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The Best Calls

Written by SK Ashby

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In other news, a study conducted by researchers at the University of London found that a network of 13,000 Twitter bots help promote the Brexit campaign before last year's vote.

Meanwhile, at least 3.5 million Americans have lost health insurance coverage since Trump took office. The uninsured rate is currently at its highest point since 2014. Expect more of this.

Finally, a congressional source tells NBC News the deadly ambush that killed 4 special forces operators in Niger was the result of an "intelligence failure."

The aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak publicly, said the House and Senate armed services committees have questions about the scope of the U.S. mission in Niger, and whether the Pentagon is properly supporting the troops on the ground there.

There was no U.S. overhead surveillance of the mission, he said, and no American quick reaction force available to rescue the troops if things went wrong. If it wasn't for the arrival of French fighter jets, he said, things could have been much worse for the Americans.

Have a good weekend. I'm going to sleep until Monday.