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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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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.
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Talking Points Memo, Politicus USA, Engadget, Political Wire, Diane Ravitch's blog and Towleroad
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.
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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 …
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Occupy Democrats, Politico, Politicus USA, Daily Kos, Wall Street Journal, Lawyers, Guns & Money and RedState
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 …
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Los Angeles Times, Gothamist and Mother Jones
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.
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 …
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RedState, New Urban Legends, Reuters, The Week, AOL, Mediaite, Balloon Juice and The Daily Caller
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.
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Common Dreams, Politicus USA and RedState
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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.
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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New York Magazine, Occupy Democrats and Johnson, Sam
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Joseph Lawler / Washington Examiner:
Key GOP lawmaker introduces Social Security reform plan
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Politicus USA and Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Plans Major Social Security Cuts
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Viking Pundit and Suburban Guerrilla …
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Key House GOPer Introduces Bill With Major Cuts To Social Security
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Forbes and The Mahablog
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.”
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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Diane Ravitch's blog and NPR, more at Mediagazer »
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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 …
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emptywheel, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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RedState, JONATHAN TURLEY and Washington Free Beacon
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 …
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 …
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Guns.com
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 …
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TheBlaze
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