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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
As Trump ranted and rambled in Phoenix, his crowd slowly thinned — PHOENIX — Just before President Trump strolled onto the rally stage on Tuesday evening, four speakers took turns carefully denouncing hate, calling for unity and ever so subtly assuring the audience that the president is not racist.
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Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
The strange story of that ‘Blacks for Trump’ guy standing behind POTUS at his Phoenix rally — At a number of political rallies over the year, a character calling himself “Michael the Black Man” has appeared in the crowd directly behind Donald Trump, impossible to miss and possibly planted.
Arizona Republic:
Fake news? Trump supporters circulate photo of Phoenix rally crowds ... but it's not … Ah social media is a glorious place. You see something, it looks cool, and so you retweet it. — And sometimes that gets you into trouble. — Such was the case Tuesday night …
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Raw Story
VICE News:
Arizona GOP uses Margaret Cho sitcom pic to represent Asian Americans — Margaret Kim is an Asian American. She's definitely not a Republican. She's also not... real. But that hasn't stopped the Arizona Republican party from using Kim, the 1994 sitcom alter ego of living …
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Saba Hamedy / CNN:
Police spray tear gas at protesters following Trump's Phoenix rally
Police spray tear gas at protesters following Trump's Phoenix rally
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Black Trump Supporter Punched While Fleeing Arizona Melee
Black Trump Supporter Punched While Fleeing Arizona Melee
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Daily Wire and New York Times
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump threatens shutdown, suggests controversial pardon at Arizona rally
Trump threatens shutdown, suggests controversial pardon at Arizona rally
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Anne Ryman / Arizona Republic:
Individuals gathered, too — Melanie French wasn't part …
Individuals gathered, too — Melanie French wasn't part …
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Clay Travis / Outkick the Coverage:
MSESPN Pulls Asian Announcer Named Robert Lee Off UVa Game To Avoid Offending Idiots — UPDATE: ESPN ISSUES OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON MOVING ROBERT LEE FROM VIRGINIA GAME: — “We collectively made the decision with Robert to switch games as the tragic events in Charlottesville were unfolding …
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Matthew Haag / New York Times:
ESPN Pulls Announcer Robert Lee From Virginia Game Because of His Name — ESPN has removed an announcer from its broadcast of the University of Virginia's first football game next month because he has the same name as a Confederate general memorialized in statues that are being taken down across the country.
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Fox News:
ESPN pulls Asian-American announcer from Virginia football game because he has a Confederate general's name
ESPN pulls Asian-American announcer from Virginia football game because he has a Confederate general's name
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MSNBC:
Exclusive: Hillary Clinton in her own words — Hillary Clinton reflects on the 2016 campaign in her new book ‘What Happened.’ Morning Joe has an exclusive first look. ... more Duration: {{video.duration.momentjs}}
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
12 Days That Stunned a Nation: How Hillary Clinton Lost — WASHINGTON — Less than two weeks before Election Day, Hillary Clinton held a clear lead in the polls and it looked like her campaign was trying to run up the score — just as the race was about to turn upside down.
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Clinton says her ‘skin crawled’ from Trump's looming behavior at debate
Clinton says her ‘skin crawled’ from Trump's looming behavior at debate
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New York Times:
Trump and McConnell Locked in a Cold War, Threatening the G.O.P. Agenda — The relationship between President Trump and Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, has disintegrated to the point that they have not spoken to each other in weeks, and Mr. McConnell has privately expressed uncertainty …
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Leinz Vales / CNN:
James Clapper calls Trump speech ‘downright scary and disturbing’ — (CNN)James Clapper, former director of National Intelligence, said Wednesday morning he questioned President Donald Trump's fitness for office. — “I really question his ability to be — his fitness to be — in this office …
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Rachel Chason / Washington Post:
James Clapper questions Trump's fitness, worries about his access to nuclear codes — James R. Clapper Jr., former national intelligence director, questioned President Trump's fitness for office following his freewheeling speech in Phoenix on Tuesday night, which Clapper labeled “downright scary and disturbing.”
