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Julia Jacobo / ABC News:
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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Associated Press:
The Latest: Police push protesters out of Dallas cemetery — https://apnews.com/27ca56339a7b4e0195b6 cf4e32de5aff — Link copied! — DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on a conservative rally and counterdemonstration in Boston and around the country (all times local):
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BostonGlobe.com:
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 …
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Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
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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Ray Sanchez / CNN:
Thousands march in Boston in protest of controversial rally
Thousands march in Boston in protest of controversial rally
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Mark Arsenault / BostonGlobe.com:
In a city with fraught racial past, a day of protest against hatred and bigotry
CBS News:
Boston “free speech” rally ends after counter-protesters take to streets — live updates
Boston “free speech” rally ends after counter-protesters take to streets — live updates
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CNN:
Boston rally touting free speech: Live updates
Boston rally touting free speech: Live updates
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Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
Thousands march in Boston for protests a week after deadly demonstration
Thousands march in Boston for protests a week after deadly demonstration
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Washington Post:
Bannon's departure is unlikely to calm the turmoil in Trump's White House … President Trump's most unconventional senior adviser, Stephen K. Bannon, may have left the White House but the political turbulence that has characterized the first seven months of Trump's presidency doesn't appear to be going anywhere.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump: “Who the f@&$ does this guy think he is?”
Trump: “Who the f@&$ does this guy think he is?”
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
The Rise and Fall of Steve Bannon
The Rise and Fall of Steve Bannon
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Bannon plots Fox competitor, global expansion
Bannon plots Fox competitor, global expansion
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Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Bannon Exit Won't End White House Chaos That Comes From the Top
Bannon Exit Won't End White House Chaos That Comes From the Top
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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)
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Washington Times:
Organizer of Charlottesville white supremacist rally calls slain protester's death ‘payback time’ — Twitter account is now offline following apology, claims of hacking — The Twitter account of Jason Kessler, the alt-right activist and organizer of last weekend's deadly “Unite the Right” …
President Vincent E. Price / Duke Today:
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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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
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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Raw Story and Liberal Values
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club loses its ninth big charity event this week — Another Palm Beach charity announced Saturday that it was canceling plans to hold a gala at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club — the ninth to cancel a big-ticket charity event at the club this week.
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Tracy Jacim / WOFL:
Sabatini: Eustis will ‘gladly accept’ Confederate monuments — EUSTIS, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - The City of Eustis has about 20,000 people, and at least three of them, including Mayor Robert Morin, are shocked by a post by City Commissioner Anthony Sabatini. — It reads, “To any cities …
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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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Nathan Fenno / Los Angeles Times:
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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Politico:
1,503 Confederate symbols are on display across America. Most are in the South. 179 are in majority black counties. … More than 1,500 symbols of the Confederacy dot the U.S. countryside, according to an April 2016 review by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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