Top Items:
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.
Discussion:
twitchy.com, Slate, The Week, Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine, Politicus USA, RedState, Scripting News, Washington Monthly and rubber hose
RELATED:
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 …
ITV:
Theresa May attacks Donald Trump over refusal to condemn white supremacists — Theresa May has attacked Donald Trump for refusing to condemn neo-Nazis after violent protests in the US city of Charlottesville in which a woman was killed. — The Prime Minister said those in power …
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:
Washington Post, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, CNN, Hit & Run, Taylor Marsh, RedState and Axios
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump's failure in Charlottesville wasn't political — it was moral
Discussion:
Politico, Associated Press, CBS New York, ThinkProgress, ImmigrationProf Blog, NPR, Balloon Juice, NBC News, CBS Philly, Mashable and Talking Points Memo
Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
‘The President Was Entirely Correct’
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Political Wire and The Week
New York Times:
A Combative Trump Criticizes ‘Alt-Left’ Groups in Charlottesville
Discussion:
Los Angeles Blade, The Federalist, The American Conservative, Media Matters for America, The Verge, Washington Blade, Pacific Standard, Washington Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Common Dreams, NPR, ThinkProgress, Mashable, Politicus USA, Liberal Values, CANNONFIRE, Political Wire, Mediaite, Towleroad and Althouse
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Why Trump Can't Respond to Charlottesville
Discussion:
The Daily Caller, Washington Post, NPR and Mother Jones
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump has not yet reached out to Charlottesville victim's family
Discussion:
New York Post and RedState
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.
Discussion:
TheBlaze, Washington Free Beacon, Raw Story, The Week, Mother Jones and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Russell Goldman / New York Times:
Baltimore Removes Confederate Statues in Overnight Operation — Statues dedicated to Confederate heroes were swiftly removed across Baltimore in the small hours of Wednesday morning, just days after violence broke out over the removal of a similar monument in neighboring Virginia.
RELATED:
Baltimore Sun:
Confederate monuments taken down in Baltimore overnight
Discussion:
NPR and CIVIL WAR MEMORY
Governor Roy Cooper:
North Carolina Monuments
Discussion:
The Atlantic, The Slot, CNN, New York Magazine, WNCN, NBC News and New York Times
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 …
Discussion:
Political Wire
RELATED:
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 …
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?
Discussion:
The Resurgent and The Week
RELATED:
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 …
Discussion:
The Week, Gizmodo and LewRockwell
Liam Stack / New York Times:
Alt-Right, Alt-Left, Antifa: A Glossary of Extremist Language
Discussion:
Business Insider, ThinkProgress and Politico
John Harwood / CNBC:
Donald Trump has a very clear attitude about morality: He doesn't believe in it — President Trump, in a raucous press conference, again blamed “both sides” for deadly violence in Charlottesville — He attacked business leaders who quit a White House panel over Trump's message on the weekend incident
RELATED:
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:
IJR, Political Wire and Mediaite
RELATED:
New York Times:
Alabama Election Results: Two Republicans Advance, Democrat Wins in U.S. Senate Primaries — Roy Moore, a former state Supreme Court justice, and Senator Luther Strange, who was appointed earlier this year, advanced on Tuesday in the Republican primary for the Senate seat in Alabama vacted by Jeff Sessions, now the attorney general.
Discussion:
FiveThirtyEight, al.com, The Daily Caller, Axios, The Daily Signal and ABC News
RELATED:
Ivana Hrynkiw / al.com:
Democrat Doug Jones wins Alabama Senate primary
Discussion:
Outside the Beltway, Vox, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Atlantic
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Moore, Strange advance to GOP runoff in Alabama special election
Discussion:
Axios, ABC News, Associated Press, The Week, IJR and Washington Free Beacon
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.
Discussion:
Infowars, Washington Post, Gizmodo, Balloon Juice and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:
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
Discussion:
WKRG-TV, WGNO, TheBlaze and FOX News Radio
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 …
Discussion:
Wired, The Moderate Voice, New York Times and Salon
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 …
Discussion:
Political Wire
The Texas Tribune:
Federal court invalidates part of Texas congressional map — Federal judges have invalidated two of Texas' 36 congressional districts, setting up a scramble to redraw them ahead of the 2018 elections. — Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout
Discussion:
Dallas Morning News, Off the Kuff, The Week and Political Wire
Reuters:
Banish Bannon? Trump weighs his options as top aides feud — WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - For months, U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser and his chief strategist have battled for influence behind the scenes, and their feud may force another shake-up at the White House.
RELATED:
Output Producer, CA — 
China Markets Correspondent, Shanghai — 
Senior Assignment Editor, DC — 
Breaking News Editor, Tokyo — 
Senior Correspondent - Wealth, NY — 
Reporter - Ottawa Bureau — 
Local Government Reporter, IA — 
Research Director, CA — 
Immigration Enforcement Reporter — 
Presque Island Reporter, ME — 
Contributing Parks Ed. - SW, CA — 
AI Content Editor, WA — 
Legislative Reporter, TN — 
Editorial Assistant, Remote US — 
Elon Musk Reporter, NY or CA — 
Government & Politics Editor, WA — 
Business & GA Reporter. VT — 
Sports Reporter, WA — 
Energy Reporter, TX — 
Senior Reporter, SC — 
Trade & Climate Correspondent, DC — 
Reporter, WI — 
Political Newsletter Writer, CO — 
Jackson Reporter, MS — 
Music Editor, AZ — 
Breaking News Reporter, NV — 
Fearless Reporter/Producer, IA — 
Reporter II - Technology, Remote — 
Editor, Remote US — 
City Reporter, WA — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
Education & Budget Reporter, CA — 
Senior Writer/Editor, FL — 
Media Editor, Remote — 
