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Matt Fuller / HuffPost:
House Republicans Weigh Another Health Care Amendment  —  But will it be enough to get them over the finish line?  —  WASHINGTON House GOP leaders, unable to find the votes for their health care bill simply by pressuring reluctant Republicans, are now considering changes that will win over moderates.
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Haley Byrd / IJR:
Moderate Holdouts Offered $8 Billion Extra for Stability Fund to get Their Votes on Health Care  —  A GOP source close to the health care negotiations told Independent Journal Review late Tuesday night that moderate Reps. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Billy Long (R-Mo.) have been offered $8 billion …
Politico:
GOP changing health bill as Trump leans in hard
Discussion: Vox
New York Times:
G.O.P. Scrambles as a Crucial Voice Shuns the Latest Health Bill
Robert Bluey / Heritage Foundation:
Statement From the Chairman of Heritage's Board of Trustees  —  Vice President, Publishing & Editor in Chief, Daily Signal … The Heritage Foundation's Board of Trustees, by a unanimous vote, has asked for and received the resignation of Jim DeMint as president and CEO of the organization.
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
The real reason Jim DeMint got the boot
Discussion: twitchy.com and Political Wire
Associated Press:
Heritage, key Trump White House ally, overthrows leader
Discussion: Politico
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
White House aims for Thursday signing of religious liberty executive order  —  President Donald Trump has invited conservative leaders to the White House on Thursday for what they expect will be the ceremonial signing of a long-awaited—and highly controversial—executive order on religious liberty …
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
In the Trump White House, the momentum has turned against the Paris climate agreement
Discussion: Politico, Axios, The Week and Climate Depot
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Trump set to sign religious liberty order: report
Discussion: RedState
David Weigel / Washington Post:
This one Clinton quote shows why her supporters hate the media  —  It was hardly the headline from Hillary Clinton's interview with Christiane Amanpour — it came near the end of a 35-minute session — but one comment from the 2016 Democratic nominee perfectly illustrated why liberals remain furious at how the campaign was covered.
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:   Clinton, Trump can't stop airing their 2016 grievances
Jesse Singal / New York Magazine:
This Is What a Modern-Day Witch Hunt Looks Like  —  In late March, Hypatia, a feminist-philosophy journal, published an article titled “In Defense of Transracialism” by Rebecca Tuvel, an assistant professor of philosophy at Rhodes College in Memphis, as part of its spring 2017 issue.
Discussion: Daily Nous
Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Shut up, Jimmy Kimmel, you elitist creep  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  —  This is why America hates Hollywood.  —  Late night “funny” man Jimmy Kimmel delivered a heart-wrenching monologue Monday night that every mother and every father could relate to.  —  In the emotion-drunk moments last month …
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
CNN panel goes off the rails after conservative calls Jimmy Kimmel's emotional healthcare appeal ‘cheap’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Conservative Matt Lewis opened up a can of worms on “Anderson Cooper 360” by mildly criticizing ABC late show host Jimmy Kimmel's appeal …
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
What you need to know about the GOP plan and pre-existing conditions  —  Health care coverage for pre-existing conditions has been a major sticking point in the negotiations around the new GOP health care plan — and a source of mixed messages from Republicans and Democrats about what the bill would actually do.
Discussion: Politico, Political Wire and Mediaite
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Dr. Susan Berry / Breitbart:
Paul Ryan: ‘Planned Parenthood Is Not Funded’ in Budget Reconciliation Bill
Discussion: Speaker.gov
Allen St. John / Consumer Reports:
How the Affordable Care Act Drove Down Personal Bankruptcy  —  Expanded health insurance helped cut the number of filings by half  —  As legislators and the executive branch renew their efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act this week, they might want to keep in mind …
Discussion: The Big Picture and Balloon Juice
CNN:
Sources: Former Acting AG Yates to contradict administration about Flynn at hearing  —  Washington (CNN)Former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates is prepared to testify before a Senate panel next week that she gave a forceful warning to the White House regarding then-National Security Advisor …
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Why Democrats secretly want an Obamacare repeal vote  —  House Democrats think they've finally found their path back to power: Republicans voting to repeal Obamacare.  —  Yes, the best thing to happen to House Democrats since they pushed through the sprawling health care law …
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Justice Department will not charge Baton Rouge officers in fatal shooting of Alton Sterling  —  The Justice Department has decided not to bring charges against the officers involved in the death of Alton Sterling, whose videotaped shooting by police in Baton Rouge last summer prompted unrest across the city …
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Mark Graham / Decider:
Stephen Colbert's Shocking Attack On Trump Concludes With A Homophobic Slur … Once the clock struck midnight on Donald Trump's 100 days in office, Stephen Colbert's claws came out.  He delivered his most vicious attack on the President to date during the monologue of Monday night's …
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Warren polishes national profile ahead of 2020  —  When Donald Trump suggested to a National Rifle Association crowd in Atlanta on Friday that he might face a challenge from Elizabeth Warren in three years, he voiced a thought shared by political pros on both sides.
Scott Alexander / Slate Star Codex:
Neutral vs. Conservative: The Eternal Struggle  —  I.  —  Vox's David Roberts writes about Donald Trump and the rise of tribal epistemology.  —  It's got a long and complicated argument which I can't really do justice to here, but the thesis seems to be that the US Right is defecting …
Discussion: EconLog
Kate Irby / The Charlotte Observer:
Why a Congress that's protesting wasteful spending wants $77 million more for itself  —  WASHINGTON  —  Republicans have spent years railing against excessive government spending.  Yet now that they're in charge of Congress and the White House, they're touting a plan that allows legislative branch spending …
Jennifer Emily / Dallas Morning News:
Balch Springs police fire Officer Roy Oliver, who fatally shot Jordan Edwards with rifle  —  Balch Springs police Tuesday fired the officer who fatally shot a 15-year-old as he was leaving a party.  —  Roy Oliver fired his rifle into a car of unarmed teens Saturday night as they drove away, fatally striking Jordan Edwards in the head.
Discussion: The Root, The Atlantic, Mother Jones, CNN and NPR
Carlos Lozada / Washington Post:
Before Michelle, Barack Obama asked another woman to marry him.  Then politics got in the way.  —  A massive new biography sheds light on the relationships, sacrifices and calculations that enabled the Obama presidency.  —  RISING STAR: The Making of Barack Obama  —  William Morrow.  1,460 pp.
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House scrambles to rebrand spending bill as Trump ‘win’  —  The Trump administration is doing damage control as Congress inches toward passage of a massive spending deal that ducks the president's most contentious demands.  —  Less than 48 hours after the funding bill's release …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump tries to claim border wall win in budget deal
Rosemary Regina Sobol / Chicago Tribune:
Two Chicago Police officers shot on the South Side  —  Tribune photo illustration  —  Two on-duty Chicago Police officers have been shot in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Tuesday night.  —  It happened about 9 p.m. in the 4300 block of South Ashland Avenue, police said.
 
