideological fellow travelers, including senior policy adviser Stephen Miller …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
What Steve Bannon thinks about Charlottesville
What Steve Bannon thinks about Charlottesville
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House aides wrestle with Trump's race comments
White House aides wrestle with Trump's race 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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Manu Raju / CNN:
Source: McConnell upset at Trump over latest Charlottesville comments — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has been publicly silent so far over President Donald Trump's latest remarks on Charlottesville, is privately upset with the President's handling of the episode …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
THE FALLOUT: Republicans line up against Trump …
THE FALLOUT: Republicans line up against Trump …
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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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Mediaite, ThinkProgress, Political Wire and The Week
Josh Delk / The Hill:
Pence ends international trip early amid Trump controversy — Vice President Pence will end his visit to South America early and fly home on Thursday, after President Trump sparked enormous controversy for his comments following deadly violence in Charlottesville, Va.
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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.
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