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2:00 PM ET, February 27, 2017

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Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
George W. Bush opens up on Trump's war with the media, Russia and travel ban  —  In his first in-depth interview since Donald Trump's inauguration, former President George W. Bush gave his take on the current commander in chief's first month in office, addressing Trump's attack on the media …
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Jeff Poor / Breitbart:
Bush 43 on Trump Travel Ban: ‘A Bedrock of Our Freedom Is the Right to Worship Freely’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Trump: ‘Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated’  —  President Donald Trump on Monday claimed that “nobody knew that health care could be so complicated,” and again flirted with the idea that Republicans should let Obamacare “implode” so that Democrats shoulder the blame.
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Wall Street Journal:
GOP's New Plan to Repeal Obamacare: Dare Fellow Republicans to Block Effort  —  GOP lawmakers gamble that setting bill in motion to strike Affordable Care Act will help break through intraparty disagreements  —  WASHINGTON—Republican leaders are betting that the only way for Congress …
Soumya Karlamangla / Los Angeles Times:
With Obamacare in jeopardy, California considers going it alone with ‘single-payer’ system  —  Michelle Klein-Hass, who lives in Panorama City, was newly insured under Medi-Cal when Obamacare expanded it in 2014, and is also a supporter of a single-payer system.  (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)
Oren Cass / National Review:
No, Obamacare Has Not Saved American Lives  —  The arguments of the law's defenders don't stand up to scrutiny.  —  Repealing the Affordable Care Act, Democrats say, will “make America sick again.”  Bernie Sanders warns “36,000 people will die yearly as a result.”
Discussion: Instapundit
CBS News:
Ohio Gov. Kasich says House conservatives may cause “problem” passing Obamacare replacement
Discussion: Axios and BizPac Review
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
A divided White House still offers little guidance on replacing Obamacare
Axios:
Exclusive: Spicer arranged CIA, GOP intelligence push-back  —  White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer personally picked up the phone and connected outside officials with reporters to try to discredit a New York Times article about Trump campaign aides' contact with Russia …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Sean Spicer is losing his grip  —  Never let it be said that President Trump and his underlings don't work hard, especially when it comes to initiatives aimed at smearing and stymieing the White House press corps.  Let's look at this crew's throughput over just the past three days.
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
House Intelligence chairman denies evidence of Trump team's ties to Russia  —  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes denied on Monday morning that there was any evidence from the intelligence community of contacts between Trump campaign officials and Russian operatives.
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Claim: Reporter laughs at Trump aide's emotion over SEAL death  —  A Sunday Politico story about President Trump's press secretary cracking down on media leaks included a claim that the top-ranked woman in the White House communications office cried in frustration.
Variety:
Oscars: Australian Producer Jan Chapman Devastated by Mistaken In-Memoriam Photo  —  Another Oscars Gaffe: In Memoriam Video Included Photo of Living Woman  —  Leading Australian producer, Jan Chapman was “devastated” by another mistake in the Oscars telecast.
USA Today:
Here's how the worst flub in Oscar history went down  —  Oscar got it wrong, wrong, soooo wrong.  The presenters announced the wrong Best Picture; Moonlight was the winner, not La La Land.  —  It was the biggest, most embarrassing, most awkward mistake in the history of the Academy Awards …
Discussion: Washington Post and Taylor Marsh
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Monica Hesse / Washington Post:   'There's a mistake. ‘Moonlight,’ you guys won.': An Oscars shocker, in more ways than one
Michael Rothman / ABC News:
‘Moonlight’ wins best picture after ‘La La Land’ mistakenly announced
Megan Garvey / Los Angeles Times:
Correction: ‘Moonlight’ wins best picture. ‘La La Land’ was read in error
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Balloon Juice
Bloomberg:
Trump to Propose 10% Defense Increase in Budget Plan, Aides Say  —  Officials say other discretionary programs to face cuts  —  Mnuchin said Sunday that entitlement programs won't be touched  —  President Donald Trump will propose boosting defense spending by $54 billion in his first budget plan …
Discussion: Vox, Reuters and Axios
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New York Times:
Trump to Ask for Sharp Increases in Military Spending, Officials Say
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Trump to propose 10 percent spike in defense spending, massive cuts to other agencies
Monica Davey / New York Times:
He's a Local Pillar in a Trump Town.  Now He Could Be Deported.  —  WEST FRANKFORT, Ill. — Ask residents of this coal-mining crossroads about President Trump's decision to crack down on undocumented immigrants and most offer no protest.  Mr. Trump, who easily won this mostly white southern Illinois county …
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and Eschaton
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
The DNC isn't enough: Democrats demand more leadership changes  —  ATLANTA — The race for the Democratic National Committee leadership is over, resolved with a Tom Perez chairmanship and a deputy role for Keith Ellison that momentarily quelled even the angriest Bernie Sanders-wing protesters in the room.
Discussion: Common Dreams, ABC News and The Hill
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Donna Brazile: ‘I was scared’
Discussion: Hot Air and TheBlaze
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Democrats predict anti-Trump ‘tsunami’ in 2018 governor's races  —  THE BIG IDEA: As a House freshman, Jay Inslee lost reelection in 1994 because of voter frustration with Bill Clinton's first two years as president.  Tom Foley, who represented an adjacent district …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:   Primary for Virginia Governor Tests Power of an Anti-Trump Campaign
Timothy Noah / Politico:
Puzder says ‘tsunami of fake news’ defeated him  —  Former labor secretary nominee Andrew Puzder on Monday blamed “a tsunami of fake news” and a campaign by Democrats and the left for ending his nomination.  —  Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, which owns Hardee's and Carl's Jr. …
Philly.com:
‘Beyond belief’: 75-100 headstones toppled at Jewish cemetery  —  Stacy Silver prayed as she drove with her husband to Mount Carmel Cemetery in Philadelphia's Wissinoming section Sunday: Please don't let my mother and great-grandmother be among the victims.  —  When Silver, 50, of Cherry Hill …
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
‘Stand together against this bigotry’: Another Jewish cemetery vandalized and again Muslims reach out to help
Discussion: Common Dreams and 6abc.com
 
 
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump: 'I haven't called Russia in 10 years'
Discussion: RedState
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
CUNY admin allegedly said there were ‘too many Jews’ on his staff
Discussion: Gothamist
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Obamascare: 60% of online Obamacare defenders ‘paid to post’ hits on critics
Stan Collender / Forbes:
Trump's Promised Economic Stimulus Won't Happen This Year
Bloomberg:
Donald Trump Has Inspired a New Golden Age of Late-Night Comedy
Patrick J. McDonnell / Los Angeles Times:
On the other side of the wall: Mexicans on the border are ‘psychologically traumatized’
Discussion: The Week
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Trump's Alpha Male Foreign Policy
 Earlier Items: 
Stu Woo / Wall Street Journal:
Supersmart Robots Will Outnumber Humans Within 30 Years, Says SoftBank CEO
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Instapundit
Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:
Geert Wilders, Reclusive Provocateur, Rises Before Dutch Vote
New York Times:
Missing: Donald Trump's Trillion-Dollar Infrastructure Plan
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Many Americans Disapprove of Trump But Are Open to His Agenda, Poll Finds
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Trump, Archenemy of Truth
Discussion: Raw Story
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
These Iowans voted for Trump. Many of them are already disappointed.
Discussion: NBC News and Outside the Beltway
 

 
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