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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 …
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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?
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.
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post, IJR and Infowars
Steve / steveschale.com:   One big lesson from GA 06.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Pelosi faces growing doubts among Dems after Georgia loss
Discussion: The Week and New York Times
Daniel Nussbaum / Breitbart:
Hollywood Melts Down After Ossoff Loss: ‘Grouphug, Get In’
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump spikes the ball after Georgia election win
Discussion: Washington Post, ABC News and The Hill
Alvin Chang / Vox:
4 charts showing Democrats are gaining a lot of ground
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
‘Laughing My Ossoff’ — Kellyanne Conway Celebrates Humiliating Democrat Defeat
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 …
Discussion: Politico, Politicus USA and The Week
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New York Times:
G.O.P. Rift Over Medicaid and Opioids Imperils Senate Health Bill
Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:   G.O.P. Health Plan Is Really a Rollback of Medicaid
Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:   Fears mount that Obamacare repeal will put life-saving treatments for opioid epidemic out of reach
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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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 …
Discussion: The Atlantic, Reason and Hot Air
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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 …
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
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 …
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.
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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Jeff Poor / Breitbart:
Tucker Carlson: ‘Democrats Still Have Literally No Idea Why They Keep Losing Elections’
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 …
Discussion: Axios
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 …
Joe Uchill / The Hill:
Ex-DHS chief: ‘To my current knowledge’ Russia did not alter vote counts  —  Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson plans to testify Wednesday that he knows of no evidence that the Russian government altered vote counts in the 2016 presidential election.
Discussion: Axios and Politico
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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.
Discussion: Axios, Bipartisan Report and Raw Story
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 …
WTTG-TV:
Nabra Hassanen's memorial set on fire in Dupont Circle  —  WASHINGTON - The memorial for a teen murdered near a Virginia mosque was set on fire in Dupont Circle on Wednesday, according to fire officials.  —  DC Fire said they responded to the scene at about 8:30 a.m. and found the remains …
Discussion: The FADER, Raw Story and The Root
Ian Hanchett / Breitbart:
Dem Rep Bustos: 'It's Not Going to Work for Us Just to Have an Anti-Trump Message'  —  On Tuesday's “CNN Tonight,” Representative Cheri Bustos (D-IL) argued that Democrats wouldn't win the 2018 midterms if they just had an anti-Trump message.  —  Bustos said that she took the fact …
Discussion: Washington Times
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Russian diplomat cancels meeting over new US sanctions  —  Russia's deputy foreign minister has cancelled a scheduled meeting with Thomas A. Shannon Jr., the under secretary of State for political affairs, the State Department said Wednesday.  —  Shannon, who is currently meeting …
Discussion: Axios
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
 
 
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Andrew Romano / Yahoo:
Eric Holder joins the anti-Trump resistance — and mulls a presidential campaign of his own
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Franken: 'I don't want to be president'
Discussion: The Daily Caller and ABC News
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Behind the Democrats' Emoluments Lawsuit Against Trump
Jeff Poor / Breitbart:
Camille Paglia Blames Dems for Destroying Journalism — ‘It Is Going to Take Decades to Recover’
Discussion: Daily Wire
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Pentagon wasted $28 million on uniforms for Afghan soldiers, report says
Discussion: The Atlantic, AOL and The Daily Caller
Anita Balakrishnan / CNBC:
Jack Ma: In 30 years people will work ‘four hours a day and maybe four days a week’
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Ilya Marritz / WNYC News:
Trump Hotel Tells Workers Not To Leak
Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
Illinois Comptroller: “The State Can No Longer Function”
 

 
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