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3:45 PM ET, August 19, 2017

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Mike Allen / Axios:
Bannon plots Fox competitor, global expansion  —  Unshaven and working from home in cargo shorts as he moves into “Bannon the Barbarian” mode, Steve Bannon is thinking bigger than Breitbart.  —  Axios' Jonathan Swan hears Bannon has told friends he sees a massive opening to the right of Fox News …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump: “Who the f@&$ does this guy think he is?”  —  Bannon didn't bother to go to work yesterday.  He knew it was over.  —  At the end, Trump was beyond fed up, viewing Bannon as a self-aggrandizer who had built a personal narrative as the grand puppetmaster.
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
The Rise and Fall of Steve Bannon  —  In March, I went to the White House to visit Steve Bannon, who today was fired by President Trump.  After Bannon showed off his office and his famous whiteboard, we sat down at a wooden conference table in the large corner office of Reince Priebus, who was then the White House chief of staff.
Peter J. Boyer / Weekly Standard:
Bannon: ‘The Trump Presidency That We Fought For, and Won, Is Over.’
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Seb Gorka's Fate ‘Extremely Uncertain’ as His Boss Bannon Is Ousted
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Magazine
Nathan Fenno / Los Angeles Times:
Traveler, USC's mascot, comes under scrutiny for having a name similar to Robert E. Lee's horse  —  Hector Aguilar sits atop Traveler moments before a USC football game Oct. 18, 2014.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)  —  When Richard Saukko galloped his chalk-white Arabian horse named Traveler around …
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President Vincent E. Price / Duke Today:
Duke Removes Robert E. Lee Statue From Chapel Entrance  —  Statue will be preserved for students to study university's ‘complex past’  —  Editor's Note:  —  After hearing from and consulting with a number of students, faculty, staff, and alumni, and with the strong support of the Board of Trustees …
Discussion: IJR, Washington Post, TheBlaze and NPR
Jonathan Drew / Talking Points Memo:
Duke University Removes Statue Of Robert E. Lee From Campus Chapel  —  DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke University removed a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee early Saturday after it was vandalized amid a national debate about monuments to the Confederacy.  —  The university said it removed …
Haley Britzky / Axios:
When Confederate statues were erected throughout history
Discussion: Politico
Max Boot / Foreign Policy:
The Difference Between George Washington and Robert E. Lee
Discussion: PBS NewsHour, Daily Wire and CNN
Senator Ben Sasse:
THE NEXT CHARLOTTESVILLE  —  Over the last week, many Nebraskans have told me some version of this: “There are lots of us here who are scared about where the country is headed.  I think more violence is inevitable.”  That much seems obvious.  Less expected was where some of them went next.
Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
‘Free speech’ rally ends early as thousands of counter-protesters descend on Boston Common  —  BOSTON - Thousands of counter-protesters crammed Boston Common and marched through city streets on Saturday morning in efforts to drown out the planned “free speech” rally that many feared would be attended by white supremacist groups.
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Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
Thousands march in Boston for protests a week after deadly demonstration  —  Thousands of counterprotesters marched through downtown Boston on Saturday to condemn neo-Nazis and white nationalism as conservative and libertarian activists mounted a “Free Speech Rally” at Boston Common …
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trumps to skip Kennedy Center Honors after artists boycott event  —  President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will skip this year's Kennedy Center Honors, the White House announced on Saturday, after multiple honorees said they would skip the event.
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump, first lady to skip Kennedy Center Honors over concerns of ‘political distraction’  —  President Trump and first lady Melania Trump have elected not to attend the annual Kennedy Center Honors in December amid a political backlash among those who will be feted at the event.
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
Tweet from the account of Charlottesville rally organizer insults slain protester Heather Heyer  —  Jason Kessler, right, organizer of the Unite the Right rally last weekend, speaks at a press conference Sunday at Charlottesville City Hall.  (Tasos Katopodis / EPA)
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Chris Suarez / Daily Progress:
Kessler described as one-time wannabe liberal activist
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Sheriff: Trump Wants Us To Break The Law … President Donald Trump's crackdown on undocumented immigrants has some sheriffs worried the White House is pushing them to break the law - demanding they violate the Fourth Amendment or face vilification from the commander-in-chief.
Discussion: Raw Story
mypalmbeachpost:
Five more charities pull out of Mar-a-Lago events … Five more philanthropic organizations said Friday they have pulled their fundraising events from President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club following an intense social media push calling on people to boycott charities that use the venue.
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
The ‘Resistance’ Goes Lower  —  Green groups are attacking staffers merely for working in Trump's government.  —  In a better world, Americans would never hear the name Samantha Dravis.  She wouldn't be pictured on the front page of the New York Times or added to environmentalist “watch lists.”
CBS News:
1 Florida police officer killed, 3 others injured in separate shootings  —  KISSIMMEE, Fla. — One police officer was killed and three wounded in nighttime shootings in two Florida cities where the officers were responding to suspected drug activity and reports of a suicide attempt, police said Saturday.
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Russ Feingold / The Guardian:
How the Republican party quietly does the bidding of white supremacists
CBS Los Angeles:
Junipero Serra Statue Vandalized In Mission Hills
Discussion: Daily Wire
Timothy Snyder / New York Times:
The Test of Nazism That Trump Failed
CBS Los Angeles:
Laguna Beach Installing Barriers To Protect Pedestrians Against Weaponized Cars
Discussion: TheBlaze
Terry Jones / Investor's Business Daily:
Repealing ObamaCare Is The Key To Restoring Economic Growth
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Dear Trump Voters: You're a Bunch of Idiots
 Earlier Items: 
Daily Mail:
‘I tried to stop her bleeding from the throat... then he stabbed ME’: Victim of knifeman …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
CNN:
Sebastian Gorka's PhD adviser: “I would not call him an expert in terrorism”
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Fox News Insider:
Gingrich: Pres. Trump Is Much More Isolated Than He Realizes
Discussion: IJR and WTVR-TV
Tracy Jan / Washington Post:
Here is the official résumé of the person Trump put in charge of federal housing in New York
CNN:
Pediatricians say Florida hurt sick kids to help big GOP donors
Discussion: Daily Kos and Hullabaloo
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Patrick Frater / Variety:
Tencent Music reports Q4 revenue down 7% YoY to $971M and a $198M profit; in 2023, paying subscribers rose 21% YoY to 107M and net profit rose 36% YoY to $735M

 
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