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Injustice somewhere doesn't need to be met by gratuitous virtue-signaling everywhere. The intersectionality theory that a threat against one should be addressed by all has become an excuse for a lot of ostentatious and morally easy condemnations. Academics, environmentalists, and librarians decrying bigotry aren't bold. They're tacky self-promoters. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Hey academics, environmentalists, and librarians: Stop sending me your tacky Charlottesville press releases

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi held the gavel for 1,460 days and she never tried tearing down the Confederate statues during her tenure. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)
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Nancy Pelosi calls on Paul Ryan to remove the Confederate statues she left in place

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An injured person is treated in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 after a white van jumped the sidewalk in the historic Las Ramblas district, crashing into a summer crowd of residents and tourists and injuring several people, police said. (AP Photo/Oriol Duran)
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The Barcelona attack isn’t the first in Spain. It needs to be the last

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Ironically, darkness doesn't really hurt energy production. (R. Baer, S. Kovac/Citizen CATE Experiment via AP)
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During the total eclipse of the sun, the solar industry will go dark. It should stay that way

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After spending a combined 12 years in the Oval Office, former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush know how to craft a public statement on paper. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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The Charlottesville statement from Presidents Bush was elegant, effective, and exactly what our nation needs

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Everyone in D.C. seems to be pulling for Judge Roy Moore's opponent, incumbent Sen. Luther Strange, and in a race that's increasingly about sticking it to Washington, that's an advantage. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
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The one stat to remember after Alabama’s special senate election

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Trump still has juice: Luther Strange advances to Alabama runoff with presidential endorsement

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Trump believes a lot of stupid things. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Trump’s press conference was as disastrous as Pickett’s last charge — minus the honor

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In the last two weeks alone, President Trump has swapped the photo on his personal account five different times. While North Korea was threatening to vaporize Guam and white supremacists tore Charlottesville to pieces, Trump was adding a little bit of flare to his microblog. (Courtesy of Twitter via AP)
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During North Korean and Charlottesville crises, @realDonaldTrump kept playing around with his Twitter photo

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So far, the Trump political engine has churned out an endorsement, four tweets, and a last minute robocall to push incumbent Sen. Luther Strange to the primary finish line. (AP)
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Trump owns the results of Alabama’s special election

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