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Counterprotesters swarm Boston after police deem free speech rally over — One week after violent protests rattled Charlottesville, Virginia, a scheduled free speech rally in Boston this afternoon was deemed “officially over” by police ahead of its official end time, but thousands …
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Boston ‘free speech’ rally ends early amid flood of counterprotesters; 27 people arrested — BOSTON - Tens of thousands of counterprotesters crammed Boston Common and marched through city streets Saturday morning in efforts to drown out the planned “free speech” rally that many feared would be attended by white-supremacist groups.
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Skirmishes, arrests mar mostly peaceful protests to ‘free speech’ rally — Follow along with live updates from the Boston Common rallies — After a largely peaceful day, with pockets of small, short confrontations between crowds and police at Boylston and Tremont streets and on the Boston Common …


Thousands march in Boston in protest of controversial rally — (CNN)Thousands of counterdemonstrators marched Saturday in downtown Boston in response to a self-described free speech rally that had sparked concerns of possible violence. — The largely peaceful march and rally came one week …
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Thousands march in Boston for protests a week after deadly demonstration
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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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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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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.
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Bannon Exit Won't End White House Chaos That Comes From the Top
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Steve Bannon Speaks After White House Departure: 'I'm Going to War for Trump'
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On Twitter, Trump thanks Bannon for his role in defeating ‘Crooked Hillary Clinton’
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Traveler, USC's mascot, comes under scrutiny for having a name similar to Robert E. Lee's horse — Hector Aguilar sits atop Traveler moments before a USC football game Oct. 18, 2014. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) — When Richard Saukko galloped his chalk-white Arabian horse named Traveler around …
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Duke Removes Robert E. Lee Statue From Chapel Entrance — Statue will be preserved for students to study university's ‘complex past’ — Editor's Note: — After hearing from and consulting with a number of students, faculty, staff, and alumni, and with the strong support of the Board of Trustees …
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Duke University Removes Statue Of Robert E. Lee From Campus Chapel
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The Difference Between George Washington and Robert E. Lee
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When Confederate statues were erected throughout history
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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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The Memo: GOP fears damage done by Trump — As a week dominated by President Trump's response to the violence in Charlottesville, Va., draws to a close, many Republicans are worried that serious damage has been done to their party. — Specifically, they argue that Trump may have set …
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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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Trumps to skip Kennedy Center Honors after artists boycott event
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How the Republican party quietly does the bidding of white supremacists — Let us finally rip off the veneer that Trump's affinity for white supremacy is distinct from the Republican agenda. It isn't — t takes approximately 30 seconds to send a tweet. A half hour to draft and release a statement.


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)
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New animated sitcom would chronicle crime-fighting Biden and Obama — A new animated series by director and writer Adam Reid would bring back the bromance between former President Barack Obama — if it ever gets off the ground. — A Kickstarter page running through the end of August …
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