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Scoop: Kevin McCarthy tells Trump new health care push makes no sense — Reflecting widespread concerns within his party, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has told President Trump he disagrees with the Trump administration's attempt to get the entire Affordable Care Act thrown out in court.
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New York Times:
In Divided White House, Trump Sided With Mulvaney in Push for Nullifying Health Act — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration's surprise decision to press for a court-ordered demolition of the Affordable Care Act came after a heated meeting in the Oval Office on Monday …
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Raw Story
Burgess Everett / Politico:
White House Obamacare reversal made over Cabinet objections — The Trump administration's surprising move to invalidate Obamacare on Monday came despite the opposition of two key Cabinet secretaries: Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Attorney General William Barr.
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Donald Trump is very committed to taking away your health insurance
Donald Trump is very committed to taking away your health insurance
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Shareblue Media, Off the Kuff, POLITICUSUSA, CNN and Contemptor
emptywheel:
The Roger Stone Indictment Proves Barr's Memo Understates Trump Flunkies' Complicity — I've made this point implicitly a few times, but it bears making explicitly. We have proof that Bill Barr's memo spins the known contents of the Mueller Report to minimize the complicity of Trump's flunkies.
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PolitiFact and NB Blog
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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
James Comey says he is confused by Mueller's decision on obstruction
James Comey says he is confused by Mueller's decision on obstruction
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Reuters, ABC News, Breitbart, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Axios, Raw Story, Washington Times and New York Post, more at Mediagazer »
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
‘Undoubtedly there is collusion’: Trump antagonist Adam Schiff doubles down after Mueller finds no conspiracy
‘Undoubtedly there is collusion’: Trump antagonist Adam Schiff doubles down after Mueller finds no conspiracy
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox's Judge Napolitano: ‘There Is Something There’ on Conspiracy in Mueller Report
Fox's Judge Napolitano: ‘There Is Something There’ on Conspiracy in Mueller Report
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Washington Post, The Bulwark and Quartz
Guy Benson / Townhall:
Whitewash: Cook County Clerk's Office Stunned as Smollett Case File Vanishes From Records System — Chicago is still reeling from yesterday's extraordinary development in the Jussie Smollett case, in which the office of the State's Attorney chose to drop all 16 felony charges against the disgraced actor.
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New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, CBS News and The Wrap
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Crime In Boystown / CWB Chicago:
Exclusive: Chicago Police Department's complete investigative file of Jussie Smollett case — CWBChicago is posting the complete Chicago Police Department investigative file on the Jussie Smollett “hate crime” investigation that we have received in response to a Freedom of Information Act request.
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Kim Foxx cleans Jussie Smollett up, the Chicago Way
Column: Kim Foxx cleans Jussie Smollett up, the Chicago Way
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Chicago, IL Patch, TMZ.com and twitchy.com
Susan Page / USA Today:
Barbara Bush: Did she still consider herself a Republican? 'I'd probably say no today.' — Barbara Bush, in a forthcoming book, had given up on the Republican Party. Susan Page expounds upon the story from her book, “The Matriarch.” — CONNECT — EXCLUSIVE: This story is adapted …
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The Daily Beast:
MSNBC's Trump-Russia Ratings Fizzle: ‘Time to Pivot to 2020’ — The Mueller report and its potential implications have driven the network's coverage—and monster ratings—for two years. Now it's ended with a whimper, leaving execs in a bind. — Attorney General William Barr's short …
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The Resistance Media Weren't Ready for This
The Resistance Media Weren't Ready for This
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Washington Post, patribotics and The Daily Beast
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller grand jury ‘continuing robustly,’ prosecutor says — The special counsel grand jury that investigated Russian collusion into the 2016 presidential election is “continuing robustly” despite the end of Robert Mueller's probe, a federal prosecutor said in court Wednesday.
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HillReporter.com, Daily Kos, Law & Crime, Raw Story, Vox and Political Wire
Motherboard:
Facebook Bans White Nationalism and White Separatism — After a civil rights backlash, Facebook will now treat white nationalism and separatism the same as white supremacy, and will direct users who try to post that content to a nonprofit that helps people leave hate groups.
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Washington Post:
Theresa May says she will resign as prime minister after she ‘delivers Brexit’ — BREAKING NEWS: The British leader bowed to pressure from her Conservative Party and said she will resign before the next phase of Brexit talks. She is seeking to win majority backing for her twice-rejected …
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Slate and The Guardian
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Des Moines Register:
EXCLUSIVE: Elizabeth Warren lays out plan to target corporate agriculture, support family farms — Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is taking aim at some of the nation's largest agribusiness companies, such as Tyson and Bayer-Monsanto, continuing her campaign's assault on corporate consolidation.
