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Who Is Steve Bannon? Trump Strategist Gone

By Tim Marcin
It Has Always Been About Slavery

By Cynthia Tucker
#EndorseThis: Michael Moore Says He'd Prefer A President Pence

By National Memo
This Week In Crazy: David Crosby Faces Fire, Fury From Ted Nugent

By Brendan Gauthier
Trump Will Resign Soon, 'Art Of The Deal' Writer Says

By Tim Marcin

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Who Is Steve Bannon? Trump Strategist Gone
In a White House defined by chaos, tumult and turnover, Steve Bannon became the latest person to depart President Donald Trump's team Friday afternoon.
By Tim Marcin
It Has Always Been About Slavery
As if he had not already dumped enough fuel on a raging inferno, President Donald Trump has now taken up common cause with the Lost Cause: the historically inaccurate, myth-driven campaign to sanctify the Confederacy. The president was apparently not satisfied with merely showing his sympathy for white supremacists, insisting that their ranks include some "very fine people."
By Cynthia Tucker
#EndorseThis: Michael Moore Says He'd Prefer A President Pence
Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore painted an optimistic picture for the Democratic party as a guest on Seth Meyers's Late Night on Thursday.
By National Memo
This Week In Crazy: David Crosby Faces Fire, Fury From Ted Nugent
Statue fetishists, blubbering neo-Nazis, and Cat Fight Fever. Welcome to This Week In Crazy.
By Brendan Gauthier
Trump Will Resign Soon, 'Art Of The Deal' Writer Says
In a series of tweets Wednesday, Tony Schwartz—who co-authored the 1987 book that helped define the real estate magnate's public image—said he thought the walls were closing in on Trump and he would soon leave office in an attempt to save face.
By Tim Marcin
Charlottesville, Trump And The Resurgence Of White Nationalism
By inciting the racist right to mobilize, he has awakened its vastly more numerous opponents. He has also made it much harder for his more moderate white supporters to overlook his darkest impulses.
By Steve Chapman

Why Does USA Today Keep Publishing Op-Eds That Dispute Climate Science?
On August 14, USA Today's editorial board wrote a well-reasoned editorial highlighting the scientific consensus around climate science, titled “Case for climate change grows ever stronger.” The board noted that the findings of a draft federal climate report provided “ever more troubling evidence” that “humanity is responsible for a dangerously warming planet.”
By Kevin Kalhoefer
A Defense Of Trump’s Charlottesville Statements May Be Airing On Your Local News
Former aide to President Donald Trump and current administration media shill Boris Epshteyn is now using local television news spots across the country to back Trump in his disgraceful “both sides” treatment of violent neo-Nazism and white supremacy in Charlottesville, VA.
By Pam Vogel
Just How Many Neo-Nazis Are There In The U.S., Anyway?
Neo-Nazis suddenly seem highly visible following this weekend's Unite the Right riot in Charlottesville that left counter-protester Heather Heyer dead. The protest was largely void of Klan hoods, suggesting that neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan are feeling more emboldened. With the renewed visibility of these groups, many may be wondering...
By Julia Flasphaler
White House Watch

Who Is Steve Bannon? Trump Strategist Gone
In a White House defined by chaos, tumult and turnover, Steve Bannon became the latest person to depart President Donald Trump's team Friday afternoon.
By Tim Marcin
Trump Will Resign Soon, 'Art Of The Deal' Writer Says
In a series of tweets Wednesday, Tony Schwartz—who co-authored the 1987 book that helped define the real estate magnate's public image—said he thought the walls were closing in on Trump and he would soon leave office in an attempt to save face.
By Tim Marcin
Charlottesville, Trump And The Resurgence Of White Nationalism
By inciting the racist right to mobilize, he has awakened its vastly more numerous opponents. He has also made it much harder for his more moderate white supporters to overlook his darkest impulses.
By Steve Chapman
A Defense Of Trump’s Charlottesville Statements May Be Airing On Your Local News
Former aide to President Donald Trump and current administration media shill Boris Epshteyn is now using local television news spots across the country to back Trump in his disgraceful “both sides” treatment of violent neo-Nazism and white supremacy in Charlottesville, VA.
By Pam Vogel
7 Things To Know About The Mindset Of The Neo-Nazis
The neo-Nazis with whom Donald Trump openly sympathizes fit a psychological profile for the most part, according to two psychologists who just released a survey on the subject. Patrick Forscher and Nour Kteily, researchers from the University of Arkansas and Northwestern University respectively, compiled their findings into a working paper titled “A Psychological Profile of the Alt-Right.”
By Kali Holloway
Poll: Majority Of Republicans Agree With Trump's Handling Of Charlottesville
An overwhelming majority of Republicans think Donald Trump’s response to the horrifying events in Charlottesville is right on the money, according to a new CBS poll. The survey found that 67 percent of GOP voters say they approve of Trump’s response to the attacks, while 82 percent of Democrats and 53 percent of Independents say they disapprove.
By Kali Holloway
Presidential Election

