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Barcelona terror attack: Van crashes into pedestrians in city center — BARCELONA, Spain — Police in the northern Spanish city of Barcelona say a white van has jumped the sidewalk in the city's historic Las Ramblas district, killing at least 13 people and injuring more than 50.
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Washington Post:
Van swerves into crowds in Barcelona's popular Las Ramblas district; 13 reported dead and more than 50 injured … LONDON — A driver swerved a van onto a pedestrian area Thursday in Barcelona's historic Las Ramblas district, ramming into crowds and leaving at least 13 people dead …
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Reuters:
Van mows down crowd in Barcelona, 13 reported killed — BARCELONA (Reuters) - A van plowed into crowds in the heart of Barcelona on Thursday and Spanish media reported at least 13 people were killed, in what police said they were treating as a terrorist attack.
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Hostage situation unfolding in Barcelona after van hits pedestrians in busy tourist area — At least one person is dead and 32 are injured after a van slammed into pedestrians in a busy tourist area in Barcelona, Spain, this afternoon. — The attack took place near Catalunya Square in Barcelona's Las Ramblas district.
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BBC:
Melania Trump sends ‘thoughts and prayers’
Melania Trump sends ‘thoughts and prayers’
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Iain Burns / Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: At least 13 dead and dozens injured in Barcelona terror attack after van crashes …
BREAKING NEWS: At least 13 dead and dozens injured in Barcelona terror attack after van crashes …
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The Guardian:
Las Ramblas attack: van hits crowd in tourist area of Barcelona
Las Ramblas attack: van hits crowd in tourist area of Barcelona
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Politico:
13 killed, 50 wounded in Barcelona van attack
13 killed, 50 wounded in Barcelona van attack
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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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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Steve Bannon's Fantasy, Donald Trump's Reality
Steve Bannon's Fantasy, Donald Trump's Reality
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
THE BANNON intvw intrigue: what was he doing? …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Steve Bannon thought he wasn't giving an interview
Steve Bannon thought he wasn't giving an interview
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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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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
Poll: 40 Percent Now Support Trump Impeachment
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New York Magazine
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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Duke Today:
Statue at Duke Chapel Defaced
Statue at Duke Chapel Defaced
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Geoff Ziezulewicz / Navy Times:
Navy official: Ship name honoring Confederate victory unlikely to change
Navy official: Ship name honoring Confederate victory unlikely to change
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Pelosi, Booker push for removal of Capitol's Confederate statues — The nationwide debate over the removal of monuments to the Confederacy is coming to the U.S. Capitol. — While President Donald Trump on Thursday urged the preservation of “our beautiful statues and monuments” …
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Robert F. Bukaty / Associated Press:
Maine Gov. LePage: Removing Confederate statues like losing 9/11 memorial
Maine Gov. LePage: Removing Confederate statues like losing 9/11 memorial
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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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Julius Krein / New York Times:
I Voted for Trump. And I Sorely Regret It. — When Donald Trump first announced his presidential campaign, I, like most people, thought it would be a short-lived publicity stunt. A month later, though, I happened to catch one of his political rallies on C-Span. I was riveted.
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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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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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Jenna McLaughlin / Foreign Policy:
WikiLeaks Turned Down Leaks on Russian Government During U.S. Presidential Campaign — The leak organization ignored damaging information on the Kremlin to focus on Hillary Clinton and election-related hacks. — In the summer of 2016, as WikiLeaks was publishing documents …
Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
Dozens of Activists Turn Selves in Spartacus-Style for “Crime” of Toppling Durham Confederate Statue — Activists in Durham County, North Carolina attemped to surrender en masse at a courthouse on Thursday morning in an act of solidarity with those charged for the act of pulling down a statue …
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Longtime Trump business partner ‘told family he knows he and POTUS are going to prison’: report — Felix Sater, one of Donald Trump's shadiest former business partners, is reportedly preparing for prison time — and he says the president will be joining him behind bars.
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dem to introduce impeachment articles over Charlottesville — Rep. Steve Cohen (D), a Tennessee liberal, announced Thursday that he will introduce articles of impeachment against President Trump based on his defense of the white supremacists who participated in a deadly rally in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend.
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Dem lawmaker: Trump showing signs of ‘mental instability,’ must be removed
Dem lawmaker: Trump showing signs of ‘mental instability,’ must be removed
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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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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.
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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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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