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Important Work

Written by SK Ashby

(Cartoonist - Rob Rogers)

In other news, the Chief Scout Executive for the Boy Scouts of America has issued an apology for Trump's disgusting political speech.

Meanwhile, Russian intelligence reportedly tried to infiltrate French president Emmanuel Macron's campaign by creating fake Facebook accounts impersonating people close to Macron.

The spying campaign included Russian agents posing as friends of friends of Macron associates and trying to glean personal information from them, according to the U.S. congressman and two others briefed on the matter.

Facebook employees noticed the efforts during the first round of the presidential election and traced them to tools used in the past by Russia’s GRU military intelligence unit, said the people, who spoke on condition they not be named because they were discussing sensitive government and private intelligence.

Finally, the Center for Public Integrity reports Steve Bannon is using a private publicist for official matters, possibly in violation of federal law.

If Senate Republicans vote to kick 15 million people off healthcare tonight, I'll update this post.

Update 1:33 a.m. EST... Senators John McCain, Lisa Murkowski, and Susan Collins voted No on the so-called "Skinny Repeal" bill. It's dead.