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6:50 PM ET, March 7, 2017

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Avik Roy / Forbes:
House GOP's Obamacare Replacement Will Make Coverage Unaffordable For Millions — Otherwise, It's Great  —  That's not an ironic headline.  Leading House Republicans have included a number of transformative and consequential reforms in their American Health Care Act, the full text of which was published Monday evening.
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Jeff Stein / Vox:
One tweet that explains Republicans' big health care bill challenge  —  The day after unveiling their new bill to replace Obamacare, the Republican authors of the Affordable Health Care Act find themselves in a bind.  —  Even if the new bill has the votes in the House, it will also have to pass the Senate.
Sophia Crabbe-Field / Democracy Journal:
A Hidden Harm of the Obamacare Replacement  —  The central premise of the Republicans' American Health Care Act (AHCA) plan is to force Americans to pay more for their health care or, as Republicans would say, have “more skin in the game.”  Put another way, the AHCA drastically increases the cost of health care for all Americans.
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Republican Obamacare plan signals that liberalism has already won  —  In releasing their healthcare plan on Monday, House Republican leaders sent a signal loud and clear: liberalism has already won.  —  Barring radical changes, Republicans will not be passing a bill that ushers in a new era of market-based healthcare.
Michael F. Cannon / Cato Institute:
The House GOP Leadership's Health Care Bill Is ObamaCare-Lite — Or Worse  —  During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised legislation that “fully repeals ObamaCare.”  Monday night, the Republican leadership of the House of Representatives released legislation it claims would repeal and replace ObamaCare.
Heritage Action for America:
GOP PLAN FAILS TO MOVE PAST OBAMACARE'S PROGRESSIVE PROMISE  —  Washington — Monday evening, House Republican leaders released text of their long-anticipated American Health Care Act (AHCA).  Despite widespread conservative criticism and the lack of score from the Congressional Budget Office …
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Paul Ryan's Health-Care Vise  —  If there is a single person who made Paul Ryan the Speaker of the House, it is probably Mark Meadows.  Back in 2015, Meadows, a former restaurant owner who, in 2012, was elected to represent the most conservative district in North Carolina …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
10 million may lose health insurance coverage under GOP's Obamacare replacement plan, S&P says  —  Between 6 million and 10 million people would lose health insurance coverage if a Republican proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act becomes law, a new report estimates.
Discussion: Political Wire
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Club for Growth opposes GOP Obamacare replacement
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Reuters
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Mike Pence warns GOP lawmakers against healthcare revolt
Discussion: The Daily Signal
Chris Massie / CNN:
Maine Gov. Paul LePage says he's ‘very discouraged and disappointed’ by GOP health care plan
The Hill:
First ObamaCare votes put vulnerable GOPers on the spot
Discussion: Vox and Talking Points Memo
Daniel Horowitz / Conservative Review:
RINO-Care: A more insolvent version of Obamacare ... except this time GOP owns it
United States Senator Mike Lee:
Lee Statement on American Health Care Act
Discussion: RedState and The Resurgent
New York Times:
WikiLeaks Releases Trove of Alleged C.I.A. Hacking Documents  —  WASHINGTON — WikiLeaks on Tuesday released thousands of documents that it said described sophisticated software tools used by the Central Intelligence Agency to break into smart phones, computers and even Internet-connected televisions.
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Wall Street Journal:
WikiLeaks Posts Thousands of Purported CIA Cyberhacking Documents
Andrew Griffin / The Independent:
WikiLeaks publishes massive trove of CIA spying files in ‘Vault 7’ release
Discussion: Q13 FOX News, IJR and The Week
Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
Wikileaks Dump Shows CIA Could Turn Smart TVs into Listening Devices
Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
Trump's Wiretap Tweets Raise Risk of Impeachment  —  The sitting president has accused his predecessor of an act that could have gotten the past president impeached.  That's not your ordinary exercise of free speech.  If the accusation were true, and President Barack Obama ordered …
Bre Payton / The Federalist:
11 Times Barack Obama Compared Slaves To Immigrants  —  This week, liberals savagely mocked Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson for allegedly comparing slaves to immigrants.  It looks like they've completely forgotten about all the times Barack Obama did the exact same thing.
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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Al Franken: I think Jeff Sessions committed perjury  —  Washington (CNN)Minnesota Sen. Al Franken said he now believes that Attorney General Jeff Sessions committed perjury during his confirmation hearing when he did not disclose meetings with a Russian ambassador.
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Austin Wright / Politico:
CIA providing raw intelligence to senators for Trump-Russia probe
Discussion: ABC News
Max Bearak / Washington Post:
Khizr Khan's claim that the U.S. is restricting his travel may be unraveling  —  Khizr Khan, the Gold Star father whose impassioned speech at the Democratic National Convention last July called on Americans to reject a ban on Muslims entering the United States, claimed that his …
Eugene Scott / CNN:
Chaffetz: Low-income Americans will have to choose health care over iPhones  —  Chaffetz: Invest in healthcare over iPhone  — House Republicans introduced a bill Monday that would scrap Obamacare's individual mandate and change the way Medicaid is administered
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Trump campaign approved adviser's trip to Moscow  —  Donald Trump's former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski approved foreign policy adviser Carter Page's now-infamous trip to Moscow last summer on the condition that he would not be an official representative of the campaign, according to a former campaign adviser.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Michael Crowley / Politico:
Kremlin-backed media turns on Trump
Extra:
Alec Baldwin Might Not Play Trump on ‘SNL’ Much Longer  —  Star Alec Baldwin has quickly become a fan favorite playing President Donald Trump on “Saturday Night Live,” but the actor isn't sure how much longer he will do it.  —  “Extra's” Mario Lopez sat down with Alec to talk about his new movie …
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump's split screen: A two-hour virtual conversation between the president and ‘Fox and Friends’  —  Early Tuesday morning, President Trump tuned into “Fox and Friends.”  —  For several days, Trump's staff kept him away from television cameras.  He spent the weekend hidden away …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Liberals threaten to primary over Gorsuch  —  Left-leaning groups are sending a stern message to Democrats who consider backing President Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court: Do it and risk a primary challenge in 2018.  —  Liberal activists say Senate Democrats are not doing enough to focus …
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David Lat / Above the Law:
And The Nominee For Solicitor General Is....
Discussion: Reuters, Politico and Hot Air
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog News:
Newsmax/WSJ: Trump met Russian Amb.  Kislyak last April  —  Contradicting repeated denials from Donald Trump and his team, Newsmax reported on May 14, 2016 that Trump met Russian Ambassador Kislyak at a VIP reception in Washington on April 27.  —  And while meeting the Russian ambassador is fine, why lie about it?
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Raw Story and Daily Kos
BostonGlobe.com:
R.I. lawmaker surprised by ‘insane amount of drinking’ at State House  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island lawmaker says she's surprised by the “insane amount of drinking” that goes on in the State House.  —  Providence Democratic Rep. Moira Walsh tells WPRO-AM that lawmakers have “file cabinets full of booze.”
Discussion: WPRO-AM and Political Wire
 
 
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Silvio Cascione / Reuters:
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Shannon Vavra / Axios:
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Discussion: ABC News
Joe Concha / The Hill:
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Discussion: Washington Times and IJR
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
GOP rep: ‘Rogue intel operation’ could have wiretapped Trump
Discussion: Sioux City Journal and RedState
Elaina Plott / Washingtonian:
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