1. Bannon v Breitbart
Breitbart, the site formerly (?) run by the chief White House strategist, Steve Bannon, launched an all-out attack on the healthcare bill, calling it “Obamacare 2.0”. “This is war,” the Breitbart scribe Matthew Boyle wrote in an internal Slack chat obtained by Business Insider.
2. Led Zeppelin legislatin’
As two House committees began work to finalize a bill to replace Barack Obama’s healthcare law, influential groups – the American Medical Association, the American Hospital Association, the American Nurses Association and the AARP – came out against it.
All hands in glove
I have no doubt we’ll pass this because we’re going to keep our promises … This is a team sport. I talked to the president twice yesterday … We’re working hand-in-glove with President Trump, Vice-President Pence, secretary Price – this is an all-hands-on-deck.
– House speaker Paul Ryan
Summary
I cannot believe I didn't make this until today pic.twitter.com/XyPHSmaBOs
— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) March 8, 2017
3. Hawaii to challenge travel ban
Donald Trump’s newly revised travel ban is set to face its first legal challenge after a federal judge in Hawaii allowed the state’s attorney general to submit an amended lawsuit previously lodged against the president’s first, failed ban.
Read Oliver Laughland’s coverage
4. Every breath you take
“There is no such thing as absolute privacy in America,” FBI director James Comey has declared after the disclosure of a range of hacking tools used by the CIA.
5. International Women’s Day
Thousands of women took part in a general strike to show solidarity with an energized global women’s movement. “The world is being forced to listen to us,” said Klementyna Suchanow, a Poland-based organizer.
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7. Cruzes to dine with Trumps tonight
"@Don_Vito_08: "A picture is worth a thousand words" @realDonaldTrump #LyingTed #NeverCruz @MELANIATRUMP pic.twitter.com/5bvVEwMVF8"
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 24, 2016
...and another thing:
Barack & Michelle got the glow. pic.twitter.com/PXGbnoSoWT
— deray mckesson (@deray) March 6, 2017
