memeorandum: GOP rep: 'Nobody dies because they don't have access to healthcare' (Elliot Smilowitz/The Hill)

12:10 PM ET, May 6, 2017

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Labrador: 'Nobody dies because they don't have access to health care' — A statement made by U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador during a town hall meeting Friday morning has drawn criticism by those challenging his stance on health care. — After a woman suggested that the lack of health care …

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Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:

GOP rep: 'Nobody dies because they don't have access to healthcare' — Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) drew intense jeers at a town hall Friday when he defended the GOP's ObamaCare repeal plan by claiming nobody dies due to lack of access to health care. — One day after the House passed …

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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:

WATCH: Idaho town hall erupts after GOP lawmaker says ‘no one dies’ from lack of health care — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Voters attending a packed town hall in Idaho booed and shouted down their Republican congressman after he attempted to defend the House passing …

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Reuters:

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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Mark Scott / New York Times:

U.S. Far-Right Activists Promote Hacking Attack Against Macron — After months of trying to move the political needle in favor of Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election, American far-right activists on Saturday threw their weight behind a hacking attack against her rival …

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Lizzie Dearden / The Independent: Emmanuel Macron hacked emails: French media ordered by electoral commission not to publish content of messages

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

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Aurelien Breeden / New York Times:
Macron Campaign Says It Was Target of ‘Massive’ Hacking Attack

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Reuters:
French candidate Macron claims massive hack as emails leaked

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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Le Pen Is Just A Gargantuan Polling Error Behind Macron

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BBC:
Macron condemns ‘massive’ hacking attack

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Emily Rauhala / Washington Post:

In a Beijing ballroom, Kushner family flogs $500,000 ‘investor visa’ to wealthy Chinese — BEIJING — The Kushner family came to the United States as refugees, worked hard and made it big — and if you invest in Kushner properties, so can you. — That was the message delivered Saturday …

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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 …

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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:

Obamacare repeal vote upends 2018 House landscape — This week's vote to replace Obamacare has scrambled the 2018 House landscape, jeopardizing Republican lawmakers across the country and potentially endangering the party's longstanding grip on the chamber.

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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 …

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Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:
Democratic groups raised millions for 2018 after House Republicans passed their healthcare overhaul

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Mary Katharine Ham / The Federalist:

You May Like Obamacare, But Don't Forget About The People It's Hurt — You may know me as a political pundit and writer who has spoken publicly about how the Affordable Care Act negatively affected my family. What you might not know is two years ago, I was a seven-month-pregnant widow …

Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
G.O.P. House Candidate in Montana Is Caught on Tape Praising Health Bill

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

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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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Michael Stratford / Politico:

Trump suggests financing for historically black colleges may be unconstitutional — President Donald Trump signaled Friday that he may not implement a 25-year-old federal program that helps historically black colleges finance construction projects on their campuses, suggesting that it may run afoul of the Constitution.

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Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Statement by President Donald J. Trump on Signing H.R. 244 into Law

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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 …

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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:

Kurt Eichenwald: I Want Republicans To Watch Their Families Lose Insurance And Die — MSNBC Guest Reamed Out After Dropping The S-Bomb On Live TV — ICE Seeks To Deport Soccer Coach Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 7-Year Old Girl — 'IT'S RACISM!' Wanda Sykes Knows The Real Reason Republicans Want To Repeal Obamacare

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Kristina Torres / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Federal judge orders Georgia to reopen voter registration ahead of 6th District runoff — A federal judge on Thursday ordered Georgia to temporarily reopen voter registration ahead of a hotly contested congressional runoff in the 6th District. — U.S. District Judge Timothy Batten …

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

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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:

Democrats tackle the ‘big rebuild’ — The Democratic National Committee headquarters remains mostly empty, devoid of almost any senior staff. It has a new chairman, Tom Perez, but there's still no executive director. There's a completely new organizational chart, but the gutted political …

Ben Sasse / Wall Street Journal:

How to Raise an American Adult — Many young Americans today are locked in perpetual adolescence. Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse on how he and his wife are encouraging their own children to become fully formed, independent grown-ups

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.

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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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