memeorandum: Sheriff: Trump Wants Us To Break The Law (Betsy Woodruff/The Daily Beast)

2:30 PM ET, August 19, 2017

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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 …

Discussion: Politico, Business Insider, The Gateway Pundit, Politicus USA, Washington Post, Mediaite, Los Angeles Blade and Lawyers, Guns & Money, more at Mediagazer »

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.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and Mediaite

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 …

Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:

The Rise and Fall of Steve Bannon — In March, I went to the White House to visit Steve Bannon, who today was fired by President Trump. After Bannon showed off his office and his famous whiteboard, we sat down at a wooden conference table in the large corner office of Reince Priebus, who was then the White House chief of staff.

Discussion: Hullabaloo, more at Mediagazer »

Bill Scher / Politico:
Why Bannon Lost and the Globalists Won

Discussion: New York Times, 89.3 KPCC, Informed Comment, The Guardian, Washington Post and The Diplomat

John Wagner / Washington Post:
On Twitter, Trump thanks Bannon for his role in defeating ‘Crooked Hillary Clinton’

Discussion: The Guardian, The Week, Chicago Tribune and Joe.My.God.

Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Steve Bannon Speaks After White House Departure: 'I'm Going to War for Trump'

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Sputnik International, Business Insider and twitchy.com

Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Seb Gorka's Fate ‘Extremely Uncertain’ as His Boss Bannon Is Ousted

Discussion: Raw Story and New York Magazine

New York Times:
Steve Bannon, Back on the Outside, Prepares His Enemies List

Discussion: Daily Wire, Hot Air, CNNMoney, Balloon Juice, The Hill, vice, Axios and FiveThirtyEight

Breitbart:
Former White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon returned as Executive Chairman …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit, The Guardian, NBC News, Business Insider, Politico, Washington Post, Raw Story, TheBlaze, The Last Tradition, Bloomberg, Washington Free Beacon, Axios, Mediaite, New York Times and CNBC, more at Mediagazer »

Matthew Continetti / New York Times:
Steve Bannon Is Overrated

Discussion: Axios, VICE News, CNBC, Weekly Standard, The Guardian, Vox Popoli, TheBlaze, Mediaite, The National Interest and Joe.My.God.

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.

Discussion: Axios, No More Mister Nice Blog, RedState and Raw Story

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.

Discussion: ABC News and Washington Free Beacon

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.

Discussion: New York Times, Shareblue, The Week, IJR and New York Magazine

Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:

Tweet from the account of Charlottesville rally organizer insults slain protester Heather Heyer — Jason Kessler, right, organizer of the Unite the Right rally last weekend, speaks at a press conference Sunday at Charlottesville City Hall. (Tasos Katopodis / EPA)

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Joe.My.God. and Raw Story

Chris Suarez / Daily Progress:
Kessler described as one-time wannabe liberal activist

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:

Sheriff: Trump Wants Us To Break The Law … President Donald Trump's crackdown on undocumented immigrants has some sheriffs worried the White House is pushing them to break the law - demanding they violate the Fourth Amendment or face vilification from the commander-in-chief.

Discussion: Raw Story

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.

Discussion: NPR, Politico, Political Wire and Palm Beach Post

palmbeachdailynews:
Keeping track at home? Here's a list of who's leaving Mar-a-Lago

Discussion: ThinkProgress, New York Magazine and Raw Story

Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Salvation Army, Red Cross, Susan G. Komen abandon Trump's Mar-a-Lago

Discussion: Politicus USA, Common Dreams, Washington Monthly and The Guardian

Doug Stanglin / USA Today:

Thousands march in Boston for protests a week after deadly demonstration — Thousands of counterprotesters marched through downtown Boston on Saturday to condemn neo-Nazis and white nationalism as conservative and libertarian activists mounted a “Free Speech Rally” at Boston Common …

Discussion: Boston Globe, JustOneMinute, CBS New York, CBS Boston and twitchy.com

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.”

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.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

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 …

Benjamin Brown / Fox News:

Total of 6 officers shot in Florida, Pennsylvania — Three people were in custody Friday night, including a “strong suspect,” after one police officer was fatally shot and another suffered grave injuries in Kissimmee, Fla., south of Orlando. — At a press briefing, Police Chief Jeff O'Dell …