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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 …
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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.
Josh Hicks / Washington Post:
Taney statue removed from Md. state house grounds overnight — Workers dismantled a 145-year-old statue of Supreme Court Justice Roger B. Taney outside the Maryland State House shortly after midnight Friday, the latest ripple effect from last weekend's deadly violence at a rally of white supremacists in Charlottesville.
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The Hill:
Dems launch full assault on Trump over Charlottesville
Dems launch full assault on Trump over Charlottesville
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump embraces culture war with call to preserve Confederate statues
Trump embraces culture war with call to preserve Confederate statues
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Pamela Wood / Baltimore Sun:
Roger Taney statue removed from Maryland State House grounds
Roger Taney statue removed from Maryland State House grounds
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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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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
ACLU will no longer defend hate groups that protest with firearms
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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
Now you can see what Donald Trump sees every time he opens Twitter
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John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's Crisis of Legitimacy
Donald Trump's Crisis of Legitimacy
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump's Confederacy fight threatens GOP agenda in Congress
Trump's Confederacy fight threatens GOP agenda in Congress
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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
Defiant, Trump Laments Assault on Culture and Revives a Bogus Pershing Story
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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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Ben White / Politico:
White House aides squirm at Trump's rhetoric but stay put
White House aides squirm at Trump's rhetoric but stay put
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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.
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Laura Smith-Spark / CNN:
Here are the latest developments in a tragic day: — • Two suspects — one from Morocco, one from the Spanish enclave of Melilla — were arrested in connection with the Barcelona attack, Catalan Police Chief Josep Lluis Trapero said. — • One suspect in the Barcelona attack is on the run.
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The Guardian:
Spain terror attacks: 13 killed and 100 injured - as it happened
Spain terror attacks: 13 killed and 100 injured - as it happened
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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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.
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Cleveland Clinic, American Cancer Society cancel plans for galas at Mar-a-Lago
Cleveland Clinic, American Cancer Society cancel plans for galas at Mar-a-Lago
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Moises Velasquez-Manoff / New York Times:
How to Make Fun of Nazis — For decades, Wunsiedel, a German town near the Czech border, has struggled with a parade of unwanted visitors. It is the birthplace of one of Adolf Hitler's deputies, a man named Rudolf Hess. And every year, to residents' chagrin, neo-Nazis marched to his grave site there.
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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.
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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 …
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Washington Times:
Abraham Lincoln monument torched in Chicago: ‘An absolute disgraceful act’ — Abraham Lincoln has joined George Washington on the list of those targeted by Chicagoans in a national debate over Civil War-era monuments. — Alderman Raymond Lopez took to Facebook Wednesday night to decry …
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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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Mark Niquette / Bloomberg:
Trump Abandons Plan for Council on Infrastructure — President nixes council after ending two other business groups — Executives had started to quit after Virginia controversy — President Donald Trump will not move forward with a planned Advisory Council on Infrastructure, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday.
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