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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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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.
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Breitbart, Vox, The Week, EconLog, The Daily Signal, Washington Post, Obamacare Facts, KTLA and FOX40
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 …
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Little Green Footballs and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Trump looks to woo conservatives on Obamacare repeal — President Donald Trump's White House is increasingly likely to support some conservative-backed changes to the House Obamacare alternative, two administration officials said Monday — a move that comes after a nonpartisan budgetary …
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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Washington Post, Fox News, Patterico's Pontifications, Hullabaloo, twitchy.com, The Atlantic and Protecting Your Pocket
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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Balloon Juice, CNN, The FADER, Politico, TheBlaze, The Gateway Pundit, ABC News, Mother Jones, RedState, AOL and Washington Free Beacon
Shannon Vavra / Axios:
Experts: Premiums will rise under GOP health care plan
Experts: Premiums will rise under GOP health care plan
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Vox, bradford-delong.com, ABC News, New York Times, Hot Air, Politico 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:
The Guardian, Media Matters for America, 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
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
CBO estimates 24 million lose coverage under GOP plan. The devastating report, explained.
CBO estimates 24 million lose coverage under GOP plan. The devastating report, explained.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Sanders responds to CBO score: ‘Thousands of Americans will die’
Sanders responds to CBO score: ‘Thousands of Americans will die’
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Raw Story
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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The Hill, Axios, Mother Jones, Raw Story, Business Insider, IJR, The Last Refuge, The Gateway Pundit and Political Wire
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, The Daily Caller, NBC News, Hot Air, Washington Post, Politicus USA, Death and Taxes, Raw Story, RedState, The Root, The Verge, TheBlaze, AOL and CBS New York
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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 …
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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, Campus Reform, Althouse 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:
Axios and Political Wire
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 …
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.
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Politico, ProPublica, Rewire, Gothamist, Washington Free Beacon, The Huffington Post, BizPac Review, CNBC and CBS New York, more at Mediagazer »
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
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 …
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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
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The Daily Caller
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.
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nerc.ac.uk, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Daily Caller
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.”
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KCCI-TV, Daily Wire, NPR, ThinkProgress, Washington Examiner, The Hill, CNN, Fox News Insider, Mediaite, Right Wing Watch and The Guardian
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.
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Balloon Juice
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 …
Facebook and Privacy:
We are committed to building a community where people can feel safe making their voices heard. Our approach involves making careful decisions every day about how we use and protect data at Facebook. We also adopt policies that limit how developers, advertisers, and others can use our platform.
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The Hill, fox13now.com, The Daily Caller, Morning Consult, CBS Philly, New York Magazine, The Verge, Mashable and Axios, more at Techmeme »
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.
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Vox Popoli
Colum Lynch / Foreign Policy:
White House Seeks to Cut Billions in Funding for United Nations — U.S. retreat from U.N. could mark a “breakdown of the international humanitarian system as we know it.” — State Department staffers have been instructed to seek cuts in excess of 50 percent in U.S. funding for U.N. programs …
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The Last Refuge and AOL
Media Matters for America:
Alex Jones Challenges Alec Baldwin To “Bare Knuckle” Fight For Charity So He Can “Break” His Neck — ALEX JONES (HOST): Alec Baldwin thinks he is a tough guy, I challenge him a million dollars to the charity he wants to get in the ring with me, bare knuckle. I will, I'll do it right now.
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The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Donald Trump Signals ‘Big Fat Beautiful Negotiation’ on House Healthcare Bill — President Donald Trump told reporters that a “big fat beautiful negotiation” was underway on the proposed house health care bill, after a growing number of conservatives have voiced dissent with the effort.