memeorandum: Flashback: Obama Mocks Trump for Promising to Keep Carrier Plant in U.S. (Grabien News RSS)

11:50 PM ET, December 1, 2016

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Ted Mann / Wall Street Journal:

Indiana Gives $7 Million in Tax Breaks to Keep Carrier Jobs — The move will keep about 1,000 jobs in the state; Trump and Pence to announce the deal later today — Indiana officials have agreed to give United Technologies Corp. $7 million worth of tax breaks over 10 years to encourage …

Timothy B. Lee / Vox:

The Carrier deal shows a big problem with Trump's approach to the presidency — This week, Donald Trump has been trumpeting an announcement by Carrier, which makes furnaces and air conditioners, that the company will be keeping about 800 jobs in the United States instead of moving them to Mexico.

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Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress:
An expert breaks down Trump's Carrier deal: ‘Ineffective’ and ‘very costly’

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Grabien News RSS: Flashback: Obama Mocks Trump for Promising to Keep Carrier Plant in U.S.

Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders: Carrier just showed corporations how to beat Donald Trump

Washington Post:
Trump defends direct negotiations with companies to keep jobs in U.S., saying deal to save Carrier jobs …

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Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
Trump Cheered for Carrier Deal Even as Other Jobs Are Trimmed

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Gary Legum / Salon:
Donald Trump's Carrier deal is an empty PR stunt — and a bad precedent that incentivizes bad corporate behavior

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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump and the Indiana Carrier factory, explained

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Richard Drew / The Diane Rehm Show:

How Journalists Are Rethinking Their Role Under A Trump Presidency — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, foreground right center, in the middle of a media crush in the Trump Tower lobby in New York. — Guests — Glenn Thrush senior political correspondent, POLITICO

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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:

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Darius Dixon / Politico:

Trump team considering Sen. Joe Manchin for energy secretary — President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is considering Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia for the energy secretary job, according to three sources close to the discussions. — The conservative Democrat …

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Kate Aurthur / BuzzFeed:

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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:

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Vera Bergengruen / Press Association:

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Keith Ellison:

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PJ O'Keefe / WRTV-TV:

Call 6 Investigates Rafael Sanchez denied press credential to Carrier event — PJ O'Keefe — INDIANAPOLIS — Call 6 Investigates Chief Investigator Rafael Sanchez was denied press credential access to the announcement event at the Carrier plant that will detail the deal the west-side Indianapolis plant …

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Jan Hoffman / New York Times:

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Tom McGhee / Denver Post:

Denver Health doctor under fire for racist Facebook comments — JoAnn Nietto was outraged to discover that a woman who posted racist comments on Facebook about First Lady Michelle Obama is an anesthesiologist employed by Denver Health, a public hospital. — “It really outraged …

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