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White Supremacists in Charlottesville
Remarkable documentary by VICE about the events in Charlottesville, including interviews with people on both sides of the protest:
Doxxing White Supremacists Is Making Them Terrified
(VICE – 8/15/17)
In January, Fox News Posted a Video of Cars Mowing Down Protesters That Urged Viewers to “Study the Technique”
(Slate – 8/15/17)
How the Charlottesville Attacker Became Radicalized
(VICE – 8/14/17)
Charlottesville Suspect Allegedly Hit His Mom in Fight Over Video Games
(VICE – 8/14/17)
What We Know About James Alex Fields, Driver Charged in Charlottesville Killing
(New York Times – 8/13/17)
Car Hits Crowd After White Nationalist Rally in Charlottesville Ends in Violence
(New York Times – 8/12/17)
“Why we voted for Donald Trump”: David Duke explains the white supremacist Charlottesville protests
(Vox – 8/12/17)
Posted on Facebook:
Trump’s Response to White Supremacists in Charlottesville
Trump’s deleted cartoon dramatically altered the message, says Indianapolis Star creator
(Washington Post – 8/15/17)
Trump Defends Initial Remarks on Charlottesville; Again Blames ‘Both Sides’
(New York Times – 8/15/17)
Read the transcript of Donald Trump’s jaw-dropping press conference
(CNBC – 8/15/17)
Consequences for Trump’s Response to White Supremacists in Charlottesville
Mnuchin responds to nearly 300 former classmates calling for his resignation
(The Hill – 8/19/17)
After Charlottesville, Republicans remain stymied over what to do about Trump
(New York Times – 8/19/17)
Now charities are dumping Trump, too
(CNN – 8/18/17)
Text of James Murdoch’s Email Condemning Trump’s Response to Charlottesville
(New York Times – 8/17/17)
Trump’s Embrace of Racially Charged Past Puts Republicans in Crisis
(New York Times – 8/16/17)
Trump disbands CEO advisory panels
(Politico – 8/16/17)
Inside the C.E.O. Rebellion Against Trump’s Advisory Councils
(New York Times – 8/16/17)
Trump tweets he knows plenty of CEOs to replace the ‘grandstanders’ who resigned from his manufacturing council
(New York Times – 8/15/17)
North Korea
North Korea warns of ‘merciless strike’ ahead of US-South Korea drills
(CNN – 8/21/17)
Mullen: Trump’s rhetoric on North Korea ‘has taken away options’
(Politico – 8/13/17)
Trump Says Military Is ‘Locked and Loaded’ and North Korea Will ‘Regret’ Threats
(New York Times – 8/11/17)
Trump threatens North Korea with “fire and fury”
Trump: Maybe ‘fire and fury’ statement on North Korea wasn’t tough enough
(CNBC – 8/10/17)
Meet Kim Jong-un, a Moody Young Man With a Nuclear Arsenal
(New York Times – 8/10/17)
North Koreans stage massive rally in show of defiance against Donald Trump
(The Independent – 8/10/17)
North Korea Guam missile strike plan ‘ready by mid-August’
(BBC – 8/1017)
‘God has given Trump authority to take out Kim Jong Un,’ evangelical adviser says
(Washington Post – 8/9/17)
A 25-Year Army Vet Explains the North Korea Warning Sign He’s Waiting For
(Esquire – 8/9/17)
North Korea now making missile-ready nuclear weapons, U.S. analysts say
(Washington Post – 8/8/17)
Trump and Russia
Trump Praises Putin Instead of Critiquing Cuts to U.S. Embassy Staff
(New York Times – 8/10/17)
Unarmed Russian Air Force jet overflies the Pentagon, Capitol, CIA
(CNN – 8/10/17)
Low-Flying Russian Surveillance Plane Flies Over Capitol and Pentagon
(Time – 8/10/17)
Interactive Timeline: Everything We Know About Russia and President Trump
(Bill Moyers & Company – 8/717)
Maybe What Russia Wants From Trump Is Permission to Launder Its Dirty Money
(Slate – 7/20/18)
Mueller Investigation
FBI conducted predawn raid of former Trump campaign chairman Manafort’s home
(Washington Post – 8/9/17)
Why is the FBI so interested in Paul Manafort that agents were literally at his door before dawn?
