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12:45 PM ET, August 14, 2017

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John Harwood / CNBC:
GOP is more likely to vent ‘personal disgust’ for Trump after Charlottesville  — Accusations that Trump is racist have never made Republican politicians abandon him in large numbers.  — The killing of an anti-supremacist protester in Charlottesville, Virginia, has generated rage toward white nationalists.
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Jana Winter / Foreign Policy:
FBI and DHS Warned of Growing Threat From White Supremacists Months Ago  —  Trump doesn't want to call out white supremacists.  The FBI already did.  —  The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security in May warned that white supremacist groups had already carried out more attacks …
Discussion: The Daily Signal
Wall Street Journal:
The Poison of Identity Politics  —  The return of white nationalism is part of a deeper ailment.  —  As ever in this age of Donald Trump, politicians and journalists are reducing the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday to a debate over Mr. Trump's words and intentions.
Monique Garcia / Chicago Tribune:
Illinois Senate approves resolution asking police to recognize neo-Nazi groups as terrorist organizations
Discussion: The Hill and Talking Points Memo
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Former Trump Adviser Says He Will ‘Blow’ McMaster, Drudge ‘The F**k Out’ If Bannon Is Ousted  —  Sam Nunberg, a former political adviser to Donald Trump, warned Sunday of dire consequences for National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster and Matt Drudge if White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is pushed out of the West Wing.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why is Trump reluctant to condemn white supremacy?  It's his racism — and his megalomania.  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  During a visit to Washington on Monday, President Trump will again address the deadly violence sparked by a rally of white supremacists and neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, a White House aide tells CNN.
Blake Montgomery / BuzzFeed:
Here's What Really Happened In Charlottesville  —  Who came ready for violence?  Was it on “many sides”?  The answers are clearer on the ground.  —  Reporting From  —  Yes, you can blame the Nazis.  —  The race-fueled chaos that wracked Charlottesville, Virginia, finally came to rest on Sunday night.
Discussion: New York Times and The Week
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
“There was no police presence. …
Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
GoDaddy bans neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer for disparaging woman killed at Charlottesville rally  —  After months of criticism that GoDaddy was providing a platform for hate speech, the Web hosting company announced late Sunday that it will no longer house the Daily Stormer …
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Patrick Smith / BuzzFeed:
Angela Merkel Just Said Violence By Far-Right Groups In Virginia Was “Absolutely Repulsive”
Discussion: Daily Kos and COED
New York Times:
The Hate He Dares Not Speak Of
Matt Egan / CNNMoney:
Merck CEO quits Trump council over Charlottesville  —  Trump addresses Charlottesville clashes (full)  —  One of America's most prominent black CEOs quit President Trump's manufacturing council on Monday over Trump's failure to condemn white supremacists.  —  Kenneth Frazier of Merck …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Merck CEO resigns from presidential council over Trump remarks
Pearce Tefft / INFORUM:
Letter: Family denounces Tefft's racist rhetoric and actions  —  My name is Pearce Tefft, and I am writing to all, with regards to my youngest son, Peter Tefft, an avowed white nationalist who has been featured in a number of local news stories over the last several months.
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:   Father Denounces Son Identified As Participant In White Supremacist Rally
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Oklahoma man charged in anti-government bomb plot  —  The FBI has arrested an Oklahoma man on charges that he tried to detonate what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb outside a bank, acting out of a hatred for the U.S. government and an admiration for Oklahoma City bomber Timothy Mc­Veigh, according to court papers.
New York Times:
North Korea's Missile Success Is Linked to Ukrainian Plant, Investigators Say  —  North Korea's success in testing an intercontinental ballistic missile that appears able to reach the United States was made possible by black-market purchases of powerful rocket engines probably from a Ukrainian factory …
Discussion: Gizmodo and The Week
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Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Sessions defends Trump's comments on Charlottesville, says car-ramming fits definition of domestic terror  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the incident of a driver ramming a car into a crowd of demonstrators in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, which killed a young woman and sent 19 …
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Media Matters for America:
Alex Jones: A lot of KKK protesters are “Jewish actors” who look like the “cast of Seinfeld” with their hoods off  —  ALEX JONES (HOST): Here's a little bit of audio of me like 18 years ago protesting the KKK.  There's no big crowd of Antifa there supporting me, and them threatening to kill me, everything else.
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
Ali Watkins / Politico:
Obama team was warned in 2014 about Russian interference  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration received multiple warnings from national security officials between 2014 and 2016 that the Kremlin was ramping up its intelligence operations and building disinformation networks it could use …
Discussion: Raw Story, Scared Monkeys and The Week
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Conservatives Must Regulate Google And All of Silicon Valley Into Submission  —  Google's fascist witch-burning of an honest engineer for refusing to bow down at the altar of politically correct lies was the final straw, an unequivocal warning to conservatives that there's a new set of rules, and that we need to play by them.
Discussion: RedState
CNN:
Mood raw outside court where James Alex Fields Jr. has initial hearing  —  Charlottesville, Virginia (CNN)Tensions remained high here Monday after a brief court hearing at which a judge appointed an attorney for James Alex Fields Jr., the man suspected of killing a woman during a white supremacist rally.
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Dan Glaun / Union-News:
Springfield police officer mocks protesters run down by car in Charlottesville on Facebook post  —  Gallery: Violent clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia  —  A Springfield police officer has mocked the anti-racism demonstrators who were run down during a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville …
 
 
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Media Matters for America:
Right-wing media provided home for white supremacist before he organized Charlottesville rally
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
PENCE does what Trump hasn't and disavows neo-Nazis and white supremacists …
Discussion: New York Magazine
New York Times:
How a Conservative TV Giant Is Ridding Itself of Regulation
Discussion: NewsBusters
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Here's how Republicans can atone for backing Trump
Discussion: CNN
Richard Johnson / Page Six:
Bill de Blasio may be running for president
Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and IJR
CBS Boston:
'We Don't Want You,' Walsh Warns Ahead Of Planned Boston Free Speech Rally
Discussion: The Atlantic
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Ryan Cooper / The Week:
The lessons of the Russian revolution, 100 years later
Tegna / KREM-TV:
WSU College Republican President attends ‘Unite The Right’ rally in Charlottesville
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Reporter: Eric Bolling is trying to intimidate me
Discussion: RedState, IJR and Mediaite
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
This Is the Bleakest Moment for America in My Lifetime
Discussion: Hullabaloo