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Peter J. Boyer / Weekly Standard:
Bannon: ‘The Trump Presidency That We Fought For, and Won, Is Over.’ — Departed White House strategist speaks to THE WEEKLY STANDARD. — With the departure from the White House of strategist Stephen K. Bannon, who helped shape the so-called nationalist-populist program embraced by Donald Trump …
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Breitbart:
Former White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon returned as Executive Chairman of Breitbart News Friday afternoon and chaired the company's evening editorial meeting. — Ranked the #63 website in America by Amazon-owned Alexa.com, and with the #13 Facebook page in the world …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
On Twitter, Trump thanks Bannon for his role in defeating ‘Crooked Hillary Clinton’ — President Trump took to Twitter on Saturday morning to thank Stephen K. Bannon, his ousted White House chief strategist, and took a shot at his vanquished Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, while he was at it.
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Seb Gorka's Fate ‘Extremely Uncertain’ as His Boss Bannon Is Ousted … The fate of Donald Trump's pugnacious, controversial aide Sebastian Gorka is up in the air again after his top ally inside the White House, Steven Bannon, was shown the door, multiple White House officials tell The Daily Beast.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump: “Who the f@&$ does this guy think he is?” — Bannon didn't bother to go to work yesterday. He knew it was over. — At the end, Trump was beyond fed up, viewing Bannon as a self-aggrandizer who had built a personal narrative as the grand puppetmaster.
Bloomberg:
Bannon Says He's ‘Going to War for Trump’ After White House Exit — Aide left amid furor over Trump remarks on Virginia violence — Bannon was architect of Trump's 2016 election victory — Stephen Bannon said in his first public remarks since his ouster from White House role …
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New York Times:
Steve Bannon, Back on the Outside, Prepares His Enemies List — Stephen K. Bannon has always been more comfortable when he was trying to tear down institutions — not work inside them. — With his return to Breitbart News, Mr. Bannon will be free to lead the kind of ferocious assault …
Matthew Continetti / New York Times:
Steve Bannon Is Overrated
Steve Bannon Is Overrated
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Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Steve Bannon Speaks After White House Departure: 'I'm Going to War for Trump'
Steve Bannon Speaks After White House Departure: 'I'm Going to War for Trump'
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Tells Aides He Has Decided to Remove Stephen Bannon
Trump Tells Aides He Has Decided to Remove Stephen Bannon
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Bannon, backed by billionaire, prepares to go to war
Bannon, backed by billionaire, prepares to go to war
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Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
Bannon Is ‘Going Nuclear’
Bannon Is ‘Going Nuclear’
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CNN:
Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon fired
Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon fired
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
‘#WAR’: Breitbart set to take on Trump White House after Bannon ouster
‘#WAR’: Breitbart set to take on Trump White House after Bannon ouster
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Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Coulter: Bannon Firing ‘Not Good News’ — 'Trump Should've Hired Ten More Like Him'
Coulter: Bannon Firing ‘Not Good News’ — 'Trump Should've Hired Ten More Like Him'
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Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
BANNON OUT: PREPARE FOR WAR
BANNON OUT: PREPARE FOR WAR
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
The chaos of the Trump administration, in one picture
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Get ready for ‘Bannon da barbarian’
Get ready for ‘Bannon da barbarian’
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mypalmbeachpost:
Five more charities pull out of Mar-a-Lago events … Five more philanthropic organizations said Friday they have pulled their fundraising events from President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club following an intense social media push calling on people to boycott charities that use the venue.
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Keeping track at home? Here's a list of who's leaving Mar-a-Lago — Here's a look at the charities and organizations that are coming and going from President Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach. — These groups all held events at Mar-a-Lago during the 2016-17 social and fundraising season.
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Salvation Army, Red Cross, Susan G. Komen abandon Trump's Mar-a-Lago
Salvation Army, Red Cross, Susan G. Komen abandon Trump's Mar-a-Lago
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CNN:
Sebastian Gorka's PhD adviser: “I would not call him an expert in terrorism” — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)As a deputy assistant to President Donald Trump, Sebastian Gorka is often the public face of the administration when it comes to one of the most critical items on the President's agenda: Combating terrorism.
Senator Ben Sasse:
THE NEXT CHARLOTTESVILLE — Over the last week, many Nebraskans have told me some version of this: “There are lots of us here who are scared about where the country is headed. I think more violence is inevitable.” That much seems obvious. Less expected was where some of them went next.
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Patrick Radden Keefe / New Yorker:
Carl Icahn's Failed Raid on Washington — Was President Trump's richest adviser focussed on helping the country—or his own bottom line? — One day in August, 2016, the financier Carl Icahn made an urgent phone call to the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Member of Trump's Evangelical Advisory Board resigns over ‘conflict in values’ — The pastor of a New York megachurch said Friday that he has resigned from President Trump's Evangelical Advisory Board, citing “a deepening conflict in values” with the administration.
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Tom Gjelten / NPR:
Trump's Evangelical Advisers Stand By Their Man
Trump's Evangelical Advisers Stand By Their Man
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Tracy Jan / Washington Post:
Here is the official résumé of the person Trump put in charge of federal housing in New York — The person President Trump tapped this summer to oversee one of the largest regions under the Department of Housing & Urban Development is a longtime Trump family employee …
Carl C. Icahn / Carl Icahn:
Carl Icahn Issues Statement — 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. — Washington, DC 20500 — Dear Mr. President: — This will confirm our conversation today in which we agreed that I would cease to act as special advisor to the President on issues relating to regulatory reform.
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Jackie Wattles / CNNMoney:
Billionaire Carl Icahn steps down as adviser to President Trump
Haley Britzky / Axios:
When Confederate statues were erected throughout history — In the past week, confederate statues have been in the spotlight. After the “Unite the Right” rally, which was started in opposition of the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue, turned violent in Charlottesville …
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CBS News:
1 Florida police officer killed, 3 others injured in separate shootings — KISSIMMEE, Fla. — One police officer was killed and three wounded in nighttime shootings in two Florida cities where the officers were responding to suspected drug activity and reports of a suicide attempt, police said Saturday.
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