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6:25 PM ET, December 11, 2016

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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Former ambassador to Russia: Putin wanted ‘revenge’ against Clinton  —  Russia interfered in the U.S. elections to get revenge against Hillary Clinton  —  , a former U.S. ambassador to the Kremlin said Sunday.  —  Michael McFaul, who served as the U.S. ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014 …
Discussion: RedState
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Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:
TRUMP: I'm a ‘smart person,’ don't need intelligence briefings every single day  —  President-elect Donald Trump brushed off concerns that he's not participating in the traditional daily intelligence and national security briefings that presidents hold every day.
Discussion: Mashable, alan.com and AOL
David / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Trump Says Democrats Made Up Russian Hacking As An ‘Excuse’ For His ‘Major Landslide Victory’  —  President-elect Donald Trump dismissed reports that the CIA has concluded Russia interfered in the U.S. election, arguing that Democrats had conjured the story to account for their “massive” election loss.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Bill Flanagan / CBS News:
John McCain doesn't know what to make of Trump's Russia hacking response  —  Responding to intelligence officials' report that Russia tried to influence the U.S. presidential election in favor of President-elect Donald Trump, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Arizona) …
Spencer Ackerman / The Guardian:
Intelligence figures fear Trump reprisals over assessment of Russia election role  —  Legislators overseeing the CIA and other intelligence agencies have told the Guardian they will be vigilant about reprisals from Donald Trump over an internal assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to ensure Trump's victory.
Fox News:
Trump: Claims of Russian interference in 2016 race ‘ridiculous,’ Dems making excuses
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
FBI and CIA give differing accounts to lawmakers on Russia's motives in 2016 hacks
CNN:   Bipartisan group of senators calls for probe of Russian role in 2016 US elections
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Reince Priebus, Sen. Rand Paul, and Sen. Claire McCaskill
Discussion: Politicus USA
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Bipartisan Senate Group Calls for Probe of Russian Hacking in US
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
McMullin: ‘Trump is not a loyal American’
Discussion: Politico, RedState, TheBlaze and Mediaite
Steve Coll / New Yorker:
Rex Tillerson, from a Corporate Oil Sovereign to the State Department  —  The news that President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Rex Tillerson, the chairman and chief executive of ExxonMobil, as his Secretary of State is astonishing on many levels.
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Chris Wallace Asks Trump: Why Pick Business Exec. Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State?
Discussion: alan.com and The Week
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:   Intelligence expert: Trump's choice of Putin buddy to head State adds to his White House ‘Kremlin cabal’
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Bernstein says Trump's lies worse than Nixon's  —  Carl Bernstein, whose reporting broke open the Watergate scandal that led to former President Nixon's resignation, said Sunday that Nixon's lies were nothing compared to Donald Trump  —  “Trump lives and thrives in a fact-free environment.
Brent Johnson / New Jersey Online:
Christie turned down several jobs in Trump administration, sources say  —  TRENTON — President-elect Donald Trump offered Gov. Chris Christie numerous positions in his incoming administration, but the New Jersey governor turned them down, two sources with knowledge of Trump's transition efforts told NJ Advance Media.
Discussion: Mediaite and Political Wire
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Rick Perry Said to Be Trump's Top Candidate for Energy Secretary  —  Democratic Senators Manchin, Heitkamp also under consideration  —  President-elect met with contenders at Army-Navy game  —  Donald Trump has narrowed his search for energy secretary to four people …
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Trump says ‘nobody really knows’ if climate change is real  —  President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday that “nobody really knows” whether climate change is real and that he is “studying” whether the United States should withdraw from the global warming agreement struck in Paris a year ago.
Discussion: Political Wire and alan.com
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Rand Paul threatens to block Bolton nomination  —  Sen. Rand Paul is threatening to block President-elect Donald Trump's likely pick of John Bolton as the No. 2 in the State Department.  —  The Kentucky Republican, who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, could stop …
Discussion: ABC News and The Week
Kara Swisher / Recode:
Tim Cook, Larry Page, Sheryl Sandberg — and maybe even Jeff Bezos — are going to Trump's tech summit next week  —  The gathering will take place Wednesday in New York.  —  Alphabet CEO Larry Page, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg are among the small group of top tech leaders …
Discussion: Reuters and Business Insider
Richard Rainey / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
John Kennedy defeats Foster Campbell for Louisiana's open U.S. Senate seat  —  Donald Trump thanks supporters and rallys for John Kennedy in Baton Rouge rally  —  Donald Trump and US Senate candidate John Kennedy wave to supporters during a Get Out the Vote rally Friday, December 9 …
Discussion: Hot Air and The Gateway Pundit
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Associated Press:
Republican John Kennedy Wins Louisiana Senate Race in Runoff
 
 
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Alex Mohajer / The Huffington Post:
Russian Interference Could Give Courts Legal Authority To Install Clinton
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