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10:05 PM ET, March 6, 2017

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The White House:
Executive Order Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States  —  PROTECTING THE NATION FROM FOREIGN TERRORIST ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America …
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ACLU:
ACLU Comment on Trump's New Muslim Ban  —  NEW YORK — The Trump administration today announced a new Muslim ban executive order.  —  Omar Jadwat, director of the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project, had this reaction:  —  “The Trump administration has conceded that its original Muslim ban was indefensible.
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Revised executive order bans travelers from six Muslim-majority countries from getting new visas
Bloomberg:
Trump Issues Revised Travel Ban to Address Legal Challenges
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Uber, Airbnb slam new travel ban
Discussion: Politico, The Verge and Axios
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Trump's New Order Bans Immigrants From 6 Muslim Nations, Except Iraq
Katie McHugh / Breitbart:
Trump's Executive Order Mandates Government Reports on Honor Killings Committed by Migrants
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Trump's new Muslim ban doesn't fix the biggest legal problem with the policy
Discussion: IJR, The Nation and Washington Post
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
House Republicans release long-awaited plan to repeal and replace Obamacare  —  House Republicans on Monday released long-anticipated legislation to supplant the Affordable Care Act with a more conservative vision for the nation's health care system, sketching out a system of individual tax credits …
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
GOP unveils Obamacare replacement amid sharp party divide  —  With the blessing of the Trump White House, House Republicans on Monday finally released a plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, a long-anticipated moment in the GOP's yearslong campaign to upend the Democratic health care law.
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
GOP releases bills to repeal and replace ObamaCare  —  House Republicans on Monday unveiled their long-awaited legislation to repeal and replace ObamaCare.  —  The two measures dismantle the core aspects of ObamaCare, including its subsidies to help people buy coverage, its expansion of Medicaid …
Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo
Christopher Jacobs / The Federalist:
Why House Republicans Are Rewriting Their Obamacare ‘Replacement’  —  On Friday, Politico reported that Republicans were considering ways to amend their Obamacare “replacement” legislation, by placing income limits on the bill's new refundable tax credit for health insurance.
New York Times:
House Republicans Unveil Plan to Replace Health Law
Discussion: RedState
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
4 GOP senators demand to keep Obamacare Medicaid expansion
Discussion: Mediaite
Bob Bryan / Business Insider:
Republicans have released their long-awaited plan to repeal Obamacare
Discussion: KTLA and The Mahablog
David Marchese / Vulture:
In Conversation: David Letterman … Since retiring after 33 years on the late night television, David Letterman has kept a low public profile — aided by the growth of a truly impressive beard.  But that doesn't mean he hasn't been as fixated on politics as the rest of us.
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
White House Rejects Comey's Assertion That Wiretapping Claim Is False  —  WASHINGTON — The White House on Monday refused to acknowledge reports that James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, had informed the Justice Department that President Trump's claim that President Barack Obama wiretapped …
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CNN:
FBI Director James Comey was ‘incredulous’ over Trump's tweets  —  FBI asked DOJ to refute wiretapping claim  — FBI officials reached out to DOJ personnel to try to clear up reports that Obama wire-tapped Trump's phone  —  (CNN)FBI Director James Comey was “incredulous” …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Raw Story and Mediaite
Daily Mail:
Donald's eruption in the Oval Office: Video emerges of Trump's ‘furious argument’ with top adviser Steven Bannon as Ivanka and Jared look on, hours before President made phone tapping claims  — Just days after the row, Bannon was pictured on Sunday boarding Air Force One via a separate entrance …
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
While You Weren't Looking, the Democrat-Media Election-Hacking Narrative Just Collapsed  —  That supposed FBI investigation of collusion with the Russians?  Never mind . . .  They're in retreat now.  You may have missed it amid President Trump's startling Saturday tweet storm …
Press Release:
ExxonMobil Plans Investments of $20 Billion to Expand Manufacturing in U.S. Gulf Region  — New projects expected to create more than 45,000 high-paying jobs across the region and thousands more through multiplier effect  —  Dateline:  —  HOUSTON  —  Public Company Information:  —  NYSE:
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Grabien News RSS:
Mika Tearfully Tells Viewers of Trump: ‘If People out There Feel Nervous, We Do Too’  —  ‘This is not funny, this is really bad’  —  President Trump's wiretap tweets struck an emotional chord with MSNBC's Mika Brzezinksi.  The morning anchor fought back tears as she told viewers that …
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Carson refers to slaves as ‘immigrants’ in talk to HUD employees  —  Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson referred to slaves as “immigrants” dreaming of a better life in a talk with department employees, according to Monday reports.  —  “That's what America is about.
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Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
FBI probes involve 300 people admitted to U.S. as refugees: congressional sources  —  The FBI is investigating 300 people who were admitted into the United States as refugees as part of 1,000 counterterrorism investigations involving Islamic State or individuals inspired by the militant group …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Sessions: FBI probing 300 refugees for potential terror ties
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Grassley probes FBI's ties to British spy who investigated Trump
Discussion: RedState and emptywheel
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
The sorry state of political discourse right now, in five Bernie Sanders tweets  —  Let's start with the tweets, which Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) (and/or his staff) fired off late Monday morning: … Do me a quick favor.  Hit pause on your temptation to either cheer or jeer what Sanders …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
The disappearing Sean Spicer  —  After two flayings on Saturday Night Live, sustained mockings on late-night shows, and a series of televised confrontations with reporters, White House press secretary Sean Spicer is retreating from the harsh glare of the daily televised briefing.
Discussion: Political Wire
Adam Davidson / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's Worst Deal  —  The President helped build a hotel in Azerbaijan that appears to be a corrupt operation engineered by oligarchs tied to Iran's Revolutionary Guard.  —  Heydar Aliyev Prospekti, a broad avenue in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, connects the airport to the city.
Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:
Fox's ‘Last Man on Earth’ Kills Entire Trump Administration (Video)  —  Sunday's episode of FOX's post-apocalyptic comedy series The Last Man on Earth imagines a world where President Donald Trump's entire administration is killed off in a freak occurrence.  —  The flashback episode, tiled …
Michael Riley / Bloomberg:
Russian Hackers Said to Seek Hush Money From Liberal U.S. Groups  —  Post-election crime wave by attackers demanding bitcoins  —  Center for American Progress said to be among victims  —  Russian hackers are targeting U.S. progressive groups in a new wave of attacks …
Jfarrell / Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch Sues CIA, DOJ and Treasury for Records Related to Intelligence Leaks Regarding Investigation of General Flynn  —  Asks Court to Order Searches and Production of Records  —  National Security Agency Refuses to Confirm or Deny Existence of Records
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
At the root of Trump's new fury: Total contempt for American democracy  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  President Trump is now wallowing in fury, we are told, because he can't make the Russia story disappear; he can't stem the leaks to the media; and he can't seem to realize his promises.
 
