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Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders: Carrier just showed corporations how to beat Donald Trump — We need a president who can stand up to big corporations, not fold to their demands. — Today, about 1,000 Carrier workers and their families should be rejoicing. But the rest of our nation's workers should be very nervous.
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Talking Points Memo, CNNMoney, Fortune, USA Today, Mother Jones and The Atlantic
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Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
A company Trump attacked will receive state tax breaks to keep jobs in the U.S. — Carrier, the company that changed its plans to shutter a plant in Indianapolis and shift production to Mexico after talks with President-elect Donald Trump, confirmed Wednesday that it would receive financial assistance …
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RedState, CNNMoney, RealClearPolitics, Mother Jones, The Federalist and No More Mister Nice Blog
David E. Hoffman / Washington Post:
What happens if Trump keeps interfering with the free market? Look at the Soviet Union.
What happens if Trump keeps interfering with the free market? Look at the Soviet Union.
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The Week, The Resurgent, twitchy.com and Salon
Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP may delay Obamacare replacement for years — Prepare for the Obamacare cliff. — Congressional Republicans are setting up their own, self-imposed deadline to make good on their vow to replace the Affordable Care Act. With buy-in from Donald Trump's transition team …
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Questions and Observations and The Week
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kff.org:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: November 2016 — Ashley Kirzinger, Elise Sugarman, and Mollyann Brodie — KEY FINDINGS: — The November Kaiser Health Tracking Poll, conducted one week after the 2016 presidential election, finds health care played a limited role in voters' 2016 election decisions …
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Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Vox, Political Wire, Washington Times and Instapundit
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
GOP leaders aim to pass ObamaCare repeal by inauguration
GOP leaders aim to pass ObamaCare repeal by inauguration
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Booman Tribune, Hot Air and Political Wire
Max Abelson / Bloomberg:
Wall Street Wins Again as Trump Picks Bankers, Billionaires — Mnuchin would be third Goldman Treasury secretary since 1990s — Hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson was feeling happy Wednesday morning. — After Donald Trump ridiculed Wall Street on the campaign trail …
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ThinkProgress, Daily Kos, Balloon Juice, Business Insider, The Talking Dog, The Daily Beast, Washington Post, AOL, The Daily Signal, New York Times, Slate, FiveThirtyEight, USA Today and Vox
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Jim Tankersley / Washington Post:
Donald Trump is assembling the richest administration in modern American history — When George W. Bush assembled his first cabinet in 2001, news reports dubbed them a team of millionaires, and government watchdogs questioned whether they were out of touch with most Americans' problems.
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Political Insider blog, New York Times, The Week, Chicago Tribune, Mother Jones and Diane Ravitch's blog
Lorraine Woellert / Politico:
Trump Treasury pick made millions after his bank foreclosed on homeowners
Trump Treasury pick made millions after his bank foreclosed on homeowners
Megan Christie / ABC News:
Christmas Party May Have Triggered San Bernardino Terror Attack: Police — One year after the terror attacks in San Bernardino, the ABC News Investigative Unit and Nightline are looking back, revealing never-before-seen photos and videos, and hearing from the first responders …
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RedState and Heat Street
Annie Karni / Politico:
Ivanka Trump, climate czar? — In September, as Donald Trump railed against the media and sold himself as the candidate of the forgotten man, Ivanka Trump ventured into the lair of the liberal media and power elite that was laughing at her father. — She jetted off to Aspen with her husband …
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Jezebel
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Tired Dem donors feel like their money got burned — Democratic donors stung by Hillary Clinton — 's upset loss in the presidential race feel like they just set their money on fire. — The sore feelings are a huge problem for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) …
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The Gateway Pundit, Hot Air and Political Wire
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Trump already winning — and he's not even president yet — MORE FROM: — Donald Trump has come a long way from the “disarray” and “chaos” the media claimed to spy before his transition even got started. Such a long way that it's fair to say that Trump is having just about the best 24 hours a president-elect could have.
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Hit & Run and New York Magazine
Tim Barber / WJLA-TV:
Pride flags pop up in VP-elect Pence's temporary Northwest D.C. neighborhood — Christmas decorations are popping up left and right, but one street in NW Washington has a different kind of decoration this season—rainbow flags. — “A respectful message showing, in my case …
abc11.com:
State board orders recount of 94,000 Durham County votes — The Durham County Board of Election chairman told ABC11 a recount could take as long as a week and cost tens of thousands of dollars.
