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11:15 AM ET, August 18, 2017

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Mitt Romney:
I will dispense for now from discussion of the moral character of the president's Charlottesville statements.  Whether he intended to or not, what he communicated caused racists to rejoice, minorities to weep, and the vast heart of America to mourn.  His apologists strain to explain that he didn't mean what we heard.
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Members of White House presidential arts commission resigning to protest Trump's comments  —  The remaining members of a presidential arts and humanities panel resigned on Friday in yet another sign of growing national protest of President Trump's recent comments on the violence in Charlottesville.
Discussion: Towleroad
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
James Murdoch, Rebuking Trump, Pledges $1 Million to Anti-Defamation League  —  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — James Murdoch, the chief executive of 21st Century Fox and the son of a frequent ally of President Trump's, condemned the president's performance after the violence in Charlottesville, Va. …
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Trump pushing away what few allies he has left
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
21st Century Fox's James Murdoch slams Trump: ‘There are no good Nazis’
Discussion: Mediaite
Chelsea Bailey / NBC News:
Mother of Charlottesville Victim Heather Heyer Says She's Received Death Threats  —  A day after burying her daughter, the mother of a woman killed during Saturday's white nationalist rally in Charlottesville scoffed at President Donald Trump's claim that violence on “both sides” led to her daughter's death.
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Fox News:
Jason Kessler, Charlottesville rally organizer, says he's in hiding
Discussion: Raw Story
Eugene Scott / CNN:
Mother of Charlottesville victim says she won't speak with Trump
Discussion: Refinery29 and Fox News Insider
The Hill:
Dems launch full assault on Trump over Charlottesville
Discussion: NPR, New York Times, Hit & Run and IJR
Joe Palazzolo / Wall Street Journal:
ACLU Will No Longer Defend Hate Groups Protesting With Firearms  —  Executive director says violence and guns at Charlottesville rally spurred new stance  —  The American Civil Liberties Union, taking a tougher stance on armed protests, will no longer defend hate groups seeking to march with firearms …
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Josh Delk / The Hill:
ACLU will no longer defend hate groups that protest with firearms
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Now you can see what Donald Trump sees every time he opens Twitter
Discussion: Scripting News
New York Times:
Defiant, Trump Laments Assault on Culture and Revives a Bogus Pershing Story
Josh Hicks / Washington Post:
Taney statue removed from Md. state house grounds overnight  —  Workers dismantled a 145-year-old statue of Supreme Court Justice Roger B. Taney outside the Maryland State House shortly after midnight Friday, the latest ripple effect from last weekend's deadly violence at a rally of white supremacists in Charlottesville.
Discussion: The Week
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump embraces culture war with call to preserve Confederate statues
Joe Otterson / Variety:
MSNBC Ranks as No. 1 Cable Network in Total Viewers for First Time Ever  —  MSNBC ranked as the number one network across all of cable in total viewers for the first time in its history, according to Nielsen data.  —  For Wednesday, Aug. 16, MSNBC averaged 1.52 million viewers for the total …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
MSNBC Was the No. 1 Cable Network on Wednesday Across Total Day  —  Whenever President Trump finds himself embroiled in controversy, the cable news networks often see their significant ratings improvement.  This has been especially true for MSNBC, which has become the resistance network for the Trump era.
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The Party of Trump  —  Column: America's new, combustible four-party system  —  On July 18, 2015, about a month into his long-shot campaign for president, Donald Trump famously attacked John McCain.  “He's not a war hero,” he said.  “He was a war hero because he was captured.
Discussion: Instapundit and Liberal Values
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Centrist Dems push back on Warren
CNN:
Private prison industry sees boon under Trump administration  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)The private prison industry — one of the most controversial pieces of the US carceral state — has essentially recovered a year after the Obama administration sent a chill down its spine.
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Victoria Guida / Politico:
Justice Department to end Obama-era ‘Operation Choke Point’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Rachael Bade / Politico:
The agonizing, 8-page memo on how to chauffeur a congressman  —  Empty his trash.  Always have hand sanitizer and gum at the ready.  And don't bother with “unnecessary conversation” — the congressman doesn't have time for your chit-chat.  —  Demanding, high-maintenance bosses are notorious on Capitol Hill.
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
Fox News:
Barcelona terror attack death toll rises, fourth suspect arrested  —  A fourth person was arrested on Friday in connection with the terror attacks that killed at least 14 people in Barcelona and the resort of Cambrils, police said.  —  News of the arrest followed the announcement …
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New York Times:
‘Antifa’ Grows as Left-Wing Faction Set to, Literally, Fight the Far Right  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — Last weekend, when a 27-year-old bike messenger showed up at the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., he came ready for battle.  He joined a human chain that stretched in front …
Roger Stone / The Daily Caller:
Bannon's Time Is Up  —  Steven K. Bannon, the swashbuckling former Goldman Sachs banker and press baron of Breitbart news who call himself “Chief Strategist” of Trump's historic campaign, is in deep trouble within the Trump White House.  —  To be clear, I am no fan of National Security …
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Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
Steve Bannon Detonates His Trump Survival Plan, Worrying Allies
Jeffrey Sullivan / Rivard Report:
Armed Group Appears at Council to Oppose Statue's Removal  —  The ongoing controversy surrounding the proposed removal of the Confederate monument in Travis Park was at the center of Wednesday evening's citizens to be heard session in City Council Chambers.  —  As speakers addressed Council members …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Richard L. Hasen / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Speech in America is fast, cheap and out of control  —  Alex Jones from infowars.com speaks during the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio on July 18, 2016.  (David Swanson / TNS)  —  The Internet and social media did not create white supremacist movements in the United States …
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
Art of the Deal Writer Says Trump Will Resign Before Year's End: Reminds Me of ‘Last Days of Nixon’  —  Author Tony Schwartz spent 18 months with Donald Trump putting together The Art of the Deal — Trump's best-selling book.  And having spent so much time with the man who is now President …
Discussion: YouTube, Fox News Insider, IJR, AOL and HuffPost
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Dem group puts Trump's words over video of Charlottesville violence  —  A Democratic group is hitting President Trump over his claim that “both sides” were responsible for the violence at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend.  —  A new video from Bridge Project …
Discussion: Politico
Economist:
Donald Trump has no grasp of what it means to be president  —  U-turns, self-regard and equivocation are not what it takes  —  DEFENDERS of President Donald Trump offer two arguments in his favour—that he is a businessman who will curb the excesses of the state; and that he will help America …
Jonah Goldberg / New York Post:
Fighting Nazis doesn't make ‘antifa’ the good guys  —  MORE FROM: … Fighting Nazis is a good thing, but fighting Nazis doesn't necessarily make you or your cause good.  By my lights this is simply an obvious fact.  —  The greatest Nazi-killer of the 20th century was Josef Stalin.
Kevin McDermott / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
McCaskill, Clay and others call for Mo. senator to resign after post hoping for Trump's assassination  —  With five written words Thursday morning, one of Missouri's most controversial state lawmakers spawned a U.S. Secret Service investigation, potentially endangered her own political career …
 
 
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Mike Allen / Axios:
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