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5:10 PM ET, March 8, 2017

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Trumpism is now getting exposed as a monumental fraud — THE MORNING PLUM: — The set of policy proposals and ideas loosely known as Trumpism goes something like this: President Trump is not an ideological fellow traveler of congressional Republicans on the economy, the safety net and immigration.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Salon, Vox, Cincinnati.com, Politico, Talking Points Memo, New York Times and NPR

New York Times:

Who Wins and Who Loses Under Republicans' Health Care Plan — Tax credits in the Republican plan compared with Obamacare … Both Obamacare and the recent Republican replacement proposal use refundable tax credits to help people buy their health insurance.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Resurgent, FlowingData, ACASignups.net, Washington Post, NPR, AOL, STAT, Axios, Mother Jones, Bloomberg and CNN

New York Times:

Millions Risk Losing Health Insurance in Republican Plan, Analysts Say — WASHINGTON — Millions of people who get private health coverage through the Affordable Care Act would be at risk of losing it under the replacement legislation proposed by House Republicans, analysts said Tuesday …

Discussion: Politicus USA, ABC News, Shakesville, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos and CNBC

Andrew W. Gurman / AMA Wire:
Physicians reject House ACA replacement bill

Discussion: ThinkProgress, CNBC, Morning Consult, Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo, Shadowproof and Vox

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Paul Ryan Won't Admit His Plan Is Obamacare, Only Less of It

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money, Vox, Democracy Journal, YouTube and Mother Jones

Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Why Republicans Can't Do Health Care

Discussion: RedState, The Week and Hit & Run

New York Times:
How Republicans Plan to Ration Health Care

Discussion: Business Insider and AOL

Burgess Everett / Politico:
Rand stands up to Trump on Obamacare

Discussion: Breitbart, Washington Post, Axios, Fox News Insider, Mediaite, Daily Wire and ThinkProgress

Alice Ollstein / Talking Points Memo:
GOPers Preemptively Trash CBO Before It Scores Their O'care Replacement

Discussion: Business Insider, Newsweek, Washington Post, Washington Times, Speaker.gov and Political Wire

Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
GOP slams budget scorekeeper as repeal bill moves forward

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Business Insider and Axios

Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
GOP health care plan: White House vows ‘full-court press’ on behalf of proposal

Discussion: Daily Kos, NPR, Morning Consult, The Week, American News, Business Insider, Real Clear Politics, twitchy.com, New York Magazine and The Atlantic

Louis Nelson / Politico:
Sen. Cotton: House GOP moving ‘too quickly’ on Obamacare repeal

Discussion: Vox, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times, New York Magazine and ABC News

Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
Experts: The GOP Health Care Plan Just Won't Work

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Vox, Outside the Beltway, National Review, NBC News, The Week, CNBC, The Daily Signal, Power Line, Forbes, FiveThirtyEight, Hot Air, Daily Kos, Political Wire and CRFB Papers and Blog Posts

Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:

‘There are no sacred cows’: Breitbart's honeymoon with establishment wing of Trump White House may be over — Breitbart, the website that has fervently supported President Donald Trump's campaign and nascent presidency, signaled this week that its brief cease-fire with the establishment wing …

Discussion: Axios

The Hill:

Battle erupts over ‘TrumpCare’ — A war of words has broken out over the GOP's ObamaCare replacement bill, with Democrats branding the legislation “TrumpCare” in their attempt to derail it. — The White House is rejecting the term, which Democrats from Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer

Discussion: ABC News, Politico and Political Wire

Matt Fuller / The Huffington Post:
Conservatives Pick Up ‘Mixed Messages’ From White House On Health Care

Discussion: Washington Monthly, CNN, Breitbart, Hot Air, Morning Consult, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Daily Wire, Daily Kos and Politico

Jordain Carney / The Hill:

Senators want warrants, court orders for any Trump wiretapping — (D-R.I.) are requesting the Justice Department and FBI hand over any potential applications for a warrant to wiretap the Trump campaign. — “We request that the Department of Justice provide us copies of any warrant applications …

Discussion: RedState

Lauren Dezenski / Politico:
Comey: 'You're stuck with me' — CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo and Political Wire

Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
FBI's Comey Says 'You're Stuck With Me' for Another Six Years

Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Mediaite

Madeline Conway / Politico:
Palmieri: Comey only cares about ‘protecting his own reputation’

