President Donald Trump followed up his early morning tweet storm on Thursday by lamenting that Confederate statues are being taken down all across the U.S. and saying it’s “sad.”
Imagine if right now Angela Merkel was whining on twitter about removing "beautiful statues and monuments" of Hess, Goebbels, & Eichmann. - Mary Beth Williams
The World Is A Safer Place Without
- Heather Heyer memorial: Killing 'just magnified her,' mother says
- US military leaders condemn racism after Charlottesville violence
- Top three states with the most hate groups: Guess where Florida ranks?
- Chief strategist contradicts Trump on NKorea
- Barcelona: Van hits crowds in Ramblas tourist area
- An Australian senator wore a burqa in Parliament — then called for a ban on Muslim immigrants
Any White House staff resign today? Or did they all show up this morning to work for a guy who thinks the confederacy is getting a bad rap? - Dan Pfeiffer
Neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer has been booted from the Russian internet.
The country's media watchdog asked for it to be taken down because of extremist content.
"The Daily Stormer website promotes neo-Nazi ideology, incites racial, national and other types of social discord,"
Donald Trump you have an ego as big as any historic monument, perhaps it's time for America to rip it apart as well. - Vicente Fox Quesada, Presidente de México de 2000 a 2006
Republican Shenanigans
- Republican leaders dance around Trump remarks
- Trump criticizes media for coverage of his remarks on Charlottesville violence
- Maine Gov: Removing Confederate Statues Like Losing 9/11 Memorial
- 'He is stubborn and doesn't realize how bad this is getting'
- Warrants issued for white nationalist from NH featured in Vice documentary on Charlottesville
This wasn't even supposed to be about Charlottesville. Apparently, Trump went off script and improvised all of these remarks during a press conference about infrastructure, which is terrible because I'm pretty sure the first rule of infrastructure is whatever you do, don't burn bridges. - James Corden
The Alt-Right Knows Photoshop?
An image that appeared to capture a member of an anti-fascist group beating a U.S. police officer with a club during a “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, is fake.
The only person who's happy right now is Sean Spicer. He's doing backflips, wherever he is. - Jimmy Kimmel
The Cleveland Clinic, a health care network frequently praised by both Republicans and Democrats for its patient care, has decided to not hold its annual fundraising gala at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida as planned.
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Trump's 7 months of disaster show why the popular vote should decide the Presidency. (See also: George W. Bush) - Richard Hine
Rock The Voter News
- Kim Kardashian recounts 'legendary' karaoke session with Barack Obama
- Hillary Clinton Just Quietly Showed Her Support for Taylor Swift on Social Media
- Hillary Clinton was right about 'deplorables' — now they're storming out of the basket
But His Emails!
President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, John Dowd, forwarded an email to associates that expressed support for Southern secession from the Union in the 1860s.
Dowd's forwarded email was sent Wednesday to conservative journalists, government officials, Dowd's friends, and others
The White House event I'm really looking forward to: Trump hosting Obama for the unveiling of Obama's official portrait. - Ryan Lizza
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My Proposed Confederate Memorial Statue
Take down the statues. If Confederacy fans want to see a monument of a loser they can visit Trump Tower. - Andy Borowitz
Business/Tech News
- Business execs shunned Trump panels before he disbanded them
- How America's Most Prominent CEOs Decided to Ditch President Trump
- Union Pacific to layoff 750 US employees amid broader cost-cutting
Costco has to pay Tiffany’s $19 million for selling 2,500 fake Tiffany rings. Husbands don’t know what’s worse, having to tell their wife her ring ISN’T from Tiffany, or that it IS from Costco. “I’ve got bad news and worse news...” - Jimmy Fallon
Racist Judge Outs Himself On Facebook, Gets Suspended
A judge in Georgia has been suspended for Facebook posts in which he compared protesters of Confederate statues to members of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Gwinnett County Judge Jim Hinkle called protesters opposing a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E Lee in Charlottesville, Va., “snowflakes.” He said they had "no concept of history" and should “leave history alone.”
A Florida man who accidentally fired a gun in a strip club restroom while trying to take a selfie has been sent to prison. The weird thing is everyone else at the Florida prison is there for the exact same reason. - Conan O'Brien
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