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Haley Byrd / IJR:
Republicans Attempt to Buy Murkowski's Vote in New Draft of Health Care Bill  —  A Republican Senate aide told Independent Journal Review Thursday that Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) are attempting to buy Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski's support through new changes …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Cassidy-Graham could still blow up in the GOP's face.  Here's how.  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  If this morning's reporting is accurate, zombie Trumpcare still appears to have a reasonable chance of passing.  But there is one scenario in which the Cassidy-Graham repeal bill could not just fail …
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
State-by-State Estimates of Changes in Federal Spending on Health Care Under the Graham-Cassidy Bill  —  A new health care bill recently introduced by a number of senators led by Senators Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy would repeal major elements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) …
Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
The G.O.P. Bill Forces States to Build Health Systems From Scratch.  That's Hard.  —  In 2003, health care policy makers in Massachusetts agreed that the state should build a system to expand coverage to its uninsured residents.  —  It took four years before Romneycare was fully up and running.
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Graham-Cassidy needs to pass this final test before it can come to a vote
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Republicans aren't voting for Graham-Cassidy. They're just voting for Obamacare repeal.
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Insurers Come Out Swinging Against New Republican Health Care Bill
Washington Post:
Facebook to give Congress copies of 3,000 political ads bought through Russian accounts, reversing previous decision  —  BY WASHINGTON POST STAFF September 21 at 3:26 PM  —  The company had previously shown some of the ads to Capitol Hill investigators but took back copies …
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Ali Watkins / Politico:
Facebook agrees to release Russian-purchased ads, pledges deeper look at 2016 election  —  Facebook has struck a deal with Capitol Hill investigators to release ads purchased by Russians to influence the 2016 presidential campaign, while CEO Mark Zuckerberg vowed Thursday to take further steps to protect …
Discussion: ABC News and Daily Kos
Mark Zuckerberg:
I just went live a minute ago.  Here's what I said:  —  Today is my first day back in the office after taking parental leave.  It was really special to be with Priscilla and August after she was born, and to get to spend some more time with Max.  —  While I was out on leave …
New York Times:   Facebook to Turn Over Russian-Linked Ads to Congress
Mike Allen / Axios:
Another potential Mueller honey pot: Spicer's notebooks  —  The Watergate resonance of the Bob Mueller probe rose this week with a CNN report that the special counsel has details of wiretaps of “former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort under secret court orders before and after the election.”
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Jonathan Capriel / Tampa Bay Times:
Tampa girl, 4, dies of gunshot reaching for candy  —  TAMPA — One day last week, 4-year-old Yanelly Zoller reached into her grandmother's purse looking for candy, her father says.  —  Instead, she found a gun.  She accidently pulled the trigger and was shot in the chest.
CNN:
Senate candidate Roy Moore in 2005: ‘Homosexual conduct should be illegal’  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Roy Moore, a Republican US Senate candidate in Alabama, said in a 2005 interview that he believes “homosexual conduct” should be illegal.  —  Moore, a hardline conservative Christian …
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Roy Moore disrupts Alabama Senate race — and prepares for new level of defiance in Washington
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Geoffrey Skelley / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Unsweet Home Alabama
Discussion: US News and Financial Times
John Irish / Reuters:
Iran regional behavior means nuclear deal not enough: Macron  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday the Iran nuclear deal was not enough given that Tehran had increased its influence in the region and pressed ahead with ballistic missile tests …
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John Cassidy / New Yorker:
There is No Trump Doctrine, Only Contradictions and Bluster
Discussion: Salon, CNN, The Federalist and CNBC
New York Times:
Law Firm Faces Questions for Ukraine Work With Manafort  —  WASHINGTON — Five years ago, Paul Manafort arranged for a prominent New York-based law firm to draft a report that was used by allies of his client, Viktor Yanukovych, the Russia-aligned president of Ukraine, to justify the jailing of a political rival.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Manafort planning to leave US — as Mueller's team prepares to indict him in Russia probe  —  Paul Manafort is planning to leave the country soon, after he was reportedly notified that he will be indicted by federal prosecutors working for special counsel Robert Mueller.
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Noor Al-Sibai / Raw Story:
Ex-CIA chief stuns Nicole Wallace: It's ‘absolutely’ possible Russia ‘dispatched Manafort to the Trump campaign’
The Unz Review:
America's Jews Are Driving America's Wars  —  Shouldn't they recuse themselves when dealing with the Middle East?  —  I spoke recently at a conference on America's war party where afterwards an elderly gentleman came up to me and asked, “Why doesn't anyone ever speak honestly about the six-hundred-pound gorilla in the room?
Ryan Struyk / CNN:
Trump's approval again reaches 40% after positive reaction to hurricane response  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's approval rating has once again reached 40%, while earning high marks for his handling of the government's response to recent hurricanes, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.
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Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed:
Trump Supporters Quietly Built A Massive List With The Personal Information Of Thousands Of People  —  The list began traveling the dark corners of the internet around April as a scattered collection of names, addresses, phone numbers and social media accounts.  It's now a massive organized database of thousands of people.
Discussion: Raw Story
Daily Oklahoman:
Neighbor of disabled man shot and killed by police says family will hire attorney  —  A man who witnessed a police officer shoot and kill his disabled neighbor said he does not think the shooting was justified and that the family of the man killed is planning to hire an attorney.
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James Doubek / NPR:
Oklahoma City Police Fatally Shoot Deaf Man Despite Yells Of 'He Can't Hear'
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Behind the Senate GOP's high-stakes health-care gamble: Unrelenting criticism back home  —  (Michael Reynolds/European Pressphoto Agency/EFE/Rex/Shutterstock)  —  Senate Republicans have made a calculated decision: Better to fail again trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act then not to try at all.
Maria Danilova / Associated Press:
On work trips, DeVos flies on her plane at own expense  —  https://www.apnews.com/1d4ce18cd0d844a8 9f1dde11e04c09fa  —  Link copied!  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos flies on her personal plane at her own expense when she visits schools around the country …
Julia Horowitz / CNNMoney:
Bill Gates: Sorry about Control-Alt-Delete  —  Bill & Melinda Gates: Keeping score of global goals  —  Bill Gates is sorry that he made it so annoying to log in to your computer.  —  The billionaire Microsoft (MSFT, Tech30) co-founder admitted Wednesday that the Control-Alt-Delete function originally used …
Discussion: AOL
Keith Matheny / Detroit Free Press:
Study: Flint water killed unborn babies; many moms who drank it couldn't get pregnant  —  Babies born in Flint after switch to river water also nearly 150 grams lighter than those born in other areas of Michigan, and gained less weight.  —  CONNECT  —  The city of Flint saw fewer pregnancies …
Discussion: Daily Kos, The Root and The Week
 
 
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Everton Bailey Jr. / Oregonian:
Oregon lawmakers demand investigation, apology over mistaken ICE stop
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Jennifer Kabbany / The College Fix:
Princeton's campus newspaper disbands editorial board after string of right-leaning opinions
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