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Congressional Budget Office Predicts As Many As 24 Million Could Lose Coverage Under Trumpcare

Business Insider reports: The Congressional Budget Office on Monday released a much-anticipated report detailing the possible effects of the American Health Care Act, the GOP leadership’s plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. The CBO projected that as many as 14 million Americans could lose their coverage due to the AHCA in 2018. As the Medicaid changes went …

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Fox Anchor Shepard Smith: We Don’t Quote Kellyanne Conway Much Anymore Because, Well, History [VIDEO]

Via Mediaite: Fox News’ Shep Smith actually said the following at the top of his newscast today: …”Kellyanne Conway, whom we really don’t quote much anymore because, well, history…” Yes, Smith actually said that, while expressing bewilderment at her comments about smart microwaves that can be utilized for surveillance purposes. Smith responded to this controversy by saying, “Microwaves do not …

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Democrats To Introduce LGBT Equality Act

Dominic Holden reports at Buzzfeed: Democrats in Congress plan to reintroduce legislation this month that would ban LGBT discrimination nationwide, despite facing a conservative majority that’s been generally hostile toward the issue. While the bill has little shot of passage, progressives hope inaction by Republicans can illustrate a chasm between the major political parties as they approach the 2018 mid-term …

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Arnold Schwarzenegger Terminates US Senate Rumors, Vows To Work Instead For Gerrymandering Reform

“I’m deeply flattered by all of the people who have approached me about running for Senate, but my mission right now is to bring sanity to Washington through redistricting reform like we passed here in California. Gerrymandering has completely broken our political system and I believe my best platform to help repair it is from the outside, by campaigning for …

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AIR QUOTES: Spicer Claims When Trump Accused Obama Of Wiretapping, He Really Meant “Wiretapping”

Raw Story reports: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer suggested that President Donald Trump did not actually mean wiretapping when he accused President Barack Obama of “wiretapping” him in a recent tweet. “I think if you look at the president’s tweet, he said very clearly — quote — wiretapping in quotes,” Spicer said, incorrectly adding that there had been “substantial …

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Kushner Family Company To Rake In $400M From Company With “Murky Ties” To Chinese Government

Bloomberg reports: A company owned by the family of Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, stands to receive more than $400 million from a prominent Chinese company that is investing in the Kushners’ marquee Manhattan office tower at 666 Fifth Ave. The planned $4-billion transaction includes terms that some real estate experts consider unusually favorable for the …

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Trump Blasts GOP For Trying To Repeal Obamacare Before It Can “Implode Off The Map” On Its Own

Politico reports: President Donald Trump on Monday warned that Republicans “are putting themselves in a very bad position” by repealing and replacing Obamacare, even as he endorsed the GOP plan to do just that. Trump blasted Obamacare on Monday morning, telling so-called “victims” of former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act that “a lot of people in the Senate and …

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AIDS Memorial Museum Planned For San Francisco

The New York Times reports: The National AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park here is a somber glen of plants, trees, walks, grass and cairn, with thousands of names etched in stones and pavement. Visitors’ emotions run high, but the details of exactly how AIDS devastated and transformed the world are not found here. “The story of AIDS is …

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LIVE VIDEO: White House Press Briefing

Newsweek reports: Monday is the start of what’s expected to be a busy next few days in Washington. It’s the deadline for President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice to provide any documents related to his alleged claim that the Obama administration wiretapped his phones in Trump Tower during the campaign. On Sunday, Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona called for …

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Trump Administration Won’t Say If He’s Really Donating His Presidential Salary Like He Promised Many Times

The New York Daily News reports: Here’s the $400,000 question: What is President Trump doing with his White House salary? The White House has thus far refused to say how the business mogul is handling his executive pay — even though Trump vowed on the campaign trail he’d be giving it all away. The Constitution mandates that the President receive …

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