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Motherboard and Common Dreams, more at Techmeme »
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Five Trump trips to Mar-a-Lago would cover Betsy Devos's proposed Special Olympics cuts — It's not Education Secretary Betsy DeVos's fault that her department has to cut its budget. That's a mandate coming down from her boss, President Trump. — But DeVos is the one to make specific recommendations …
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Politico, Philly.com, Shareblue Media, ED News, Splinter, Rolling Stone, Raw Story and Detroit Free Press
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Doha Madani / NBC News:
Betsy DeVos grilled in Congress over proposed elimination of Special Olympics funding
Betsy DeVos grilled in Congress over proposed elimination of Special Olympics funding
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Washington Post, New York Times, Shakesville, KTLA, Fox News and Splinter
Los Angeles Times:
For Michael Avenatti, a luxury lifestyle built on a purported house of cards — Long before he was Stormy Daniels' lawyer, well before he was accused of trying to shake down Nike for millions of dollars, Michael Avenatti was an Orange County plaintiff's attorney living a luxe life adorned with fast cars …
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Washington Free Beacon
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
House Democrats make new push for 10 years of Trump's financial records — The House Oversight and Reform Committee is seeking 10 years of President Donald Trump's financial records from an accounting firm, according to a letter obtained by POLITICO. — The Democrat-led committee asked Mazars USA …
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The Daily Beast, Washington Post and Axios
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
129 seconds that perfectly explain why liberals go wild for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — (CNN)On the day that the Senate rejected — by a vote of 0-57 — the broad strokes of the so-called “Green New Deal,” New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D), one of the leading voices for the legislation …
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New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, twitchy.com, Paste, The Hill, Fox News and Shareblue Media
Washington Post:
U.S. has hit ‘breaking point’ at border amid immigration surge, Customs and Border Protection commissioner says — EL PASO — Outside a Border Patrol station overflowing with Central American families, the top U.S. border security official made an urgent appeal to lawmakers Wednesday …
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ABC News, Fox News, ABC7 and The American Mirror
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
CBP commissioner says the “breaking point has arrived” at border
CBP commissioner says the “breaking point has arrived” at border
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One America News Network
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Trump's Federal Reserve pick owes $75,000 in taxes, US government alleges — Stephen Moore disputes the IRS claim and says he is ‘eager to reach an agreement’ but has been frustrated by bureaucracy — Stephen Moore, the conservative economics commentator chosen by Donald Trump for a seat …
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Raw Story
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Stephen Moore says he's no Trump sycophant. But he sure sounds like one.
Stephen Moore says he's no Trump sycophant. But he sure sounds like one.
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New York Times, Splinter, CNBC and Talking Points Memo
Niklas Magnusson / Bloomberg:
Swedbank Laundering Case Explodes With Alleged Manafort Link — Swedish bank is now reportedly being investigated in the U.S. — Bank's headquarters in Stockholm were raided on Wednesday — The Swedbank AB money laundering scandal grew considerably more serious this week amid reports …
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Associated Press:
Gay sex and adultery will be punishable by stoning to death and thieves will be amputated under ‘vicious’ new Sharia laws brought in by Brunei — Brunei could start whipping or stoning gay people to death next week when strict new laws are introduced, human rights groups have warned.
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Sean McElwee / New York Times:
People Actually Like the Green New Deal — Mitch McConnell's show vote in the Senate on Tuesday rejected the plan, but Republicans may come to regret their mockery. — Mr. McElwee is one of the founders of Data for Progress. — Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader …
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Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, Curbed, Common Dreams and Mercury News
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
A job-scarce town struggles with Arkansas's first-in-nation Medicaid work rules — Marianna, ARK. — At the center of Court Square in this old Mississippi Delta town, the monument to the county's Confederate dead is inscribed: “No braver bled for a brighter land. No brighter land had a cause so grand.”
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Splinter
Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
Teen boys rated their female classmates based on looks. The girls fought back. — Yasmin Behbehani had just walked into her third-period health class when her friend asked her if she had seen the list. — “There's a list of the girls' names,” her friend Nicky Schmidt …
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Jezebel
Anna M. Phillips / Los Angeles Times:
How a couple worked charter school regulations to make millions — The warning signs appeared soon after Denise Kawamoto accepted a job at Today's Fresh Start Charter School in South Los Angeles. — Though she was fresh out of college, she was pretty sure it wasn't normal for the school …
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NorthJersey.com and Diane Ravitch's blog