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Mediaite and myfox8.com
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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Partial Recount Ordered in North Carolina Governor's Race
Partial Recount Ordered in North Carolina Governor's Race
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The Week
Bloomberg:
Trump's Business Is Not Too Big to Sell — Donald Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday to hint at how he will avoid conflicts of interest after he trades in his hat as the Trump Organization's chief deal-maker for that of the U.S. commander in chief. — Trump said he recognizes that it's …
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Washington Post, Daily Wire, New York Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Media Matters for America, ThinkProgress, Infowars, Hot Air and NBC News
Molly Hendrickson / TheDenverChannel.com:
Doctor, CU professor Michelle Herren under fire for racially-charged Facebook post — DENVER — It's the Facebook post Joann Nieto calls “entirely unacceptable.” — “I think it's sad,” Nieto said. — It depicts a picture of a yelling Michelle Obama with the comment …
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Denver Post, Raw Story and The Root
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Ambassador: ‘Mexico is not paying for the wall’ — gets closer to inauguration day, Mexican leaders are looking to remind him they will not pay for the president-elect's promised wall along the U.S.'s southern border. — “We have said time and again Mexico is not paying for the wall,” …
Gabriel Malor / Ricochet:
BuzzFeed Targets HGTV Hosts for Attending Christian Church — So Buzzfeed reporter Kate Aurthur wrote a post about popular HGTV hosts Chip and Joanne Gaines which informed the world that the Gaineses' have a pastor who is opposed to same-sex marriage. This post had one purpose and one purpose alone: to harm the couple.
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Washington Post, The Federalist, The Hayride and Business Insider
Vicki Needham / The Hill:
US businesses ramp up hiring after election — U.S. businesses added 216,000 jobs in November on better-than-expected hiring by retailers ramping up for the holiday shopping season. — Private-sector employers hired the most people since June as businesses remained confident …
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Breitbart, Wall Street Journal and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Emily Flitter / Reuters:
Separation anxiety: Trump's management style poses challenges in Oval Office — It has proven one of Donald Trump's greatest strengths in building a worldwide luxury brand: An obsessive attention to detail, down to the curtains hanging in hotel rooms and the marble lining the lobby floor.
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Clinton campaign seeking volunteers for recount — DON'T MISS A BRIEF. SIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY EMAIL.
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Hot Air
Malcolm Ritter / Associated Press:
Studies: ‘Magic Mushroom’ Psychedelic Drug May Ease Anxiety, Depression — NEW YORK (AP) — The psychedelic drug in “magic mushrooms” can quickly and effectively help treat anxiety and depression in cancer patients, an effect that may last for months, two small studies show.
Simon Denyer / Washington Post:
Researchers may have ‘found’ many of China's 30 million missing girls — Academics often talk about between 30 and 60 million “missing girls” in China, apparently killed in the womb or just after birth, thanks to a combination of preference for sons and the country's decades under a repressive one-child policy.
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The Daily Caller
Politico:
Why Marine Le Pen won't win — In France, the protest vote is less attractive now that the Americans and Brits have already pulled the trigger. — The British and American press are full of alarm and excitement. After the triumph of the nationalist populism that swept Donald …
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Conway eyes top spot in Trump's outside political operation — Kellyanne Conway is considering taking the helm of the external political operation that will support Donald Trump — during his tenure as president, according to sources familiar with the private deliberations.
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Political Wire
Gail Collins / New York Times:
Count Those Votes! Again! — Presidential recount underway. What's your take on it? … Wow, happy holidays. — Yes, it's true the postelection nation is still divided, this time between the folks who don't want to believe Trump is going to be president and the ones who don't want to hear …
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The Daily Caller and Washington Free Beacon
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Petraeus would have to notify probation officer if named secretary of State — Former Gen. David Petraeus is reportedly one of President-elect Donald Trump — 's finalists to be secretary of State. — If he's chosen, he'll have three days to notify his probation officer.
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Law News, Jezebel, Business Insider and The Daily Caller
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Adam K. Raymond / New York Magazine:
David Petraeus's Probation Officer Would Have to Give Him Permission to Travel As Secretary of State
David Petraeus's Probation Officer Would Have to Give Him Permission to Travel As Secretary of State
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Newsmax, The Week and Joe.My.God.