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Karen Handel / New York Times:
Live Election Results and Estimates: Georgia's Sixth Congressional District  —  Dem.  —  63,302  —  9% reporting (19 of 208 precincts)  —  The race between Jon Ossoff and Karen Handel is largely seen as a referendum on the first months of Donald J. Trump's presidency.
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New York Times:
Georgia's Special Election Comes to a Nail-Biting Finish  —  ATLANTA — Tuesday's runoff between Karen Handel and Jon Ossoff in Georgia's Sixth Congressional District will decide what has become the most expensive House campaign in history — and quite possibly the most consequential special election since Watergate.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Jon Ossoff's Georgia special election loss shows Democrats could use a substantive agenda  —  Jon Ossoff's narrow loss in the Georgia House special election seat will come as a crushing emotional blow to Democrats even though it hardly dooms their hopes to take back Congress next year.
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Ossoff chose civility and it didn't work.  How do Democrats beat Trump?  —  SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Jeff Jacobson epitomizes the liberal conundrum: Deep down he wanted to back a warrior, but he found himself working for a high priest preaching civil resistance.
New York Times:
Who Financed the Georgia Sixth, the Most Expensive House Election Ever  —  Tuesday's special election in Georgia is the most expensive in history, with candidates and outside groups spending roughly $55 million in the battle for the longtime Republican-held district in suburban Atlanta.
Discussion: Vox, The Gateway Pundit and TheStreet
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Republican Karen Handel wins Georgia House special election, CNN projects  —  Atlanta (CNN)Republican Karen Handel defeated Democrat Jon Ossoff in a high-stakes special election for a Georgia House seat on Tuesday, denying Democrats their first major victory of the Donald Trump era.
Tamar Hallerman / Political Insider blog:
Live updates: Handel celebrates following win in Georgia's 6th District  —  Georgia is sending its first Republican woman to Congress.  —  News outlets began declaring Karen Handel the winner of Georgia's 6th District U.S. House seat at roughly 10 p.m. Tuesday evening …
Wall Street Journal:
GOP's Karen Handel Beats Democrat Jon Ossoff in Georgia
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Politico:   Georgia 6th District Congressional Special Election: Jon Ossoff v. Karen Handel
YouTube:
Squad dashcam video - Yanez case (WARNING: Graphic content)  —  Squad dashcam video of July 6, 2016 traffic stop of Philando Castile.  —  WARNING: Graphic content.  —  Evidence presented by Ramsey County Attorney's Office in State of Minnesota versus Jeronimo Yanez.
Discussion: The Guardian, WPMT FOX43 and The Week
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Mitch Smith / New York Times:
Video of Police Killing of Philando Castile Is Publicly Released
Discussion: IJR
Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Video footage shows Minn. traffic stop that ended with Philando Castile's death
Andrew Romano / Yahoo:
Eric Holder joins the anti-Trump resistance — and mulls a presidential campaign of his own … LOS ANGELES — More than two years after leaving the Obama administration, former Attorney General Eric Holder is reentering the political fray.  —  His goal: to lead the legal resistance …
Laura Litvan / Bloomberg:
Senate Republicans Haven't Seen Their Health Bill Either  —  Collins, Flake and Toomey not ready to offer support for plan  —  McCain says he hasn't ‘met any American’ who has seen the bill  —  Senate Republicans may be asked to vote on a controversial health-care bill next week …
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Health plans slam Medicaid cuts in emerging Senate bill
Discussion: Politico
CNN:
Senate GOP speeding towards health care vote next Thursday
Discussion: Hit & Run
Brent Lang / Variety:
Shocker!  Daniel Day-Lewis Quits Acting (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Senior Film and Media Editor @BrentALang  —  Three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis, widely considered one of the preeminent actors of his generation, is retiring from acting, Variety has learned.  —  The 60-year-old star …
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump said to plan announcement on Comey tapes  —  The Latest on the investigation into Russia's actions in the U.S. election and possible ties to Trump campaign associates (all times EDT):  —  A Washington lawyer has confirmed that he's representing Attorney General Jeff Sessions but is not offering any more specifics.
