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4:35 PM ET, May 6, 2017

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Ruth Brown / Idaho Statesman:
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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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 …
Discussion: theGrio
Paul McLeod / BuzzFeed:
Here's What Is Actually True And False About The Republicans' Health Care Plan  —  There's a lot of confusion out there after House Republicans passed their health care plan on Thursday.  Here's what it really means.  —  Reporting From  —  Washington, DC
WBAY-TV:
WATCH: Governor, Outagamie Co. Executive get into spat over health care
Discussion: Raw Story
Mary Katharine Ham / The Federalist:   You May Like Obamacare, But Don't Forget About The People It's Hurt
Morgan Winsor / ABC News:   House Republicans face voters in home districts angry over health care bill
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
GOP rep: 'Nobody dies because they don't have access to healthcare'
Discussion: Shareblue and Talking Points Memo
Zeynep Tufekci / BuzzFeed:
Dear France: You Just Got Hacked.  Don't Make The Same Mistakes We Did.  —  A brief guide to the information wars.  —  Ooh, la la. So, it happened to you too.  The frontrunning presidential candidate got hacked, and all his emails are dumped online in one giant cache.  WikiLeaks is tweeting about it.
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BBC:
French election: Hollande vows ‘response’ to Macron hack attack  —  French President François Hollande has promised to “respond” after a hacking attack targeted presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron.  —  He gave no further details but said he knew of the risks of such attacks because they had “happened elsewhere”.
Discussion: Observer
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 …
Robert Mackey / The Intercept:
There Are No “Macron Leaks” in France.  Politically Motivated Hacking Is Not Whistleblowing.  —  Here's some news for the alt-right activists in the United States behind a disinformation campaign aimed at getting Marine Le Pen elected president of France by spreading rumors about her opponent …
Lizzie Dearden / The Independent:   Emmanuel Macron hacked emails: French media ordered by electoral commission not to publish content of messages
Reuters:
French candidate Macron claims massive hack as emails leaked
Discussion: Politico
James McAuley / Washington Post:
France starts probing ‘massive’ hack of emails and documents reported by Macron campaign
Discussion: The Atlantic, Hot Air and Politico
Reuters:
France's Macron campaign emails appear to be leaked online
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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New York Times:   Jared Kushner's Sister Highlights Family Ties in Pitch to Chinese Investors
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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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Georgia special election smashes all-time spending record
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Blame it on Trumpcare  —  Call it Obamacare, Trumpcare or GOPcare …
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Cruz: ‘Catastrophic’ if Senate fails to pass ObamaCare repeal  —  (R-Texas) acknowledged on Saturday that Senate Republicans face an uphill battle to pass an ObamaCare repeal bill, warning that a failure to do so would be “catastrophic.”  —  “For seven years the Republicans have been promising …
Discussion: RedState
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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
USA Today:
Rape charges dropped against immigrant teens … ROCKVILLE, Md. — Prosecutors said Friday they are dropping charges against two Hispanic teens accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in a Maryland high school bathroom.  The case caught the attention of the White House.
New York Times:
‘No District Is Off the Table’: Health Vote Could Put House in Play  —  WASHINGTON — In a suburban Chicago district, Kelly Mazeski, a breast cancer survivor, used the day of the vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act to announce her House candidacy, vowing to make Representative Peter Roskam pay for his vote …
Discussion: The Atlantic
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 …
Discussion: Liberal Values
 
 
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Frank Pallotta / CNNMoney:
FCC is reviewing complaints about Colbert's Trump jokes. But that's its job
Patrick Tucker / GovExec.com:
The Military is Using Human Brain Waves to Teach Robots How to Shoot
Tom Moran / New Jersey Online:
This N.J. Republican just lost any claim of being a moderate | Moran
Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Post
Colin Butcher / The Guardian:
Experience: my dog rescues cats
Discussion: Sunny Skyz
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Kurt Eichenwald: I Want Republicans To Watch Their Families Lose Insurance And Die
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JSOnline:
Hacked records show Bradley Foundation taking its conservative Wisconsin model national
Discussion: Hullabaloo and EXPOSEDbyCMD
Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
‘The time has come to treat the Second Amendment as a real constitutional right’
Discussion: Above the Law
New York Times:
Police Officer Who Fatally Shot 15-Year-Old Texas Boy Is Charged With Murder
Stephanie McNeal / BuzzFeed:
This Teen's Dad Told Her She Was Dead To Him For Going To Prom With A Black Friend
Discussion: Raw Story and PerezHilton