Effectively issuing death sentences for millions, House GOP guts Obamacare in reckless, cavalier action to fund tax cuts for rich….--arms were twisted, plums were promised to get bare minimum 217 votes to repeal Affordable Care Act
--bill was passed without cost scoring, and many provisions were not known; bottom line: millions will lose coverage
--the bill includes 1-year defunding of Planned Parenthood Medicaid payments, about $550 million a year—none of which pays for abortions
--it also hammers funding for senior nursing home care, reports The Intercept
--GOP leader Jason Chaffetz wheels in for vote following fully covered foot surgery for a 12-year-old pre-existing condition
--Republicans took a huge risk in this vote, as the bill may never pass the senate, and House votes may be liability in elections next year
--Apple CEO Tim Cook pledges $1 billion to expand US manufacturing, with a bit of extortion attached
--FBI Director’s offhand remark indicates that Bill Clinton’s actions led Comey to go public last July, says Dana Milbank
--also in The Post, James Downie accepts Comey’s challenge to second-guess him
--Kevin Gosztola focuses on Comey’s comments about WikiLeaks at Shadowproof
The FBI Director’s Unsettling Argument For Why WikiLeaks Doesn’t Deserve First Amendment Protection
--in our latest in-depth interview, State Dept veteran Peter van Buren thinks the State Dept needs a shakeup, but Rex Tillerson isn’t likely to do it right
--45 grandstands for evangelicals with religious freedom order
--Russia, Iran and Turkey agree to create safe zones in Syria
--Trump plans to visit Saudia Arabia, Israel and the Vatican this month
--in new airline passenger confrontation, family is booted from Delta flight over seating dispute
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