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10:30 PM ET, May 6, 2017

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Morgan Winsor / ABC News:

House Republicans face voters in home districts angry over health care bill — Rep. Tom Reed of New York, who was among the Republican members of Congress to vote for a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, held a string of hometown forums on Saturday where he was lambasted by crowds …

Discussion: Axios

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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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

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

Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
WATCH: Idaho town hall erupts after GOP lawmaker says ‘no one dies’ from lack of health care

Discussion: theGrio

WBAY-TV:
WATCH: Governor, Outagamie Co. Executive get into spat over health care

Discussion: Raw Story

Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
House Republicans face voters in home districts angry over health care bill

Discussion: Associated Press

Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Despite critics' claims, the GOP health bill doesn't classify rape or sexual assault as a preexisting condition

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

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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.

Discussion: Politico, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Balloon Juice, more at Mediagazer »

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 …

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Reuters:
France fights to keep Macron email hack from distorting election

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BBC:
French election: Hollande vows ‘response’ to Macron hack attack

Discussion: Observer

Mark Scott / New York Times:
U.S. Far-Right Activists Promote Hacking Attack Against Macron

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

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Reuters:
French candidate Macron claims massive hack as emails leaked

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications, Politico and Sputnik International

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

Discussion: The Atlantic and Hot Air

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 — BEIJING — Jared Kushner has said that he has stepped away from the day-to-day business of his family's real estate company while he serves as a senior adviser to his father-in-law, President Trump.

Chris Isidore / CNNMoney:

TRUMP Act would put Trump's New York tax returns online — How New York State could release Trump's taxes — Some Democratic state senators in New York are trying an end run to get Donald Trump's taxes into the public view by introducing legislation that would reveal his state tax returns for the last five years.

Discussion: The Hill, AOL and New York Magazine

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.

Discussion: American Action Network, Booman Tribune and Political Wire

Elena Schneider / Politico:
Georgia special election smashes all-time spending record

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Marc K. Siegel / New York Times:

What the Republican Health Plan Gets Right — Now that the Obamacare replacement bill has passed the House and is moving on to the more centrist Senate, the real debate begins. What is the true purpose of health insurance, and what is our government's goal in ensuring we have it?

Discussion: Unfogged

Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:

The Inquisitor's Heirs — Progressives claim to love science, but what they truly love is power. — Progressives claim to love science, but what they truly love is power.To be a good progressive is to adhere simultaneously to two incompatible notions: one, that science provides the final word …

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.

Discussion: IJR, The Root, CNN, Associated Press and Washington Post

Fox News Insider:

University California Santa Cruz Protesters Sit-In Meet Demands Black Liberation Rosa Parks House — The University of California-Santa Cruz caved to the demands of liberal student protesters who staged a sit-in at the administration building, Abby Huntsman reported.

Discussion: TheBlaze