All News Articles for 2017-08-18

Friday, August 18, 2017
In their letter of resignation, the members of the president's arts committee spelled out the word "RESIST" with the first letters of each paragraph. Citing 'Hateful Rhetoric' of Trump, Arts & Humanities Council Resigns En Masse
"Supremacy, discrimination, and vitriol are not American values...If this is not clear to you, then we call on you to resign your office, too."
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Rainbow over waterway in Brooklyn, New York Anti-Fracking Activists Celebrate Ruling Against Major Pipeline
Court ruling "gives hope across the country for people facing the onslaught of oil and gas infrastructure."
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Chief Strategist Steve Bannon walks behind U.S. President Donald Trump toward Marine One before departing from the White House on February 24, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Bannon's Ouster Welcomed, But Much Bigger Problem Remains in White House: Trump
"The larger and more urgent crisis is that a white supremacist sympathizer is the president of the United States."
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In protests around the world, the anti-Trump resistance has asserted this week that the white supremacists who gathered in Charlottesville last week were to blame for the violence that ensued. Despite Harsh Rebuke for Charlottesville Stance, Trump's Base Remains Loyal
In new poll, 87 percent of Republicans said they, like Trump, believe "both sides" were to blame for violence that killed counter-protester
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Al Gore Al Gore Has Just One Small Bit of Advice for Trump: 'Resign'
As public support for the president continues to plummet, the former vice president says he should step down
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The Magazine Covers Trump Earned This Week By Defending White Supremacy
Remember how president likes to be the center of attention and appear on the cover of magazines?
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U.S. President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Judge Neil Gorsuch after nominating him to the Supreme Court during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House January 31, 2017 in Washington, D.C. 'Downright Unconstitutional': Gorsuch Slammed for Headlining Event at Trump Hotel
"Especially as many Trump decisions are likely soon to reach the court's docket, a healthy respect for public confidence in the court should have led Justice Gorsuch to demur."
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White supremacists in Charlottesville, Va. ACLU Shifts Position on Defending Armed Demonstrations After Charlottesville
In wake of violence at white supremacist rally in Virginia, legal group revises policy for demonstrators who insist on carrying weapons
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At her daughter's funeral on Wednesday, Susan Bro said that while white supremacists "tried to kill my child to shut her up, [they] just magnified her." Heather Heyer's Mom Won't Talk to Trump 'After What He Said About My Child'
"You can't wash this one away by shaking my hand and saying, 'I'm sorry.'"
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) addresses a rally against Trump Administration budget cuts to education funding outside the U.S. Capitol July 19, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Centrist Democrats Riled as Warren Says Days of 'Lukewarm' Policies Are Over
"The Democratic Party isn't going back to the days of welfare reform and the crime bill."
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