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Slate:
An open letter from the great-great-grandsons of Stonewall Jackson. — Dear Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and members of the Monument Avenue Commission, — We are native Richmonders and also the great-great-grandsons of Stonewall Jackson. As two of the closest living relatives to Stonewall …
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Pelosi, Booker push for removal of Capitol's Confederate statues
Pelosi, Booker push for removal of Capitol's Confederate statues
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Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
Dozens of Activists Turn Selves in Spartacus-Style for “Crime” of Toppling Durham Confederate Statue
Dozens of Activists Turn Selves in Spartacus-Style for “Crime” of Toppling Durham Confederate Statue
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Raleigh News & Observer, ThinkProgress and The Federalist
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump: America's culture being ‘ripped apart’ by removal of Confederate statues
Trump: America's culture being ‘ripped apart’ by removal of Confederate statues
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Janell Ross / Washington Post:
Mayors taking swift action to avoid becoming the next Charlottesville
Mayors taking swift action to avoid becoming the next Charlottesville
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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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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Steve Bannon thought he wasn't giving an interview — Steve Bannon's White House colleagues can't believe what they're reading tonight — and here's the twist: neither can Bannon. — The White House chief strategist has told associates he never intended to do an “interview” …
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Steve Bannon says controversial interview with liberal magazine was GOOD for the White House because it ‘drew fire away’ from Trump — White House's chief strategist called a liberal magazine writer on Wednesday and spoke casually about North Korea, China and race politics
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CBS News:
Partisan divide over Trump's response to Charlottesville: CBS News poll — Nearly two-thirds of Americans consider the attack that led to loss of life in Charlottesville an act of “domestic terrorism,” a view that spans partisan lines. But President Trump's response to Charlottesville finds more division.
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Poll: 40 Percent Now Support Trump Impeachment
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
'He is stubborn and doesn't realize how bad this is getting' — President Donald Trump's decision to double down on his argument that “both sides” were to blame for the violent clashes at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was driven in part by his own anger — and his disdain for being told what to do.
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump's lack of discipline leaves new chief of staff frustrated and dismayed
Trump's lack of discipline leaves new chief of staff frustrated and dismayed
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Heidi M. Przybyla / USA Today:
Mitch McConnell's secret fury over Charlottesville response highlights GOP's Trump dilemma — WASHINGTON - There was a reason why it took Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell an entire night to respond to President Trump's chaotic news conference equating counter protesters with the Nazis they came to resist.
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New York Times:
Trump Lawyer Forwards Email Echoing Secessionist Rhetoric — WASHINGTON — President Trump's personal lawyer on Wednesday forwarded an email to conservative journalists, government officials and friends that echoed secessionist Civil War propaganda and declared that the group Black Lives Matter …
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The Guardian:
Las Ramblas attack: van hits crowd in tourist area of Barcelona — Crash on Las Ramblas being treated as terror incident by Spanish police, who say people have died — A van has crashed into a crowd of people in central Barcelona, with Spanish media saying there have been multiple deaths and injuries …
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K-Sue Park / New York Times:
The A.C.L.U. Needs to Rethink Free Speech — The American Civil Liberties Union has a long history of defending the First Amendment rights of groups on both the far left and the far right. This commitment led the organization to successfully sue the city of Charlottesville, Va. …
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Russia boots white supremacist website from its internet: report — Russia has booted white supremacist site the Daily Stormer from its internet, according to CNN. — After white nationalist protests in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend, GoDaddy cut ties with the site …
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Keith Doherty / The Rush Limbaugh Show:
GOP Tricked Into Conferring Moral Authority on Militant Leftist Protesters
GOP Tricked Into Conferring Moral Authority on Militant Leftist Protesters
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Read Apple CEO Tim Cook's Email To Employees About Charlottesville
Read Apple CEO Tim Cook's Email To Employees About Charlottesville
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Jay Rey / The Buffalo News:
Carl Paladino removed from Buffalo School Board … Carl P. Paladino is out as a member of the Buffalo Board of Education. — That's the ruling today from State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, according to the board's attorney. — “He is out effective immediately,” said Frank W. Miller, the board's attorney.
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USA Today:
After Charlottesville, time to censure President Trump — Republicans, put your votes where your tweets are: Our view — Several prominent Republicans took to Twitter on Wednesday to denounce hatred and bigotry in the wake of President Trump's shocking equivocations about the white-supremacist mayhem …
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New York Times:
Trump Comments on Race Open Breach With C.E.O.s, Military and G.O.P.
Trump Comments on Race Open Breach With C.E.O.s, Military and G.O.P.
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James Kirchick / The Daily Beast:
The ‘Flight 93 Election’ Moment Is Now … The most important intellectual case for Donald Trump's candidacy, to the extent that such a thing could even exist, was an essay published last September by the Claremont Review of Books titled The Flight 93 Election.
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Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
‘Art Of The Deal’ Co-Author Tony Schwartz Predicts Trump's About To Resign — “Trump's presidency is effectively over.” — Donald Trump's Art of the Deal co-author Tony Schwartz is predicting that the president is getting ready to call it quits and that the resignation will happen soon.
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Penny Starr / Breitbart:
Protesters vandalized and attempted to take down the Peace Monument in Piedmont Park in Atlanta on Sunday, mistaking it for a pro-Confederate statue. — The protesters were marching in response to the violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday where one woman died …
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Esmeralda Bermudez / Los Angeles Times:
California confronts its Confederate past as monuments are abruptly removed
California confronts its Confederate past as monuments are abruptly removed
Economist:
Donald Trump has no grasp of what it means to be president — U-turns, self-regard and equivocation are not what it takes — DEFENDERS of President Donald Trump offer two arguments in his favour—that he is a businessman who will curb the excesses of the state; and that he will help America …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Neil Gorsuch Speech at Trump Hotel Raises Ethical Questions — WASHINGTON — Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, President Trump's Supreme Court appointee, is scheduled to address a conservative group at the Trump International Hotel in Washington next month, less than two weeks before the court is set to hear arguments on Mr. Trump's travel ban.
Eric Boodman / STAT:
White nationalists are flocking to genetic ancestry tests. Some don't like what they find — t was a strange moment of triumph against racism: The gun-slinging white supremacist Craig Cobb, dressed up for daytime TV in a dark suit and red tie, hearing that his DNA testing revealed his ancestry to be only …
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Yashar Ali / New York Magazine:
Rabbi That Oversaw Ivanka Trump's Conversion to Judaism Slams Trump on Charlottesville Response — The rabbi that oversaw Ivanka Trump's conversion to Judaism has released a letter to the congregation of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's longtime synagogue condemning President Trump's widely …
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Rosanne Cash:
A message from the children of Johnny Cash: — We were alerted to a video of a young man in Charlottesville, a self-proclaimed neo-Nazi, spewing hatred and bile. He was wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the name of Johnny Cash, our father. We were sickened by the association.
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