memeorandum: NBC News: Trump chooses Tillerson for Secy of State (MSNBC)

3:50 PM ET, December 10, 2016

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Andrea Mitchell / NBC News:

Rex Tillerson of ExxonMobil Expected to Be Named Trump's Secretary of State: Sources — NBC News: Trump chooses Secy of State 2:55 — Donald Trump is expected to nominate ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his secretary of state, two sources close to the transition process told NBC News on Saturday.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Jezebel, New York's PIX11, TheBlaze, Bloomberg, Common Dreams and Patterico's Pontifications

MSNBC:

NBC News: Trump chooses Tillerson for Secy of State — NBC News can confirm that Donald Trump has chosen Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports. ... more Duration: {{video.duration.momentjs}}

Discussion: Business Insider, The Last Refuge, DeSmogBlog, Hot Air, BizPac Review and WCMH-TV

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.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Mediaite, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times

Harper Neidig / The Hill:

Trump picks Exxon CEO Tillerson for secretary of State: report — has selected Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his nominee for secretary of State, NBC News reported Saturday. — Tillerson had reportedly jumped to the front of the pack of candidates in recent days, despite not being mentioned on shortlists as recently as last week.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones and Business Insider

Andrea Mitchell / NBC News:

Rex Tillerson of Exxon Mobil Expected to Be Named Trump's Secretary of State: Sources — NBC News: Trump chooses Secy of State 2:55 — Donald Trump is expected to nominate Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his secretary of state, two sources close to the transition process told NBC News on Saturday.

Discussion: Political Wire, Patterico's Pontifications and AOL

CBS News:
Rex Tillerson is Donald Trump's leading candidate for secretary of state

Discussion: CBS New York

Steve Holland / Reuters:
Exxon CEO is now Trump's secretary of state favorite - transition official

Discussion: Politicus USA, Common Dreams and RedState

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.

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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Outside the Beltway, Political Wire, Occupy Democrats, Balloon Juice, The Talking Dog, The Gateway Pundit, Politico and Politicus USA

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

Trump, McConnell, Putin, and the Triumph of the Will to Power — Of the many things that resulted in Donald Trump's election, from Hillary Clinton's own errors to James Comey's extraordinary insinuations against her in the contest's final stages, Russian hacking played a meaningful enough role to tilt a razor-tight contest.

Discussion: Washington Post, Althouse, Slate, Occupy Democrats, BuzzFeed, Daily Kos and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times

CNN:
Donald Trump takes aim at US intelligence community on Russia

Discussion: RedState, Reuters, The Week, AOL and Balloon Juice

Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Schumer demands congressional inquiry on Russian meddling

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, EgbertoWillies.com, Daily Kos, Politicus USA, New Urban Legends, NBC News, Taylor Marsh, NO QUARTER USA NET and Political Wire

Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Schumer calls for full investigation by Congress of Russian interference in U.S. elections

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Common Dreams, No More Mister Nice Blog, BizPac Review, The Guardian, The Last Refuge, Occupy Democrats, The Reality-Based Community, Mother Jones, Business Insider, Daily Kos, Engadget, Diane Ravitch's blog, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Mediaite and Politicus USA

Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Obama to probe alleged Russian election meddling; Senate might too

Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Gothamist

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.”

Discussion: Balloon Juice

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

Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Trump on ‘lock her up’ chant: 'Now we don't care'

Discussion: Political Wire

TMZ.com:

Ivanka Trump — Secret Service Nabs Accused Stalker Near Trump Tower — Ivanka Trump's alleged stalker was only a block away from her family's home base, Trump Tower, when Secret Service swooped in and apprehended him ... TMZ has learned. — Justin Massler — who did 6 months …

Discussion: New York Magazine, BizPac Review and Law News

CBS News:

Study: Half of people “remember” events that never happened — Ever find yourself caught up in a vivid memory of an event that, you later realize with confusion, didn't really happen the way you thought? According to new research by psychologists at the University of Warwick in the U.K., you are far from alone.

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

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 …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill: Obama urges Congress not to repeal ObamaCare

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

Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Donald Trump's ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ deal may include money from brands

Discussion: Political Wire, The Daily Beast, Associated Press, Independent Journal Review and Media Matters for America

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: Scripting News, Viking Pundit, New York Magazine, Occupy Democrats and Daily Kos