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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Members of White House presidential arts commission resign to protest Trump's comments  —  The remaining members of a presidential arts and humanities panel are resigning on Friday in yet another sign of growing national protest of President Trump's recent comments on the violence in Charlottesville.
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Dem group puts Trump's words over video of Charlottesville violence  —  A Democratic group is hitting President Trump over his claim that “both sides” were responsible for the violence at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend.  —  A new video from Bridge Project …
Discussion: Politico
The Hill:
Dems launch full assault on Trump over Charlottesville  —  Democrats are throwing the kitchen sink at President Trump to protest his ongoing equivocation about a white nationalist rally and put increasing pressure on Republican leaders to denounce their party's standard-bearer in the White House.
Josh Hicks / Washington Post:
Taney statue removed from Md. state house grounds overnight
Discussion: The Week
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump embraces culture war with call to preserve Confederate statues
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
James Murdoch, Rebuking Trump, Pledges $1 Million to Anti-Defamation League  —  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — James Murdoch, the chief executive of 21st Century Fox and the son of a frequent ally of President Trump's, condemned the president's performance after the violence in Charlottesville, Va. …
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
21st Century Fox's James Murdoch slams Trump: ‘There are no good Nazis’
Discussion: Mediaite
Fox News:
Barcelona terror attack death toll rises, fourth suspect arrested  —  A fourth person was arrested on Friday in connection with the terror attacks that killed at least 14 people in Barcelona and the resort of Cambrils, police said.  —  News of the arrest followed the announcement …
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Laura Smith-Spark / CNN:
Here are the latest developments in a tragic day:
The Guardian:
Spain terror attacks: 13 killed and 100 injured - as it happened
Joe Palazzolo / Wall Street Journal:
ACLU Will No Longer Defend Hate Groups Protesting With Firearms  —  Executive director says violence and guns at Charlottesville rally spurred new stance  —  The American Civil Liberties Union, taking a tougher stance on armed protests, will no longer defend hate groups seeking to march with firearms …
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Josh Delk / The Hill:
ACLU will no longer defend hate groups that protest with firearms  —  The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) took a new stance on firearms Thursday, announcing a change in policy that it would not represent hate groups who demonstrate with firearms.  —  ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero told …
Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Corker: Trump hasn't demonstrated the stability or competence to be successful  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Sen. Bob Corker slammed President Donald Trump's handling of the racially motivated protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, charging that the President “has not demonstrated he understands the character of this nation.”
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Now you can see what Donald Trump sees every time he opens Twitter
Discussion: Scripting News
Shawna Thomas / Vice News:
Sen. Scott says Trump's “moral authority is compromised”  —  For more of this interview with Sen. Scott, watch VICE News Tonight on HBO at 7:30 ET.  —  CHARLESTON, South Carolina — President Donald Trump has put his fellow Republican politicians in an awkward position after his Tuesday news conference …
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New York Times:
Defiant, Trump Laments Assault on Culture and Revives a Bogus Pershing Story
Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings from National:
Donald Trump retells Pants on Fire claim about Gen. Pershing ending terrorism for 35 years
Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
Steve Bannon Detonates His Trump Survival Plan, Worrying Allies  —  “He's saying, 'I'm going to force you to fire me in a public way or we're going to follow the agenda we were elected for,'” an ally said.  —  Allies who spend too long in Donald Trump's doghouse usually get sent away for good.
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Roger Stone / The Daily Caller:   Bannon's Time Is Up  —  Steven K. Bannon, the swashbuckling …
Ben White / Politico:
White House aides squirm at Trump's rhetoric but stay put
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Axios
Rachael Bade / Politico:
The agonizing, 8-page memo on how to chauffeur a congressman  —  Empty his trash.  Always have hand sanitizer and gum at the ready.  And don't bother with “unnecessary conversation” — the congressman doesn't have time for your chit-chat.  —  Demanding, high-maintenance bosses are notorious on Capitol Hill.
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
Fox News:
Jason Kessler, Charlottesville rally organizer, says he's in hiding  —  Jason Kessler, who organized the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., told Fox News late Thursday he's in hiding after getting a string of death threats.  —  Last Saturday, a car rammed into a crowd …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Chelsea Bailey / NBC News:
Mother of Charlottesville Victim Heather Heyer Says She's Received Death Threats
New York Times:
‘Antifa’ Grows as Left-Wing Faction Set to, Literally, Fight the Far Right  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — Last weekend, when a 27-year-old bike messenger showed up at the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., he came ready for battle.  He joined a human chain that stretched in front …
Discussion: Raw Story and twitchy.com
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 …
Mike Allen / Axios:
New Poll: Republicans support Trump view of Charlottesville  —  Watching media coverage, you'd think Trump is nearly alone in believing “both sides” share fault for the Charlottesville violence.  Turns out, most Republicans have his back.  SurveyMonkey findings, previewed first for Axios readers …
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
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.
A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
MSNBC Was the No. 1 Cable Network on Wednesday Across Total Day  —  Whenever President Trump finds himself embroiled in controversy, the cable news networks often see their significant ratings improvement.  This has been especially true for MSNBC, which has become the resistance network for the Trump era.
Washington Post:
Three fundraising giants cancel plans for galas at Mar-a-Lago  —  Three fundraising giants decided to pull events from President Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach on Thursday, signaling a direct blowback to his business empire from his comments on Charlottesville's racial unrest.
Discussion: The Week
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Kevin McDermott / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
McCaskill, Clay and others call for Mo. senator to resign after post hoping for Trump's assassination  —  With five written words Thursday morning, one of Missouri's most controversial state lawmakers spawned a U.S. Secret Service investigation, potentially endangered her own political career …
Jonah Goldberg / New York Post:
Fighting Nazis doesn't make ‘antifa’ the good guys  —  MORE FROM: … Fighting Nazis is a good thing, but fighting Nazis doesn't necessarily make you or your cause good.  By my lights this is simply an obvious fact.  —  The greatest Nazi-killer of the 20th century was Josef Stalin.
 
 
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