 
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Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
The Arizona lawman challenging President Trump's border wall
Discussion: IJR and The Daily Caller
T. Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Reporters weirdly silent on Pelosi's attack on the press
Justin Bachman / Bloomberg:
TSA Warns Local Police About Its New Airport Pat-Downs
Discussion: TheBlaze and The Daily Caller
The Daily Beast:
David Duke's Twitter Account Restored, Including Tweet Threatening Synagogues
Discussion: AOL
Fox News:
Greg Gutfeld: Remembering Andrew Breitbart — Random thoughts on the fifth anniversary of his death
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Daily Mail:
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Steve Eder / New York Times:
Trump University Lawsuits May Not Be Closed After All
Rachel Roberts / The Independent:
Ukranian businessman with links to Donald Trump and Russia dies in unexplained circumstances
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Following Sessions' Mar-a-Lago appearance, new ethics questions arise
Discussion: Daily Kos and Politico
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Birth of a conspiracy theory: How Trump's wiretap claim got started
Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Chris Wallace vs. Dem Sen. Coons: McCarthyism to Accuse Trump Of Russian Collusion, Where Is Evidence?
Kamila Hinkson / CBC News:
Canadian woman en route to Vermont spa denied entry to U.S., told she needs immigrant visa
Discussion: Washington Post
 

 
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