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2:40 PM ET, December 13, 2016

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Mitt Romney / Facebook:
It was an honor to have been considered for Secretary of State of our great country.  My discussions with President-elect Trump have been both enjoyable and enlightening.  I have very high hopes that the new administration will lead the nation to greater strength, prosperity and peace.
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New York Times:
Rex Tillerson, Exxon C.E.O., Chosen as Secretary of State  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump on Tuesday officially selected Rex W. Tillerson, the chief executive of Exxon Mobil, to be his secretary of state.  In saying he will nominate Mr. Tillerson, the president-elect …
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
President Obama on Campaign Hacks: ‘Very Clear Relationships’ Between Team Trump and Russia
Washington Times:   Trying to overturn a free and fair election
Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Fired Trump Adviser Tells Moscow Audience How Great Exxon CEO Would Be For Russia
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Week and NPR
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: What You Need To Know About Trump's Tillerson Pick
Discussion: Politico
New York Times:
Flawed Choices for the State Department
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Rick Perry, Ex-Governor of Texas, Is Trump's Pick as Energy Secretary  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump plans to name the former Texas governor Rick Perry as his secretary of energy.  —  The selection of Mr. Perry to lead the energy agency would offer a rich paradox …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Ayn Rand-acolyte Donald Trump stacks his cabinet with fellow objectivists
Discussion: Instapundit and The Week
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Why Obamacare enrollees voted for Trump  —  In Whitley County, Kentucky, the uninsured rate declined 60 percent under Obamacare.  So why did 82 percent of voters there support Donald Trump?  —  CORBIN, Ky. — Kathy Oller is so committed to her job signing up fellow Kentuckians for Obamacare …
Discussion: Mother Jones and Balloon Juice
Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:
After talking with Trump, Bill Gates says president-elect could be like JFK  —  Bill Gates: Trump has a chance to lead through innovation  —  President-elect Donald Trump has an opportunity to establish “American leadership through innovation,” Bill Gates told CNBC on Tuesday.
Duane Townsend / The Hill:
America is held hostage by flyover states  —  The predominant narrative coming out of the 2016 Presidential post-election analysis is: The flyover states have spoken.  —  A flyover state is the huge region between the coasts.  As opposed to the eastern seaboard, northern post-industrial states and Pacific Ocean states.
Discussion: RedState and Instapundit
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Al Franken Faces Donald Trump and the Next Four Years  —  The two-term Democratic senator, who once made a living satirizing politicians, envisions an unfunny future.  —  'D  —  onald Trump never laughs," Al Franken said.  —  This was the senator's first observation to me on a recent afternoon.
Discussion: Althouse and Instapundit
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
RNC keeps close tabs on Electoral College vote  —  The Republican National Committee is overseeing an expansive whip operation designed to lock down Donald Trump's Electoral College majority and ensure that the 306 Republican electors cast their votes for the president-elect.
Reuters:
Exclusive: Top U.S. spy agency has not embraced CIA assessment on Russia hacking - sources  —  The overseers of the U.S. intelligence community have not embraced a CIA assessment that Russian cyber attacks were aimed at helping Republican President-elect Donald Trump win the 2016 election, three American officials said on Monday.
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
My President Was Black  —  “They're a rotten crowd,” I shouted across the lawn.  “You're worth the whole damn bunch put together.”  — F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby  —  I.  —  “Love Will Make You Do Wrong”  —  In the waning days of President Barack Obama's administration …
BBC:
Aleppo battle: UN says 82 civilians shot on the spot  —  Syrian pro-government forces have been entering homes in eastern Aleppo and killing those inside, including women and children, the UN says.  —  The UN's human rights office said it had reliable evidence that in four areas 82 civilians were shot on sight.
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The Daily Beast:
Last Rebels in Aleppo Say Assad Forces Are Burning People Alive
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
David Brock blasts Brooklyn, ‘animals’ in press  —  There aren't many people on the planet who hate Donald Trump - and love Hillary Clinton - with the Savonarola intensity of a David Brock.  —  But the Democratic dark-arts impresario has come to believe, in the harsh light of last month's bitter loss …
Discussion: Hot Air and The Daily Caller
Joe Davidson / Washington Post:
Energy Dept. rejects Trump's request to name climate change workers, who remain worried  —  Global warming — “it's a hoax.”  —  Donald Trump has said that more than once.  —  So it's understandable that the request by the president-elect's transition team for the names …
Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
Scientists are frantically copying U.S. climate data, fearing it might vanish under Trump  —  Alarmed that decades of crucial climate measurements could vanish under a hostile Trump administration, scientists have begun a feverish attempt to copy reams of government data onto independent servers …
Fox17:
Belding firefighter let go for racist remarks … BELDING, Mich. — A firefighter from the Belding fire department was let go for allegedly posting racist remarks on Facebook over the weekend.  —  A three-sentence statement is all it took to get Ryan Hudson fired.
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:
How Donald Trump's business ties are already jeopardizing U.S. interests  —  U.S. DONALD TRUMP U.S. FOREIGN POLICY  —  Given the vast scope of the clashes between the Trumps' extensive business dealings and the interests of America, the president-elect vowed during the campaign …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Raw Story and alan.com
Steven Nelson / US News:
Marijuana Is Harder Than Ever for Younger Teens to Find  —  Regulated markets for adults have not made it easier for younger people to get marijuana.  —  In some parts of the county, adults who want marijuana need to drive to the nearest state-regulated shop.  Teens, however, are self-reporting declining accessibility.
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Did the Duke lacrosse case have reverberations in the 2016 election?  —  One way to look at the election of Donald Trump is that it is a repudiation of the cult of political correctness that thrives — metastasizes might be a better word — on college and university campuses.
Clara Jeffery / Mother Jones:
Time to Fight Like Hell  —  Decades from now, when the election of 2016 is distilled to its essence, what will that be?  Many hoped the central lesson would be a shattered glass ceiling and a cementing of the Obama legacy.  An expansion of rights and tolerance.
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Condemns the Wrong Man  —  Senator Elizabeth Warren, furious about President-elect Donald J. Trump's appointments of finance industry insiders, took to Facebook a little over a week ago to fire off a message to her nearly 2.5 million followers.
 
 
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The Guardian:
One less woman in politics: Wonder Woman loses job as UN ambassador
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Rogue One review: this is the first Star Wars movie to acknowledge the whole franchise is about war
Dennis Prager / Townhall.com:
On Men Viewing Women as Sex Objects
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George W. Bush EPA chief slams Trump's pick
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