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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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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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U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly of Indiana:
Donnelly Announces He Will Oppose Nomination of Tom Price for HHS Secretary, Cites Medicare Privatization
Donnelly Announces He Will Oppose Nomination of Tom Price for HHS Secretary, Cites Medicare Privatization
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Washington Monthly, Los Angeles Times, Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine, Booman Tribune and Balloon Juice
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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Jonathan Cohn / The Huffington Post:
Trump's Pick For HHS Signals He Is Dead Serious About Repealing Obamacare
Trump's Pick For HHS Signals He Is Dead Serious About Repealing Obamacare
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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kylewingfield.blog.myajc.com, Reuters and Shakesville
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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RedState, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Death and Taxes, Deadline and CNBC
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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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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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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Politico, The Week and Washington Free Beacon
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Trump to launch ‘thank you’ tour with Thursday rally in Cincinnati
Trump to launch ‘thank you’ tour with Thursday rally in Cincinnati
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The Daily Caller
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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alan.com
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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Southern Poverty Law Center:
The Trump Effect: The Impact of The 2016 Presidential Election on Our Nation's Schools — In the first days after the 2016 presidential election, the Southern Poverty Law Center's Teaching Tolerance project administered an online survey to K-12 educators from across the country.
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Raw Story, The Guardian, New York Magazine, The Daily Beast, NBC News and alan.com
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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The Week, Washington Post, Jezebel and Daily Kos
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Deadline for Wisconsin Recount Payment Looming — The next deadline that has to be met in order for a vote recount to take place in Wisconsin is set for this afternoon, when the two third-party candidates who are pushing for the recount of the general election votes have to submit payment.
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Gingrich: Jill Stein represents ‘nut wing of American politics’
Gingrich: Jill Stein represents ‘nut wing of American politics’
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Political Wire and ABC News
New York Times:
Challenging the Boss in Public? For Kellyanne Conway, It's Part of the Job — WASHINGTON — Kellyanne Conway, one of President-elect Donald J. Trump's senior advisers, was about to board a flight back to New York on Monday morning when she caught a glimpse of the headline crawling across television screens in the terminal.
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Conway plays the outside game
Conway plays the outside game
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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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RedState
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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Politico and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump and Bloomberg seek to bury the hatchet in lengthy phone call — Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg — a self-made billionaire who considered mounting his own third party presidential bid this year but ultimately quelled his own ambitions for fear of helping to elect Donald Trump — phoned the president-elect on Monday.
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