Discussion: Politico and Liberal Values
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Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
The White House Press Briefing Is Slowly Dying
Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions retains private lawyer
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
New York Times:
Despite Concerns About Blackmail, Flynn Heard C.I.A. Secrets  —  WASHINGTON — Senior officials across the government became convinced in January that the incoming national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, had become vulnerable to Russian blackmail.  —  At the F.B.I., the C.I.A. …
Discussion: RedState and Political Wire
Cyd Zeigler / Outsports:
Former Patriots and Chiefs tackle Ryan O'Callaghan comes out as gay  —  O'Callaghan had always planned to commit suicide after football, until Kansas City Chiefs staffers stepped in.  —  Editor's note: This story contains conversation and description of suicide.
Shawn Boburg / Washington Post:
Trump seeks sharp cuts to housing aid, except for program that brings him millions  —  President Trump's budget calls for sharply reducing funding to programs that shelter the poor and combat homelessness — with a notable exception: It leaves intact the type of federal housing subsidy that is paid directly to private landlords.
Discussion: Raw Story
William Turton / The Outline:
Leaked recording: Inside Apple's global war on leakers  —  SECRECY AT APPLE  —  Former NSA agents, secrecy members on product teams, and a screening apparatus bigger than the TSA.  —  A recording of an internal briefing at Apple earlier this month obtained by The Outline sheds new light …
Barry Carter / New Jersey Online:
Going on Fox News cost me my job, professor claims |  Carter  —  Essex County College suspended Lisa Durden, an adjunct professor and political commentator, after she appeared on the Tucker Carlson show on Fox News.  (Photo supplied by Lisa Durden)  —  bcarter@starledger.com,
New York Times:
'I'm Right Here!'  Sean Spicer Says While Toiling to Find Successor  —  WASHINGTON — The opportunity to take over behind the White House briefing room lectern would be the apex of a political operative's career in any other presidency, a path to riches, fame and power.
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
David Brooks Didn't Do the Reading.  Look What Happened.  —  And now he's rewriting the Whitewater history to absolve himself.  —  Moral Hazard, the Irish setter owned for photo-op purposes by New York Times columnist David Brooks, searched the Young Fogies Club in midtown Manhattan …
Adam Boult / Telegraph:
‘A magical experience’: Beautiful images capture rare bioluminescent plankton off the coast of Wales  —  Photographer Alyn Wallace captured these stunning images of rare bioluminescent plankton in the sea at Three Cliffs Bay in Swansea this week.  —  “I had to pinch myself this morning,” he wrote on Facebook.
Suzanna Caldwell / Alaska Dispatch News:
In a Bering Sea battle of killer whales vs. fishermen, the whales are winning  —  In the Bering Sea, near the edge the continental shelf, fishermen are trying to escape a predator that seems to outwit them at every turn, stripping their fishing lines and lurking behind their vessels.
Discussion: The Verge and The Week
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
GOP hangs on to South Carolina House seat  —  Republican Ralph Norman is projected to win the South Carolina House special election, keeping the seat in Republican hands.  —  The Associated Press projected that Norman, a former state lawmaker, will win against Democrat Archie Parnell, according to the Associated Press.
Discussion: Politico
Los Angeles Times:
Bodyguard for well-known alt-right figure stabbed several times in Santa Monica  —  A man who works as a bodyguard for a nationally known figure popular among the alt-right was stabbed multiple times in Santa Monica on Saturday night following a dispute in a parking lot, police said.
Eamon Javers / CNBC:
Tim Cook told Trump tech employees are ‘nervous’ about immigration  — Tech employees are “nervous” about the Trump administration's approach on immigration, Tim Cook says.  —  Behind the scenes at the White House tech CEO meeting, Apple CEO Tim Cook told President Donald Trump …
 
 
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