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8:45 AM ET, December 14, 2016

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New York Times:
The Perfect Weapon: How Russian Cyberpower Invaded the U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — When Special Agent Adrian Hawkins of the Federal Bureau of Investigation called the Democratic National Committee in September 2015 to pass along some troubling news about its computer network, he was transferred, naturally, to the help desk.
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New York Times:
Democratic House Candidates Were Also Targets of Russian Hacking  —  WASHINGTON — South Florida has long been a laboratory for some of the nation's roughest politics, with techniques like phantom candidates created by political rivals to siphon off votes from their opponents …
Discussion: alan.com and Mother Jones
Joe Uchill / The Hill:
Typo led to Podesta email hack: report
Discussion: Liberal Values and RedState
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Lessig: 20 Trump electors could flip  —  Larry Lessig, a Harvard University constitutional law professor who made a brief run for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, claimed Tuesday that 20 Republican members of the Electoral College are considering voting against Donald Trump …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Judge Says Colorado Electors Can't Switch Votes  —  The Latest on Colorado electors trying to stop a Trump presidency (all times local):  —  A Colorado judge is ordering the state's nine electors to vote for Hillary Clinton.  —  Two electors had sued in hopes of being freed …
Discussion: Politico
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump tells Wisconsin: Victory was a surprise
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Trump recruits army of chief executives to battle with the system in Washington  —  President-elect Donald Trump is stocking the upper echelons of his administration with more than the usual share of business titans like himself, betting the success of his presidency on the idea that a clash …
Discussion: Political Wire
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New York Times:
Under Rex Tillerson, Exxon Mobil Forged Its Own Path Abroad
The Huffington Post:
The Humbling Of Mitt Romney, By Donald J. Trump  —  “Mitt Romney is somebody I had respect for,” Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid says.  “I have none anymore.”  —  Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post  —  When Barack Obama first decided that Hillary Clinton would make an able secretary …
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Harry Reid Says Electors Should Have Intelligence Briefing
Discussion: The Hill and Hot Air
Agence France-Presse:
IBM unveils plan to hire 25,000 in US on eve of Trump meeting  —  12k  —  US technology giant IBM said Tuesday it would hire 25,000 people in the country over the next four years, a day before President-elect Donald Trump meets with tech industry leaders.  —  About 6,000 of those hirings …
TMZ.com:
Alan Thicke — Dead at 69  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  TV icon Alan Thicke has died ... TMZ has learned.  —  We're told Alan had a heart attack while he was playing hockey with his 19-year-old son, Carter.  He was transported to Providence St. Joseph's Medical Center around noon today, and pronounced dead there.
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate already bickering over Sessions  —  Jeff Sessions is still weeks away from his confirmation hearings to become Donald Trump's attorney general.  But top senators are already flinging accusations at each other, with Democrats demanding more time to review Sessions' record …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Is Sessions, Trump's Attorney General Pick, Trying to Paper Over His Record?
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Detroit News:
Records: Too many votes in 37% of Detroit's precincts  —  Voting machines in more than one-third of all Detroit precincts registered more votes than they should have during last month's presidential election, according to Wayne County records prepared at the request of The Detroit News.
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Jonathan Oosting / Detroit News:
Detroit's voting irregularities spur state audit
Sydney Finkelstein / BBC:
Algorithms are making us small-minded  —  Your life is mapped out for you but, not in the way that you think.  How predictive algorithms narrow your perspective - and ultimately your choices.  —  We live in a world of curation.  The internet — aided by algorithms that predict what we search …
Discussion: Daily Mail
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Labor Secretary Tom Perez will join race to run DNC  —  Labor Secretary Tom Perez will launch a campaign to be Democratic National Committee chairman this week, becoming the first serious challenger to Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) for a lead role in rebuilding a shellshocked party.
Discussion: Politico and The Week
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:   Indiana mayor weighs DNC chair bid
Mike Males / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Why do California's whites vote so differently than whites elsewhere?  —  My tribe, Caucasoid Californicus, is dwindling.  Over the last quarter century, California's non-Latino white population has plunged by 2 million as Latinos and Asians burgeoned.  In 1990, nearly six in 10 Californians were white …
Manu Raju / CNN:
Bob Corker plans to launch new Russia hacking inquiry  —  Washington (CNN)The influential chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans to launch a new review about Russia's hacking of the elections, the latest push by a top Republican to explore allegations of improper meddling by the Kremlin …
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Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
Marco Rubio Joins Other GOP Senators Voicing Concern Over Rex Tillerson
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Trump selects Zinke as interior secretary  —  President-elect Donald Trump has offered the interior secretary position to Montana's freshman Rep. Ryan Zinke, an ex-Navy Seal commander, according to two transition officials and someone familiar with the offer.
Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
Energy Department Denies Trump Team Request to Name Employees on Climate Policy  —  The Department of Energy said it won't comply with a request from the Trump transition team to provide names of employees who worked on the Obama administration's climate policy efforts.
Discussion: The Right Scoop
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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Energy Dept refuses to name staffers who worked on climate for Trump transition
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Trump victory rally is a warning for Ryan  —  Donald Trump warned Paul Ryan on Tuesday night that if the speaker “ever goes against me,” the president-elect will stop defending him — although he seemed to use a lighthearted tone when he said it.  —  During a “thank you” rally in West Allis …
Discussion: ABC News
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Divisions deepen inside Trump Tower  —  Donald Trump's White House-in-waiting is already being roiled by divisions, with the conservative outsiders who helped power his historic victory colliding with a Republican Party establishment muscling its way in.  —  Insiders paint a picture …
Discussion: Political Wire
Jacob T. Levy / Niskanen Center:
The Defense of Liberty Can't Do Without Identity Politics  —  In his post introducing the Niskanen Center's project to revitalize liberalism, Will Wilkinson called for both restating old liberal truths and for updating them for our own era, in light of what we have learned, echoing F.A. Hayek's articulating of his own task in his era.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
 
 
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi doubts GOP can pull off ObamaCare repeal
Discussion: Hot Air
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Trump team working to remove top NATO official
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