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Paul Demko / Politico:
White House analysis of Obamacare repeal sees even deeper insurance losses than CBO — A White House analysis of the GOP plan to repeal and replace Obamacare shows even steeper coverage losses than the projections by the Congressional Budget Office, according to a document viewed by POLITICO on Monday.
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Dylan Matthews / Vox:
The GOP health plan is an act of class warfare by the rich against the poor — The Congressional Budget Office's assessment of Republicans' plan to replace Obamacare is a description of one of the largest, most significant income redistribution programs the US government has ever considered …
Discussion:
Washington Post, Little Green Footballs and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Speaker.gov:
Speaker Ryan Statement on American Health Care Act CBO Score — WASHINGTON—House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement in response to the Congressional Budget Office's scoring of the American Health Care Act:
Rachael Bade / Politico:
GOP scrambles after scorching health bill appraisal — House Republican leaders plunged into damage control mode Monday after a brutal budgetary assessment of their Obamacare replacement threatened to upend Senate GOP support and armed their critics on the left.
CBO's Publications:
American Health Care Act — CBO and JCT estimate that enacting the American Health Care Act would reduce federal deficits by $337 billion over the coming decade and increase the number of people who are uninsured by 24 million in 2026 relative to current law.
Discussion:
New York Times, New York Magazine, Vox, Breitbart, Forbes, EconLog, The Daily Signal, KTLA, Washington Post, The Week, Obamacare Facts and FOX40
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump official slams CBO score: It's ‘just not believable’
Trump official slams CBO score: It's ‘just not believable’
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CNN, Balloon Juice, Politico, The Gateway Pundit, The FADER, TheBlaze, ABC News, AOL, Mother Jones, Washington Free Beacon and RedState
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
G.O.P. Health Law Insures Fewer People, Nonpartisan Review Shows
G.O.P. Health Law Insures Fewer People, Nonpartisan Review Shows
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Fox News, Patterico's Pontifications, twitchy.com, Hullabaloo and The Atlantic
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:
CBO: 24 Million People Would Lose Coverage Under House Republican Health Plan
CBO: 24 Million People Would Lose Coverage Under House Republican Health Plan
Discussion:
Washington Post and bradford-delong.com
Shannon Vavra / Axios:
Experts: Premiums will rise under GOP health care plan
Experts: Premiums will rise under GOP health care plan
Discussion:
Vox, ABC News, Hot Air, Politico, Lawyers, Guns & Money, New York Times and CBS News
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The CBO just dealt a huge blow to Republicans' Obamacare replacement
The CBO just dealt a huge blow to Republicans' Obamacare replacement
Discussion:
Media Matters for America, The Guardian, Talking Points Memo and Politico
Allison Graves / Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings …:
Fact-checking White House criticism of CBO health care analysis
Fact-checking White House criticism of CBO health care analysis
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
CBO: 24 Million More Uninsured By 2026 Under GOP Health Care Bill
CBO: 24 Million More Uninsured By 2026 Under GOP Health Care Bill
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Shakesville
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Audio Emerges of When Paul Ryan Abandoned Donald Trump: ‘I Am Not Going to Defend Donald Trump—Not Now, Not in the Future’ — On a never-before-released private October conference call with House Republican members, House Speaker Paul Ryan told his members in the U.S. House …
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Raw Story, The Hill, Mother Jones, Axios, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, IJR, The Last Refuge and The Gateway Pundit
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Spicer: Trump didn't mean wiretapping when he tweeted about wiretapping — Spicer walks back Trump's wiretapping claims — (CNN)The White House on Monday walked back key point of President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated allegation that President Barack Obama wiretapped his phones in Trump Tower during the 2016 election.
