By Steve Rhodes
Heather Heyer’s mother is the president we don’t have.
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Police Stood By As Mayhem Mounted In Charlottesville
“Standing nearby, an assortment of Virginia State Police troopers and Charlottesville police wearing protective gear watched silently from behind an array of metal barricades – and did nothing.”
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Why Colin Kaepernick Matters
“Colin Kaepernick has brains enough, it is clear, and heart enough. But the flesh of a football star is evanescent, and at age 29, his blacklisting may well amount to a life sentence, for no crime other than having a social conscience.”
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TrackNotes: The Meaning Of The Million
“[T]he disparity of the facility to the racing itself is like hitching up all eight Clydesdales in full tassel and brush to hit the 7-Eleven for a single Budweiser tallboy.”
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Fish Unboxing
He waited all summer for this.
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The Weekend In Chicago Rock
Featuring: Needles//Pins, Backwordz, Tarantula, No Time, Fuerza Bruta, Narita of High Rise, ONO, Jackson Browne, Mew, Vixen, Vanna, Gideon, and Wage War.
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Catching up with . . .
Last Week In Chicago Rock
Featuring: Bella Morte, Centavrvs, Youssou N’Dour, Aurelio Voltaire, Cheap Trick, Gold Paint Boy, Parent, Tony Bennett, Cyndi Lauper, Rod Stewart, Richard Album, and A+E.
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BeachBook
Donald Trump, Billy Corgan Favorite Alex Jones Says Nazis In Charlottesville Were Jewish Actors.
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How quickly this went out-of-date.
White House Memo Urges GOP To Say Trump Was ‘Entirely Correct.’
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Really?
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A Copy Editor In Ohio Was Looking At Early Charlottesville Images When He Made A Big Realization.
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TweetWood
A sampling.
Every Republican should now be asked: Is he fit to serve?
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) August 16, 2017
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He’s been quite clear, congressman.
Congressman Davis: “We’ve got to stop this hate” and says Trump should clarify statement again. pic.twitter.com/ItyZq5qLZV
— Tina Sfondeles (@TinaSfon) August 16, 2017
He should say pretend words!
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Just in the Trump era? C’mon. pic.twitter.com/ZWxlwOtg8S
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) August 16, 2017
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Ironic white supremacy in action. pic.twitter.com/BMwx9wNtXg
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) August 16, 2017
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There are few true moments of truth for most people in life. This is one of them for a lot of people – and most of them seem to be failing. We no longer have to ask how Nazi Germany happened – and that’s not hyperbole. In fact, our own history also illustrates how individuals comply and societies commit atrocities.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) August 16, 2017
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Gary Cohn – who is an adult – can surely speak for himself if he is inclined to do so. https://t.co/4Zv6DBE38p
— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) August 16, 2017
Gary Cohn, NEC chair — who is Jewish — was ‘disgusted’ and “upset” by Trump’s comments on white nationalists, per 3 ppl with knowledge
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) August 16, 2017
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— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) August 16, 2017
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via Politico Playbook: pic.twitter.com/qABQPz4O1O
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) August 16, 2017
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— Julie DiCaro (@JulieDiCaro) August 16, 2017
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The Beachwood Tronc Line: One side.
Posted on August 16, 2017