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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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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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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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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.
Patricia Murphy / The Daily Beast:
Jon Ossoff's $23 Million Loss Shows Dems Have No Idea How to Win in the Age of Trump
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump spikes the ball after Georgia election win
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Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
‘Laughing My Ossoff’ — Kellyanne Conway Celebrates Humiliating Democrat Defeat
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Alvin Chang / Vox:
4 charts showing Democrats are gaining a lot of ground
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Ossoff chose civility and it didn't work. How do Democrats beat Trump?
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Ed Rogers / Washington Post:
The victory in Georgia's 6th is a yuge win for Trump
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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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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
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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
DHS official: Russia targeted election-related systems in 21 states — Trump administration officials said Wednesday that Russia targeted election-related systems in 21 states leading up to the 2016 presidential election. — A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official …
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Homeland Security official: Russian government actors tried to hack election systems in 21 states
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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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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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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 …
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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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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
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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,
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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 …
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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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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Franken: 'I don't want to be president' — (D-Minn.) says he has “no plans to run” for president. — “Right now, what I am doing and what I enjoy doing more than anything in the world is serving the people of my state,” Franken said during an interview with ABC News's “Powerhouse Politics” podcast.
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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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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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Jessica Wehrman / The Columbus Dispatch:
Portman met secretly with North Koreans to lobby for Warmbier's release — WASHINGTON — Sen. Rob Portman met secretly last December with North Korean's delegation to the United Nations in an effort to gain the release of or at least get information about Otto Warmbier …
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