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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Tells Aides He Has Decided to Remove Stephen Bannon  —  President Trump has told senior aides that he has decided to remove Stephen K. Bannon, the embattled White House chief strategist who helped Mr. Trump win the 2016 election, according to two administration officials briefed on the discussion.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Bannon, backed by billionaire, prepares to go to war  —  Steve Bannon's next moves will be all about the billionaire Mercer family.  I'm told Bannon, who visited New York this week, met with Bob Mercer and together they will be a well-funded force on the outside.
Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
BANNON OUT: PREPARE FOR WAR  —  On Friday, Drudge Report scooped The New York Times and reported that White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, who also served as Trump's chief campaign strategist in the latter months of the campaign, is out at the White House.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
White House review nears end: Officials expect Bannon firing  —  A decision is imminent from White House chief of staff John Kelly on whether Steve Bannon will keep his job, according to administration officials with knowledge of the situation:  — Bannon, who has run afoul of Trump in the past …
Washington Post:
Trump gets rid of White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon … President Trump on Friday dismissed his embattled chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon, an architect of his 2016 general election victory, in a major White House shake-up that follows a week of racial unrest, according to multiple administration officials.
Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
Bannon's Next Move: A Return To Breitbart And Possible War With Drudge  —  Sources say Bannon will return to Breitbart, and an ally says he has his eye on one person who he thinks helped accelerate his exit: Matt Drudge.  —  Steve Bannon is only just out of the White House, but he's already got plans for his next phase.
CNN:
Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon fired  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon has been fired, multiple White House officials told CNN on Friday.  —  Sources told CNN that Bannon's ouster had been in the works for two weeks and a source …
Karen Freifeld / Reuters:
White House lawyer Cobb predicts quick end to Mueller probe  —  (Reuters) - The White House lawyer brought in to deal with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election said he believed the focus of the probe was “narrow” and the aspects related …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Aram Roston / BuzzFeed:
Trump's Son In Crosshairs Of Special Counsel Mueller  —  Prosecutors investigating possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign are bearing down on the president's son, attempting to figure out his intent when he attended a meeting in which he was promised dirt on Hillary Clinton …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Inside the rise and fall of Steve Bannon
Discussion: ABC News and The Week
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:   Bannon Is ‘Going Nuclear’
Andrew Prokop / Vox:   The chaos of the Trump administration, in one picture
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Conservatives react with fury to Bannon's departure
Discussion: RedState
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
‘#WAR’: Breitbart set to take on Trump White House after Bannon ouster
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and The Week
Mitt Romney:
I will dispense for now from discussion of the moral character of the president's Charlottesville statements.  Whether he intended to or not, what he communicated caused racists to rejoice, minorities to weep, and the vast heart of America to mourn.  His apologists strain to explain that he didn't mean what we heard.
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Members of White House presidential arts commission resigning to protest Trump's comments  —  The remaining members of a presidential arts and humanities panel resigned 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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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
President's arts and humanities committee resigns over Trump's Charlottesville response
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
CNN:
Key developments  — Four people have been arrested: one of them in Alcanar and three in Ripoll.  Three were Moroccan citizens and another was Spanish; they ranged in age from 21 to 34.  None was on the radar for terrorism.  — People from at least 34 countries are among the injured in the attacks, Catalan authorities said.
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Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
At least 1 American killed in Barcelona vehicle attack, US officials say
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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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Robin Eberhardt / The Hill:
Gingrich: Trump presidency at risk without ‘serious changes’  —  Former Speaker Newt Gingrich said President Trump needs to make “serious changes” if he wants to have a stable presidency.  —  The Trump ally said in a Fox News interview with Bill Hemmer on Friday that Trump has taken a …
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 …
Chelsea Bailey / NBC News:
Mother of Charlottesville Victim Heather Heyer Says She's Received Death Threats  —  A day after burying her daughter, the mother of a woman killed during Saturday's white nationalist rally in Charlottesville scoffed at President Donald Trump's claim that violence on “both sides” led to her daughter's death.
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David French / National Review:
In One Tweet, Donald Trump Just Spread Fake History, Libeled a Hero, and Admired an Alleged War Crime  —  Just minutes ago the president of the United States - the man who just yesterday said, “When I make a statement, I like to be correct.  I want the facts” - fired out a tweet apparently …
KSAZ:
Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway monument tarred and feathered  —  GOLD CANYON, Ariz. (KSAZ) - The Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway Monument that sits in the far East Valley has been tarred and feathered.  An investigation is ongoing.  —  The monument sits near Gold Canyon along the U.S. 60, just north of the Renaissance Festival.
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Jay Fisette / Coupons:   Arlington Is Seeking the Authority to Rename Lee Highway and Jefferson Davis Highway
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The Party of Trump  —  Column: America's new, combustible four-party system  —  On July 18, 2015, about a month into his long-shot campaign for president, Donald Trump famously attacked John McCain.  “He's not a war hero,” he said.  “He was a war hero because he was captured.
Discussion: Instapundit
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Washington Times:
The Democrats search for another Lost Cause
Brett Cihon / Q13 FOX News:
Seattle's mayor: Lenin statue needs to come down … SEATTLE — Seattle's mayor wants Fremont's privately owned Lenin statue taken down, likening it to Confederate monuments as a symbol of “hate, racism and violence.”  —  A day after a small group led by conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec called …
Discussion: MyNorthwest.com, Eschaton and TheBlaze
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 …
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 chitchat.  —  Demanding, high-maintenance bosses are notorious on Capitol Hill.
 
 
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Rachel Roubein / The Hill:
Dems ask Trump officials for briefing on ObamaCare
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
Federal court can't force IRS to release Trump's tax returns
Discussion: Washington Times
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Pelosi endorses censure of Trump over Charlottesville response
Discussion: The Hill and Daily Kos
Tae Kim / CNBC:
Goldman: There is a ‘50% chance’ of a government shutdown
Discussion: Axios
Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:
Trump is a ‘victim’ and is being ‘bullied,’ says a GOP megadonor and veteran money manager
Discussion: Axios and The Gateway Pundit
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Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
Art of the Deal Writer Says Trump Will Resign Before Year's End: Reminds Me of ‘Last Days of Nixon’
Discussion: YouTube, Fox News Insider and IJR
Joe Otterson / Variety:
MSNBC Ranks as No. 1 Cable Network in Total Viewers for First Time Ever
Richard L. Hasen / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Speech in America is fast, cheap and out of control
Jeffrey Sullivan / Rivard Report:
Armed Group Appears at Council to Oppose Statue's Removal
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Mike Allen / Axios:
New Poll: Republicans support Trump view of Charlottesville
 

 
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