| | | | | A family takes photos at the base of a monument to Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson after the city of Baltimore removed statues of the Confederate generals Wednesday from Wyman Park Dell. Credit: Tasos Katopodis/AFP/Getty Images | | | Ivanka's Been Deafeningly Silent: No comment on her father's Tuesday press conference, but her rabbi said something
Spotify Pulls White Supremacist Music: The company says it's removed music "that favors hatred or incites violence against race"
Get Ready Washington: Both Trump supporters and "Juggalos" have rallies scheduled September 16 on the Mall | | | What the White House Is Talking About:
Back in Bedminster, New Jersey, President Donald Trump has a scheduled lunch today with Florida Gov. Rick Scott and then a meeting with Linda McMahon, head of the Small Business Administration.
What the White House Press Corps Is Talking About:
The great statue debate. Steve Bannon's interview that he didn't think was an interview, but that maybe was a diversionary tactic.
But First Tweets:
Early this morning, the President was on a rampage against familiar foes: the media, Sens. Lindsey Graham and Jeff Flake. But by 9 a.m., Trump was doubling down on a far more controversial topic: the removal of Confederate statues. | | Credit: @realDonaldTrump/Twitter
Here's a Map of The Statues:
About 1,500 Confederate statues exist on public land. CNN has put together some handy visuals. One shows where Confederate symbols are, geographically, and the other charts where the country has been, historically and culturally, when Confederate monuments were erected. You can enlarge both by clicking the links above to the stories. | | Credit: top, Southern Poverty Law Center and CNNPolitics.com; bottom, CNN.com
Ivanka's Phone *Does* Work:
She's been deafeningly silent about her father's remarks at Tuesday's press conference, but Ivanka Trump apparently does have a phone that works because she tweeted this morning about Hope Hicks. The first daughter and husband Jared Kushner had been on a Vermont getaway since Monday afternoon, and were scheduled to return to Bedminster this morning.
There's been a lot of questions about why neither has spoken out against the President's insistence "both sides" are to blame for the weekend violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, and that some "very fine people" marched there.
I personally think it's time to hang up the idea that Ivanka Trump will ever contradict her father, at least publicly, because if there was ever a time to do so, such as when neo-Nazis and white supremacists vehemently chant opposition to your religion, the religion that you converted to in order to marry your husband -- that would be the time. And she didn't. At this point, whether she and Kushner spoke to Trump behind the scenes, it doesn't really matter, because she didn't do so publicly, beyond a pretty forceful tweet Sunday morning, which feels like six weeks ago, amirite.
Instead, she and her husband apparently got dropped off by the family helicopter in New Hampshire and went into seclusion in Vermont.
Even Her Rabbi Said Something:
The rabbi who handled Ivanka Trump's conversion to Judaism nine years ago released a letter Wednesday to his congregation in Manhattan, doing what Ivanka didn't do, specifically coming out against the President's remarks on hate groups and the opposition to them. Rabbi Haskel Lookstein said in the letter, "While we always avoid politics, we are deeply troubled by the moral equivalency and equivocation President Trump has offered in his response to this act of violence."
Yoo-hooooo, Republicans?
No one from the GOP will go on the talk shows, guys. Like, no one. My colleague Brian Stelter reported on it in his Reliable Sources newsletter (which you should totally sign up for if you aren't already.) This is pretty much where we're at: | | Credit: @brianstelter/Twitter
Ivanka Trump Brand Popular -- to Donate:
So if you're looking for some bargain-basement Ivanka Trump brand swag, you might want to check your local Goodwill. According to Fortune, giveaways of the line are on the rise. The story indicates the reason is consumers don't want to support the brand in protest, but, to be fair, it could also be because more people have bought her line as a result of her higher profile, which has naturally resulted in more donations. ThredUP, an online thrift store, says in 2016 users listed 223% more Ivanka Trump clothing than the year before, and 2017 is already off to similar, if not higher, stats.
The Carrot Story is the best:
Sub-headline: Of course it happened in Canada.
