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8:50 AM ET, June 23, 2017

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Barack Obama:
Our politics are divided.  They have been for a long time.  And while I know that division makes it difficult to listen to Americans with whom we disagree, that's what we need to do today.  —  I recognize that repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act has become a core tenet of the Republican Party.
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Rand Paul / U.S. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky:
Sens. Paul, Cruz, Johnson, and Lee Issue Joint Statement on Senate Health Bill  —  WASHINGTON - Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Ron Johnson (R-WI), and Mike Lee (R-UT) issued the following statement Thursday responding to the release of the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017:
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
McConnell's Calculation May Be That He Still Wins by Losing  —  WASHINGTON — When it comes to managing Republicans' best interests, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, rarely loses.  So it is possible that Mr. McConnell views the potential failure of a hastily written health care bill as an eventual boon.
Discussion: Axios
Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC News/WSJ Poll: Public Overwhelmingly Disapproves of House Health Care Bill  —  Americans overwhelmingly disapprove of the House plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.  —  This new poll comes as Senate Republicans unveil their own health care legislation on Thursday.
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll - June 2017: ACA, Replacement Plan, and Medicaid  —  Ashley Kirzinger, Bianca DiJulio, Liz Hamel, Bryan Wu, and Mollyann Brodie  —  KEY FINDINGS:  — As the Senate prepares to hold a vote on a plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) …
Discussion: Political Wire and Axios
Dylan Scott / Vox:
What the health insurance industry gets out of the Senate health care bill
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Avik Roy / Forbes:
The New Senate Republican Bill Will Transform American Health Care
Discussion: The Federalist and Politico
Politico:
Winners and losers from the Senate repeal bill
Discussion: The Hill
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Inside McConnell's plan to repeal Obamacare
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
The Better Care Reconciliation Act: the Senate bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, explained
The Daily Beast:
Trump Aides Respond to His Latest Conspiracy Tweets: ‘FML.’ … After a cascading series of controversies created in large part by Donald Trump's Twitter account, the president took to his preferred medium again on Thursday to float another conspiracy theory: the Oval Office itself could be under surveillance.
Discussion: Bipartisan Report and Raw Story
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump is struggling to stay calm on Russia, one morning call at a time  —  President Trump has a new morning ritual.  Around 6:30 a.m. on many days — before all the network news shows have come on the air — he gets on the phone with a member of his outside legal team to chew over all things Russia.
Discussion: Politico
Fox News:
Trump says Comey-Mueller friendship ‘bothersome’  —  President Trump, in an interview to be broadcast Friday morning on “Fox and Friends,” said it is “very bothersome” that the man investigating possible ties between his presidential campaign and Russia is good friends with fired FBI director James Comey.
Mike Allen / Axios:
One of the dumbest political mistakes in the modern era
Discussion: Bloomberg
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump says he's told ‘a straight story’ on Comey
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump loses patience with his White House counsel
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Ian Mason / Breitbart:
Johnny Depp: ‘When Was the Last Time an Actor Assassinated a President?’
Andrea Ruth / RedState:   Johnny Depp On Trump: ‘When Was The Last Time An Actor Assassinated A President?’ (Video)
Mark Savage / BBC:
Glastonbury 2017: Johnny Depp talks of Trump ‘assassination’
Sam Stein / HuffPost:
All That Stands Between Democrats And A Massive Freakout Is This Man  —  The pressure is on Ralph Northam to score a win in his race for Virginia governor.  Barack Obama is going to come off the sidelines to help.  —  Having lost a series of tantalizingly close congressional elections …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Shermichael Singleton / The Hill:   OPINION: Left-wing politics will be the demise of the Democratic Party
Washington Post:
Don't make things worse  —  The secrecy extended into the White House.  —  Rice , Haines and White House homeland-security adviser Lisa Monaco convened meetings in the Situation Room to weigh the mounting evidence of Russian interference and generate options for how to respond.
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE - James Comey visits The New York Times as President Trump admits he did NOT record their conversations and questions what else ousted FBI director leaked to the press  — The former FBI director was spotted at The New York Times' Times Square office on Thursday He was accompanied …
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
White House-media relations at breaking point as Spicer searches for replacement  —  Five months into Donald Trump's presidency, White House-media relations are hanging by a thread.  —  The White House is facing daily criticism from the news media over its decision to reduce the frequency …
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Republican Coal King Sues HBO Over John Oliver's Show … A Republican coal baron is suing John Oliver, HBO, Time Warner, and the writers for Oliver's show over the most recent episode of Last Week Tonight.  —  The suit, filed on June 21 in the circuit court of Marshall County, West Virginia …
Dino Grandoni / Washington Post:
‘How else can a Kenyan creampuff get ahead?’ is just one of the disturbing tweets sent by this Trump Energy Department agency head  —  Before William C. Bradford was appointed by the Trump administration to run the Energy Department's Office of Indian Energy, he tweeted a slew of disparaging remarks …
Discussion: Mediaite
Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
Trump Told Democrats He Wants To Do Something About Deported Veterans.  His Staff Was Less Open.  —  Sources say Democrats raised the issue of deported veterans in a private dinner last week.  The president expressed support for doing something but his staff quickly told him it was complicated.
Discussion: ABC News and Raw Story
Cliff McCollum / GulfCoastNewsToday.com:
Spanish Fort High AP reading list pulled after concerns from residents  —  Posted online, this copy of Spanish Fort High teacher Gene Ponder's summer reading list includes a majority conservative and right-leaning authors, a point that concerned local residents and led to several complaints …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Amy Sherman / @politifact:
Following Trump voter fraud allegations, claim that 5.7 million noncitizens voted is wrong  —  President Donald Trump's unfounded allegations that millions voted illegally in 2016 is back in the news, with his supporters pointing to a new analysis that claims millions of undocumented immigrants voted in 2008.
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Who Does The FBI Work For?  —  If you work for any extended amount of time in Washington, you are likely to meet people who work within the intelligence and law enforcement communities.  You learn to recognize potential sources and those who will never be.  The bad sources love to tell stories …
Discussion: USA Today, Townhall.com and twitchy.com
WBRC-TV:
Alabama residents serve as Bill Cosby spokespeople  —  Birmingham native Andrew Wyatt was on hand with Cosby for the entire trial and acted as a spokesperson for the comedian's family.  Ebonee Benson is also from Birmingham.
Sonia Saraiya / Variety:
NBC's Megyn Kelly Problem (Column)  —  The network's vaunted new hire has whiffed her first opportunities to shine.  Did NBC make a $17.5m mistake?  —  It's still months before Megyn Kelly's new NBC daytime show is set to premiere, but it already feels like the former Fox News anchor has overstayed her welcome.
Discussion: Breitbart and Raw Story
 
 
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Trump proposes a law that's existed for 20 years
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Coats Tells House Investigators President Trump Seemed Obsessed with Russia Probe
Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
Trump visited this Boeing factory to celebrate jobs. It just announced layoffs
Discussion: Business Insider and CNBC
Washington Times:
1.4 million illegals working under stolen Social Security numbers: Audit
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Bill Chappell / U.S. : NPR:
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Discussion: Daily Wire
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Discussion: Raw Story
Morgan True / VTDigger:
Sanders lawyered up in federal probe of Burlington College
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Former CIA officer accused of selling top secret information to China
Discussion: ZeroPointNow, Politico and Axios