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12:40 PM ET, June 24, 2017

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Rob Tornoe / Philly.com:
CNN deletes, retracts story linking Trump and Russia  —  On Thursday evening, CNN investigative reporter Thomas Frank published a potentially explosive report involving an investigation of a Russian investment fund with potential ties to several associates of President Donald Trump.
Discussion: CNN and Infowars, more at Mediagazer »
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CNN:
Editor's Note  —  On June 22, 2017, CNN.com published a story connecting Anthony Scaramucci with investigations into the Russian Direct Investment Fund.  —  That story did not meet CNN's editorial standards and has been retracted.  Links to the story have been disabled.  CNN apologizes to Mr. Scaramucci.
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Why ‘Mattis in charge’ is a formula for disaster  —  “It's all under control: Mattis is in charge.”  That, or words to that effect, is what U.S. national security officials have been telling European allies in recent days.  Don't worry.  There won't be any surprises.
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David Rank / Washington Post:
Why I resigned from the Foreign Service after 27 years  —  David Rank served in the U.S. Foreign Service from 1990 to 2017.  The opinions expressed here are his own.  —  This month, I resigned from the State Department's Foreign Service, stepping down as the senior U.S. diplomat in China and ending a 27-year career.
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump called Cruz to press him on ObamaCare repeal bill: report  —  President Trump has joined the effort led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell  —  (R-Ky.) to get the 50 votes needed for the Senate GOP bill to repeal ObamaCare, according to a new report.
Discussion: Axios, RedState, Politico and ABC News
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump joins the effort to pass a health-care bill, but another GOP senator is opposed
Discussion: The Hill
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:   Senate healthcare bill is an Obamacare rescue package
New York Times:
T r u m p ' s L i e s  —  Many Americans have become accustomed to President Trump's lies.  But as regular as they have become, the country should not allow itself to become numb to them.  So we have catalogued nearly every outright lie he has told publicly since taking the oath of office.
Bruce Bartlett / Politico:
‘Trump Is What Happens When a Political Party Abandons Ideas’  —  Almost two years ago, I wrote an article for Politico endorsing Donald Trump for president.  It was a tongue-in-cheek effort—I “supported” Trump only because I thought he would lose to Hillary Clinton, disastrously …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
With cameras banned, CNN sends sketch artist to White House briefing
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
There's a Health Care Lesson for Republicans in the Shooting of Steve Scalise  —  The GOP is attempting to expose millions of Americans to the kind of financial ruin that he has avoided—for now.  —  It has been nine days since a gunman opened fire on Republican members of Congress during …
Discussion: twitchy.com, IJR, WDTN-TV and Daily Kos
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Jocelyn Kiley / Pew Research Center:
Public support for ‘single payer’ health coverage grows, driven by Democrats
Kristina Wong / Breitbart:
Senate Judiciary Chairman Grassley: Chuck Schumer Knew Trump Wasn't Under Investigation but Said He Was Anyway  —  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) blasted Democrats on Thursday — particularly Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) — for fueling media hysteria …
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Chuck Grassley:
Judiciary Committee Probes Reported Lynch Assurances to Stifle Clinton Email Investigation
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Why Hasn't Trump Actually Nominated an FBI Director?
Discussion: Raw Story
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Kamala D. Harris / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Kamala Harris: I can help you understand Trumpcare, but I can't defeat it alone  —  U.S. Senator Kamala Harris speaks at a rally to protest the national effort by Republican lawmakers to rescind the Affordable Care Act outside Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center in Los Angeles on January 15.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Timothy Egan / New York Times:
Our Fake Democracy  —  We tell ourselves stories in order to live, as Joan Didion said.
Discussion: The Mahablog
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
How Twitter Pornified Politics  —  This is the column in which I formally forswear Twitter for good.  I'll keep my Twitter handle, and hopefully my followers, but an editorial assistant will manage the account from now on.  I'll intercede only to say nice things about the writing I admire, the people I like and the music I love.
Discussion: Althouse
CBS News:
Bernie and Jane Sanders, under FBI investigation for bank fraud, hire lawyers  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and his wife, Jane Sanders have hired prominent defense attorneys amid an FBI investigation into a loan Jane Sanders obtained to expand Burlington College while she was its president, CBS News confirms.
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems push leaders to talk less about Russia  —  Frustrated Democrats hoping to elevate their election fortunes have a resounding message for party leaders: Stop talking so much about Russia.  —  Democratic leaders have been beating the drum this year over the ongoing probes …
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Maritime Mystery: Why a U.S. Destroyer Failed to Dodge a Cargo Ship  —  There should have been lookouts on watch on the port, starboard and stern of the destroyer Fitzgerald — sailors scanning the horizon with binoculars and reporting by headsets to the destroyer's bridge.
Discussion: USNI News
Sacramento Bee:
‘Woefully incomplete’ universal health bill dead for the year in California  —  Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon put the brakes on a sweeping plan to overhaul the health care market in California Friday, calling the bill “woefully incomplete.”  —  Rendon announced plans to park the bill …
Tracy Wilkinson / Los Angeles Times:
Number of refugees admitted to U.S. drops by almost half  —  The number of refugees admitted to the United States was cut by nearly half in the first three months of the Trump administration compared with the final three months of the Obama presidency, reflecting the new president's skepticism toward immigration.
 
 
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Trump 2020 Is No Joke
Catherine Thorbecke / ABC News:
Dennis Rodman: 'People don't see ... the good side' of North Korea
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Victoria Colliver / Politico:
California activist Tom Steyer adds health care to his brand
Nick Bilton / Vanity Fair:
Is The Handmaid's Tale the Allegory of the Trump Era?
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Hamed Aleaziz / San Francisco Chronicle:
Bay Area family's choice: Apart in US or together in Mexico?
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Justice Department, FBI seem at odds over budget
Discussion: Raw Story
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Pence meets with Koch brother in Colorado
Sally Q. Yates / Washington Post:
Making America scared again won't make us safer
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story and The Cannabist
Brad Smith / Microsoft on the Issues:
A legislative path to create new laws is better than arguing over old laws
John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump's core voters could suffer most under GOP health bill, but they may not punish him for it
Bloomberg:
Canada Ponders an Unusual Drug Problem: a Shortage of Marijuana
Ale Russian / People.com:
Johnny Depp Apologizes for Joking About Trump Assassination: ‘I Intended No Malice’
 

 
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