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4:00 PM ET, May 6, 2017

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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 …
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
WATCH: Idaho town hall erupts after GOP lawmaker says ‘no one dies’ from lack of health care  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Voters attending a packed town hall in Idaho booed and shouted down their Republican congressman after he attempted to defend the House passing …
Discussion: theGrio
Paul McLeod / BuzzFeed:
Here's What Is Actually True And False About The Republicans' Health Care Plan  —  There's a lot of confusion out there after House Republicans passed their health care plan on Thursday.  Here's what it really means.  —  Reporting From  —  Washington, DC
Mary Katharine Ham / The Federalist:
You May Like Obamacare, But Don't Forget About The People It's Hurt  —  You may know me as a political pundit and writer who has spoken publicly about how the Affordable Care Act negatively affected my family.  What you might not know is two years ago, I was a seven-month-pregnant widow …
WBAY-TV:
WATCH: Governor, Outagamie Co. Executive get into spat over health care
Discussion: ABC News and Raw Story
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
GOP rep: 'Nobody dies because they don't have access to healthcare'
Discussion: Shareblue and Talking Points Memo
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 …
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New York Times:
Jared Kushner's Sister Highlights Family Ties in Pitch to Chinese Investors  —  BEIJING — Jared Kushner has said that he has stepped away from the day-to-day business of his family's real estate company while he serves as a senior adviser to his father-in-law, President Trump.
Zeynep Tufekci / BuzzFeed:
Dear France: You Just Got Hacked.  Don't Make The Same Mistakes We Did.  —  A brief guide to the information wars.  —  Ooh, la la. So, it happened to you too.  The frontrunning presidential candidate got hacked, and all his emails are dumped online in one giant cache.  WikiLeaks is tweeting about it.
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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 …
Lizzie Dearden / The Independent:   Emmanuel Macron hacked emails: French media ordered by electoral commission not to publish content of messages
Reuters:
French candidate Macron claims massive hack as emails leaked
Discussion: Politico
James McAuley / Washington Post:
France starts probing ‘massive’ hack of emails and documents reported by Macron campaign
Discussion: The Atlantic, Hot Air and Politico
Reuters:
France's Macron campaign emails appear to be leaked online
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Obamacare repeal vote upends 2018 House landscape  —  This week's vote to replace Obamacare has scrambled the 2018 House landscape, jeopardizing Republican lawmakers across the country and potentially endangering the party's longstanding grip on the chamber.
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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 …
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Cruz: ‘Catastrophic’ if Senate fails to pass ObamaCare repeal  —  (R-Texas) acknowledged on Saturday that Senate Republicans face an uphill battle to pass an ObamaCare repeal bill, warning that a failure to do so would be “catastrophic.”  —  “For seven years the Republicans have been promising …
Discussion: RedState
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Ben Sasse / Wall Street Journal:
How to Raise an American Adult  —  Many young Americans today are locked in perpetual adolescence.  Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse on how he and his wife are encouraging their own children to become fully formed, independent grown-ups
USA Today:
Rape charges dropped against immigrant teens … ROCKVILLE, Md. — Prosecutors said Friday they are dropping charges against two Hispanic teens accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in a Maryland high school bathroom.  The case caught the attention of the White House.
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Democrats tackle the ‘big rebuild’  —  The Democratic National Committee headquarters remains mostly empty, devoid of almost any senior staff.  It has a new chairman, Tom Perez, but there's still no executive director.  There's a completely new organizational chart, but the gutted political …
Discussion: Liberal Values
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.
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Frank Pallotta / CNNMoney:
FCC is reviewing complaints about Colbert's Trump jokes. But that's its job
Patrick Tucker / GovExec.com:
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Tom Moran / New Jersey Online:
This N.J. Republican just lost any claim of being a moderate | Moran
Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Post
Alan Gustman / Front Page Magazine:
Dartmouth Appoints Anti-Semitic Terrorist Enabler As Its New Dean
Colin Butcher / The Guardian:
Experience: my dog rescues cats
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Kurt Eichenwald: I Want Republicans To Watch Their Families Lose Insurance And Die
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JSOnline:
Hacked records show Bradley Foundation taking its conservative Wisconsin model national
Discussion: Hullabaloo and EXPOSEDbyCMD
Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
‘The time has come to treat the Second Amendment as a real constitutional right’
Discussion: Above the Law
New York Times:
Police Officer Who Fatally Shot 15-Year-Old Texas Boy Is Charged With Murder
Stephanie McNeal / BuzzFeed:
This Teen's Dad Told Her She Was Dead To Him For Going To Prom With A Black Friend
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Tim Nudd / Ad Age:
Apple apologizes for the “Crush” iPad Pro ad and scraps plans to run it on TV; Apple's VP of marketing communications Tor Myhren says “we missed the mark”

Anna Tong / Reuters:
Sources: OpenAI plans to announce its AI-powered search product on May 13

Bloomberg:
Microsoft plans to launch its mobile game store in July on the web, first with its own games including Candy Crush Saga, and later open it to other publishers

 
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