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

2:40 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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Boing Boing, Political Wire, AOL and Joe.My.God.

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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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

Discussion: Washington Post, New York Times, Hit & Run and Politifact.com Truth …

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 …

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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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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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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Reuters:
France's Macron campaign emails appear to be leaked online

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

Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
ISIS Calls On “Muslims In France” To Launch Election Day Attacks

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Reuters:
French candidate Macron claims massive hack as emails leaked

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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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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 …

Discussion: Business Insider and Missoulian

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, Political Wire and Liberal Values

Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Blame it on Trumpcare — Call it Obamacare, Trumpcare or GOPcare …

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

Discussion: Daily Kos and Common Dreams

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

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

New York Times:

Locked Up for Being Poor — Maranda Lynn ODonnell, a 22-year-old single mother in Harris County, Tex., was arrested last year for driving without a valid license. The judge set her bail at $2,500. She couldn't afford anything close to that, so she spent three days in jail …

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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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

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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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.

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 …

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