Guys, I'm obsessed with this story about a woman in Edmonton, Alberta, who lost her engagement ring 13 years ago while gardening, only to have it turn up again around a carrot. I mean, nature, I have a lot of questions for you. First off, how is that a thing? How did it fit around and still grow? How come it took 13 years? Sure, perhaps I'm grasping at the carrot story because the other news this week is so awful and sad, but truth be told, in general, I'm into vegetables as a genre. | | | Credit: @SarahNKraus/Twitter | | What Washington Is Talking About:
Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey tweeted he plans to introduce a bill to remove Confederate statues from the Capitol.
What America Is Talking About:
Bonnie Tyler is going to sing "Total Eclipse of the Heart" during the eclipse, on Royal Caribbean's Total Eclipse Cruise.
Poll of the Day:
According to a CBS News poll, 55% of Americans disapprove of Trump's response to the Charlottesville violence, while 34% approve. | | Credit: CBS
Spotify Pulls White Supremacist Music:
The company has pulled music following a Digital Music News story about 37 white supremacist bands found on the service. In a statement to COVER/LINE, the company said:
"Illegal content or material that favors hatred or incites violence against race, religion, sexuality or the like is not tolerated by us. Spotify takes immediate action to remove any such material as soon as it has been brought to our attention. We are glad to have been alerted to this content -- and have already removed many of the bands identified today, whilst urgently reviewing the remainder."
Get Ready, Washington, 'Juggalos' and Trump Fans Are Coming to Town:
September 16 is going to be a busy day on the Mall, with two rallies planned: the pro-Trump "Mother of all Rallies," which describes its purpose as sending "a message to Congress, the media, and the world we stand united to defend American culture and values," and the Juggalo March on Washington, for fans of the band Insane Clown Posse to protest discrimination they say they've received since being included on an FBI list of gangs.
Guys, I'm so excited for this day. | | Credit: Mother of All Rallies./Juggalo '17 March
Every Political Moment from the Kardashians' Hollywood Reporter Cover Story:
The family spoke with the magazine during this, the 10-year anniversary of KUWTK. Y'all know I love whenever the Kardashians weigh into politics, and they had a few moments with The Hollywood Reporter:
Kim, on what she'd do as president: "I would definitely not piss off the other countries, like what's going on now."
Kendall, on what she'd do as president: "I'd be like, 'Tell me about aliens.' "
Kim, on doing karaoke with former President Barack Obama: "I've done karaoke one time. It was so cool. It was with Obama, Kanye, and like maybe 15 people, and it was insane."
Kylie, on Caitlyn Jenner coming out as transgender: "At the time, I didn't think, 'Oh, this is going to make pop culture history.' I had different things on my mind, because this was my reality, and this is my dad."
Kim on the backlash to Kendall Jenner's Pepsi ad: "We're not perfect, but you see these things in the media, like Kendall and (her Pepsi ad that was accused of trivializing Black Lives Matter), where I see her at home crying, but in the media she looks another way because she's not addressing it. I'm just like, 'This is wrong. You need to speak up.' She was like, 'I don't ever want to show that footage of me crying.' She was trying to not make excuses or be dramatic, but that was what she was going through at the time."
Larry King: 'I Don't Know This Donald Trump'
TMZ caught up with King in Beverly Hills, and the former CNN host said this about POTUS: "The Donald Trump I know was much more liberal, much more moderate. I didn't know if he was a Democrat or a Republican. I don't know this Donald Trump, I'm very very sad."
McGraw Posts Lincoln Quote:
Tim McGraw seems to be making a not-so-sublte dig at Trump in his latest post on Instagram: a photo and quote from the first Republican president. | | Credit: @thetimmcgraw/Instagram
Street Art Sighting:
A woman from my hometown of Gilbert, Arizona, has done the most Gilbert, Arizona, thing to show how she feels about a Confederate monument, by draping it in a paper letter banner. 😂😂😂 It reads "2nd place participant," and a streamer also left at the monument reads, "You lost get over it." | | Credit: Rebecca Olsen McHood/Facebook
Rebecca Olsen McHood, a Republican, told Phoenix New Times she put up the banner because, "White supremacists don't speak for me, and it's not OK that Trump is condoning it. It's disgusting."
Send me your pics of political street art to coverlinehunter@cnn.com, tweet me @hunterschwarz or tag @cnncoverline on Instagram. | | | | | | |
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