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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Plans Major Social Security Cuts — We'll have a story coming shortly on what I just mentioned a short time ago: that Republicans are now planning to pass major cuts to Social Security this year. Specifically, this bill is being introduced by Rep. Sam Johnson, Chairman of the House Ways …
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Suburban Guerrilla …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Going for the Big Enchilada — Republicans apparently aren't going to be satisfied with phasing out Medicare. They're going to try to pass huge cuts to Social Security this year too. Not Bush-style partial phaseout but just big, big cuts. And you're out of luck even if you're a current beneficiary.
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Key House GOPer Introduces Bill With Major Cuts To Social Security
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Forbes and The Mahablog
Joseph Lawler / Washington Examiner:
Key GOP lawmaker introduces Social Security reform plan
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Johnson, Sam, Politicus USA and Mother Jones
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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Political Wire, Hot Air, Politico, Morning Consult and RedState
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Reuters:
Oil drilling advocate to be Trump pick for Interior Department — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will pick U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a climate-change skeptic and an advocate for expanded oil and gas development, to run the Interior Department, a Trump aide said on Friday.
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Talking Points Memo, The Guardian and Washington Free Beacon
New York Times:
Transition Questionnaire Raises Worries of a Purge; Giuliani Out for Secretary of State
Devin Henry / The Hill:
Trump to pick Rep. McMorris Rodgers for Interior secretary
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TheBlaze
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 — Shortly after his inauguration in 2009, President Obama invited Republican leaders in Congress to a White House meeting. The House members brought a proposal with ideas for stimulating the economy, then suffering through the Great Recession.
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Betsy's Page and Sabato's Crystal Ball
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
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Mashable, Jezebel, ThinkProgress and The Week
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.
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Washington Post, TheBlaze, Hot Air and The Resurgent
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
McConnell, Cramer met to discuss potential Senate run — Senate Major Leader Mitch McConnell met with North Dakota Rep. Kevin Cramer this week to discuss a potential open Senate seat. — The Tuesday meeting at the National Republican Senatorial Committee offices comes as President-elect …
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Say Anything, Political Wire and Hot Air
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Giuliani won't serve in Trump administration — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a longtime Donald Trump — ally, will not be serving in the president-elect's administration. — Giuliani has removed himself from consideration for any position in the new administration, the Trump transition team announced Friday.
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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.
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Talking Points Memo and ABC News
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Ted Cruz / Washington Post:
If Republicans really want to drain the swamp, here's how to do it
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Patterico's Pontifications and TheBlaze
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Carrier says it will spend millions automating Indiana plant, plans to lay off workers Trump ‘saved’ — The deal keeps getting worse. — As part of the deal President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence struck with Carrier, the company has promised to make a $16 million investment …
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Daily Kos, Common Dreams, Jezebel, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Washington Post, NBC News and Mediaite
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Carrier to ultimately lose some jobs Trump saved: report
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Washington Post, The Resurgent, The Daily Caller, Washington Monthly, The Week, New York Magazine, TheBlaze and KTLA
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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The Hill, Salon, Breitbart and Booman Tribune
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Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Cabinet Selections Signal Deregulation Moves Are Coming — Business leaders predict changes may come in everything from overtime pay to power-plant emission rules — Business leaders are predicting a dramatic unraveling of regulations on everything from overtime pay …
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New York Times, Real Clear Politics, Occupy Democrats, Instapundit and Investor's Business Daily
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Edward Morrissey / The Fiscal Times:
Trump's Cabinet: A Conservative About Face Toward Growth and Change
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 …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Trump gets one presidential intelligence briefing a week: sources — President-elect Donald Trump is receiving an average of one presidential intelligence briefing a week, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter, far fewer than most of his recent predecessors.
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Mother Jones, Common Dreams, Mediaite, Hullabaloo, Jezebel, Political Wire, Talking Points Memo, CBS News and Hot Air
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TMZ.com:
T.J. Miller — Arrested for Uber Fight Over Trump ... 'Tis the Season?? — “Silicon Valley” star T.J. Miller got arrested in Hollywood for allegedly making his Uber driver see stars, and not the good rating kind either. — Law enforcement sources tell us T.J.'s driver picked him up from the GQ Men …
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LAist, East Bay Times, Washington Times and SFist
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 …
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The Hill, AOL, USA Today, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Mediaite, RedState, FTVLive and TVNewser, more at Mediagazer »
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.”
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BizPac Review, The Daily Caller, Occupy Democrats and New York Magazine, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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 …
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