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8:30 AM ET, December 9, 2016

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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Donald Trump to Remain Executive Producer on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ (EXCLUSIVE) … Donald Trump will remain an exec producer on NBC's “Celebrity Apprentice,” which is returning Jan. 2 after a two-year hiatus with new host Arnold Schwarzenegger.  —  MGM confirmed to Variety that Trump has retained his EP credit on the series.
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
The reality show president: Trump to retain producing credit on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’  —  Donald Trump will continue to hold the title of executive producer for the television show “The Celebrity Apprentice” after taking office, foreshadowing an unorthodox presidency in which the commander …
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Mark Burnett: I 'have never been a supporter of Donald Trump's candidacy'
Discussion: ABC News
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
As ‘The Apprentice’ Returns to TV, Trump Stands to Profit
Discussion: Althouse, The Week and Mediaite
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Report: Trump down to two candidates for RNC head  —  's field of preferred candidates for chair of the Republican National Committee has narrowed to just two candidates, Politico reported Thursday.  —  Trump is reportedly deciding between Ronna Romney McDaniel, Mitt Romney's niece who's …
Discussion: alan.com
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Reuters:
Trump may signal support for Michigan Republican as next party chair  —  Michigan Republican Party Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel has emerged as the consensus favorite to head the party with President-elect Donald Trump headed to Michigan on Friday as part of his post-election “thank you” tour.
Discussion: Political Wire
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump zeroes in on RNC chair pick  —  The Republican National Committee may sit on Capitol Hill, but its fate is being decided in Manhattan, where the field of contenders to run it has narrowed to two leading candidates, Michigan GOP chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel and Nick Ayers …
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Trump Raised More Money Than Clinton in the Final Stretch  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump raised more money than Hillary Clinton in the last stretch of the campaign.  —  One of his campaign's biggest donors, Linda McMahon, has been tapped to head the Small Business Administration.
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Paid Nearly $2.9 Million to Family-Owned Businesses as Campaign Wound Down  —  Trump also gave $10 million to his campaign in the final weeks of the election  —  President-elect Donald Trump in the final weeks of the election paid nearly $2.9 million to family-owned companies …
Discussion: Political Wire
Associated Press:
Right to the End, Trump Campaign Spent Less Than Clinton's
Discussion: Politico
Patrick J. Michaels / The Hill:
Trump's EPA pick will make Obama regret his environmental overreach  —  Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt's nomination for administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is as clear a signal as the incoming administration can send with regard to its environmental policies.
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Jay Michaelson / The Daily Beast:
Scott Pruitt, Trump's Climate-Denying EPA Pick, Is Worse Than You Think
Discussion: Raw Story
Chris Isidore / CNNMoney:
Carrier to ultimately cut some of jobs Trump saved  —  It sounded like great news when Carrier said last week that it would invest millions in the Indiana plant it decided to keep in the U.S.  —  The company's deal with President-elect Donald Trump to keep a furnace plant from moving to Mexico …
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Chuck Jones / Washington Post:
I'm the union leader Donald Trump attacked. I'm tired of being lied to about our jobs.
Sarah Fenske / News Blog, Riverfront Times:
Andrew Puzder, Trump's Pick for Labor Department, Was Accused of Abusing Wife  —  Andrew Puzder, the St. Louis attorney who rose to become CEO of Carl's Jr. and now stands as Donald Trump's pick to be Secretary of Labor, was accused of abuse by his first wife in the 1980s — with police twice summoned to the couple's home.
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Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Trump's labor secretary pick really likes his company's sexist burger ads
Mark Krikorian / National Review:
Trump's Labor Department Pick: Put Americans Last  —  Trump had three cabinet slots to fill that are most important for immigration policy (several others have important, but secondary, roles, such as HHS, which handles refugees once they arrive).  —  The first pick was Sen. Jeff Sessions …
Discussion: Breitbart, Hot Air and The Daily Caller
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Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
Trump Expected to Tap Labor Secretary Who Prefers Foreign Labor to American Workers
Joe Hallett / The Columbus Dispatch:
John Glenn, American hero, aviation icon and former U.S. senator, dies at 95  —  His legend is other-worldly and now, in his 95th year, that's where John Glenn has gone.  —  An authentic hero and genuine American icon, Glenn died this afternoon surrounded by family at the Ohio State University …
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
Low Approval of Trump's Transition but Outlook for His Presidency Improves  —  Growing numbers see ‘strong’ partisan and racial conflicts  —  Nearly a month after Donald Trump's election as president, the public views his transition to the White House less positively than those of past presidents-elect.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump On Cabinet: ‘I Want People That Made A Fortune’ (VIDEO)  —  Donald Trump on Thursday night defended his decision to select several billionaires to serve in his administration, arguing that he wants successful people to be “negotiating” for the country.
Discussion: The Week and Forbes
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Born in 1980  —  92%  —  79%  —  62%  —  61%  —  The phrase “American dream” was invented during the Great Depression.  It comes from a popular 1931 book by the historian James Truslow Adams, who defined it as “that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone.”
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Republicans ready to launch wide-ranging probe of Russia, despite Trump's stance  —  Leading Senate Republicans are preparing to launch a coordinated and wide-ranging probe into Russia's alleged meddling in the U.S. elections and its potential cyber threats to the military …
The Washington / Toronto Star:
Belleville woman helped cook up Pizzagate  —  Writer disavows responsibility for Sunday's attack, but passed explosive allegations along.  —  Following the spread of fake news and “Pizzagate” — which inspired a violent incident in a Washington, D.C. eatery and might have even affected …
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Clinton blasts ‘epidemic’ of fake news  —  on Thursday decried the spread of fake news online, calling it an “epidemic” that Congress should take action against.  —  “The epidemic of malicious fake news and false propaganda that flooded social media over the past year …
Ben Stein / The American Spectator:
They've Gone Insane  —  And hating Trump hasn't made them any nicer either.  —  I just don't get it.  People are going insane about Donald Trump being president-elect.  It's beyond the wildest anger and fear I saw even about Richard Nixon, my hero.  And, as I say, I just cannot see it.
Stephanie Susskind / WPTV:
Satanic display causes controversy in Boca Raton  —  BOCA RATON, Fla. - A Satanic display is causing controversy in Boca Raton on the day the city will celebrate its holiday parade.  —  Now, some local interfaith clergy members are coming together to take a stand.
CBS News:
Trump has declined many intelligence briefings offered to him according to Senate aide  —  Intelligence community officials have confirmed that president-elect Donald Trump has declined many of the daily intelligence briefings that have been offered to him, a Senate aide confirmed to CBS News' Margaret Brennan.
Discussion: Raw Story, Hot Air and Mediaite
 
 
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Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
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Discussion: Politico
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
The collapse of the political Left
Mark Savage / BBC:
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Trump's Transition Team ‘Is Like Game of Thrones’
CNN:
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
National World, one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, gets a £56.2M buyout offer from shareholder Media Concierge, a 40% premium to its Nov. 21 stock price

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
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