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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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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.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Bannon plots Fox competitor, global expansion — Unshaven and working from home in cargo shorts as he moves into “Bannon the Barbarian” mode, Steve Bannon is thinking bigger than Breitbart. — Axios' Jonathan Swan hears Bannon has told friends he sees a massive opening to the right of Fox News …
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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 …
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Seb Gorka's Fate ‘Extremely Uncertain’ as His Boss Bannon Is Ousted
Seb Gorka's Fate ‘Extremely Uncertain’ as His Boss Bannon Is Ousted
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New York Times:
Steve Bannon, Back on the Outside, Prepares His Enemies List
Steve Bannon, Back on the Outside, Prepares His Enemies List
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
On Twitter, Trump thanks Bannon for his role in defeating ‘Crooked Hillary Clinton’
On Twitter, Trump thanks Bannon for his role in defeating ‘Crooked Hillary Clinton’
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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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Matthew Continetti / New York Times:
Steve Bannon Is Overrated
Steve Bannon Is Overrated
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Bloomberg:
Bannon Says He's ‘Going to War for Trump’ After White House Exit
Bannon Says He's ‘Going to War for Trump’ After White House Exit
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Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
Bannon Is ‘Going Nuclear’
Bannon Is ‘Going Nuclear’
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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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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trumps to skip Kennedy Center Honors after artists boycott event — President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will skip this year's Kennedy Center Honors, the White House announced on Saturday, after multiple honorees said they would skip the event.
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump, first lady to skip Kennedy Center Honors over concerns of ‘political distraction’ — President Trump and first lady Melania Trump have elected not to attend the annual Kennedy Center Honors in December amid a political backlash among those who will be feted at the event.
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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
Keeping track at home? Here's a list of who's leaving Mar-a-Lago
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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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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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Benjamin Brown / Fox News:
Total of 6 officers shot in Florida, Pennsylvania
Total of 6 officers shot in Florida, Pennsylvania
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Timothy Snyder / New York Times:
The Test of Nazism That Trump Failed — “No. 1, I am the least anti-Semitic person that you've ever seen in your entire life. No. 2, racism, the least racist person.” So the president said at a news conference in February. These words left me uneasy. A moment ago, as I was looking …
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
The ‘Resistance’ Goes Lower — Green groups are attacking staffers merely for working in Trump's government. — In a better world, Americans would never hear the name Samantha Dravis. She wouldn't be pictured on the front page of the New York Times or added to environmentalist “watch lists.”
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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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.
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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CNN:
Unmasking the leftist Antifa movement: Activists seek peace through violence — (CNN)On the morning of Donald Trump's inauguration, Keval Bhatt hunted through a closet in his parents' Virginia home for the darkest clothes he could find. — The 19-year-old didn't own much in black …
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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