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Inside the Trumpcare meltdown — When the balky hardliners of the House Freedom Caucus visited the White House earlier this week, this was Steve Bannon's opening line, according to people in the conference room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building: … - Bannon's point was: This is the Republican platform.
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
Inside the GOP's Health Care Debacle — Donald Trump had heard enough about policy and process. It was Thursday afternoon and members of the House Freedom Caucus were peppering the president with wonkish concerns about the American Health Care Act—the language that would leave Obamacare's …
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Report: Bannon told conservatives ‘this is not a debate,’ you have to back bill — White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon told a group of House conservatives they had no choice but to back the GOP's ObamaCare repeal bill days before the bill was pulled, according to a new report.
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Wall Street Journal:
The ObamaCare Republicans — The GOP right blows up its best chance to reform government. — House Republicans pulled their health-care bill shortly before a vote on Friday, and for once the media dirge is right about a GOP defeat. This is a major blow to the Trump Presidency …
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Raw Story
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
GOP cave on Obamacare repeal is the biggest broken promise in political history — Broken promises are as old as politics itself, and there are many famous examples of them in modern history. President George H.W. Bush's “read my lips, no new taxes” pledge comes immediately to mind …
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Power Line and National Review
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Ryan wounded by health care fiasco — The painful public collapse Friday of Paul Ryan's biggest endeavor as House speaker — legislation to unwind the Democratic health care law he and his party spent years castigating as a disaster — dealt a serious blow to the Wisconsin Republican.
Harold Pollack / Politico:
Paul Ryan Failed Because His Bill Was a Dumpster Fire — The American Health Care Act died on Friday. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has conceded defeat, declaring in words that must have been painful for him to utter— “Obamacare is the law of the land”—as he yanked the bill from consideration.
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Forbes, New York Times and USA Today
Washington Post:
‘The closer’? The inside story of how Trump tried — and failed — to make a deal on health care
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Axios, Washington Monthly and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Republicans Land a Punch on Health Care, to Their Own Face
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Liberal Values and IJR
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Left out of AHCA fight, Democrats let their grass roots lead - and win
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Hullabaloo, Daily Kos and The Atlantic
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
A new dynamic may be emerging in the House: A right and left flank within the GOP willing to buck leadership
CNN:
Trump's art of no deal: Find someone to blame
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Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
The Republicans Fold on Health Care
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Hot Air, Washington Post and New York Times
Jeet Heer / New Republic:
The Death of Paul Ryan, Policy Genius
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Discussion About GOP Replacement to Paul Ryan as Speaker of the House Intensifies in White House, Congress
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Nobody Knew Governing Could Be So Complicated
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Washington Times and Talking Points Memo
Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Devin Nunes Vanished the Night Before He Made Trump Surveillance Claims — Hours before the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee announced his shocking claims about the Trump transition team on Wednesday morning, he practically disappeared. — Rep. Devin Nunes was traveling …
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Raw Story and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Napolitano told friends he was on Trump's Supreme Court shortlist — Judge Andrew Napolitano may be temporarily sidelined at Fox News, but he's been telling friends and associates that he could be in for a big promotion — to the Supreme Court. — After meeting with President Trump twice during …
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Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg:
Democrats Have a Gorsuch Problem
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The Resurgent, Washington Free Beacon and Betsy's Page
New York Times:
One Nation, Under Fox: 18 Hours With a Network That Shapes America — Fox News is a singular force, crafting a searing narrative about what's happening in the world for millions of viewers, including President Trump. — “I know maybe the president is watching.”
Timothy Burke / Screengrabber:
Basketball Fans Treated To Ads Congratulating Republicans For Repealing Obamacare [UPDATE] — Basketball fans tonight in several Republican-adjacent TV markets are enjoying a series of ads, prematurely bought by the American Action Network PAC, inviting viewers to call their representatives …
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Talking Points Memo, The Hill, RT, Mashable, Business Insider, IJR, Mother Jones and The Slot
Brian Flood / The Wrap:
Fox News Fires Comptroller Judy Slater, Accuses Her of Racist Comments and Behavior (Exclusive) — Veteran executive asked an African-American employee if all three of her children were fathered by the same man, according to an individual familiar with the investigation
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Mediaite and IJR, more at Mediagazer »
Bloomberg:
Uber Self-Driving Vehicle Involved in Arizona Crash — A self-driving car operated by Uber Technologies Inc. was involved in a crash in Tempe, Arizona, the latest setback for a company reeling from multiple crises. — In a photo posted on Twitter, one of Uber's Volvo self-driving SUVs …
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Washington Post:
Ivanka Trump's Secret Service detail roiling her D.C. neighbors — Ivanka Trump's neighbors delivered a handwritten note welcoming her to their gilded Northwest Washington Zip code after she and her husband, Jared Kushner, moved from New York with their three small children.
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