Trump Launches A Suicidal War On His Own Party
With his approval rating sinking, Trump has decided his problem is that he has too many allies. So he set out to rid of himself of an important one: Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell.
By Steve Chapman
Despite Record-Low Approval, Trump Retains Some Support
You'd never know the man is in trouble by witnessing a race in Alabama for the GOP nomination to the U.S. Senate, where the leading candidates are vying to see who can most tightly tie himself to Trump's ankle.
By Cynthia Tucker
More Than Half Of Republicans Would Support Postponing The 2020 Election: Poll
Despite the president's record-low approval ratings, a majority of Republicans say they would be willing to postpone the 2020 election if Trump were to propose such a plan. According to the poll conducted by two academic authors and published in the Washington Post, 52 percent support the idea.
By Jennie Neufeld
How Bush's Presidency Paved The Way For Trump Trauma
As a public intellectual, playwright and longtime foundation executive, Colin Greer has a unique view on politics and grassroots-oriented change. Formerly a CUNY professor and an expert on education and immigration—he wrote The Great School Legend along with nine other books...
By Don Hazen
Here Are 5 Of Trump's Most Buffoonish GOP Defenders
Shortly after arriving at his Sterling, Virginia golf club on Sunday, President Trump lashed out at his own party via Twitter. "It's very sad that Republicans, even some that were carried over the line on my back, do very little to protect their President," Trump tweeted.
By Alexandra Rosenmann
Danziger: Thanks, Obama
By Jeff Danziger
Capitol Hill

Despite Record-Low Approval, Trump Retains Some Support
You'd never know the man is in trouble by witnessing a race in Alabama for the GOP nomination to the U.S. Senate, where the leading candidates are vying to see who can most tightly tie himself to Trump's ankle.
By Cynthia Tucker
5 Escape Hatches Republicans May End Up Using To Avoid An Imploding Presidency
While the downfall of President Donald Trump is far from assured, the signs are multiplying that the Republicans are preparing for a world in which Trump is no longer commander-in-chief. This is not the dreaming of the liberal resistance or the conservative #NeverTrump crowd; we’re talking about the actions of the Republican leadership, rank and file and Vice President Mike Pence himself.
By Jefferson Morley
McCain Issues His Own Military Strategy For Afghanistan War Amid White House Delay
McCain, an Arizona Republican and chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has urged the Trump administration for months to submit to Congress a new Afghanistan strategy due to the worsening security situation. Nine U.S. troops have been killed in the country thus far this year — as many as were killed in all of 2016.
By W.J. Hennigan
Gerrymandering Is Ruining Our Democracy. Will Television News Ever Care?
Broadcast and cable news’ reluctance to talk about gerrymandering, let alone address the outsized impact it has in state and federal elections, has allowed American democracy to quietly become less representative. As movements build behind redistricting reform, the question remains: Will TV news ever care about gerrymandering?
By Julie Alderman
Despite Trump's Unpopularity, Democrats Face Long Road Back Into Power
Nate Silver says Trump’s base has maxed out, lifting blue hopes. The Cook Report’s congressional editor David Wasserman counters that the GOP has locks on states, the House and the Senate, deflating the prognosis.
By Steven Rosenfeld
Read This And Weep: Mike Pence For President
Those opposed to the Pence agenda can argue with reason that he'd probably be more adept at furthering it than Trump has been. They take solace in seeing little getting done so far. But the nation has yet to face an international crisis under its erratic, ill-informed leader.
By Froma Harrop
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