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11:25 AM ET, August 12, 2018

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Noah Weiland / New York Times:
Before ‘Unite the Right’ Rally, Trump Does Not Condemn Supremacists  —  WASHINGTON — As white nationalists planned to gather in front of the White House on Sunday to mark the anniversary of last year's violent rally in Charlottesville, Va., President Trump denounced “all types of racism,” …
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Will Parsons / ABC News:
President Trump's words against racism ‘ring hollow’: Rep. Elijah Cummings  —  An African-American congressman from Maryland said Trump words this weekend against racism “ring hollow” in light of his administration's actions toward immigrant children, on health care and on ensuring eligible Americans are able to vote.
Discussion: New York Times, CNN and Politico
April Glaser / Slate:
How White Supremacists Planned Their Rally in D.C.
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation and Lawfare
Sam J. / twitchy.com:
WHOA if true: MN Dem.  Debra Hilstrom tweets SHOCKING Facebook post accusing Keith Ellison of domestic violence  —  Every once in a while we come across a tweet where we aren't entirely sure if what we're reading is true or not BUT HOLY COW if it is.  This tweet from Minnesota Democrat …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
More than 100 newspapers will publish editorials decrying Trump's anti-press rhetoric  —  “The dirty war on the free press must end.”  —  That's the idea behind an unusual editorial-writing initiative that has enlisted scores of newspapers across America.  —  The Boston Globe …
Wall Street Journal:
Horizon Air Plane Theft, Crash Exposes Cracks in Airport Security  —  Alaska Airlines, Horizon officials don't yet know how ground-service employee, who didn't have a pilot's license, learned to fly  —  Smoke rises from the site on Ketron Island near Seattle where a Horizon Air turboprop plane crashed Friday …
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Daniel Politi / Slate:
“Suicidal” Airline Employee Steals Plane, Takes it for A Flight Before Crashing
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Dinesh D'Souza and the Decline of Conservatism  —  Under President Trump, the most outrageous and aggrieved polemicists are thriving.  —  Few have enjoyed quite so spectacular a comeback under President Trump as the conservative polemicist and filmmaker, Dinesh D'Souza.
Carol Anderson / New York Times:
Brian Kemp, Enemy of Democracy  —  An expert on voter suppression, he will help keep Georgia red.  —  Dr. Anderson is the author of the forthcoming “One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy.”  —  The Republican runoff for the governorship in Georgia …
Rachel Donadio / New York Times:
V.S. Naipaul, Who Explored Colonialism Through Unsparing Books, Dies at 85  —  V.S. Naipaul, the Nobel laureate who documented the migrations of peoples, the unraveling of the British Empire, the ironies of exile and the clash between belief and unbelief in more than a dozen unsparing novels …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Althouse
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Kevin Cramer breaks with Trump on legal immigration but treads carefully on trade  —  KINDRED, N.D. — Rep. Kevin Cramer in an interview Saturday voiced support for robust legal immigration, putting the Republican crosswise with President Trump on a critical political issue ahead of the midterm elections.
Robert Wood Johnson / Telegraph:
America is turning up the pressure on Iran - and we want global Britain to stand with us  —  Sorry, that didn't work quite as expected.  Please try again.  —  Follow the author of this article Follow the topics within this article  —  Sorry, that didn't work quite as expected.  Please try again.
Kevin Collier / BuzzFeed News:
An 11-Year-Old Changed The Results Of Florida's Presidential Vote At A Hacker Convention.  Discuss.  —  Veteran hackers have tried for years to get the world to notice flaws in voting machines.  Now that they've got it, they have to wrestle with scaring people away from voting.  —  Reporting From
Robert McCartney / Washington Post:
A surprising grass-roots upheaval is shaking Maryland's Democrats  —  A grass-roots upheaval in Maryland's Democratic Party has made it an unexpected showcase for national efforts by liberal activists and unions seeking to revitalize the party and push it to the left.
Discussion: Political Wire
Ryan Wilson / CBSSports.com:
Police urged to not buy Dolphins tickets after Kenny Stills, Albert Wilson kneel during anthem  —  Stills and Wilson were the only players to kneel prior to Thursday's preseason game  —  A day after two Dolphins players knelt during the national anthem of their preseason opener to protest social injustice …
Discussion: Fox News Insider
John Eligon / New York Times:
Talking to a Man Named Mr. Cotton About Slavery and Confederate Monuments  —  In this week's Race/Related newsletter: A writer explores the nation's divide over its Civil War past.  He finds that some Confederate monuments cannot be moved.  —  VICKSBURG, Miss. — Slavery, Gordon Cotton explains, “did some good for some people.”
 
 
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Maryland football Coach DJ Durkin needs to go
Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
Democrats' Drama On Fossil Fuel Money Shows A Radical Green Jobs Plan Could Be A Win-Win
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Chicago Tribune:
2 dead, 18 wounded in Chicago shootings: 'Even I'm scared to walk to the corner store'
Discussion: Breitbart
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Trump fumes at the FBI, Justice Dept. and Sessions in series of tweets
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
More than 100 seats that backed Brexit now want to stay in EU
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
New York Times:
A Congressman, a Financial Deal and an Intricate Web of Conflicts
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
 Earlier Items: 
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
When the Tide Comes In
Discussion: New York Times
David Von Drehle / Washington Post:
Trump's résumé is rife with mob connections
Michael Walsh / American Greatness:
Farewell to the ‘Conservative Movement’
El Paso Times:
Let's remove Capitol plaque that lies about history: House Speaker Joe Straus
Discussion: Raw Story