All News Articles for 2017-08-16

Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Deandre Harris Four Arrested for Toppling Confederate Statue, But Zero Neo-Nazis Yet Arrested for This Brutal Beating
"The beating happened right beside the Police Department, and no police were there to help me at all."
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Trump was forced to disband two business councils Wednesday after seven members left over his comments about Charlottesville. Stranding CEOs Too Slow To Quit, Trump Disbands His Own Business Councils
"Trump aides: History is pounding its knuckles on the White House door and shouting that it's time to leave."
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Flowers, candles and chalk-written messages surround a photograph of Heather Heyer on the spot where she was killed and 19 others injured when a car slammed into a crowd of people protesting against a white supremacist rally, August 16, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Murder of Heather Heyer Only "Magnified Her," Mom Tells White Supremacists
In powerful eulogy, mother of victim killed in Charlottesville calls on Americans to fight injustice
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ACLU demonstrators Oregon Lauded as Progressive Model for Reproductive Healthcare Reform
As Republican-led states like Texas enact restrictions on reproductive care, "Oregonians are showing the rest of the country what it means to be resilient and visionary."
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Demonstrators in South Korea held a cartoonish illustration of President Donald Trump on Tuesday. 'Embarrassing' for US, Trump Defense of Neo-Nazi Rally Stuns People Worldwide
"Outside the U.S., this is beyond the pale."
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Trump Inner-Circle Privately "Appalled" and "Disgusted." Publicly? Dead Silent
"What is more cowardly than dispatching anonymous sources to claim you're 'upset' while lacking the courage to just say so yourself?"
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"Senator, you suck!" yelled some in the audience at a Colorado town hall held by Sen. Cory Gardner. GOP Senator Drowned Out By Cheers for 'Single Payer' at Town Hall
An "overwhelming majority in the high school auditorium raised their hands" when asked if they support single payer
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Mark Ruffalo joins Michael Moore as he leads his Broadway audience to Trump Tower to protest President Donald Trump on August 15, 2017 in New York City. Mark Ruffalo, Michael Moore Lead NYC Protest Against 'Absolutely Racist' Trump
"He's allowed fascism, he's allowed the KKK, he's allowed Nazis to show their ugly face, and we're here to remind him there's a cost for that."
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