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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
By picking Tom Price to lead HHS, Trump shows he's absolutely serious about dismantling Obamacare — Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), President-elect Donald Trump's pick for health and human services secretary, already has a plan for how to abolish Obamacare. — The Washington Post reported late Monday …
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David Dayen / The Nation:
Donald Trump Is Coming for Your Medicare — The selection of Tom Price to head HHS brings the president-elect into alignment with Speaker Paul Ryan. — By , — For those who thought Donald Trump, someone who spent two years on the campaign trail promising to protect programs like Medicare …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
How Many People Just Voted Themselves Out of Health Care? (Updated) (Updated again) (And again) — My original update was right! Screwed up dates. So it's back to around 5 1/2 million Trump chumps. — As Greg Sargent points out, the choice of Tom Price for HHS probably means the death of Obamacare.
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Trump names Rep. Tom Price as next HHS secretary — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), a fierce critic of the Affordable Care Act and a proponent of overhauling the nation's entitlement programs, to lead the department of Health and Human Services.
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Here's how Trump's HHS pick wants to replace Obamacare — By tapping House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Tom Price to serve as his Secretary of Health and Human Services, President-elect Trump has added to his team one of the most serious and knowledgeable Republicans on healthcare policy …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Obamacare is probably toast. And a lot of poor, white Trump voters will get hurt by it.
Obamacare is probably toast. And a lot of poor, white Trump voters will get hurt by it.
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Meet Tom Price, the man who could reshape Obamacare under President Trump
Meet Tom Price, the man who could reshape Obamacare under President Trump
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump's ‘Thank You Tour’ Said to Start in Ohio on Thursday — Aide says the lap through swing states isn't victory tour — Republican credited rallies for win over Hillary Clinton — President-elect Donald Trump will begin a “Thank You Tour” on Thursday in Cincinnati …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump calls for jailing, revoking citizenship of flag-burners — Burning an American flag should be a crime, President-elect Donald Trump wrote on Twitter Tuesday morning, punishable by a forfeiture of U.S. citizenship or a year in jail. — “Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag …
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
McMullin: All Americans must stand up to Trump
McMullin: All Americans must stand up to Trump
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Elaine Chao expected to be Trump's transportation secretary — Former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao is set to be announced later Tuesday as President-elect Donald Trump's choice to head the Department of Transportation, multiple sources familiar with the decision confirmed Tuesday morning.
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Jamie Satterfield / Knoxville News-Sentinel:
Next Slide — More than 14,000 people had been evacuated from Gatlinburg alone, with hundreds of them seeking refuge in emergency shelters. — Beason and Hensley, who arrived in East Tennessee a month ago from Mississippi and were staying at the Bedrock Motel, said they left …
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GovExec.com:
GSA's Trump Hotel Lease Debacle — As the clock ticks down towards President-elect Donald Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration, the window is rapidly closing on the General Services Administration's opportunity to extricate itself from the Trump Organization's lease of the historic Post Office Pavilion.
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump's DC Hotel Is Weeks Away From Violating Its Government Lease
Trump's DC Hotel Is Weeks Away From Violating Its Government Lease
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Gingrich: Jill Stein represents ‘nut wing of American politics’ — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich criticized Jill Stein's push for a partial recount of the presidential election on Tuesday, suggesting that the Green Party candidate “represents sort of the nut wing of American politics.”
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Deadline for Wisconsin Recount Payment Looming
Deadline for Wisconsin Recount Payment Looming
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Amanda Taub / New York Times:
How Stable Are Democracies? ‘Warning Signs Are Flashing Red’ — WASHINGTON — Yascha Mounk is used to being the most pessimistic person in the room. Mr. Mounk, a lecturer in government at Harvard, has spent the past few years challenging one of the bedrock assumptions of Western politics …
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Southern Poverty Law Center:
Ten Days After: Harassment and Intimidation in the Aftermath of the Election — Just a week before the November 8th election, attackers set a church in Greenville, Mississippi, on fire. The historically black church was targeted in what authorities believe was an act of voter intimidation …
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
House GOP leader: Repeal ObamaCare now, replace it later — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Tuesday that Republicans could repeal ObamaCare even before they have come up with a replacement. — “I don't think you have to wait,” McCarthy told reporters.
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
House Dems brace for Wednesday's secret ballot — House Democrats return to Washington on Tuesday grappling over the best course for the party's future. — Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), facing a challenge from Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), is seen as the heavy favorite in elections on Wednesday …
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Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:
BET founder says Trump is not a racist, and stocks are right to rally post-election — Democratic media mogul Bob Johnson, who met with President-elect Donald Trump earlier this month, told CNBC on Tuesday the post-election rally in the stock market has been a reaction to having a businessman in the White House.
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