(Washington Post – 8/9/17)
Trump Seeks to Rally Political Base as Mueller Probe Accelerates
(Bloomberg – 8/4/17)
Mueller Seeks White House Documents on Flynn
(New York Times – 8/4/17)
Mueller impanels grand jury in Russia probe
(The Hill – 8/3/17)
Mueller Plunges Across Trump’s Red Line
(The Atlantic – 8/3/17)
Former Justice Department official joins Mueller team
(Reuters – 8/1/17)
Conflicts of Interest
Secret Service quits Trump Tower in dispute over lease
(BBC – 8/4/17)
Mental Illness
As Trump ranted and rambled in Phoenix, his crowd slowly thinned
(Washington Post – 8/23/17)
Donald Trump ‘handed folder of positive news clippings twice a day by White House staff’
(The Independent – 8/9/17)
Full transcript: Trump’s Wall Street Journal interview
The president sat down with the Journal’s editor-in-chief Gerard Baker in the Oval Office on July 25
(Politico – 8/1/17)
Those Calls to Trump? White House Admits They Didn’t Happen
(New York Times – 8/2/17)
‘This deal will make me look terrible’: Full transcripts of Trump’s calls with Mexico and Australia
(Washington Post – 8/3/17)
Impeachment/Resignation
Trump is Going to Resign Soon, President’s “Art of the Deal” Writer Predicts
(Newsweek – 8/17/17)
Trump Impeachment Process Begins as Democrat States President ‘Failed test of Moral Leadership’
(Newsweek – 8/17/17)
National Mood
Missouri official deletes Trump assassination post
(Journal Gazette – 8/18/17)
New ad by the National Rifle Association directed at New York Times: “We’re Coming for You”
… and a previous NRA ad from about a month ago:
Poll: Half of Republicans would back postponing 2020 election if Trump proposed it
(The Hill – 8/10/17)
Steve Bannon Ousted
Bannon is back at Breitbart News, and he’s planning to make mischief
(The Atlantic – 8/18/17)
Steve Bannon’s exit from the Trump White House, explained
(Vox – 8/18/17)
National Finances
Secret Service depletes funds to pay agents because of Trump’s frequent travel, large family
(USA Today – 8/21/17)
Trump to Congress: Fund the Wall or I’ll Shut the Government
(New York Times – 8/23/17)
Other Stories That You Should Know About
Yes, Donald Trump really did look into the sky during the solar eclipse
(CNN – 8/22/17)
Trump Settles on Afghan Strategy Expected to Raise Troop Levels
(New York Times – 8/20/17)
Prominent Supporter of President Trump Admits He Regrets His Vote
(Time – 8/17/17)
Justice Dept. Demands Data on Visitors to Anti-Trump Website, Sparking Fight
(New York Times – 8/15/17)
Venezuela calls Trump’s warning of possible military action a ‘crazy act’
(CNN – 8/12/17)
Trump attacks on McConnell bring rebukes from fellow Republicans
(Washington Post – 8/10/17)
Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Urges Trump to Privatize Afghan War & Install Viceroy to Run Nation
(Democracy Now – 8/9/17)
Scientists Fear Trump Will Dismiss Blunt Climate Report
(New York Times – 8/7/17)
With military discipline imposed, Trump getting more time for decisions
(Reuters – 8/4/17)
Attorney general says Justice Dept. has tripled the number of leak probes
(Washington Post – 8/4/17)
Trump’s daughter-in-law hosts ‘real news’ program on his Facebook page
(The Hill – 8/2/17)
Editorials
It’s time to talk about Trump’s mental health
(Washington Post – 8/21/17)
(Los Angeles Times – 8/20/17)
Trump Thinks About Nuclear Annihilation a Lot, But Doesn’t Know Much About It
(New York Magazine – 8/20/17)
Don’t fall into the Bannon trap
(CNN – 8/18/17)
How To Punish A President
(Just Security – 8/17/17)
‘He is stubborn and doesn’t realize how bad this is getting’
(Politico – 8/16/17)
A professor of German history explains the true horror of Trump’s response to Charlottesville
(Raw Story – 8/16/17)
How America Lost Its Mind
(The Atlantic – September 2017 Issue)
Jared Kushner Calls Kim Jong-un “Totally Unqualified Person” Who Got Job Only Through Nepotism (Satire)
(New Yorker – 8/18/17 Issue)
Millions Willing to Work for Mueller for Free If That Would Speed Things Up(Satire)
(New Yorker – 8/15/17)
Why Does Trump Still Refuse to Criticize Putin?
(The Atlantic – 8/11/17)
Trump threatened ‘fire and fury.’ Here’s why to some that’s perfectly Godlike.
(Salt Lake Tribune – 8/11/17)
A Trump nuclear strike against North Korea: constitutional or not?
(Politifact – 8/10/17)
Liberals are terrible at arguing with conservatives. Here’s how they can get better.
(Washington Post – 8/10/17)
Sorry, Mike Pence, You’re Doomed
(New York Times – 8/8/17)
The biggest threat to free speech? It’s the left
(Boston Globe – 8/7/17)
The Policies of White Resentment
(New York Times – 8/5/17)
The Democratic Self-Sabotage Continues
(Esquire – 8/4/17)
Trump’s continued attacks on Clinton tell us why the Democrats lost
(Washington Post – 8/4/17)
Trump’s supporters worship him as though he were their personal road to salvation and happiness
(Alternet – 7/31/17)
Alternative Facts from an Alternative Universe
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