 
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Beth Jinks / Bloomberg:
Etsy Targeted by Black-and-White for Review Including a Sale
Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
Georgia 2018: Abrams files paperwork to run for governor
Kimberly Yam / HuffPost:
Immigrant Legislator Breaks Down While Speaking Out Against Texas Immigration Bill
Fox News:
‘MOAB’ aftermath: Fox News tours site where Afghanistan bomb was dropped
Discussion: Daily Mail
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
Historian Timothy Snyder: “It's pretty much inevitable” that Trump will try to stage a coup and overthrow democracy
Discussion: Chicago Boyz and AOL
Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Trump's Army secretary nominee in jeopardy
Discussion: Business Insider
The Fund for American Studies:
NEW NATIONAL SURVEY: VAST, SILENT MAJORITY OF MILLENNIALS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL FREEDOMS
Discussion: RedState and TheBlaze
 Earlier Items: 
George Prayias / The Rush Limbaugh Show:
Vice President Calls the Show to Defend the Budget Deal
Discussion: Hot Air and Breitbart
CNN:
GOP candidate's husband shares image urging voters to ‘free the black slaves from the Democratic plantation’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
James Ball / BuzzFeed:
UK Defence Ministry Casts Doubt On Trump Aide's Military Service Claims
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook's Female Engineers Claim Gender Bias
 

 
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is preparing to fire CEO Bob Bakish as soon as Monday, after he lost the trust of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Some founders say TikTok ban won't impact creator economy startups much, as they have diversified across multiple platforms after Trump tried banning it in 2020

 
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