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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 …
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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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Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress:
An expert breaks down Trump's Carrier deal: ‘Ineffective’ and ‘very costly’ — Announcing the deal, Trump also promised to scrap most business regulations. — After trumpeting a deal that his administration struck with the air conditioning and heating furnace manufacturer Carrier to avert …
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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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump and the Indiana Carrier factory, explained
Donald Trump and the Indiana Carrier factory, explained
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Trump defends direct negotiations with companies to keep jobs in U.S., saying deal to save Carrier jobs …
Emily Stephenson / Reuters:
Trump warns of consequences for U.S. firms sending jobs abroad
Trump warns of consequences for U.S. firms sending jobs abroad
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Trump has chosen retired Marine Gen. James Mattis for secretary of defense — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen retired Marine Gen. James N. Mattis to be secretary of defense, according to people familiar with the decision, nominating a former senior military officer who led operations across …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Why GOPs Will Beg Dems To Help Kill Obamacare and Medicare — We are only a few weeks into the booyah! boasting phase of the Trump GOP Era. But we are already seeing a central theme emerging, especially on health care policy. Both on repealing Obamacare and phasing out Medicare …
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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 …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP may delay Obamacare replacement for years
GOP may delay Obamacare replacement for years
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Christie throws his hat in the ring for RNC chair — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expressing serious interest in the job of Republican National Committee chairman — and he's getting an audience to make his case. — Christie told senior members of Donald Trump's presidential transition team …
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Jack Holmes / Esquire:
A Trump Surrogate Drops the Mic: 'There's No Such Thing as Facts' — Finally, Scottie Nell Hughes spells it out for us. — Is there such a thing as truth? The past 18 months posed this seemingly absurd question. It's not whether something Donald Trump says is true, but about whether anyone even cares.
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Brandon Ambrosino / Washington Post:
BuzzFeed's hit piece on Chip and Joanna Gaines is dangerous — This piece is by Brandon Ambrosino, a writer living in Delaware. — I'm currently planning my wedding, and I've never been happier. I believe God brought me and Andy together and that God celebrates our love.
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Kate Aurthur / BuzzFeed:
LGBT Couples Welcome On “Fixer Upper,” HGTV Says
LGBT Couples Welcome On “Fixer Upper,” HGTV Says
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
There have been just 4 documented cases of voter fraud in the 2016 election — Three weeks ago, the votes of more than 135 million Americans were counted, and Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2016 presidential election. It was a surprising result, given that polling in the run …
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Rep. Keith Ellison faces renewed scrutiny over past ties to Nation of Islam, defense of anti-Semitic figures — (CNN)Rep. Keith Ellison's past ties to the Nation of Islam and his defense of its anti-Semitic leader, Louis Farrakhan, are resurfacing as he campaigns to lead the Democratic National Committee.
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Washington Post:
Shouting match erupts between Clinton and Trump aides — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The raw, lingering emotion of the 2016 presidential campaign erupted into a shouting match here Thursday as top strategists of Hillary Clinton's campaign accused their Republican counterparts of fueling and legitimizing racism to elect Donald Trump.
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Why Dr. Kermit Gosnell's Trial Should Be a Front-Page Story … A procedure room at the Women's Medical Society. / Philadelphia District Attorney's Office — Please note: This post contains graphic descriptions and imagery. — The grand jury report in the case of Kermit Gosnell, 72, is among the most horrifying I've read.
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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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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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Julia Terruso / Philly.com:
City attorney identified in connection with anti-Trump graffiti — The surveillance footage shows two men ambling casually along a tony stretch of Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill. One wears a blue blazer, khakis, and a rakishly tied scarf. He carries a glass of wine.
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Teresa Welsh / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
VA may have infected 600 veterans with HIV and Hepatitis — Nearly 600 veterans could have been infected with HIV, Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C at a Veterans Affairs facility in Tomah, Wis. because a dentist didn't properly clean his instruments. — The Tomah VA is investigating the dentist …
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New York Times:
North Carolina's Sore Loser — As early voting exit polls in North Carolina trickled in just before Election Day, state Republican Party officials could hardly contain their glee. They issued a statement hailing early results that suggested “the once dynamic Obama Coalition” was “crumbling and tired.”
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Justin Wm / Washington Post:
Beaver walks into Md. store, finds only artificial Christmas trees, and proceeds to trash it — In St. Mary's County, Md., at least one badly behaved beaver is ready for holiday shopping. — The beaver was apprehended at a dollar store in Charlotte Hall, Md., the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office …
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Vera Bergengruen / Press Association:
Supporters don't really care if Trump drains the swamp — The swamp is in the eye of the beholder. — As a candidate, Donald Trump promised to “drain the swamp” in Washington. Now that he's been elected and is embracing part of that very establishment, Democrats and many in the media …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
CNN's Cooper clashes with Warren: ‘No evidence’ Bannon is a white supremacist … CNN host Anderson Cooper and Sen. Elizabeth Warren — (D-Mass.) clashed Wednesday over whether one of President-elect Donald Trump — 's key appointments is a white supremacist.
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Adrian Chen / New Yorker:
The Propaganda About Russian Propaganda — In late October, I received an e-mail from “The PropOrNot Team,” which described itself as a “newly-formed independent team of computer scientists, statisticians, national security professionals, journalists and political activists …
Mike Rowe / Facebook:
Hot Under The Blue Collar, Episode 11 — Last night on the tee-vee, as I flicked back and forth between my most trusted sources of cable news, I saw a number a college students setting fire to the American flag. Some of the students said they were “angry.” Others said they were “disgusted.”
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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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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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