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11:05 PM ET, August 15, 2017

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New York Times:
Trump Gives White Supremacists an Unequivocal Boost  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump buoyed the white nationalist movement on Tuesday as no president has done in generations — equating activists protesting racism with the neo-Nazis and white supremacists who rampaged in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend.
Discussion: Slate and Scripting News
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New York Times:
A Combative Trump Criticizes ‘Alt-Left’ Groups in Charlottesville  —  President Trump angrily defended himself on Tuesday against criticism that he did not specifically condemn Nazi and white supremacist groups following the weekend's deadly racial unrest in Virginia, and at one point questioned whether …
Washington Post:
The nation can only weep  —  TUESDAY WAS a great day for David Duke and racists everywhere.  The president of the United States all but declared that he has their backs.  —  When a white supremacist stands accused of running his car into a crowd of protesters, killing one and injuring 19 …
David French / National Review:
Donald Trump Just Gave the Press Conference of the Alt-Right's Dreams  —  Let's be very clear about what just happened at Donald Trump's press conference.  He gave the alt-right its greatest national media moment ever.  He even called some of them “very fine people.”  Don't believe me?
Discussion: CNBC
Politico:
Full text: Trump's comments on white supremacists, ‘alt-left’ in Charlottesville  —  The following is a transcript of President Donald Trump's remarks at a news conference on infrastructure at Trump Tower on Aug. 15 and the Q&A with the media that followed.  —  PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Hello, everybody.
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Trump's horrifying ‘take three’ on Charlottesville  —  MORE FROM: … On Tuesday afternoon we learned yet again that the president of the United States is against neo-Nazis, which is nice.  They're “very rough,” he said at an impromptu Trump Tower press conference — by which he likely meant …
Discussion: LewRockwell
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump has not yet reached out to Charlottesville victim's family  —  NEW YORK — President Trump said Tuesday he has not reached out to the family of the woman killed in this weekend's violence in Charlottesville, Va., but stressed that he will.  —  “No. I will be reaching out,” Trump said when asked by The Hill.
Discussion: RedState and New York Post
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Fox host: Trump comments 'one of the biggest messes I've ever seen' … Fox News's Kat Timpf slammed President Trump on Tuesday for his “disgusting” press conference in which he again blamed “both sides” for the violence that occurred in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend …
Discussion: RedState and TheBlaze
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump goes off script, and white supremacists cheer  —  For the white supremacists who have been roundly vilified since their rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend, Donald Trump's news conference on Tuesday came as validation: The president used many of their talking points …
Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept:
Donald Trump Has Been a Racist All His Life — And He Isn't Going to Change After Charlottesville  —  “Racism is evil,” declared Donald Trump on Monday, “and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups …
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump blows up damage control as he blames ‘both sides’ for Charlottesville
Discussion: ABC News and The Atlantic
Inae Oh / Mother Jones:
Trump Says There Were “Very Fine People on Both Sides” in Charlottesville
Discussion: The Hill and Politicus USA
Elliot Kaufman / National Review:
Campus Conservatives Gave the Alt-Right a Platform
Discussion: The Guardian and Weekly Standard
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Fox News, Daily Caller delete posts encouraging people to drive through protests  —  Months before a man allegedly turned his vehicle into a weapon and plowed through a group of protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, an article that made the rounds in conservative media encouraged readers to do something similar.
Discussion: Political Wire, IJR and Mediaite
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Governor Roy Cooper:
North Carolina Monuments  —  Last weekend, I watched with horror as events in Charlottesville unfolded.  Having served as North Carolina Attorney General for 16 years, I am all too familiar with the racism, bigotry and full-out white supremacy that exist in corners of our society.
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WRAL-TV:
Durham protester charged in Confederate statue vandalism
CNN:
Sheriff wants to charge protesters who pulled down Confederate statue
Jessica Schulberg / HuffPost:
Controversial Trump Aide Katharine Gorka Helped End Funding For Group That Fights White Supremacy  —  Life After Hate works to de-radicalize neo-Nazis.  The Trump administration decided it wasn't a priority.  —  WASHINGTON Weeks before a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville …
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Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Read the White House's Talking Points After Trump's Press Conference  —  Email sent to surrogates and allies of the president says that Trump ‘reaffirmed some of our most important Founding principles’ in his Tuesday press conference.  —  There are reports that White House aides …
Jack Holmes / Esquire:
This Vice News Documentary from Charlottesville Is Horrifying  —  Watch it and share it.  —  Hundreds of white supremacists marched with torches in an American city Friday night.  They arrived the next day brandishing weapons and armor.  One white supremacist allegedly murdered …
Discussion: The Atlantic
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Vice News:
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Discussion: Balloon Juice and Mediaite
Associated Press:
The Latest: Light turnout in Alabama Senate primary  —  MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Latest on Alabama's special primary election for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions (all times local):  —  Turnout could be even lower than expected in Alabama's Senate primary.
Discussion: Politico and IJR
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Jeff Stein / Vox:
Alabama GOP Senate frontrunner: “there are communities under Sharia law right now”
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Robin Eberhardt / The Hill:
Fifth leader resigns from Trump's manufacturing council  —  The president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing has resigned from President Trump's American Manufacturing Council, making him the fifth business leader to do so.  —  “I'm resigning from the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative …
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New York Times:
Walmart's C.E.O. Joins Group to Rebuke Trump Over Charlottesville
Steve Crump / The Charlotte Observer:
'I'm glad that girl died' during Virginia protest, says NC KKK leader  —  The leader of a North Carolina based group associated with the Ku Klux Klan says he is glad that a woman died while taking part in a protest in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend.  —  Heather Heyer was killed …
Discussion: Political Wire
CBO's Publications:
The Effects of Terminating Payments for Cost-Sharing Reductions  —  CBO and the Joint Committee on Taxation estimated the effects on the federal budget, health insurance coverage, market stability, and premiums if payments for cost-sharing reductions would end after December 2017.  —  430.71 KB
Julian Quinones / CBS News:
“What kind of society do you want to live in?”:  Inside the country where Down syndrome is disappearing  —  “CBSN: On Assignment” airs Mondays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and on our streaming network, CBSN.  Explore more on this topic in our “Behind the Lens” report.
Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute  —  Trump Temperament Consequences … - Donald Trump making Washington politicians uncomfortable may be a good thing according to half of the American public.  But his behavior is seen as making it more difficult to get anything done according to the latest Monmouth University Poll.
Discussion: Washington Post
CNNMoney:
Former Google engineer: ‘I do not support the alt-right’  —  Fired engineer: Google a “psychologically unsafe environment”  —  James Damore was fired from Google last week over his controversial 3,300 word essay on diversity.  His memo put him in the good graces of the alt-right — but he's now distancing himself from the movement.
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Firing Steve Bannon Won't Change Donald Trump  —  Earlier this year, when Steve Bannon, Donald Trump's chief strategist, was at the peak of his influence, I visited him at the White House.  “This is totally top secret,” he said, ushering me inside his office on a Saturday night in mid-March.
Michael Qazvini / Daily Wire:
Leftist Activists Demand New York Museum Take Down Statue of ‘Racist’ Theodore Roosevelt  —  You give an inch, they take a mile.  —  Social justice warriors are never satisfied.  If you give them an inch, they'll take a mile.  After demanding that southern states take down statues of Confederate figures …
 
 
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