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Bloomberg:
Key Republicans Want to Scrap Health Bill's Tax Cuts for Wealthy — Collins, Rounds suggest eliminating repeal of investment tax — McConnell negotiating with Republicans to win over holdouts — Several Senate Republicans began to question Wednesday whether their health-care bill …
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New York Magazine and Washington Post
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USA Today:
Poll: Only 12% of Americans support the Senate health care plan — Just 12% of Americans support the Senate Republican health care plan, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, amid a roiling debate over whether the GOP will deliver on its signature promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
The Entire Trump Agenda Is at a Tipping Point — Earlier this month, a senior White House official deeply involved in enacting President Trump's agenda on Capitol Hill laid out the Administration's ideal legislative schedule for the rest of this year. — “Between now and the August recess …
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Washington Monthly
Abigail Tracy / Vanity Fair:
Donald Trump's Ignorance Is Becoming a National Crisis — Even Republicans are fed up with the president's ham-fisted attempts to set health-care policy. — Health-care policy, Donald Trump has admitted, is more complex than he once assumed. “Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated …
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Vox, The Mahablog, Shareblue and Raw Story
Fox News:
Fox News Poll: 27 percent favor Senate GOP health care plan, as vote gets delayed — By two-to-one, American voters oppose the Senate health care bill to replace the Affordable Care Act — even as a majority wants to repeal at least some of the existing law.
Alvin Chang / Vox:
We fixed Donald Trump's misleading chart that claims Republicans are increasing Medicaid funding
We fixed Donald Trump's misleading chart that claims Republicans are increasing Medicaid funding
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Washington Post and The Week
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Why I'm Not Betting Against Mitch McConnell
Why I'm Not Betting Against Mitch McConnell
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ABC News and New York Magazine
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Growing group of senators oppose health care bill
Growing group of senators oppose health care bill
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Shareblue and Politicus USA
Ali Rogin / ABC News:
McConnell wants revised health care bill by Friday; Holdouts contemplate Plan B
McConnell wants revised health care bill by Friday; Holdouts contemplate Plan B
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Politico
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Trump claims GOP has a ‘big surprise’ on healthcare
Trump claims GOP has a ‘big surprise’ on healthcare
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Washington Post, The Atlantic and Shakesville
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Why the GOP's Plan for Health Care Hit a Wall
Why the GOP's Plan for Health Care Hit a Wall
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Washington Post, HuffPost, The Daily Caller, Politicus USA, Take Care Blog, New York Magazine and Axios
Nino Bucci / Sydney Morning Herald:
Cardinal George Pell charged with at least three serious sex offences — Cardinal George Pell, Australia's highest ranking Catholic will face at least three serious sex assault charges, including at least one count of rape. — Victoria Police has confirmed Cardinal Pell has been charged …
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The Week
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Jacqueline Williams / New York Times:
Australian Cardinal, a Top Adviser to Pope, Is Charged With Sexual Assault
Australian Cardinal, a Top Adviser to Pope, Is Charged With Sexual Assault
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The Guardian, ABC and Fusion
CNN:
Officials struggle to convince Trump that Russia remains a threat — Trump blasts Obama on Twitter, demands apology — Washington (CNN)As President Donald Trump lashes out at former President Barack Obama for failing to take a harder line against Russia for election meddling …
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Washington Free Beacon, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider and Raw Story
Austin Wright / Politico:
Burr: Senate panel to get Comey memos — The Senate Intelligence Committee has reached an agreement to receive memos written by former FBI Director James Comey detailing his interactions with President Donald Trump, Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) told POLITICO on Wednesday.
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BuzzFeed, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, Mediaite, Axios, Talking Points Memo and IJR
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Reuters:
Senate Intelligence panel will see Comey Trump memos
Senate Intelligence panel will see Comey Trump memos
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The Daily Caller and Axios
Julia Angwin / ProPublica:
Facebook's Secret Censorship Rules Protect White Men from Hate Speech But Not Black Children — In the wake of a terrorist attack in London earlier this month, a U.S. congressman wrote a Facebook post in which he called for the slaughter of “radicalized” Muslims.
Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed:
A Teen Was Charged With Killing Her Boyfriend During A Failed YouTube Stunt — A 19-year-old woman in Minnesota has been charged with manslaughter for fatally shooting her boyfriend as the couple attempted to record a YouTube stunt, authorities said. — Monalisa Perez was arrested …
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Refinery29, The Verge, New York Magazine, NBC News, Daily Wire and Althouse
CNN:
Obama's jeans game gets strong(er) — (CNN)"The truth is, generally I look very sharp in jeans." — Barack Obama, 2014. — While the statement wasn't one of then-President Obama's most important pronouncements during his time in office, it was one of the most questionable, from a truth perspective.
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Mediaite
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
CNN Politics: 'Obama's Jeans Game Gets Strong(er)'
Msft-Mmpc / Windows Security:
New ransomware, old techniques: Petya adds worm capabilities — ★★★★ ★ — On June 27, 2017 reports of a ransomware infection began spreading across Europe. We saw the first infections in Ukraine, where more than 12,500 machines encountered the threat.
