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10:45 AM ET, June 24, 2017

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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.
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: RedState, Politico and Washington Post
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Fifth GOP senator announces opposition to ObamaCare repeal bill
Discussion: Politico, ABC News, IJR and The Daily Caller
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:   Senate healthcare bill is an Obamacare rescue package
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
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
White House frustration grows with Tillerson over jobs for Trump allies
Discussion: Daily Kos, Raw Story and Political Wire
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.
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
California restricts state travel to Texas, other states over LGBT laws
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 …
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
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
How The Senate O'Care Repeal Is Even More Radical Than The House's
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
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 …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
With cameras banned, CNN sends sketch artist to White House briefing  —  The White House has been prohibiting cameras at some press briefings, so on Friday CNN got creative and sent a sketch artist.  —  Bill Hennessy, the network's regular sketch artist for Supreme Court proceedings …
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Gowdy won't use Oversight gavel to probe Russia  —  Newly minted House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy  —  (R-S.C.) said Friday he has no plans to call fired FBI Director James Comey before his panel or demand the bureau hand over memos that Comey wrote detailing his interactions with President Trump.
Discussion: RedState
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Sally Q. Yates / Washington Post:
Making America scared again won't make us safer  —  Sally Q. Yates served in the Justice Department from 1989 to 2017 as an assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. attorney, deputy attorney general and, briefly this year, as acting attorney general.  —  In today's polarized world …
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and The Cannabist
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
Victoria Colliver / Politico:
California activist Tom Steyer adds health care to his brand  —  Joining the drug price battle could boost the political fortunes of the California billionaire.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — California billionaire activist Tom Steyer made his name as an environmental activist, worked with Democratic groups …
Chuck Grassley:
Judiciary Committee Probes Reported Lynch Assurances to Stifle Clinton Email Investigation  —  WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein, Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee Chairman Lindsey Graham and Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse sought information …
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Why Hasn't Trump Actually Nominated an FBI Director?
Discussion: Raw Story
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Frustrated Dems say Obama botched Russia response  —  The Obama administration is under fresh scrutiny for its response to Russian meddling in the election after new details emerged this week about how the White House weighed its actions against the 2016 political environment.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Justice Department, FBI seem at odds over budget  —  The firing of FBI Director James Comey isn't the only thing top Justice Department officials and FBI leaders disagree about at the moment.  —  They also don't see eye to eye about something else always of great import in Washington: money.
Discussion: Raw Story
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Johnny Depp apologizes for ‘bad joke’ about Trump: ‘I intended no malice’  —  Johnny Depp has apologized after making controversial comments about President Donald Trump, which caused the White House to issue a statement condemning him.  —  “I apologize for the bad joke I attempted last night …
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Ale Russian / People.com:
Johnny Depp Apologizes for Joking About Trump Assassination: ‘I Intended No Malice’
 
 
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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
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Pence meets with Koch brother in Colorado
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
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Victoria Friedman / Breitbart:
Sadiq Khan Slammed for Refusing to Support Hezbollah Ban
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
David Frum / The Atlantic:
What Happens When a Presidency Loses Its Legitimacy?
Discussion: Daily Kos and Business Insider
Nada Bakos / Washington Post:
President Trump's Twitter feed is a gold mine for foreign spies
Hamilton Nolan / Fusion:
It Is Humanly Impossible to Be a Good Newspaper Columnist
Christopher Burbach / Omaha World-Herald:
Nebraska Democratic Party chair removes official after offensive remarks about congressman's shooting
 

 
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