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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 …
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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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
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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.
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Black Trump Supporter Punched While Fleeing Arizona Melee
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PolitiFact:
Fact-checking President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Phoenix
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Karma Allen / ABC News:
Trump launches fresh attack on ‘crooked media’ at Phoenix rally
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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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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump's 57 most outrageous quotes from his Arizona speech — (CNN)President Donald Trump went to Arizona on Tuesday night and delivered what has now become a trademark speech: Full of invective, victimhood and fact-free retellings of recent historical events.
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Maya Kosoff / Vanity Fair:
Trump Goes Off-Script in Hour-Long Public Meltdown
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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
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Clinton says her ‘skin crawled’ from Trump's looming behavior at debate
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CBS News:
West Wing gets new look in Trump White House renovations — Chilled air is now circulating through the West Wing via a new HVAC system. New wallpaper - chosen by the president himself - is up in the Oval Office. Visitors to the White House can now see the Rose Garden better at night.
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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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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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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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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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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
State Dept. science envoy resigns with letter that spells out ‘Impeach’
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Steven Morris / The Guardian:
Firefighters eat sausages made of piglets they saved from blaze — Farmer sends gift of sausages to thank Wiltshire firefighters who rescued piglets and two sows from fire in barn — A farmer whose piglets were saved from a barn fire has served the animals up as sausages to thank the firefighters who rescued them.
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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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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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Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
James Clapper: I Question Trump's Fitness For Office, Wonder If He Is “Looking For A Way Out” — CNN contributor James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence, said after watching President Trump's Tuesday night rally in Phoenix he questions his fitness for office.
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Rachel Chason / Washington Post:
James Clapper questions Trump's fitness, worries about his access to nuclear codes
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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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CNN:
Exclusive: Russian ex-diplomat Kislyak downplays Trump campaign contacts — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Sergey Kislyak downplayed his contact with members of the Trump campaign in an interview with CNN on Wednesday — “It's nonsense,” Kislyak said when asked if he tried to recruit members of the Trump administration.
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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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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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