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NPR, Comae Technologies, Mashable, Lawfare, Motherboard, The Verge, Forbes, Securelist, New York Times and Balloon Juice, more at Techmeme »
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Matt Suiche / Comae Technologies:
Petya.2017 is a wiper not a ransomware
Petya.2017 is a wiper not a ransomware
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Axios, Current DDoS Attacks, CNET, Threat Intel, Securelist, The Verge, Lawfare and Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump seizes the advantage in war with media — White House staffers were ‘elated’ when they heard that three CNN journalists had resigned over a botched story. — Donald Trump and his allies believe he's gained a tactical advantage in his war with the media.
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Mediaite, Media Matters for America, IJR, Daily Kos and No More Mister Nice Blog
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Lawrence Smith / WDRB 41 Louisville News:
Gov. Matt Bevin publicly signs bill allowing Kentucky's public schools to teach the Bible — FRANKFORT, Ky. (WDRB) — Public schools in Kentucky can soon teach reading, writing and the book of Revelation. — At the Capitol on Tuesday, Gov. Matt Bevin gave his public “Amen” to a bill allowing Bible courses in public schools.
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Raw Story, TheBlaze, Conservative News Today, The Daily Caller, Fusion and WCMH-TV
Emma Pettit / Arkansas Online:
Arrest made after Ten Commandments monument at Arkansas Capitol toppled, shattered — A 6-foot-tall stone Ten Commandments monument installed Tuesday on the Arkansas Capitol grounds was toppled less than 24 hours later after a 32-year-old Arkansas man drove a vehicle into the statue, police said.
Maxine Bernstein / Oregonian:
LaVoy Finicum shooting: FBI agent indicted for alleged false statements — Slow-motion video of gunshot FBI allegedly lied about in LaVoy Finicum confrontation — An FBI agent has been indicted on federal accusations that he lied about firing at Robert “LaVoy” Finicum last year …
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Maxine Bernstein / Oregonian:
FBI agent faces 5-count indictment in LaVoy Finicum shooting investigation
FBI agent faces 5-count indictment in LaVoy Finicum shooting investigation
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Talking Points Memo, The Guardian and Daily Wire
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Gorsuch's First Anti-Gay Dissent Has a Huge Factual Error—and Terrible, Dishonest Logic — On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled the Constitution requires states to list same-sex parents on their child's birth certificates. The decision was predictable: In Obergefell v. Hodges …
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Bloomberg, Above the Law and Los Angeles Times
Reuters:
U.S. unveils enhanced airline security plan to avoid laptop ban — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on Wednesday unveiled enhanced security measures for foreign flights arriving in the United States in what officials said was a move that aims to end a limited in-cabin ban on laptops …
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The Verge, The Daily Caller, Fox News Insider and Engadget
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Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
Wrestling's new villain named himself ‘Progressive Liberal.’ Hillary's on his shirt. — It was a strange sight, even for the “sport” of professional wrestling. — A wrestler holding a microphone faced an Appalachian crowd before a match and began unleashing a torrent of insults …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Tillerson blows up at top White House aide — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's frustrations with the White House have been building for months. Last Friday, they exploded. — The normally laconic Texan unloaded on Johnny DeStefano, the head of the presidential personnel office …
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Authorities to investigate Jay Sekulow nonprofit after ‘troubling’ revelations — Authorities in two states are looking into a nonprofit led by an attorney to Donald Trump, after the Guardian reported it had steered tens of millions of dollars to the attorney, his family and their businesses.
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Media Matters for America, Mediaite and Media Matters for America
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
What the latest James O'Keefe video leaves out — Conservative activist James O'Keefe caused a stir on Tuesday with the release of a secretly recorded video that purports to show a CNN producer casting doubt on his network's coverage of possible collusion between President Trump's associates and Russian officials.
Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
CNN Anchor: Trump Putting Journalists In Danger; “Declaration Of War On Media” Has “Emboldened” War Zones — CNN's Clarissa Ward, a foreign correspondent, served as guest co-host on Wednesday's broadcast of CNN's News Day. Ward fretted “people” in war zones have been “emboldened” …
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The Gateway Pundit
Arne Delfs / Bloomberg:
Video Feed of Commerce Chief Wilbur Ross Cut Off Mid-Speech in Berlin — Organizers fade out Wilbur Ross video feed to cheers, applause — Episode hints at German frustration ahead of G-20 summit — The U.S. commerce secretary was cut off in mid-speech during a video feed to an event hosted …
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Washington Post, Talking Points Memo and CNBC
Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:
Condoleezza Rice: Trump stands for American values and seeks to act in the best interests of the US — President Trump may sound different than other presidents, but he puts the nation first, the former secretary of State argues. — Russia, in the context of the election meddling …
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SARAH PALIN, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Associated Press
Justin Miller / American Prospect:
Kansas, Sam Brownback, and the Trickle-Down Implosion — This article appears in the Summer 2017 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. — Near midnight on Tuesday, June 6, a number of Republicans in the Kansas legislature did something that few other elected Republicans had done in years: They acted responsibly.
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Washington Monthly