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Devon and Sarah discuss the continuing healthcare saga, how much everybody hates Ted Cruz, a couple of small but interconnected Russia stories, and what we should focus on in these overwhelming times. They also award the Donald Trump Dishonor in Dickwaddery to a disgusting excuse of a human.

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Key Articles

  1. Senate Republicans exempt own health coverage from part of latest proposal by Sarah Kilff (Vox)
  2. Senate Will Vote on Health Care Bill After McCain Recovers From Surgery, Cornyn Says by Kailani Koenig (NBC News)
  3. Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval still doesn’t support the Senate health-care bill. That’s big trouble for Republicans. by Sean Sullivan and Dan Balz (WaPo)
  4. Ohio Pushes Back Against Mike Pence’s ‘False’ Health Care Claims by Ashley Alman (HuffPost)
  5. 6 months in, a record low for Trump, with troubles from Russia to health care (POLL) by Gary Langer (ABC News)
  6. Poll: Trumpcare Is Incredibly Unpopular by Kate Harloe (MotherJones)
  7. Insurers Oppose Cruz Amendment to Republican Health-Care Bill by Anna Wilde Mathews (The Wall Street Journal)
  8. Peter W. Smith, GOP operative who sought Clinton’s emails from Russian hackers, committed suicide, records show by Katherine Skiba, David Heinzmann, and Todd Lighty (Chicago Tribune)
  9. Trump Tower Russia meeting: At least eight people in the room by CNN Staff
  10. Recreating June 9: A very consequential day in the 2016 campaign by Dan Merica (CNN)
  11. Sources: Trump lawyers knew of Russia emails three weeks ago by Michael Isikoff (Yahoo News)
  12. Trump Campaign Paid Don Jr.’s Lawyer $50,000 Two Weeks Before Email Scandal by Lachlan Markay (DailyBeast)
  13. U.S. Secret Service rejects suggestion it vetted Trump son’s meeting by Arshad Mohammed and Howard Schneider (Reuters)
  14. Jared Kushner added more than 100 names to his list of foreign contacts in updated security clearance forms by Eliza Relman (Business Insider – Politics)
  15. White House shakes up legal team as probe gathers steam by Michael Isikoff (Yahoo News)
  16. EXCLUSIVE Private Email of Top U.S. Russia Intelligence Official Hacked by Jenna McLaughlin, Robbie Gramer, and Jana Winter (Foreign Policy)
  17. 1973’s ‘Handy Excuses for Nixon Backers’ Makes Timely Return for Trump Scandals by Ryan Williams-Jent (The New Civil Rights Movement)

Gratitude Check Links

  1. Clergy arrested at McConnell’s office for protesting health care bill as “political murder” by Leah McElrath (ShareBlue)
  2. Tejano Teens Will a Host a Quinceañera-Themed Protest to Fight Anti-Immigrant SB 4 Law by Yara Simon (ReMezcla)
  3. The Real Hillary Clinton Conspiracy Is What Stuck Us With President Donald Trump by Michael Tomasky (DailyBeast)
  4. Black Female Doctor: Delta Discriminated, Barred Me From Sick Passenger by Emma Margolin (NBC News)
  5. Introducing Jodie Whittaker – The Thirteenth Doctor – BBC
  6. Gina Prince-Bythewood Becomes First Woman Of Color To Direct A Super Hero Movie
    by Brennan Williams (HuffPost)
  7. Microsoft’s Calibri font is at the center of a political scandal by Saqib Shah (Engadget)

Action Items

  1. The People’s Filibuster to Stop #Trumpcare
  2. OpenStates.org

Donald Trump Dishonor in Dickwaddery Links

  1. Federal Prisons Officials Claim Inmates Aren’t Held In Solitary. DOJ Watchdog Says They Are. by Ryan J. Reilly (HuffPost)
  2. R. Kelly Allegedly Keeping Young Women In Sex ‘Cult,’ Parents Claim by HuffPost
  3. Domestic Violence: Communities of Color – Women of Color Network Facts & Stats Collection
  4. everyday feminism Why White Women Terrify Me by Jayy Dodd (Everyday Feminism)

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