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Democrats Seethe After Georgia Loss: ‘Our Brand Is Worse Than Trump’ — Democrats seethed, second-guessed and sought to regroup on Wednesday after a disappointing special election defeat in Georgia, with the party's campaign chief in the House of Representatives outlining alternative paths to taking power …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Pelosi faces growing doubts among Dems after Georgia loss — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other top Democrats put a brave face on Wednesday morning after a disappointing loss in the Georgia special election, yet there is no disguising the unhappiness in the party ranks.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
This Might Be the Worst Democratic Freak-out Ever — Karen Handel's close-but-not-that-close win in Georgia's sixth district, the fourth Republican victory in four special elections, has officially made the party's failure to capture a House seat in 2017 a capital-T Thing.
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David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
GA-06: Why Handel's Win Isn't a Disaster for Democrats — It's a devastating psychological blow for a party to spend over $30 million on a House special election and still lose. For Democrats, Jon Ossoff's defeat to Karen Handel stings, and the blame game is already raging: “Why did Ossoff run such a bland campaign?
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
Why Ossoff Lost — ATLANTA—Around midnight, hours after their candidate conceded he had lost the Most Important Special Election in History, the last remaining supporters of Jon Ossoff took over the stage where he had recently stood. One of them waved a bottle of vodka in the air.
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Patricia Murphy / The Daily Beast:
Jon Ossoff's $23 Million Loss Shows Dems Have No Idea How to Win in the Age of Trump … SANDY SPRINGS, Georgia—After $50 million and a congressional contest bigger than some presidential primaries, the special election in Georgia's 6th District to replace Rep. Tom Price ended up where it began …
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Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
‘Sad CNN’ Meme Storms the Internet as Karen Handel Wins Georgia Special Election — As the election results showed Republican Karen Handel soundly beating her opponent Jon Ossoff in the special election in Georgia, CNN analysts appeared disappointed by the results before anchor Anderson Cooper cut to a break.
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Alvin Chang / Vox:
4 charts showing Democrats are gaining a lot of ground
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Democrats, reeling from Georgia loss, face 2018 reality check
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The Democrats' persistent Pelosi problem
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump spikes the ball after Georgia election win
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Angry Democrats in Blame Game After Georgia Defeat
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John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Jon Ossoff's Georgia Sixth Loss Is a Reality Check for Democrats
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David Nather / Axios:
White House launches ACA repeal website — The White House is giving a push to the Senate health care bill with a new website highlighting the Trump administration's arguments for repealing the Affordable Care Act. It features a video outlining the problems it sees with the law …
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Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
Senate health-care draft repeals Obamacare taxes, provides bigger subsidies for low-income Americans than House bill
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Most Americans say Republican healthcare plan will be harmful: Reuters/Ipsos poll
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Laura Litvan / Bloomberg:
GOP Health Bill Kept Secret From Senators Assigned to Write It
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BuzzFeed:
A Bunch Of CIA Staff Got Fired For Stealing Snacks From Vending Machines — The group of employees shared a vending machine hack to steal more than $3,000 in snacks. — Several CIA contractors were kicked out of the agency for stealing more than $3,000 in snacks from vending machines …
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Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Tom Cotton Intern Calls British ‘Faggots’ and Paul Ryan a ‘Cuck’ in Audio Recording — GOP Senator Tom Cotton's intern is not shy about spouting off incendiary comments, as the young Republican calls Speaker Paul Ryan “a cuck” and the British “faggots.”
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump, Russia and a Shadowy Business Partnership — An insider describes the Bayrock Group, its links to the Trump family and its mysterious access to funds. It isn't pretty. — The special counsel's investigation of the White House has come more sharply into focus.
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Congressional Black Caucus expected to decline Trump meeting — The Congressional Black Caucus is expected to reject an invitation to meet with President Donald Trump, according to four sources close to the group. — The Trump administration, sources said, has done nothing to advance …
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
Next up: a special counsel to probe Team Obama's obstruction of justice — MORE FROM: … By using fired FBI Director James Comey to attack the new Republican administration, Democrats have opened up a legal can of worms for the Obama administration. — Under sworn questioning …
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Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
Texas congressman says remarks on Clintons, Vince Foster were “a step too far”
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Jordan Smith / The Intercept:
Texas Couple Exonerated 25 Years After Being Convicted of Lurid Crimes That Never Happened — Twenty-five years after they were convicted of a crime that never happened, Fran and Dan Keller were formally exonerated on June 20 in Austin, Texas. — The couple's prosecution in 1992 was part …
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
DeVos picks CEO of for-profit lender to run federal student loan system — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos's pick to lead the department's $1.3 trillion student loan system is the CEO of a private student loan company. — A. Wayne Johnson, who was tapped as chief operating officer of Federal Student Aid …
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Kyle Feldscher / Washington Examiner:
Jeh Johnson: Trump's ‘rigged’ election claims affected what DHS could say about Russia interference — President Trump's claims that the 2016 election would be “rigged” caused the Department of Homeland Security to hold back on giving too much information to the public about Russian interference …
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Kaili Joy Gray / Shareblue:
Former Homeland Security chief: The FBI had evidence of collusion with Russia
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Federal Bureau of Investigation:
Law Enforcement Shares Findings of the Investigation into the June 14 Alexandria, Virginia Shooting — Today, law enforcement officials shared findings to date of the investigation into the shooting that occurred at the Eugene Simpson Stadium Park on Wednesday, June 14, 2017.
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Democratic Party of Montana Blog:
Montana Dems Get Gianforte New Suit for First Day in Congress — Helena - Today, convicted criminal Greg Gianforte - who, after infamously picking up another person, slamming him to the ground, and then punching him, blamed it on the victim - will be sworn into Congress.
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. — Travis Kalanick stepped down Tuesday as chief executive of Uber, the ride-hailing service that he helped found in 2009 and that he built into a transportation colossus, after a shareholder revolt made it untenable for him to stay on at the company.
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Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Saudi Arabia Rewrites Succession as King Replaces Heir With Son, 31 — BEIRUT, Lebanon — King Salman of Saudi Arabia promoted his 31-year-old son, Mohammed bin Salman, to be next in line to the throne on Wednesday, further empowering a young, activist leader at a time when the kingdom …
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Allan Dodds Frank / ABC News:
Trump Organization seeks hefty tax break for Westchester golf club — The Trump Organization wants its tax bill cut in half at one of its high-end golf clubs, part of a longstanding Trump practice of using legal challenges and appeals to lower his corporate tax bills.
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Darren Sands / BuzzFeed:
What Happened To Black Lives Matter? — Donald Trump's election and presidency has inspired the biggest outpouring of liberal activism in more than a decade. But Black Lives Matter seems less visible than a year ago. After a meteoric rise to prominence, the movement is struggling mightily …
Jacob Sullum / Hit & Run:
Philando Castile Video Shows a Cop Who Panicked and Killed an Innocent Man — Much has been made of the fact that the dashcam video of the July 6, 2016, traffic stop in which Philando Castile was killed, which was finally released to the public yesterday, does not show what was going on inside his car …
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Sheriff Clarke Accuses Andrew Kaczynski of ‘Electronic Terrorism’ — Conservative blog Media Equalizer has been running an extensive three-part series on Sheriff David Clarke's response to CNN's Andrew Kaczynski, whose reporting sunk Clarke's would-be role at the Department of Homeland Security.
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