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7:00 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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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) …
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Donald Trump Ties C.I.A. Reports on Russian Meddling to Democrats' Shame  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that he did not believe American intelligence assessments that Russia had intervened to help his candidacy …
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.
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
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
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Reince Priebus, Sen. Rand Paul, and Sen. Claire McCaskill
Discussion: Politicus USA
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.
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
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armed-services.senate.gov:
McCain, Graham, Schumer, Reed Joint Statement on Reports That Russia Interfered with the 2016 Election  —  Washington, D.C. ­- U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump vs. Congress on Russian hacking
CNN:   Bipartisan group of senators calls for probe of Russian role in 2016 US elections
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Bipartisan Senate Group Calls for Probe of Russian Hacking in US
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
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
 
 
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Alex Mohajer / The Huffington Post:
Russian Interference Could Give Courts Legal Authority To Install Clinton
Discussion: AOL, Weasel Zippers and Politico
Kara Swisher / Recode:
Tim Cook, Larry Page, Sheryl Sandberg — and maybe even Jeff Bezos — are going to Trump's tech summit next week
Discussion: Reuters and Business Insider
Geert Wilders / Telegraph:
Watch | Anti-Islam Dutch MP Geert Wilders found guilty of hate speech
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Biden: Trump ran ‘most vicious’ campaign he's ever seen
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