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11:20 AM ET, December 10, 2016

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William Cummings / USA Today:
Trump bashes CIA, dismisses Russian hacking report  —  21k Shares  —  President-elect Donald Trump's transition team questioned the credibility of the CIA late Friday in response to a report the agency found Russia intervened in the election to boost his prospects.
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Schumer calls for full investigation by Congress of Russian interference in U.S. elections  —  The CIA's findings that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency are both “stunning and surprising,” the next leader of Senate Democrats said, raising the need for Congress to conduct a full investigation.
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Schumer demands Senate election inquiry on Russia  —  Incoming Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is calling for a full, bipartisan congressional investigation into reports of Russian interference in the 2016 election that would likely continue after President Barack Obama leaves office.
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Obama to probe alleged Russian election meddling; Senate might too  —  President Obama has ordered his intelligence agencies to conduct a review of hacking during the 2016 presidential election and present their findings before he leaves office.  Alleged Russian hacking during the election might …
New York Times:
Russia Hacked Republican Committee but Kept Data, U.S. Concludes  —  WASHINGTON — American intelligence agencies have concluded with “high confidence” that Russia acted covertly in the latter stages of the presidential campaign to harm Hillary Clinton's chances and promote Donald J. Trump, according to senior administration officials.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The CIA concluded that Russia worked to elect Trump.  Republicans now face an impossible choice.  —  This post has been updated with a defiant statement from the Trump transition team.  —  The Washington Post is now reporting that the CIA has concluded something widely suspected …
CNN:
Donald Trump takes aim at US intelligence community on Russia  —  (CNN)President-elect Donald Trump's transition team slammed the CIA Friday, following reports the agency has concluded that Russia intervened in the election to help him win.  —  In a stunning response to widening claims …
Kathleen Hennessey / Associated Press:
Obama orders review of election-season hacking
Andrew Biggs / Forbes:
At Last: A New Social Security Reform Plan  —  Social Security has been a quiet subject for Republicans since the collapse of President Bush's reform efforts in 2005.  In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Republican Members of Congress were seemingly lining up to present new plans …
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Joseph Lawler / Washington Examiner:
Key GOP lawmaker introduces Social Security reform plan
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Plans Major Social Security Cuts
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Key House GOPer Introduces Bill With Major Cuts To Social Security
Discussion: Forbes and The Mahablog
Johnson, Sam:
Sam Johnson Unveils Plan to Permanently Save Social Security
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Going for the Big Enchilada
Discussion: alicublog and Daily Kos
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Exxon CEO is now Trump's secretary of state favorite - transition official  —  Exxon Mobil Corp Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson emerged on Friday as President-elect Donald Trump's leading candidate for U.S. secretary of state, a senior transition official said.
Discussion: Politicus USA and RedState
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New York Times:   Exxon Mobil Chief Rises as Trump's Choice for Secretary of State
Wall Street Journal:
Exxon's Rex Tillerson Is Top Candidate for Secretary of State
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
An ‘Apprentice’ Role for Trump Opens Door Wide for Questions  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump is entering office with financial entanglements that are exotic and far-flung: a condominium project in Manila, a luxury furniture maker in Istanbul, golf courses in Scotland and Ireland, and a hotel in Azerbaijan.
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Obama's Second Term Was a Complete Failure  —  There's no other way to describe it.  —  Every December, Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post picks the biggest political loser of the past year.  —  In 2013, Cillizza's selection was Barack Obama.  He cited the botched rollout of Healthcare.gov …
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Obama urges Congress not to repeal ObamaCare
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Learn from His Mistakes
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Michael Kinsley / Washington Post:
Donald Trump is actually a fascist  —  Michael Kinsley is a columnist for Vanity Fair magazine and a contributing columnist for The Post.  —  Donald Trump is a fascist.  —  When you call somebody a fascist, you can mean any number of things.  Often, it means no more than “somebody I don't like.”
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Leftist Students Shouted ‘F*ck You B*itch’ at the Gay Director of a Pro-Trans Movie, Boys Don't Cry  —  There was a time not so long ago when the people shouting “f**k you bitch” at a gender-fluid gay filmmaker would have been bigoted right-wing conservatives.
Joy-Ann Reid / The Daily Beast:
Hey, White Working Class, Donald Trump Is Already Screwing You Over  —  You're probably going to read this as sour grapes, and I certainly am sour about a family of kleptocrats moving into the White House because 80,000 of your votes in states that get more federal tax dollars than they put …
Discussion: emptywheel
Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Hits Early Voting: Who Knows What Happens When Polls Are ‘Locked’  —  It's been more than a month, but President-elect Donald Trump is still raising questions about the presidential election.  —  In what was supposed to be a stump speech for Republican Louisiana Senate candidate John Kennedy …
Discussion: TheBlaze
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:   Trump blasts early voting: ‘Many things can go wrong’
Bob Fredericks / New York Post:
Hillary Clinton's losing campaign cost a record $1.2B  —  More On:  —  Hillary Clinton and her supporters spent a record $1.2 billion for her losing presidential campaign — twice as much as the winner, Donald Trump, according to the latest records.  —  The president-elect …
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Giuliani pulls name from contention for secretary of state  —  Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani pulled out of the secretary of state sweepstakes late last month, President-elect Donald Trump's transition team said Friday, as Trump has widened his search to select the nation's top diplomat.
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Giuliani won't serve in Trump administration
Discussion: ABC News
 
 
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Aaron MacLean / Washington Free Beacon:
Requiem for a Narrative  —  At a dinner in Washington earlier …
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WTTG-TV:
Prince George's Co. liquor board chairman charged with DUI after MGM grand opening
Discussion: Raw Story
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Report: Trump wants as many as 5 generals in Cabinet
Discussion: Business Insider
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Free-market Republicans contort to defend Trump
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Perry Stein / Washington Post:
None of the inauguration protests have their proper permits yet. Here's why.
Discussion: TIME, DCist, Refinery29, TheBlaze and Mediaite
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump over performed the most in counties with the highest drug, alcohol and suicide mortality rates
Claire Landsbaum / New York Magazine:
Ohio Politician Who Lobbied for ‘Heartbeat Bill’ Has ‘Never Thought About’ Why a Woman Would Want an Abortion
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and Hullabaloo