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11:15 AM ET, May 6, 2017

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Reuters:
France's Macron campaign emails appear to be leaked online  —  A large trove of emails from the campaign of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron was posted online late on Friday, 1-1/2 days before voters go to the polls to choose the country's next president in a run-off against far-right rival Marine Le Pen.
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Mark Scott / New York Times:
U.S. Far-Right Activists Promote Hacking Attack Against Macron  —  After months of trying to move the political needle in favor of Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election, American far-right activists on Saturday threw their weight behind a hacking attack against her rival …
Discussion: Althouse, VentureBeat and The Week
Lizzie Dearden / The Independent:   Emmanuel Macron hacked emails: French media ordered by electoral commission not to publish content of messages
James McAuley / Washington Post:
France starts probing ‘massive’ hack of emails and documents reported by Macron campaign
Discussion: Hot Air and Politico
Reuters:
French candidate Macron claims massive hack as emails leaked
Discussion: Politico
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Le Pen Is Just A Gargantuan Polling Error Behind Macron
Aurelien Breeden / New York Times:
Macron Campaign Says It Was Target of ‘Massive’ Hacking Attack
Discussion: The Week and Mother Jones
BBC:
Macron condemns ‘massive’ hacking attack
Discussion: The Verge and The Atlantic
Emily Rauhala / Washington Post:
In a Beijing ballroom, Kushner family flogs $500,000 ‘investor visa’ to wealthy Chinese  —  BEIJING — The Kushner family came to the United States as refugees, worked hard and made it big — and if you invest in Kushner properties, so can you.  —  That was the message delivered Saturday …
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Ruth Brown / Idaho Statesman:
Labrador: 'Nobody dies because they don't have access to health care'  —  A statement made by U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador during a town hall meeting Friday morning has drawn criticism by those challenging his stance on health care.  —  After a woman suggested that the lack of health care …
Discussion: Raw Story, Joe.My.God. and theGrio
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Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
GOP rep: 'Nobody dies because they don't have access to healthcare'  —  Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) drew intense jeers at a town hall Friday when he defended the GOP's ObamaCare repeal plan by claiming nobody dies due to lack of access to health care.  —  One day after the House passed …
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Blame it on Trumpcare  —  Call it Obamacare, Trumpcare or GOPcare, but Republicans now own health care.  —  The House Republican vote Thursday to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act means the GOP now has to answer for every problem with the health care law: the premium increases due …
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CNN:
Republicans defend having no women in health care group  —  Cassidy: Health bill should pass Kimmel test  —  Washington (CNN)Just hours after House Republicans managed to pass a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, the Senate is signaling it will write its own proposal …
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
G.O.P. House Candidate in Montana Is Caught on Tape Praising Health Bill  —  WASHINGTON — When Greg Gianforte, the Republican running for an open House seat in Montana, was asked on Thursday whether he would have supported the bill repealing the Affordable Care Act that passed the House that day, he declined to answer.
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Mary Katharine Ham / The Federalist:   You May Like Obamacare, But Don't Forget About The People It's Hurt
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Gov. Scott Walker would consider dropping fed pre-existing condition coverage rules for Wisconsin
David Nather / Axios:
Walker considers waiving pre-existing condition rules
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
The Daily Beast:
Trump and Bannon ‘Personally Intervened’ to Save Seb Gorka … When the White House backed off its efforts to dump Sebastian Gorka on another federal agency, the controversial counterterrorism advisor had the president himself to thank, The Daily Beast has learned.
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Georgia special election smashes all-time spending record  —  It's official: Georgia's special election will be the most expensive House race in U.S. history.  —  Candidates and outside groups have aired or reserved more than $29.7 million worth of TV ads in the race to replace HHS Secretary Tom Price …
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Washington Post:
Flynn was warned by Trump transition officials about contacts with Russian ambassador  —  Former national security adviser Michael Flynn was warned by senior members of then President-elect Donald Trump's transition team about the risks of his contacts with the Russian ambassador weeks …
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Kurt Eichenwald: I Want Republicans To Watch Their Families Lose Insurance And Die  —  MSNBC Guest Reamed Out After Dropping The S-Bomb On Live TV  —  ICE Seeks To Deport Soccer Coach Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 7-Year Old Girl  —  'IT'S RACISM!'  Wanda Sykes Knows The Real Reason Republicans Want To Repeal Obamacare
Discussion: Geller Report
Michael Stratford / Politico:
Trump suggests financing for historically black colleges may be unconstitutional  —  President Donald Trump signaled Friday that he may not implement a 25-year-old federal program that helps historically black colleges finance construction projects on their campuses, suggesting that it may run afoul of the Constitution.
Discussion: The Root and Occupy Democrats
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Stephanie McNeal / BuzzFeed:
This Teen's Dad Told Her She Was Dead To Him For Going To Prom With A Black Friend  —  Anna Hayes is a high school senior from a small town in southern Arkansas called Lake Village.  She told BuzzFeed News that racism is a big issue in her community. … Unfortunately, Anna said that bigotry extends to her own family.
Discussion: Raw Story and PerezHilton
JSOnline:
Hacked records show Bradley Foundation taking its conservative Wisconsin model national  —  By Daniel Bice of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  —  Long a player on the national stage, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation in Milwaukee has been quietly using its vast resources to construct state …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and EXPOSEDbyCMD
New York Times:
Police Officer Who Fatally Shot 15-Year-Old Texas Boy Is Charged With Murder  —  BALCH SPRINGS, Tex. — A police officer in a Dallas suburb who fired his rifle into a car full of teenagers leaving a party last Saturday, killing a boy in the front passenger seat, was charged with murder on Friday.
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump busting presidential norms with weekend getaways  —  Forget the occasional skeet shooting trip to Camp David or golf outing at Andrews Air Force Base.  President Donald Trump has established a new normal for a commander in chief's leisure time by spending his 14th consecutive weekend at one of his gold-plated properties.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
FCC to investigate, ‘take appropriate action’ on Colbert's Trump rant  —  Late night talk show host Stephen Colbert's controversial joke about President Trump drew the attention of the Federal Communications Commission.  The agency received “a number” of complaints about Colbert's commentary earlier …
 
 
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