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Shareblue and Political Wire
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Trump hits new low after Charlottesville — President Donald Trump's approval rating has hit a new low following a week in which a majority of voters believe he did more to divide the country than unite it, a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll shows. — Only 39 percent of voters approve …
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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Trump's Approval Rating Dips Below 40% for First Time After Charlottesville — Americans are taking a dimmer-than-ever view of President Donald Trump's job performance following his response to the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., earlier this month, when a woman was killed …
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Business Insider and The Daily Caller
CNNMoney:
Emails: Breitbart editor pledges to do ‘dirty work’ for Bannon, smears Ivanka — A self-described “email prankster” seemingly fooled top editors at Breitbart over the weekend into believing he was Steve Bannon, the fired White House chief strategist who returned to the right-wing website as executive chairman on Friday.
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Gordon Lubold / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Navy to Relieve Admiral of Command After Collisions — Navy tradition of public accountability calls for commanders to be dismissed when superiors lose confidence in their leadership. — WASHINGTON—The U.S. Navy plans to remove the commander of the fleet that has suffered four recent collisions …
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Robert Anglen / Arizona Republic:
Bundy Ranch standoff trials … A federal jury in Las Vegas did not return any guilty verdicts Tuesday against four men accused of taking up arms against federal agents during the Bundy Ranch standoff in 2014. — Jurors dealt government prosecutors a stinging defeat in the case when …
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Martin Selsoe Sorensen / New York Times:
Kim Wall Is Confirmed Dead as Danish Inventor Is Investigated — COPENHAGEN — The Copenhagen police announced on Wednesday that a torso found this week in local waters was that of Kim Wall, a Swedish freelance journalist whose disappearance after boarding a Danish inventor's submarine has stunned many Scandinavians.
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Gizmodo
J.M. Berger / Politico:
Here's What Russia's Propaganda Network Wants You to Read — Over the last year, Americans have been hearing a lot about Russian attempts to sway public opinion in the United States using manipulative tactics on social media. But in the abstract, it can be hard to understand exactly what that means.
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Trump claims news media turned off cameras at rally as live coverage goes uninterrupted … President Trump on Tuesday claimed that news outlets covering his rally in Phoenix were turning off cameras and cutting off live coverage of his speech after he criticized the media.
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National Review, Daily Wire and The Gateway Pundit
Lucien Greaves / Washington Post:
I'm a founder of the Satanic Temple. Don't blame Satan for white supremacy. — Calling hatred Satanic just lets people off the hook. — Soon after the violent white supremacist protests in Charlottesville this month, religious leaders and pious politicians began the usual drudgery …
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Christianity Today and Daily Wire
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Secret Service agrees to stop erasing White House visitor log data — The Secret Service has agreed to stop erasing White House visitor log data while a lawsuit demanding public access to some of the information goes forward. — Justice Department lawyers said in a court filing Tuesday night that …
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump prepared to go to mat for wall funding — President Donald Trump's vow Tuesday to close down the government if he doesn't get money for the border wall mirrors private comments he has made to advisers in recent days - and could cause significant rifts within his own party if he follows through.
Robin Givhan / Washington Post:
Louise Linton just spelled out her value system for you common folk — Louise Linton has proved herself to be an exceptionally obnoxious human being. — She has done this by posting on Instagram a boastful photo of herself stepping off a government plane ahead of her husband, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Has More Troops in Afghanistan Than Publicly Disclosed — Pentagon hasn't included 3,500 who slip in and out of theater in force tally — WASHINGTON—The Pentagon maintains more than 12,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, defense officials said, currently about 3,500 more than it publicly acknowledges …
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Axios
Haroon Siddique / The Guardian:
Charlottesville: United Nations warns US over ‘alarming’ racism — UN committee on the elimination of racial discrimination expresses alarm at growth of far-right groups and hate crimes — A UN committee charged with tackling racism has issued an “early warning” over conditions in the US …
Roger Kimball / American Greatness:
While They Rage, Trump Builds — What's the highest pleasure known to man? Christian theologians talk about the visio beatifica, the “beatific vision” of God. — Alas, that communion is granted to very few in this life. For the common run of mankind, I suspect, the highest pleasure is moral infatuation.