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3:55 PM ET, June 28, 2017

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USA Today:
Poll: Only 12% of Americans support the Senate health care plan  —  Just 12% of Americans support the Senate Republican health care plan, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, amid a roiling debate over whether the GOP will deliver on its signature promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
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Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Just 17 Percent Of Americans Approve Of Republican Senate Health Care Bill  —  Americans broadly disapprove of the Senate GOP's health care bill, and they're unhappy with how Republicans are handling the efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, according to a new NPR-PBS NewsHour-Marist poll.
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Growing group of senators oppose health care bill  —  A growing number of Republicans are speaking out against the now-delayed Senate health care bill.  —  The bill already had more than enough opponents to stop a procedural vote from happening.  But more Republican senators have publicly sided …
Discussion: Shareblue and Politicus USA
Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Trump Fails To Reach Beyond Base As Independents' Disapproval Grows  —  President Trump's support among independent voters has eroded since he took office.  Though he still clings to a loyal base of supporters, his overall disapproval among Americans has reached record highs, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.
Discussion: Politicus USA
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Paul: ‘Weak-kneed’ GOP colleagues ‘need to get over themselves’  —  (R-Ky.) says some of his “weak-kneed” Republican colleagues need to remember what they stand for regarding the repeal of ObamaCare.  —  During a Wednesday interview on Fox News, Paul — an opponent of the Senate GOP's healthcare bill …
Discussion: RedState and Fox News Insider
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Don't be fooled: the Senate's Obamacare repeal effort remains very alive
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and The Week
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump teases ‘big surprise’ on Senate Obamacare repeal effort
Discussion: Washington Post
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Why I'm Not Betting Against Mitch McConnell  —  If you're planning to watch Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell cajole a clutch of disaffected Republican colleagues into casting a “yes” vote for the moribund health care bill, arm yourself with a scorecard and calculator.
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:   The Entire Trump Agenda Is at a Tipping Point
Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
McConnell is trying to revise the Senate health-care bill by Friday
Discussion: CNBC
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Misery of Mitch McConnell
Bloomberg:
Trump Backs Off Plan to Attack Comey's Conduct  —  Donald Trump's lawyers will postpone filing a complaint against former FBI Director James Comey with the Justice Department, according to a person familiar with the decision — a bid to stop antagonizing the special counsel who's investigating ties between …
Discussion: Political Wire, Raw Story and IJR
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Austin Wright / Politico:
Burr: Senate panel to get Comey memos  —  The Senate Intelligence Committee has reached an agreement to receive memos written by former FBI Director James Comey detailing his interactions with President Donald Trump, Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) told POLITICO on Wednesday.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Reuters:
Senate committee wants U.S. states to publicize hacking details
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Max Brantley / Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times:
10 Commandments monument at Arkansas Capitol destroyed; suspect in custody for apparent repeat offense  —  The new Ten Commandments monument at the Arkansas Capitol was destroyed by a car overnight less than 24 hours after installation on the Capitol grounds.  —  A suspect is in custody, Michael Reed, 32, of Van Buren.
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Emma Pettit / Arkansas Online:
Arrest made after Ten Commandments monument at Arkansas Capitol toppled, shattered  —  A 6-foot-tall stone Ten Commandments monument installed Tuesday on the Arkansas Capitol grounds was toppled less than 24 hours later after a 32-year-old Arkansas man drove a vehicle into the statue, police said.
