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Devon and Sarah continue to cover the Charlottesville terrorist attack and discuss the reactions to Trump’s ridiculous press conference in which he does NOT denounce nazis. They also sit down with Matthew A. Cherry and talk about his upcoming short film, Hair Love and why representation matters in all forms of media.

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Key Articles

  1. Inside the C.E.O. Rebellion Against Trump’s Advisory Councils by David Gelles, Landon Thomas Jr., Andrew Ross Sorkin, and Kate Kelly (NYTimes)
  2. Donald Trump Needs To Not Be President Yesterday by Robert Tracinski (The Federalist)
  3. ‘Wow’: Stunned TV Hosts Reacted in Real Time to Trump by Michael M. Grynbaum (NYTimes)
  4. A Confederate Statue Is Gone, But the Fight Remains in Durham by Nash Jenkins (TIME)
  5. Baltimore hauls away four Confederate monuments after overnight removal by Fenit Nirappil (WaPo)
  6. Here are the Confederate memorials that will be removed after Charlottesville by Jessica Suerth (CNN)
  7. Here are all the Republican members of Congress who have called out the president by Rebekah Entralgo and Addy Baird (ThinkProgress)
  8. Don’t Look Now, But Alt-Right Demonstrations Are Scheduled for Nine Cities Next Weekend [Update: Now Cancelled] by Ed Kilgore (The Daily Intelligencer)
  9. Heather Heyer’s Mom Tells White Supremacists: ‘You Just Magnified Her’ by Ryan J. Reilly and Willa Frej (HuffPost)
  10. Follow @MatthewACherry2

Gratitude Check Links

  1. Advanced Praise for Hillary Clinton’s “What Happened” by Rebecca Caplan (The New Yorker)
  2. What if Western media covered Charlottesville the same way it covers other nations by Karen Attiah (WaPo)
  3. Oregon Becomes the First State to Make Abortion Accessible to All Women by Leila Ettachfini (Broadly/Vice)
  4. Anti-Trans ‘Bathroom Bill’ Dies In Texas by Jon Herskobitz (HuffPost)

Action Items

  1. Freedom Fighter Bond Fund – Durham Solidarity Center
  2. Whose Heritage? Public Symbols of the Confederacy
    – SLPC
  3. There Are Still More Than 700 Confederate Monuments In The U.S. by Kathryn Casteel (538)
  4. Every Republican must sign a censure of the president by Jennifer Rubin (WaPo)
  5. Lawmakers Just Introduced a Dream Act Bill. What Does It Mean for You? by Greisa Martinez,
    United We Dream Advocacy Center (Medium)

Hellion of the Week

  1. College Student Takiyah Thompson Arrested For Dismantling North Carolina Confederate Statue by Desire Thompson (Vibe)

Twitter Index

Twitter References

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