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2:40 PM ET, August 14, 2017

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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 …
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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.
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.
NBC News:
Pence Defends Trump From Critics of Charlottesville Remarks  —  Vice President Mike Pence on Monday continued to defend President Donald Trump's response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend, telling NBC News the president “made it very clear” he condemns “the KKK and white supremacists.”
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 …
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Trump, Saying ‘Racism Is Evil,’ Condemns Violence in Charlottesville  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump bowed to overwhelming pressure that he personally condemn white supremacists who incited bloody demonstrations in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend — labeling their racist views …
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Anti-Nazi movie goes viral after Charlottesville … An anti-Nazi movie from World War II went viral over the weekend after a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., turned violent.  —  The film, “Don't Be a Sucker,” was produced by the U.S. War Department in 1943 to warn Americans …
Gregg Jarrett / Fox News:
Trump ‘seriously considering’ a pardon for ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio  —  EXCLUSIVE: President Trump may soon issue a pardon for Joe Arpaio, the colorful former Arizona sheriff who was found guilty two weeks ago of criminal contempt for defying a state judge's order to stop traffic patrols targeting suspected undocumented immigrants.
Kaila White / Arizona Republic:
After months of criticism, GoDaddy kicks out neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer  —  GoDaddy, which is the largest internet domain-name seller in the world, announced Sunday evening it will no longer provide service to the neo-Nazi website, The Daily Stormer.
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Jim Finkle / Reuters:
Neo-Nazi site moves to Google after GoDaddy dumps it
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
The Hate He Dares Not Speak Of
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.
Agence France-Presse:
Merkel condemns ‘disgusting’ US far-right violence  —  Recommended  —  Protests, vigils around US decry white supremacist rally  —  Trump faulted for not rebuking racists  —  Police, FBI probe deadly violence at white nationalist rally  —  Entities  —  Your feedback is important to us!
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Week
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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: TheBlaze and The Week
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IISS:
The secret to North Korea's ICBM success
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Father Denounces Son Identified As Participant In White Supremacist Rally
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.
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.
Media Matters for America:
Right-wing media provided home for white supremacist before he organized Charlottesville rally  —  Before he organized the recent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, VA, Jason Kessler wrote for The Daily Caller and the white nationalist site VDare and appeared as a purported expert on Alex Jones' Infowars network.
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.
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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TODAY.com:
Jeff Sessions: Trump ‘made a strong statement’ about Charlottesville violence
Discussion: USA Today, The Daily Caller and Axios
Nathan L. Gonzales / Roll Call:
‘Kid Rock’ May Be Ineligible for Michigan Ballot  —  Elections bureau would decide whether Ritchie can use stage name  —  Merkley's Mild Town Hall in a Red County When Congressional Spouses (Allegedly) Misbehave Rating Change: Nevada Senate Race Moves to Toss-Up
 
 
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