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12:50 PM 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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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 …
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Schumer demands congressional inquiry on Russian meddling  —  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
New York Times:
Russian Hackers Acted to Aid Trump in Election, U.S. Says
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Schumer calls for full investigation by Congress of Russian interference in U.S. elections
New York Times:
Exxon Mobil Chief Rises as Trump's Choice for Secretary of State  —  Rex W. Tillerson, the president and chief executive of Exxon Mobil, has emerged as President-elect Donald J. Trump's top choice to become secretary of state, according to a person with direct knowledge of the search process.
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Obama urges Congress not to repeal ObamaCare  —  on Saturday lauded the Affordable Care Act as a Republican-controlled Congress looks forward to its repeal.  —  During his weekly White House address, Obama encouraged Americans who don't currently have healthcare to enroll in the program …
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The White House:
Weekly Address: It's Time to Get Covered on the Health Insurance Marketplace  —  WASHINGTON, DC — In this week's address, President Obama discussed Open Enrollment on the Health Insurance Marketplace, which began November 1.  The deadline to sign up for coverage beginning on January 1 is this Thursday …
Jim Geraghty / National Review:   Obama's Second Term Was a Complete Failure
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.”
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Trump on ‘lock her up’ calls: 'Now we don't care'  —  on Friday said that now that he's won the election, he does not care to prosecute Hillary Clinton  —  Trump was speaking in Grand Rapids, Mich., as part of his “thank you” tour when he heard some chants of “lock her up” — a common refrain during his campaign events.
Discussion: RedState
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Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Trump on ‘lock her up’ chant: 'Now we don't care'  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump said Friday he doesn't care about prosecuting Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, after attendees at his rally chanted “lock her up.”  —  After the chants started at the President-elect's post-election …
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
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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
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
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.
Discussion: Diane Ravitch's blog
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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 …
Martin Kaste / NPR.org:
Military-Trained Police May Be Less Hasty To Shoot, But That Got This Vet Fired  —  There are plenty of recent stories involving white police officers who have shot and killed black men, including some who are on trial for those shootings.  Then there's the case of a white cop who did not shoot …
Discussion: Guns.com
 
 
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump says blacks who stayed home were ‘almost as good’ as those who voted for him
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Aaron MacLean / Washington Free Beacon:
Requiem for a Narrative  —  At a dinner in Washington earlier …
Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Obama is rushing to Trump-proof the White House
Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Hits Early Voting: Who Knows What Happens When Polls Are ‘Locked’
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Prince George's Co. liquor board chairman charged with DUI after MGM grand opening
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Report: Trump wants as many as 5 generals in Cabinet
Discussion: Business Insider
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
None of the inauguration protests have their proper permits yet. Here's why.
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the Agora Center for Research, a Ugandan newsroom sitting between activism and investigative reporting, posting its work on various social media sites

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Texas' AG opens a probe into the World Federation of Advertisers to find if it conspired to boycott “certain social media platforms”; X sued the WFA in August

 
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