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Ezra Klein / Vox:
The GOP health bill doesn't know what problem it's trying to solve  —  After seven years of drafting a replacement plan, we get ... this?  —  Have you read Sarah Kliff's thorough look at the GOP Obamacare replacement?  You have?  Good.  Some thoughts.  — Little in politics shocks me.
Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
Column The GOP's Obamacare repeal plan is out—and it's even worse than anyone expected  —  House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, perpetrator of the GOP Obamacare repeal bill.  (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press)  —  After weeks of expectations — actually, nearly seven years of expectations …
Discussion: kff.org and The Daily Caller
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Conservatives pan House Obamacare repeal bill  —  A handful of House conservatives on Monday evening criticized GOP leaderships' newly released Obamacare replacement bill, foreshadowing trouble for the repeal effort even after leaders tried to assuage the far-right.
Discussion: The Week
New York Times:
House Republicans Unveil Plan to Replace Health Law  —  WASHINGTON — House Republicans unveiled their long-awaited plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, scrapping the mandate that nearly all Americans have health insurance and replacing it with a system of tax credits aimed …
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
House Republicans release long-awaited plan to 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, replacing federal insurance subsidies with a new form …
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
GOP releases bills to repeal and replace ObamaCare
Discussion: Politico
Axios:
Trumpcare: What's in, what's out
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
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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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
Katie McHugh / Breitbart:
Trump's Executive Order Mandates Government Reports on Honor Killings Committed by Migrants
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Carson doubles-down: Slaves were ‘involuntary immigrants’  —  Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson doubled-down Monday on his description of slaves as immigrants, arguing that the label fits anyone who comes into a country from the outside - even “involuntary immigrants.”
Discussion: Facebook, RedState and twitchy.com
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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 …
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 asked the Justice Department to refute President Trump's claim that President Barack Obama wiretapped …
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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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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
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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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 …
Chicago Tribune:
Chance the Rapper writes $1 million check to CPS as a ‘call to action’  —  Chance the Rapper and Gov. Bruce Rauner met at the Thompson Center in Chicago on March 3, 2017, to have a private conversation about funding for Chicago Public Schools.  —  Privacy Policy
Discussion: The Atlantic, Mashable and The Root
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 …
CNN:
THAAD missile defense system arrives in South Korea  —  Seoul (CNN)The first pieces of a US-built missile defense system designed to mitigate the threat of North Korean missiles arrived at the Osan Air Base in South Korea Monday night, according to the US military.
 
 
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Jfarrell / Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch Sues CIA, DOJ and Treasury for Records Related to Intelligence Leaks Regarding …
Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:
Fox's ‘Last Man on Earth’ Kills Entire Trump Administration (Video)
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Reporters weirdly silent on Pelosi's attack on the press
The Daily Beast:
David Duke's Twitter Account Restored, Including Tweet Threatening Synagogues
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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
Discussion: Progress Pond
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Following Sessions' Mar-a-Lago appearance, new ethics questions arise
Discussion: Daily Kos
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Birth of a conspiracy theory: How Trump's wiretap claim got started
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
At the root of Trump's new fury: Total contempt for American democracy
 

 
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