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5:40 PM ET, August 17, 2017

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CBS News:
Barcelona terror attack: Van crashes into pedestrians in city center  —  BARCELONA, Spain — Police in the northern Spanish city of Barcelona say a white van has jumped the sidewalk in the city's historic Las Ramblas district, killing at least 13 people and injuring more than 50.
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Julius Krein / New York Times:
I Voted for Trump.  And I Sorely Regret It.  —  When Donald Trump first announced his presidential campaign, I, like most people, thought it would be a short-lived publicity stunt.  A month later, though, I happened to catch one of his political rallies on C-Span.  I was riveted.
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Shakesville
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Gail Collins / New York Times:
How to Handle Donald Trump
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Richard Trumka / New York Times:
Why I Quit Trump's Business Council
Discussion: Jacobin Magazine
Jason Brad Berry / Shareblue:
Steve Bannon's porn and meth house: “You have no idea what kind of evil stuff went on”  —  When award-winning underwater cinematographer Lawrence Curtis moved into the lush Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, he had no idea the house he was renting would become a national story.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Steve Bannon says controversial interview with liberal magazine was GOOD for the White House because it ‘drew fire away’ from Trump  — White House's chief strategist called a liberal magazine writer on Wednesday and spoke casually about North Korea, China and race politics
Jenna McLaughlin / Foreign Policy:
WikiLeaks Turned Down Leaks on Russian Government During U.S. Presidential Campaign  —  The leak organization ignored damaging information on the Kremlin to focus on Hillary Clinton and election-related hacks.  —  In the summer of 2016, as WikiLeaks was publishing documents …
Discussion: Business Insider
Mark Niquette / Bloomberg:
Trump Abandons Plan for Council on Infrastructure  —  President nixes council after ending two other business groups  —  Executives had started to quit after Virginia controversy  —  President Donald Trump will not move forward with a planned Advisory Council on Infrastructure, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday.
Discussion: CNN
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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:   Third White House panel scrapped amid Trump-Charlottesville controversy
Austin Wright / Politico:
Corker: Trump hasn't shown stability or competence
Discussion: Nooga.com and ABC News
Slate:
An open letter from the great-great-grandsons of Stonewall Jackson.  —  Dear Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and members of the Monument Avenue Commission,  —  We are native Richmonders and also the great-great-grandsons of Stonewall Jackson.  As two of the closest living relatives to Stonewall …
CBS News:
Partisan divide over Trump's response to Charlottesville: CBS News poll  —  Nearly two-thirds of Americans consider the attack that led to loss of life in Charlottesville an act of “domestic terrorism,” a view that spans partisan lines.  But President Trump's response to Charlottesville finds more division.
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Longtime Trump business partner ‘told family he knows he and POTUS are going to prison’: report  —  Felix Sater, one of Donald Trump's shadiest former business partners, is reportedly preparing for prison time — and he says the president will be joining him behind bars.
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Paul Wood / Spectator:
Forget Charlottesville - Russia is still the true Trump scandal
Discussion: Washington Journal
New York Times:
How Do Trump's Black Friends Feel?  It's Complicated  —  WASHINGTON — Kara Young, a biracial model who dated Donald J. Trump for two years before he married another model named Melania Knauss, remembers clearly bringing up her race with the real estate tycoon early in their relationship.
Discussion: The Root
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The huge problem with Trump comparing Robert E. Lee to George Washington  —  We celebrate the good things the founders did.  Confederates didn't do anything good.  —  In fresh tweets Thursday morning, Donald Trump, a life-long New Yorker with no personal or familial connection whatsoever …
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Joanne Kaufman / New York Times:
Bubble Tea Purveyors Continue to Grow Along With Drink's Popularity  —  Editors' note: An earlier version of this article prompted criticism by readers and we have since revised the article in response.  —  The Starbucks on Waverly Place in Greenwich Village was all but empty at 8:30 …
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New York Times:
Our Readers Call Us Out Over Bubble Tea. They Are Right.
Discussion: Eater NY - All
Heidi M. Przybyla / USA Today:
Mitch McConnell's secret fury over Charlottesville response highlights GOP's Trump dilemma  —  WASHINGTON - There was a reason why it took Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell an entire night to respond to President Trump's chaotic news conference equating counter protesters with the Nazis they came to resist.
K-Sue Park / New York Times:
The A.C.L.U. Needs to Rethink Free Speech  —  The American Civil Liberties Union has a long history of defending the First Amendment rights of groups on both the far left and the far right.  This commitment led the organization to successfully sue the city of Charlottesville, Va. …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway, ACLU and Althouse
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Cleveland Clinic, American Cancer Society cancel plans for galas at Mar-a-Lago  —  Two leading charities said they were pulling their business from President Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach on Thursday amid blowback over Trump's comments on Charlottesville's bloody unrest.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump aides worry he hurt hopes of defeating Flake  —  President Donald Trump upended the Arizona Senate race on Thursday by signaling support for an underdog primary challenger — a move that went against the wishes of his advisers and potentially undercut their efforts to unseat GOP Sen. Jeff Flake.
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Washington Times
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dem to introduce impeachment articles over Charlottesville  —  Rep. Steve Cohen (D), a Tennessee liberal, announced Thursday that he will introduce articles of impeachment against President Trump based on his defense of the white supremacists who participated in a deadly rally in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend.
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Pelosi, Booker push for removal of Capitol's Confederate statues  —  The nationwide debate over the removal of monuments to the Confederacy is coming to the U.S. Capitol.  —  While President Donald Trump on Thursday urged the preservation of “our beautiful statues and monuments” …
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Robert F. Bukaty / Associated Press:
Maine Gov. LePage: Removing Confederate statues like losing 9/11 memorial
Discussion: The Root and The Daily Caller
Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
John Henry says Red Sox will lead effort to change name of Yawkey Way  —  The Red Sox have had enough.  —  At a moment when racial tensions have escalated rapidly and the removal of Confederate statues acts as a flashpoint for violent and racially divisive protests, the Red Sox are ready …
Discussion: CBS Boston
Shawna Thomas / Vice News:
Sen. Scott says Trump's “moral authority is compromised”  —  For more of this interview with Sen. Scott, watch VICE News Tonight on HBO at 7:30 ET.  —  CHARLESTON, South Carolina — President Donald Trump has put his fellow Republican politicians in an awkward position after his Tuesday news conference …
 
 
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Chris HaynesESPN / ESPN:
Kevin Durant on President Trump: 'I don't agree with what he agrees with'
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Black, Jewish Goldman Sachs executive sues firm for discrimination, claiming bias killed …
Haley Byrd / IJR:
Hill Republicans Want Trump to Stay Out of Tax Reform Push After Charlottesville
Discussion: Politicus USA
Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
This Is How Taylor Swift's Donations Will Impact Sexual Assault Survivors
Bill Carter / CNNMoney:
On late-night TV, Trump's no laughing matter anymore
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ACLU:
CIA Torture Psychologists Settle Lawsuit
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Neil Gorsuch Speech at Trump Hotel Raises Ethical Questions
Jay Rey / The Buffalo News:
Carl Paladino removed from Buffalo School Board
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Donald Trump has no grasp of what it means to be president
James Kirchick / The Daily Beast:
The ‘Flight 93 Election’ Moment Is Now
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