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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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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why Ben Carson's appearance in Phoenix was likely a violation of federal law — Right before Ben Carson took the stage at President Trump's rally in Phoenix on Tuesday night, the announcer introduced him. — “The secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development …
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.
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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 and CANNONFIRE
VICE News:
Arizona GOP uses Margaret Cho sitcom pic to represent Asian Americans
Arizona GOP uses Margaret Cho sitcom pic to represent Asian Americans
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Joe.My.God., VICE, Splinter and Raw Story
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Black Trump Supporter Punched While Fleeing Arizona Melee
Black Trump Supporter Punched While Fleeing Arizona Melee
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The Gateway Pundit, Daily Wire, Washington Free Beacon and New York Times
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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American Prospect, Los Angeles Times, IJR, Talking Points Memo, Associated Press, The Daily Caller, VICE News and FOX40
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump Holds Steady After Charlottesville; Supporters Think Whites, Christians Face Discrimination — PPP's newest national poll finds that Donald Trump's approval rating is pretty steady in the wake of the Charlottesville attack, probably because his supporters think that whites and Christians …
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Daily Kos and Politicus USA
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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
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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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump's 57 most outrageous quotes from his Arizona speech
Donald Trump's 57 most outrageous quotes from his Arizona speech
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Mother Jones, Vox, Vanity Fair and Daily Kos
Rachel Chason / Washington Post:
James Clapper questions Trump's fitness, worries about his access to nuclear codes
James Clapper questions Trump's fitness, worries about his access to nuclear codes
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Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
James Clapper: I Question Trump's Fitness For Office, Wonder If He Is “Looking For A Way Out”
James Clapper: I Question Trump's Fitness For Office, Wonder If He Is “Looking For A Way Out”
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Daily Wire
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
12 Days That Stunned a Nation: How Hillary Clinton Lost
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The Gateway Pundit, NBC News, The Daily Caller and Balloon Juice
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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Althouse
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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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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Talking Points Memo, The Week and The Daily Caller
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Shutdown threat grows as Trump digs in on wall — 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.
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Weekly Standard, Business Insider and New York Magazine
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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
White House has paperwork ready for Joe Arpaio pardon — (CNN) The White House has prepared the paperwork for President Trump to pardon former sheriff Joe Arpaio when he makes the final decision to do so, CNN has learned. — An administration official said the White House …
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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 …
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Sewell Chan / New York Times:
U.N. Panel Condemns Trump's Response to Charlottesville Violence
U.N. Panel Condemns Trump's Response to Charlottesville Violence
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U.S. : NPR and Splinter
David Roth / The Baffler:
The President of Blank Sucking Nullity — Put a cone on it. — W — O — R — D — F — C — T — O — R — Y — MY FATHER IS CONVINCED that his dog is embarrassed. He doesn't mean the rudimentary way that dogs ever show embarrassment …
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Balloon Juice
David Smith / The Guardian:
'He's anti-left, anti-PC, anti-stupid': Trump supporters in their own words — Trump is breath of fresh air. He's totally not a political person. He's a businessman: he's anti-left, he's anti-PC, he's anti-stupid. He just wants to go in and make the best deal for Americans that he can.
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Shakesville
Olivia Messer / The Daily Beast:
‘This Is Not Hazing. This Is Rape’: Inside a Texas Town's Football Nightmare … LA VERNIA, Texas—When Jennifer's* son made varsity—as a freshman, no less—it should have been cause for celebration. — Here, football is king. The town is one of the oldest communities in the Lone Star State …
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Raw Story
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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Courtney Kube / NBC News:
U.S. Has Thousands More Troops in Afghanistan Than the Pentagon Admits
U.S. Has Thousands More Troops in Afghanistan Than the Pentagon Admits
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ThinkProgress, NBC News and The Daily Caller
Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Dems to Trump: We won't yield on wall funding — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) warned Democrats would hold fast to their pledge to oppose border wall funding after President Trump threatened a government shutdown over the issue. — “President Trump's multi-billion dollar …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump's ambassador to Israel: Charlottesville response 'wasn't fine' — President Trump's ambassador to Israel on Wednesday criticized the president's response to the deadly violence earlier this month at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va. — During an interview …
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Talking Points Memo, Jerusalem Post and RedState