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8:45 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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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Le Pen Is Just A Gargantuan Polling Error Behind Macron  —  Donald Trump was just a normal polling error behind Hillary Clinton on the eve of the 2016 presidential election.  The far-right National Front candidate in France, Marine Le Pen, by contrast, is an enormous, historic polling error behind …
Aurelien Breeden / New York Times:
Macron Campaign Says It Was Target of ‘Massive’ Hacking Attack  —  PARIS — The campaign staff of the French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron said on Friday evening that it had been targeted by a “massive and coordinated” hacking operation after internal campaign documents were published online on social media.
Discussion: The Week and Mother Jones
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
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:   Trumpcare Destroys Any Notion That American Conservatism Gives a Damn
BBC:
Macron condemns ‘massive’ hacking attack
Discussion: The Verge and The Atlantic
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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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 …
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 …
New York Times:
Trump's 2nd Nominee for Army Secretary Withdraws  —  WASHINGTON — Mark E. Green, President's Trump's second nominee to be secretary of the Army, withdrew from consideration on Friday.  In a statement, Mr. Green said his nomination had become a distraction because of “false and misleading attacks against me.”
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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
Elizabeth Preza / Raw Story:
CNN's Hughes demands apology from ‘bully’ Sam Bee for mocking her ‘mazel tov cocktail’ defense of Trump  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  CNN contributor and Donald Trump booster Scottie Nell Hughes thinks comedian Samantha Bee “bullied” her last weekend during the …
Discussion: RADAR
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Daily Mail:
The president's daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, says the four networks are engaging in ‘an unprecedented act of censorship’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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 …
Juan Forero / Wall Street Journal:
Venezuela Is Starving  —  Once Latin America's richest country, Venezuela can no longer feed its people, hobbled by the nationalization of farms as well as price and currency controls.  The resulting hunger and malnutrition are an unfolding tragedy.
Discussion: IJR and Hot Air
Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Statement by President Donald J. Trump on Signing H.R. 244 into Law  —  Today I have signed into law H.R. 244, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, which authorizes appropriations that fund the operation of the Federal Government through September 30, 2017.
Discussion: Politico and Business Insider
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.
Tom Ciccotta / Breitbart:
Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, has announced that they will fund ‘100 percent’ of financial aid packages for students that are in the country illegally.  —  Although international students are expected to pay full tuition, undocumented undergraduate students at Emory will have …
Murad Ahmed / Financial Times:
Trump travel ban and strong dollar set to hit US tourism  —  WTTC says fall in airline bookings show travellers are being deterred  —  Read next … Donald Trump's immigration policies have fuelled “anti-US sentiment” around the world that is expected to lead to significant falls …
 
 
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Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
‘The time has come to treat the Second Amendment as a real constitutional right’
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Deborah Barfield Berry / The Montgomery Advertiser:
Rep. Mo Brooks considers bid for Alabama Senate seat
Discussion: Political Wire
Fox News:
George Soros battles $10B lawsuit, familiar charges of wielding political influence
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Sputnik denied permanent congressional credentials
Jimmy Kimmel / National Review:
The Dangers of Empathy  —  It can distract us from rational thought …
Jeff Diamant / Pew Research Center:
Though still conservative, young evangelicals are more liberal than their elders on some issues
Discussion: LifeNews.com
 Earlier Items: 
F.H. Buckley / New York Post:
The Senate filibuster may trigger a constitutional crisis
Discussion: American Greatness
Fox News:
Comey pressed for anti-Trump dossier in classified Russia report, sources say
Discussion: Raw Story
Media Matters for America:
Gateway Pundit Threw A Gala For The “Alt-Right” And We Were There
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
White House Proposes Cutting Drug Control Office Funding by 95%
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
'It's f*cking racist': Watch a black teen confront his white teacher who insists on using the N-word
Anthony Cormier / BuzzFeed:
This Is The Inside Of Trump's Lawyer's Passport
Discussion: IJR
Kim Bell / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Protester featured in iconic Ferguson photo found dead of self-inflicted gunshot wound