Julia Angwin / ProPublica:
Facebook's Secret Censorship Rules Protect White Men from Hate Speech But Not Black Children  —  In the wake of a terrorist attack in London earlier this month, a U.S. congressman wrote a Facebook post in which he called for the slaughter of “radicalized” Muslims.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Vice Retracts Articles About Donald Trump's Animatronic Robot at Disney World  —  NY Digital Editor @xpangler  —  Vice Media's Motherboard tech site has retracted two articles — supposedly revealing discord at Disney Parks about Donald Trump's presence in the Hall of Presidents attraction …
Alex Xenos / newsbusters.org/feed/all:
CNN Reporter Thinks Trump Admin Is Endangering Media, Compares to ‘War Zone’  —  CNN has become a self-serving propaganda mill for journalists the past few months, reaching a new level of shamelessness.  Wednesday's New Day ran the headline, “TRUMP WHITE HOUSE INTENSIFIES WAR WITH MEDIA,” …
Discussion: NewsBusters
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Brian Karem / Playboy:
We Stood Up to the Administration Today Because Free Press is Crucial
NBC News:
FBI Interviews Employees of Russia-Linked Cyber Security Firm Kaspersky Lab  —  FBI agents on Tuesday paid visits to at least a dozen employees of Kaspersky Lab, a Russia-based cyber-security company, asking questions about that company's operations as part of a counter-intelligence inquiry …
Discussion: Axios
Warner Todd Huston / Breitbart:
Leftists Promising to ‘Desecrate Graves’ and Protest During 154th Anniversary of Battle of Gettysburg  —  During the first days of July, 154 years ago, a great battle was fought in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during our Civil War.  —  Today, as the anniversary approaches …
Discussion: MILO NEWS
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Mari A. Schaefer / Philly.com:
Protests planned at Gettysburg battlefield this weekend
Discussion: SARAH PALIN and The Daily Caller
Arne Delfs / Bloomberg:
Video Feed of Commerce Chief Wilbur Ross Cut Off Mid-Speech in Berlin  —  Organizers fade out Wilbur Ross video feed to cheers, applause  —  Episode hints at German frustration ahead of G-20 summit  —  The U.S. commerce secretary was cut off in mid-speech during a video feed to an event hosted …
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘This thing needs to end right now’: CNN's Cuomo shuts down GOP senator whining about fake news  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  CNN's Chris Cuomo has grown very tired of Republicans shooting down any facts that go against their political messaging as “fake news.”
Discussion: The Week
Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:
Condoleezza Rice: Trump stands for American values and seeks to act in the best interests of the US  — President Trump may sound different than other presidents, but he puts the nation first, the former secretary of State argues.  — Russia, in the context of the election meddling …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
This is how Trumpism died  —  Donald Trump won the battle.  The Republican Party won the war.  —  Donald Trump's enthusiastic support for the Senate health care bill is proof that there is no such thing as Trumpism, and there never will be.  —  Health care was the issue on which Trump …
Discussion: New York Times and NBC News
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Sarah Palin Sues New York Times, Claiming Editorial Defamed Her  —  Sarah Palin, former vice-presidential candidate, filed a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times Company on Tuesday, saying the newspaper had published a statement about her in a recent editorial that it “knew to be false.”
Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
Wrestling's new villain named himself ‘Progressive Liberal.’ Hillary's on his shirt.  —  It was a strange sight, even for the “sport” of professional wrestling.  —  A wrestler holding a microphone faced an Appalachian crowd before a match and began unleashing a torrent of insults …
Discussion: The Hill, SI.com, Mediaite and Breitbart
CNNMoney:
News outlets respond to Trump's intensifying war on media  —  Instead of selling Americans on the GOP's health care bill, President Trump is selling resentment of the media.  —  The President is telling people not to believe the journalists who are reporting on the bill.
Norbert Michel / Forbes:
Undoing the CFPB's Damage: The Trump Administration's Options Are Limited  —  Representation, rule of law, and separation of powers—these concepts are central to the American system of constitutional government.  Yet they have been threatened for much of the last century by the proliferation of independent government agencies.
Sarah D / Los Angeles Times:
L.A.'s newest congressman still hasn't taken his oath.  Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy wants to know why  —  House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) wants to know why Rep.-elect Jimmy Gomez hasn't been sworn in, saying the seat's “elongated vacancy” is “an abdication” of his responsibilities.
 
 
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Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
Justice Gorsuch Wastes No Time Stirring Up Trouble
Emanuella Grinberg / CNN:
You can now get a gender neutral driver's license in D.C.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP senators want surveillance requests from FBI Russia probe
Discussion: Politico
Jeff Platt / Post Register:
Boise restaurant owner apologizes after Facebook video is called racist
Discussion: Raw Story, WCMH-TV and Fusion
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Martin Sheen calls Trump ‘disgusting’ in Dem fundraising email
Discussion: The Daily Caller
BuzzFeed:
Trump Picks Patriot Act Lawyer For Top State Department Job
 Earlier Items: 
Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone:
Lin-Manuel Miranda Releases ‘Immigrants’ Video From ‘Hamilton Mixtape’
Discussion: Mashable and ImmigrationProf Blog
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump accepts invitation for Bastille Day visit to France
Discussion: ABC News and Axios
Thomas E. Price / Wall Street Journal:
ObamaCare's Victims Need Relief Now
Discussion: The White House and Politicus USA
Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
Donald Trump and his team hired an army of lawyers for Russia investigation. Who made the list?
Discussion: Shakesville
Jay Caruso / RedState:
Donald Trump Just Tweeted Support For An Internet Tax
Discussion: Shareblue, CNBC and New York Magazine
Emily Smith / New York Post:
CNN faced $100M lawsuit over botched Russia story