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8:50 AM ET, May 6, 2017

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France's Macron campaign emails appear to be leaked online — A large trove of emails from the campaign of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron was posted online late on Friday, 1-1/2 days before voters go to the polls to choose the country's next president in a run-off against far-right rival Marine Le Pen.

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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:

Le Pen Is Just A Gargantuan Polling Error Behind Macron — Donald Trump was just a normal polling error behind Hillary Clinton on the eve of the 2016 presidential election. The far-right National Front candidate in France, Marine Le Pen, by contrast, is an enormous, historic polling error behind …

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Aurelien Breeden / New York Times:

Macron Campaign Says It Was Target of ‘Massive’ Hacking Attack — PARIS — The campaign staff of the French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron said on Friday evening that it had been targeted by a “massive and coordinated” hacking operation after internal campaign documents were published online on social media.

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James McAuley / Washington Post:
France starts probing ‘massive’ hack of emails and documents reported by Macron campaign

Discussion: Hot Air and Politico

Reuters:
French candidate Macron claims massive hack as emails leaked

Discussion: Politico

Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine: Trumpcare Destroys Any Notion That American Conservatism Gives a Damn

BBC:
Macron condemns ‘massive’ hacking attack

Discussion: The Verge and The Atlantic

Jonathan Martin / New York Times:

G.O.P. House Candidate in Montana Is Caught on Tape Praising Health Bill — WASHINGTON — When Greg Gianforte, the Republican running for an open House seat in Montana, was asked on Thursday whether he would have supported the bill repealing the Affordable Care Act that passed the House that day, he declined to answer.

Discussion: Occupy Democrats and Political Wire

Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Gov. Scott Walker would consider dropping fed pre-existing condition coverage rules for Wisconsin

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Hit & Run:
No, the AHCA Doesn't Make Rape a Preexisting Condition

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David Nather / Axios:
Walker considers waiving pre-existing condition rules

Discussion: Joe.My.God.

Nate Cohn / New York Times:
What Democrats' Losses in 2010 Can Tell Us About G.O.P.'s Chances in 2018

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The Daily Beast:

Trump and Bannon ‘Personally Intervened’ to Save Seb Gorka … When the White House backed off its efforts to dump Sebastian Gorka on another federal agency, the controversial counterterrorism advisor had the president himself to thank, The Daily Beast has learned.

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Elena Schneider / Politico:

Georgia special election smashes all-time spending record — It's official: Georgia's special election will be the most expensive House race in U.S. history. — Candidates and outside groups have aired or reserved more than $29.7 million worth of TV ads in the race to replace HHS Secretary Tom Price …

Ari Berman / The Nation:
Georgia Can't Block New Voters From Registering in the Ossoff-Handel Runoff

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Jeff Stein / Vox:
“I've never seen anything like this”: progressives see huge donation spike after AHCA vote

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CNN:

Republicans defend having no women in health care group — Cassidy: Health bill should pass Kimmel test — Washington (CNN)Just hours after House Republicans managed to pass a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, the Senate is signaling it will write its own proposal …

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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:

Blame it on Trumpcare — Call it Obamacare, Trumpcare or GOPcare, but Republicans now own health care. — The House Republican vote Thursday to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act means the GOP now has to answer for every problem with the health care law: the premium increases due …

Discussion: The Atlantic, Washington Post, ThinkProgress and Washington Free Beacon

Washington Post:

Flynn was warned by Trump transition officials about contacts with Russian ambassador — Former national security adviser Michael Flynn was warned by senior members of then President-elect Donald Trump's transition team about the risks of his contacts with the Russian ambassador weeks …

Discussion: Business Insider, Mediaite, Raw Story and Political Wire

New York Times:

Trump's 2nd Nominee for Army Secretary Withdraws — WASHINGTON — Mark E. Green, President's Trump's second nominee to be secretary of the Army, withdrew from consideration on Friday. In a statement, Mr. Green said his nomination had become a distraction because of “false and misleading attacks against me.”

Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Mark Green withdraws as Trump's Army secretary nominee, citing ‘false and misleading attacks’

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Stephanie McNeal / BuzzFeed:

This Teen's Dad Told Her She Was Dead To Him For Going To Prom With A Black Friend — Anna Hayes is a high school senior from a small town in southern Arkansas called Lake Village. She told BuzzFeed News that racism is a big issue in her community. … Unfortunately, Anna said that bigotry extends to her own family.

Discussion: Raw Story and PerezHilton

Elizabeth Preza / Raw Story:

CNN's Hughes demands apology from ‘bully’ Sam Bee for mocking her ‘mazel tov cocktail’ defense of Trump — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — CNN contributor and Donald Trump booster Scottie Nell Hughes thinks comedian Samantha Bee “bullied” her last weekend during the …

Discussion: RADAR

Daily Mail:
The president's daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, says the four networks are engaging in ‘an unprecedented act of censorship’

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Mark Hensch / The Hill:

FCC to investigate, ‘take appropriate action’ on Colbert's Trump rant — Late night talk show host Stephen Colbert's controversial joke about President Trump drew the attention of the Federal Communications Commission. The agency received “a number” of complaints about Colbert's commentary earlier …

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New York Times:

Police Officer Who Fatally Shot 15-Year-Old Texas Boy Is Charged With Murder — BALCH SPRINGS, Tex. — A police officer in a Dallas suburb who fired his rifle into a car full of teenagers leaving a party last Saturday, killing a boy in the front passenger seat, was charged with murder on Friday.

Juan Forero / Wall Street Journal:

Venezuela Is Starving — Once Latin America's richest country, Venezuela can no longer feed its people, hobbled by the nationalization of farms as well as price and currency controls. The resulting hunger and malnutrition are an unfolding tragedy.

Discussion: IJR and Hot Air

Donald J. Trump / The White House:

Statement by President Donald J. Trump on Signing H.R. 244 into Law — Today I have signed into law H.R. 244, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, which authorizes appropriations that fund the operation of the Federal Government through September 30, 2017.

Discussion: Politico and Business Insider

Tom Ciccotta / Breitbart:

Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, has announced that they will fund ‘100 percent’ of financial aid packages for students that are in the country illegally. — Although international students are expected to pay full tuition, undocumented undergraduate students at Emory will have …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Daily Caller

Murad Ahmed / Financial Times:

Trump travel ban and strong dollar set to hit US tourism — WTTC says fall in airline bookings show travellers are being deterred — Read next … Donald Trump's immigration policies have fuelled “anti-US sentiment” around the world that is expected to lead to significant falls …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Washington Post