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Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Senator Rand Paul says he and three other Republican senators are preparing to announce their opposition to the Senate health care bill as it’s written.  The Senate bill retains the basic structure of former president Obama’s signature health care law, except that all the parts have been whittled down.  “Simply put, if there’s a chance you might get sick, get old, or start a family — this bill will do you harm,” the former president said.  Trump made the claim in a series of tweets. 

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Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories CAPITAL SOURCE Walsh campaign spokeswoman Rachel Goldstein said — as the campaign had previously — that the payments to the law firm Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo have nothing to do with the ongoing federal probe, which led to the indictments of two of Walsh’s department heads (both have plead not guilty).

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Senator Rand Paul says he and three other Republican senators are preparing to announce their opposition to the Senate health care bill as it’s written.  The Senate bill retains the basic structure of former president Obama’s signature health care law, except that all the parts have been whittled down.  “Simply put, if there’s a chance you might get sick, get old, or start a family — this bill will do you harm,” the former president said.  Trump made the claim in a series of tweets. 

Diamondback, Senior Contributor //&nbsp Posted at 5:18 pm on June 21, 2017 by Diamondback, Senior Contributor Welcome back to another installment of the Watercooler, RedState’s daily Open Thread!

Posted at 5:30 pm on June 21, 2017 by Susan Wright Seriously, all of Donald Trump’s pre-election whining about the election being “rigged” had me convinced that he never intended to win, didn’t want to win, and was laying the groundwork for the big loss to Hillary. Even if he’d lost, he’d have his built-in audience for TrumpTV, right? His cries of a rigged election didn’t get him out of having to do a real job, but they did serve another purpose. According to Jeh Johnson, former Secretary of Homeland Security, it caused the DHS hold back information on Russian interfe

Posted at 6:00 pm on June 21, 2017 by Susan Wright Well, Hillary Clinton may face retribution for her misdeeds, yet. At least in Arkansas.

Posted at 7:30 pm on June 21, 2017 by Brad Slager     The internet was flush with the news, and it was the kind of rush to judgement that just had to be wildly incorrect.

Posted at 9:30 pm on June 21, 2017 by Brad Slager       In the weeks leading up to the hotly focused runoff election for the House seat in the Georgia 6th District one thing became apparent. No matter what the result would be in the deeply conservative sector Democrats would claim some type of victory.