Discussion: Hot Air and NPR

Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Dem senator: Sessions could have been ‘message boy’ between Trump and Russians

Discussion: NPR

ProPublica:

Meet the Hundreds of Officials Trump Has Quietly Installed Across the Government — A Trump campaign aide who argues that Democrats committed “ethnic cleansing” in a plot to “liquidate” the white working class. A former reality show contestant whose study of societal collapse inspired …

David Wasserman / FiveThirtyEight:

Purple America Has All But Disappeared — President Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton was among the narrowest in history, and the country is deeply split on his job performance so far. But if you feel like you hardly know anyone who disagrees with you about Trump, you're not alone …

Discussion: Mother Jones and Axios

Wall Street Journal:

Ivanka Trump's Landlord Is a Chilean Billionaire Suing the U.S. Government — President Donald Trump's daughter and her husband, White House adviser Jared Kushner, live in a Kalorama house owned by a Chilean business titan. His company is suing the U.S. over a Minnesota mine — By

Discussion: Raw Story, The Week and Washington Post

CNN:

Obama irked and exasperated in response to Trump's wiretapping claims, sources say — Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama was irked and exasperated in response to his successor's uncorroborated wiretapping accusation, sources close to the former president tell CNN, though these sources …

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, Politicus USA, Business Insider and AOL

Wall Street Journal:
Rapport Between Donald Trump, Barack Obama Crumbles

Wesleyan Media Project:

2016 Election Study Published — Wesleyan Media Project shares lessons, analysis from 2016 election cycle — (MIDDLETOWN, CT) March 6, 2017 - The 2016 presidential campaign broke the mold when it comes to patterns of political advertising. But, in a new publication …

Discussion: The Week and Washington Free Beacon

Jeff Stein / Vox: Study: Hillary Clinton's TV ads were almost entirely policy-free

Jeff Cox / CNBC:

US private sector created 298K jobs in Feb. vs. 190K est.: ADP — Companies added jobs at a blistering pace in February, with a notable shift away from the service-sector positions that have dominated hiring for years, according to a report Wednesday. — Employment in the private sector surged …

Discussion: Breitbart, The Hill, Daily Mail, The Last Refuge, BizPac Review, Power Line, Hot Air, Forbes, The Daily Caller, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, IJR and Scared Monkeys

Barbara Starr / CNN:

Federal criminal probe being opened into WikiLeaks' publication of CIA documents — (CNN)A federal criminal investigation is being opened into WikiLeaks' publication of documents detailing alleged CIA hacking operations, several US officials told CNN Wednesday.

Discussion: CNNMoney, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Mashable, Mediaite and Wall Street Journal, more at Mediagazer »

Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
Russia Turns Wikileaks CIA Dump Into Disinformation

Discussion: Foreign Policy, Business Insider, Washington Post, Breitbart and Balloon Juice

Chicago Tribune:

Man who beat murder case killed minutes after leaving jail — Kamari Belmont, inset, was fatally shot shortly after leaving Cook County Jail on March 6, 2017, according to authorities. — A man who beat his murder case when prosecutors failed to give him a speedy trial was killed minutes …

Discussion: WGN-TV

Twin Cities:

Son of Sen. Tim Kaine one of six arrested after protesters disrupt Trump rally at state Capitol Saturday — The youngest son of U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton's 2016 running mate, was one of six people arrested Saturday after counter-protesters disrupted a rally in support of President Donald Trump at the Minnesota State Capitol.

Brad Fay / The Huffington Post:

Comey Letter Swung Election For Trump, Consumer Survey Suggests — Emotion and peer influence play much bigger roles in influencing behavior than previously understood. — Donald Trump's election—and now, his presidency—have invited fundamental questions about the trustworthiness of the news media …

Discussion: Bloomberg, Liberal Values, Mother Jones, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Lawyers, Guns & Money and American Prospect

Liz Goodwin / Yahoo:

GOP Sen. Susan Collins: House Obamacare repeal bill won't be ‘well received’ in Senate — WASHINGTON — Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said Wednesday that she believes the U.S. House of Representatives needs to “slow down” in its quest to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Los Angeles Times:

Garcetti wins reelection in landslide as City Council incumbents prevail — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti won reelection Tuesday in what appeared to be one of the biggest landslides in the city's history, crushing 10 little-known rivals and strengthening his standing for a potential run for higher office.

Discussion: KTLA, The Week, Political Wire and Jewish Telegraphic Agency