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NPR, Hot Air, Politicus USA, The Daily Caller, Death and Taxes, Washington Post, Raw Story, RedState, The Root, The Verge, TheBlaze and AOL
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
'We've Had to Live in This Farce for the Last Nine Days': Tapper Goes Off on Trump's Wiretap Claims — At the start of today's broadcast of CNN's The Lead, host Jake Tapper took a number of shots at President Donald Trump and the administration over the lack of evidence that has been provided …
Discussion:
Townhall.com and CNN
Allison Stanger / New York Times:
Understanding the Angry Mob at Middlebury that Gave Me a Concussion — MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — There's nothing like a little violence to focus the mind. I am the Middlebury College professor who ended up with whiplash and a concussion for having the audacity to engage with the ideas of Charles Murray …
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Hullabaloo, AOL, Althouse, Campus Reform and Power Line
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Osita Nwanevu / Slate:
There's nothing outrageous about stamping out bigoted speech.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Gave CIA Power to Launch Drone Strikes — New authority departs from Obama-era policy under which only the Pentagon conducted the operations — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has given the Central Intelligence Agency secret new authority to conduct drone strikes against suspected terrorists …
Discussion:
CNBC, Axios and Political Wire
New York Times:
Federal Inquiry of Fox News Moves to a Grand Jury, but Without Preet Bharara — The political drama around the federal courthouse in Manhattan did not end with the sudden, unexplained turnabout of President Trump in firing Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Discussion:
Politico, ProPublica, Rewire, Gothamist, Washington Free Beacon, BizPac Review and The Huffington Post, more at Mediagazer »
Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Tillerson Used ‘Alias’ Email for Climate Messages, N.Y. Says — Secretary of State employed secondary account on climate issue — Claim is made in suit over New York's probe into energy firm — New York says Secretary of State Rex Tillerson used an email alias to discuss climate change …
Discussion:
The Daily Caller
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
It's Democrats' Turn to Hint at a Shutdown, Over Border Wall Funding — WASHINGTON — Democrats pilloried Republicans for irresponsibly shutting down the government when Barack Obama was president, but as a minority party struggling to show resistance in the era of President Trump …
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Power Line
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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Schumer Warns of Government Shutdown Over Trump's Border Wall
Schumer Warns of Government Shutdown Over Trump's Border Wall
Discussion:
Politico and The Daily Caller
Genevieve DiNatale / Boston Herald:
Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber says Republicans setting up a ‘scam’ — MIT economics professor and Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber said that any healthcare replacement law the GOP has in store is a “scam.” — “Any replace[ment] that they would pass would result in millions …
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MichelleMalkin.com
Colin Campbell / Raleigh News & Observer:
McCrory, working as consultant, says HB2 makes some employers ‘reluctant to hire me’ — Former Gov. Pat McCrory says the backlash against House Bill 2 is making some employers reluctant to hire him but he's currently doing consulting and advisory board work.
Discussion:
Balloon Juice
Nicola Slawson / The Guardian:
Boaty McBoatface to go on its first Antarctic mission — Robot submarine, named after competition, will collect data from depths of Southern Ocean — A small yellow robot submarine, called Boaty McBoatface after a competition to name a new polar research ship backfired, is being sent on its first Antarctic mission.
Discussion:
nerc.ac.uk, The Daily Caller and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Daily Mail:
Theresa May FINALLY wins the power to trigger Article 50 as historic Brexit Bill is sent to the Queen following climb-down by peers — Theresa May has finally won the power to trigger Article 50 after peers backed down and passed the Brexit Bill after two crucial votes in the Commons earlier.
Discussion:
Vox Popoli
David W. Dunlap / New York Times:
Christopher Gray, Architecture Writer and Researcher, Dies at 66 — Christopher Gray, an architectural detective and social historian whose Streetscapes column in The New York Times opened readers' eyes to the richness of buildings all around them, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 66.
Sarah Posner / Washington Post:
Why are we hearing crickets from the GOP on Steve King's ugly Tweet? — Over the weekend, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa ) tweeted that Dutch far-right nationalist Geert Wilders has been right in saying that “culture and demographics are our destiny,” adding that “we can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies.”
Discussion:
The Atlantic, The Hill, KCCI-TV, NPR, ThinkProgress, Daily Wire, Washington Examiner, Death and Taxes, The Daily Caller, Fox News Insider, The Guardian, Mediaite and Raw Story
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
The Wisconsin lesson: Voters will reward Republicans if they do what they promised — Six weeks into a new administration, with unified Republican government for the first time in a decade, the GOP should be busy enacting a bold reform agenda. Instead, the party is wracked by internal divisions …
Bloomberg:
Kushners Set to Get $400 Million From Chinese on Marquee Tower — Family company of president's son-in-law in deal with Anbang — Plan is circulating among investors for more equity partners — A company owned by the family of Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser …
Facebook and Privacy:
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The Hill, The Daily Caller, fox13now.com, New York Magazine, Morning Consult, CBS Philly, The Verge, Mashable and Axios, more at Techmeme »
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
GOP senator decries ‘mythical’ House ObamaCare strategy — (R-Ark.) on Monday pushed back on Speaker Paul Ryan — ‘s (R-Wis.) plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare in three phases, calling it “politicians’ talk.” — In addition to passing the current GOP replacement measure in the Senate …
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RedState