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6:15 PM ET, March 21, 2017

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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Trump to Republicans: Vote for Obamacare repeal or lose your seat  —  President Donald Trump arrived on Capitol Hill Tuesday morning with a stern message for Republicans who've been wobbly about dismantling Obamacare: Give me your vote or you may lose your seat in 2018.
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Freedom Caucus chairman shrugs off Trump warning on 2018  —  Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, says he's not worried about losing his seat in 2018 if the ObamaCare repeal plan fails.  —  “I serve at the pleasure of the people of western North Carolina …
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Trump to GOP critics of health care bill: 'I'm gonna come after you'  —  President Trump went to Capitol Hill on Tuesday morning to sell the House GOP leadership's plan to overhaul the health-care system as the legislation races toward an expected vote on the House floor by the end of this week.
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:   Trump's penchant for vengeance casts shadow on health care vote
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Top House Dem: Backers of GOP's health plan putting their seats at risk
Discussion: RedState
The Huffington Post:
Trump Fails To Close Deal On Health Care Repeal
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Spicer: Trump ‘had some fun’ with Mark Meadows comment
Discussion: Axios
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
House conservatives say they have the votes to defeat ObamaCare replacement
Discussion: RedState and Taylor Marsh
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
How the White House Got James Comey Wrong  —  Early on Monday morning, a couple of hours before the start of the first House Intelligence Committee hearing on Russia's involvement in the Presidential election, one of Donald Trump's closest White House advisers made a startling …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
The Russians Did Not ‘Hack The Election.’ Repeat.  The Russians Did Not ‘Hack The Election’  —  After FBI Director James Comey confirmed the existence of an investigation into potential ties between Donald Trump's campaign and Russia, conspiracy theorists rejoiced.  Yet it's almost certain they won't get what they desire.
Lawrence Richard / SARAH PALIN:
CONTROVERSY: Check Which Major Foundation FBI Director Has Connections To..  —  During his congressional hearing yesterday, Director James Comey of the Federal Bureau of Investigation did not face any heat from regarding a review which was released of his “professional history and relationships.”
Discussion: Raw Story and Sarah Palin
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Palin: Comey is ‘tainted’  —  Former Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) says FBI Director James Comey is “tainted” by ties to the Clinton Foundation.  —  “The swamp runs deep,” she wrote on Facebook.  “Where are congressional ‘investigators’ on this conflict of interest issue?”
Discussion: RedState
Ron Nixon / New York Times:
U.S. Limits Devices for Passengers on Foreign Airlines From Eight Countries  —  Passengers on foreign airlines headed to the United States from 10 airports in eight majority-Muslim countries have been barred from carrying electronic devices larger than a cellphone under a new flight restriction enacted …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
IJR suspends three over Obama conspiracy post
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Elana Schor / Politico:
Schumer calls for delaying Gorsuch vote because of Trump-Russia probe  —  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called for a delay of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch's confirmation on Tuesday given the ongoing FBI investigation into potential collusion between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russian officials.
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Comey drops a bombshell
Discussion: Politico
Fox News:
Chicago girl apparently gang-raped on Facebook Live, police say  —  A 15-year-old Chicago girl appeared to be the victim of a horrifying gang rape — by a group who streamed the attack on Facebook Live.  —  None of the roughly 40 people who watched the video called police about the attack, investigators said.
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Media Matters for America:
Andrew Napolitano's International Embarrassment Could Put Murdoch's Sky Bid In Jeopardy  —  The reason Fox News benched senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano isn't that he pushed a bogus conspiracy theory that the network was unable to confirm.  —  Wild fantasies are Napolitano's bread and butter.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Andrew Napolitano absent from Fox after citing anonymous spying claims
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Andrew Napolitano reportedly pulled from Fox News over debunked wiretapping claims
Paul Callan / CNN:
Judge Gorsuch and the frozen truck driver  — Callan: He should heed Scalia's oft-quoted words: “I'm an originalist and a textualist, not a nut”  —  Paul Callan is a CNN legal analyst, a former New York City homicide prosecutor and currently is of counsel at the New York law firm of Edelman & Edelman PC …
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Gorsuch Defends His ‘Unkind’ Opinion In So-Called Frozen Trucker Case
Discussion: Daily Kos
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Trump didn't lie, Jeffrey Lord says on CNN.  He just speaks a different language — ‘Americanese.’  —  It was a rough night for Jeffrey Lord, CNN's preeminent surrogate for President Trump.  —  During a panel discussion on “Anderson Cooper 360” Monday evening, Lord and seven …
Erin Corbett / Raw Story:
Michigan Republican caught plotting with aide to smear constituents as ‘un-American’ for booing him  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Michigan Rep. David Trott (R), who represents the state's 11th district, was met with nearly 1,000 constituents ready to confront him at a Town Hall meeting on March 18.
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
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The Sit and Spin Room with LOLGOP & Eclectablog:   HOT MIC MOMENT: Millionaire Republican Rep. Trott & team plan to portray constituents as “un-American” after townhall
Brian Ross / ABC News:
Russian mafia boss still at large after FBI wiretap at Trump Tower  —  There, indeed, was an FBI wiretap involving Russians at Trump Tower.  —  But it was not placed at the behest of Barack Obama and the target was not the Trump campaign of 2016.  For two years ending in 2013 …
Mike Moffitt / San Francisco Chronicle:
Spring breakers chant ‘Build that wall!’ during Cancun cruise  —  A Mexican newspaper condemned American spring breakers who reportedly chanted “Build that wall!” during a family show on a tourist ship off Cancun.  —  In an editorial Friday, the Yucatan Times called the singing during a …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski on Trump and Why ‘Everyone’ Should Ban Kellyanne Conway From TV  —  Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski long ago put to rest the notion that morning shows had to be fluffy and light to gain traction among the toast-and-orange juice crowd.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Gorsuch refuses Whitehouse's request to ask shadowy backers to reveal themselves  —  Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday pointedly refused Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse  —  's (D-R.I.) request that he publicly ask conservative donors funding …
Discussion: RedState and Common Dreams
 
 
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The Guardian:
Bank that lent $300m to Trump linked to Russian money laundering scam
Discussion: Raw Story
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Former DNC Official Partnered With Convicted Bomb Maker To Investigate Trump
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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Senate GOP Holdouts Split Into Camps on Obamacare Overhaul
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Seth A. Richardson / Reno Gazette-Journal:
Sharron Angle announces bid for Congress
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Peter Grant / Wall Street Journal:
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 Earlier Items: 
Jamil Dakwar / ACLU:
In an Unprecedented No-Show, the U.S. Pulls Out of Planned Human Rights Hearing
Discussion: Just Security and Common Dreams
Carimah Townes / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE DOCUMENTS: The disturbing secret history of the NYPD officer who killed Eric Garner
Discussion: Hit & Run
David Smith / The Guardian:
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on transgender row: ‘I have nothing to apologise for’
Discussion: The Daily Caller and theGrio
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
For Democrats, no clear leader
Discussion: Hot Air and AOL
Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
Fewer Americans Would Be Insured With G.O.P. Plan Than With Simple Repeal
Discussion: New York Magazine and Daily Wire
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Monasteries of the Mind
Discussion: Althouse
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Trump credits his Twitter wrath for Kaepernick's unemployment