memeorandum: In Health Care Attacks, Democrats Risk Inciting Further Violence (Joel B. Pollak/Breitbart)

4:15 PM ET, June 24, 2017

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Rob Tornoe / Philly.com:

CNN deletes, retracts story linking Trump and Russia — On Thursday evening, CNN investigative reporter Thomas Frank published a potentially explosive report involving an investigation of a Russian investment fund with potential ties to several associates of President Donald Trump.

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, Instapundit and Infowars

CNN:

Editor's Note — On June 22, 2017, CNN.com published a story connecting Anthony Scaramucci with investigations into the Russian Direct Investment Fund. — That story did not meet CNN's editorial standards and has been retracted. Links to the story have been disabled. CNN apologizes to Mr. Scaramucci.

Discussion: Mediaite, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, TheBlaze, The Gateway Pundit, IJR, Talking Points Memo, Instapundit and The Last Tradition, more at Mediagazer »

Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Very Fake News: CNN Pushes Refurbished Russia Conspiracy, Inaccurately Claims Investment Fund Under Investigation

Discussion: CNN

Matthew Boyle / Breitbart: Very Fake News: After Breitbart Investigation, CNN Retracts Conspiracy Theory Hit Piece Attacking …

Sarah Kliff / Vox:

Senate GOP expected to add new penalties for the uninsured into their health bill — Senate Republicans are expected to revise their health bill early next week, adding in a provision that could lock Americans out of the individual market for six months if they fail to maintain continuous insurance coverage.

Discussion: Politicus USA, VTDigger and The Daily Caller

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
Premiums and Tax Credits under the Affordable Care Act vs. the Senate Better Care Reconciliation Act: Interactive Maps

Discussion: Balkinization

Kamala D. Harris / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Kamala Harris: I can help you understand Trumpcare, but I can't defeat it alone

Discussion: Raw Story

Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:

In Health Care Attacks, Democrats Risk Inciting Further Violence — Democrats have settled on a grisly theme in their attacks on the Republicans' new legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare: death. — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) tweeted on Thursday: “I've read the Republican ‘health care’ bill.

Discussion: USA Today, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, TheBlaze, AOL and Politicus USA

United States Senator Mike Lee:
The Missing Ingredient in BCRA: Humility

Discussion: RedState

Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump called Cruz to press him on ObamaCare repeal bill: report

Discussion: Axios, Politico, RedState and ABC News

Brian Beutler / New Republic:
There's a Health Care Lesson for Republicans in the Shooting of Steve Scalise

Discussion: twitchy.com, IJR and WDTN-TV

Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump joins the effort to pass a health-care bill, but another GOP senator is opposed

Discussion: The Hill

CBS News:

Bernie and Jane Sanders, under FBI investigation for bank fraud, hire lawyers — Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and his wife, Jane Sanders have hired prominent defense attorneys amid an FBI investigation into a loan Jane Sanders obtained to expand Burlington College while she was its president, CBS News confirms.

Discussion: RedState, The Last Refuge, The Gateway Pundit, IJR, The Last Tradition, ZeroPointNow, Above the Law, Joe.My.God., twitchy.com and Daily Wire

Scott Johnson / Power Line:

An epidemic of lawlessness — Yesterday's Washington Post carried the Russia story of the day. Post reporters Greg Miller, Ellen Nakashima and Adam Entous purport to deliver the goods on “Obama's secret struggle to punish Russia for Putin's election assault.”

Discussion: Politico, Washington Monthly, National Review and neo-neocon

NBC News:

Trump White House Has Taken Little Action To Stop Next Election Hack — The Trump administration has taken little meaningful action to prevent Russian hacking, leaking and disruption in the next national election in 2018, despite warnings from intelligence officials that it will happen again, officials and experts told NBC News.

Discussion: New York Magazine, NBC News, Washington Times, The Week and CNN

Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Frustrated Dems say Obama botched Russia response

Discussion: CANNONFIRE, The Week, Politicus USA, KTLA and Mediaite

Tracy Wilkinson / Los Angeles Times:
Number of refugees admitted to U.S. drops by almost half

Discussion: Fox News, The Guardian, SARAH PALIN, IJR and The Last Tradition

AP Story / Associated Press:

Big cases, retirement rumors as Supreme Court nears finish … WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court enters its final week of work before a long summer hiatus with action expected on the Trump administration's travel ban and a decision due in a separation of church and state case that arises from a Missouri church playground.

Max Greenwood / The Hill:

Kennedy considering retiring from Supreme Court: reports — Speculation is swirling that Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy could announce his retirement as early as this term, The Associated Press and CNN reported Saturday. — Kennedy is considered the most pivotal justice on the Supreme Court …

Discussion: RedState and SARAH PALIN

Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Anthony Kennedy retirement watch at a fever pitch

Discussion: The Week and Political Wire

Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:

California won't be passing a single-payer healthcare system any time soon — the plan is dead for this year — A high-profile effort to establish a single-payer healthcare system in California sputtered on Friday when Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Paramount) decided to shelve the proposal.

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Mercury News

Sacramento Bee:
‘Woefully incomplete’ universal health bill dead for the year in California

Discussion: Washington Monthly and American Greatness

Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:

Why ‘Mattis in charge’ is a formula for disaster — “It's all under control: Mattis is in charge.” That, or words to that effect, is what U.S. national security officials have been telling European allies in recent days. Don't worry. There won't be any surprises.

David Rank / Washington Post: Why I resigned from the Foreign Service after 27 years

New York Times:

Why Grenfell Tower Burned: Regulators Put Cost Before Safety — LONDON — The doorbell woke Yassin Adam just before 1 a.m. A neighbor was frantically alerting others on the fourth floor of Grenfell Tower about a fire in his apartment. “My fridge blew up,” the man shouted.

Oshrat Carmiel / Bloomberg:

A Second, Even Bigger Foreclosure Reaches NYC Billionaires' Row — Default might be most expensive for a New York condo: broker — Auction is the second scheduled in a month for a One57 unit — Another luxury condo at Manhattan's One57 is scheduled for a foreclosure auction …

Discussion: Gothamist

Bruce Bartlett / Politico:

‘Trump Is What Happens When a Political Party Abandons Ideas’ — Almost two years ago, I wrote an article for Politico endorsing Donald Trump for president. It was a tongue-in-cheek effort—I “supported” Trump only because I thought he would lose to Hillary Clinton, disastrously …