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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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New York Times:
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire and Shakesville
Steve / steveschale.com:
One big lesson from GA 06.  —  Pretty close to exactly 12 years ago, I took the reins of the political operation of the Florida House Democratic Caucus.  During my three years there, we picked up nine Republican districts, including two swing seat Special Elections, including a special in a ruby-red type district like Georgia 06.
Daniel Nussbaum / Breitbart:
Hollywood Melts Down After Ossoff Loss: ‘Grouphug, Get In’  —  Hollywood celebrities took to Twitter Tuesday night to vent after Democrat Jon Ossoff lost Georgia's Sixth District special congressional election to Republican challenger Karen Handel.  —  Celebrities who donated time and money …
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.
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Democrats despondent, Trump emboldened after GOP victory in Georgia special election  —  THE BIG IDEA: With all the ballots counted, Republican Karen Handel won the most expensive House race in U.S. history by 3.8 percentage points.  That's a larger margin of victory …
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
A Reality Check about What Handel's Win Means  —  Karen Handel, the Republican, won.  Who among us can contain his excitement?  —  It's also a win for Donald Trump for one simple and obvious reason: because the alternative would have been so much worse for him.
Alvin Chang / Vox:
4 charts showing Democrats are gaining a lot of ground
Discussion: Politico, New York Times and The Root
Ed Rogers / Washington Post:
The victory in Georgia's 6th is a yuge win for Trump
Discussion: Weekly Standard and The Week
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump spikes the ball after Georgia election win
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Times:
Karen Handel Wins Georgia Special Election, Fending Off Upstart Democrat
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.
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Caleb Melby / Bloomberg:
Trump's Net Worth Slips to $2.9 Billion as Towers Underperform
New York Times:
G.O.P. Rift Over Medicaid and Opioids Imperils Senate Health Bill  —  WASHINGTON — A growing rift among Senate Republicans over federal spending on Medicaid and the opioid epidemic is imperiling legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act that Senate leaders are trying to put to a vote by the end of next week.
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Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:   G.O.P. Health Plan Is Really a Rollback of Medicaid
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP hits the gas on ObamaCare repeal
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
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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CNNMoney:
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigns after months of crisis
Discussion: The Atlantic and The Week
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Jeff Poor / Breitbart:
Tucker Carlson: ‘Democrats Still Have Literally No Idea Why They Keep Losing Elections’
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
How The Guardian Lost America  —  The Guardian's US newsroom didn't become the voice of the Bernie left during the election.  It didn't break huge campaign scoops.  Years after winning a Pulitzer for the Edward Snowden story, Guardian US has slashed costs, leaving employees stewing about mismanagement …
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 …
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 …
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Holder mulling 2020 bid
Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
Illinois Comptroller: “The State Can No Longer Function”  —  With just 10 days to go until Illinois enters its third year without a budget, resulting in the state's imminent downgrade to junk status and potentially culminating in a default for the state whose unpaid bills now surpass $15 billion …
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 …
Michael Crowley / Politico:
Why the White House Is Reading Greek History  —  The Trump White House isn't known as a hot spot for Ivy League intellectuals.  But last month, a Harvard academic slipped into the White House complex for an unusual meeting.  Graham Allison, an avuncular foreign policy thinker who served under Reagan …
Discussion: Raw Story
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Pentagon wasted $28 million on uniforms for Afghan soldiers, report says  —  WASHINGTON — The Pentagon wasted as much as $28 million over the past decade buying uniforms for the Afghan army with a woodland camouflage pattern appropriate for a tiny fraction of that war-torn country …
Discussion: The Atlantic, AOL and The Daily Caller
 
 
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