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4:25 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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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.
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 …
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
House Republican plan would create Obamacare cliff for 2020 presidential election  —  House Republicans on Monday released their long-awaited healthcare bill, but the plan would only repeal major parts of Obamacare starting in 2020 — when the political world will be engulfed in the next presidential election.
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.
Discussion: The Guardian, National Review and Vox
Ezra Klein / Vox:
The GOP health bill doesn't know what problem it's trying to solve
The Hill:
First ObamaCare votes put vulnerable GOPers on the spot
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Rachael Bade / Politico:   Club for Growth opposes GOP Obamacare replacement
Billy House / Bloomberg:
Conservatives Pan GOP Obamacare Replacement Plan as ‘Welfare’
Daniel Horowitz / Conservative Review:
RINO-Care: A more insolvent version of Obamacare ... except this time GOP owns it
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Conservatives pan House Obamacare repeal bill
Timothy Jost / Health Affairs Blog:
Examining The House Republican ACA Repeal And Replace Legislation
Discussion: Mother Jones, kff.org and Vox
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
Eric Geller / Politico:
WikiLeaks dumps alleged secret CIA ‘hacking arsenal’
Discussion: Hot Air and The Daily Caller
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 …
Chris Massie / CNN:
Maine Gov. Paul LePage says he's ‘very discouraged and disappointed’ by GOP health care plan  —  (CNN)Maine Gov. Paul LePage said Tuesday that he is “very, very discouraged and disappointed” with the House Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
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Monmouth University:
Public divided on how changes to ACA would affect pocketbook
Discussion: USA Today, Political Wire and The Week
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 …
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Kelly Lawler / USA Today:
Alec Baldwin's days playing Donald Trump on ‘SNL’ are numbered
Discussion: The Atlantic
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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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 and Daily Kos
Peter W. Stevenson / Washington Post:
That time Trump surprised a White House tour group in front of a portrait of Hillary Clinton  —  White House tours resumed Tuesday after being on hiatus during the presidential transition and inauguration.  And within a few short hours, one tour group got just about all the access it could hope for.
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
White House appears to copy from Exxon Mobil release
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Khan speech in Canada cancelled amid questions  —  Gold Star father and outspoken President Trump critic Khizr Khan on Monday canceled a planned speech in Canada as questions about the circumstances swirled.  —  Ramsay Talks, the organization planning to host Khan Tuesday for his scheduled speech …
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 …
Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed:
Here Are The Official Photos Showing Trump's Inauguration Crowds Were Smaller Than Obama's  —  Trump has accused the media of manipulating photographs in order to show the size of the crowd at his inauguration was much smaller than Obama's.  Photos released Monday by the National Park Service show otherwise.
Discussion: Vox, Washington Post and DCist
Austin Wright / Politico:
CIA providing raw intelligence to senators for Trump-Russia probe  —  The CIA has begun providing raw intelligence documents to members of Congress who are investigating Russia's meddling in the presidential election, two senators said Tuesday.  —  Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) …
Discussion: ABC News
Elaina Plott / Washingtonian:
Is Katrina Pierson Actually Doing Anything?  —  On the eve of President Trump's State of the Union address, Katrina Pierson strolls into the Trump Hotel lobby, her face buried in her gold bedazzled phone.  She's just arrived from a Fox News hit, and the suit-clad men gathered at the bar, sipping Manhattans, notice.
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
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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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Anderson Cooper: I muted Trump on Twitter
Discussion: Washington Times and IJR
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
GOP rep: ‘Rogue intel operation’ could have wiretapped Trump
Discussion: Sioux City Journal and RedState
CNN:
Trump's new national security adviser attends naturalization ceremony of Iraqi he sponsored
Leah Barkoukis / Townhall.com:
DNC Chair Admits Party Suffering Both a ‘Crisis of Relevance’ and ‘Confidence’
Discussion: IJR and The Gateway Pundit
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Iran Launches Two Ballistic Missiles, Sinking an Offshore Barge 150 Miles Away
Discussion: Fox News
Michael Crowley / Politico:
Kremlin-backed media turns on Trump
Mitch Smith / New York Times:
Omaha's Answer to Costly Potholes? Go Back to Gravel Roads
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
The Ancient Laws of Unintended Consequences
Discussion: Instapundit
John Crudele / New York Post:
Why Dems will regret a probe into Russian election hacking
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Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
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