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3:45 PM ET, December 9, 2016

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Martin Matishak / Politico:
Obama orders ‘deep dive’ of election-related hacking  —  President Barack Obama has ordered a “deep dive” into the cyberattacks that plagued this year's election, the White House said Friday.  —  Obama has asked the intelligence community to deliver its final report before he leaves office.
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Learn from His Mistakes
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Obama orders review of Russian hacking during presidential campaign
Discussion: Political Wire and Towleroad
Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
Obama Orders Investigation Into Election-Related Hacking
Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Obama orders review of 2016 election cyber attacks
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Expected to Pick Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers to Run Interior  —  If confirmed by the Senate, she would lead administration's efforts to open up federal lands and waters to fossil-fuel development  —  WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump is expected to tap Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers …
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Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Donald Trump's Interior Secretary Doesn't Want to Combat Climate Change  —  On Friday the Wall Street Journal reported that Donald Trump has chosen Washington Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, chair of the House Republican Conference, to be his Secretary of Interior.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Reuters:
Oil drilling advocate expected to be Trump pick for Interior Dept.: sources
New York Times:
Trump Eyes Goldman Sachs President for Economic Post; Millions Spent on Campaign, and Millions Made Back
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Devin Henry / The Hill:
Trump to pick Rep. McMorris Rodgers for Interior secretary
Discussion: TheBlaze
Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:   Trump Picks Rodgers for Interior Secretary
Bloomberg:
Trump Team's Memo Hints at Broad Shake-Up of U.S. Energy Policy  —  Advisers seeking to identify staff involved in climate policy  —  Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump are developing plans to reshape Energy Department programs, help keep aging nuclear plants online and identify staff …
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Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Trump transition team for Energy Department seeks names of employees involved in climate meetings
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Week
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
McConnell exploring options for potential open North Dakota Senate seat  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell met with North Dakota Rep. Kevin Cramer this week to discuss a potential open Senate seat, POLITICO has confirmed.  —  The Tuesday meeting at the National Republican Senatorial …
Discussion: Political Wire and Hot Air
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
McConnell huddles with GOP rep to discuss possible ND Senate opening  —  (R-Ky.) and his incoming campaign chairman, Sen. Cory Gardner  —  (R-Colo.), huddled with Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) this week to discuss the congressman's possible future in the upper chamber, sources told The Hill.
Ben Weyl / Politico:
Senate Dems facing likely defeat in shutdown fight  —  Senate Democrats are fighting a legislative battle they appear unlikely to win, demanding new negotiations on a critical spending bill after Senate Republicans have already closed off talks and the House has gone home for the holidays.
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Paul Ryan: I had a ‘very exciting meeting’ with Trump today  —  Speaker Paul Ryan said he had a “very exciting meeting” with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower on Friday.  —  “I really enjoyed coming up here and meeting with the president-elect.  We had a great meeting.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and ABC News
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Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:   After Repeal  —  It's the opportunity Republicans have been awaiting …
Ted Cruz / Washington Post:
If Republicans really want to drain the swamp, here's how to do it
Discussion: RedState and TheBlaze
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Carrier to ultimately lose some jobs Trump saved: report  —  Carrier will eventually lose some of the 800 jobs President-elect Donald Trump  —  fought to save at the air conditioning and heater manufacturer's Indianapolis plant, according to a new report.  —  United Technologies …
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Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog:
COULD BREITBART BREAK WITH TRUMP?  —  The front page of Breitbart right now seems surprisingly critical of the Trump transition:  —  From that lead story: … Wow — the Trump News Network is linking a Trump appointee to the hated rootless cosmopolitan gun-grabber Mike Bloomberg.  Them's fightin' words.
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Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
Trump Expected to Tap Labor Secretary Who Prefers Foreign Labor to American Workers
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.
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Baltimore Sun:
Trump's disastrous pick for EPA
Discussion: Informed Comment
Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Could a Last-Minute Suitor Woo Megyn Kelly Away from Fox News?  —  Despite an offer of more than $20 million from Fox, Kelly appears to be listening to some surprising suitors.  —  On Wednesday morning, Megyn Kelly was once again promoting her new memoir, Settle for More …
Alan Levin / Bloomberg:
Balloon Pilot Who Killed 16 Was on Drugs and Had Five DWI Raps  —  NTSB documents on July crash reveal loopholes in oversight  —  Accident was worst fatal U.S. aviation accident since 2009  —  The pilot of a hot-air balloon that crashed last summer in Texas, killing himself and 15 sight-seeing passengers …
Discussion: KFOR-TV and KXAN-TV
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
This is what happens when Donald Trump attacks a private citizen on Twitter  —  About a year ago, 18-year-old college student Lauren Batchelder stood up at a political forum in New Hampshire and told Donald Trump that she didn't think he was “a friend to women.”
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Trump just offered yet another Goldman veteran a spot in his administration  —  Goldman's Cohn offered NEC director job - NBC  —  Donald Trump has offered Goldman Sachs executive Gary Cohn a key economic post, which would add to the administration another veteran of the powerful firm …
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Dems give high marks to CNN, Republicans rank Fox No. 1 in media credibility poll  —  A new poll shows a party-line split on how the public views certain media outlets.  —  On one ideological side of the Morning Consult poll, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and The New York Times all enjoy high credibility …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Let's relocate a bunch of government agencies to the Midwest  —  Time to shift economic activity from the overcrowded coasts to places that need more of it.  —  America's post-industrial Midwest is far from being the country's poorest region.  To find the direst economic conditions in the United States …
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Surprise!  Obamacare Repeal Includes A Stealth Tax Cut For Top Earners  —  Republican plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act without a replacement — which health care policy experts predict could cost 30 million people their health insurance — will also bring a major tax break for high-income Americans.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Politico
 
 
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Six donors that Trump appointed gave almost $12 million with their families to back his campaign and the party
Discussion: Politicus USA and The Week
Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
MSNBC Host Falsely Accuses Fox News of Holding Christmas Party at Trump's Washington Hotel
USA Today:
Trump could threaten U.S. superpower status: Democratic senators
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Mainstream media puts out the call for pro-Trump columnists
Discussion: Mother Jones and Politicus USA
Kimberly Hefling / Politico:
DeVos' Michigan schools experiment gets poor grades
Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Biden Hails Trudeau and Merkel as Last Liberal Leaders Standing
Discussion: Mediaite
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
Federal Judge Refuses to Halt Wisconsin Recount
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
Foes of Russia Say Child Pornography Is Planted to Ruin Them
Mark Moyar / New York Times:
The World Fears Trump's America. That's a Good Thing.
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding
Graham Rayman / New York Daily News:
Barneys slammed with discrimination suit by black New Jersey couple who say they were hassled …
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Rob Bradford / Full Count:
Sources: Former Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine being considered for United States Ambassador to Japan