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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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New York Times:
Buck Up, Democrats, and Fight Like Republicans — On Monday, members of the Electoral College will vote in Donald J. Trump as president. Though he lost the election by nearly three million votes and almost daily generates headlines about new scandals, the Democratic Party is doing little to stop him.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Full-page ads turn up the heat on Trump electors
Full-page ads turn up the heat on Trump electors
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Fight Donald Trump With Normal Politics, Not Crazy Electoral College Schemes
Fight Donald Trump With Normal Politics, Not Crazy Electoral College Schemes
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CNN:
Did Donald Trump need an apology from Mitt Romney? — Source: Trump told Romney he won't be nominee — (CNN)As President-elect Donald Trump considered Mitt Romney for secretary of state, Trump wanted one thing Romney wouldn't give him: an apology. — Trump was willing to move past Romney's bitter campaign-trail criticism of him.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump announces McDaniel to be his pick for RNC — President-elect Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that Michigan GOP chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel is his choice to succeed incoming chief of staff Reince Priebus as chair of the Republican National Committee.
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Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Trump wasn't happy with his State Department finalists. Then he heard a new name.
Trump wasn't happy with his State Department finalists. Then he heard a new name.
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Mark Preston / CNN:
Ronna Romney McDaniel tapped to lead RNC
Ronna Romney McDaniel tapped to lead RNC
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Nancy Scola / Politico:
Source: Twitter cut out of Trump tech meeting over failed emoji deal — Twitter was told it was “bounced” from Wednesday's meeting between tech executives and President-elect Donald Trump in retribution for refusing during the campaign to allow an emoji version of the hashtag #CrookedHillary …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
How Clinton lost Michigan — and blew the election — Everybody could see Hillary Clinton was cooked in Iowa. So when, a week-and-a-half out, the Service Employees International Union started hearing anxiety out of Michigan, union officials decided to reroute their volunteers …
Breitbart:
Condoleezza Rice, former Secretary of State: — “Rex Tillerson is an excellent choice for Secretary of State. He will bring to the post remarkable and broad international experience; a deep understanding of the global economy; and a belief in America's special role in the world.
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Mitchell Schnurman / Dallas Morning News:
Like Donald Trump, Rex Tillerson has financial conflicts — over $177M in Exxon stock that can't be sold
Like Donald Trump, Rex Tillerson has financial conflicts — over $177M in Exxon stock that can't be sold
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Chris Isidore / CNNMoney:
The problem with Rex Tillerson's nine-figure nest egg
The problem with Rex Tillerson's nine-figure nest egg
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Reuters:
Trump team disavows survey seeking names of climate workers — President-elect Donald Trump's transition team on Wednesday disavowed a survey sent to the U.S. Department of Energy that requested the names of people working on climate change in the agency. — “The questionnaire was not authorized …
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Eugene Scott / CNN:
Trump team disavows climate change questionnaire to Energy Department
Trump team disavows climate change questionnaire to Energy Department
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Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
Here's the Public Evidence Russia Hacked the DNC - It's Not Enough — There are some good reasons to believe Russians had something to do with the breaches into email accounts belonging to members of the Democratic party, which proved varyingly embarrassing or disruptive for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Earnest: Trump may have known Russia behind hacking before Election Day
Earnest: Trump may have known Russia behind hacking before Election Day
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GreatAgain:
President-Elect Donald J. Trump Announces Travis Kalanick of Uber, Elon Musk of SpaceX and Tesla, and Indra Nooyi of PepsiCo to Join President's Strategic and Policy Forum — (New York, NY)—President-elect Donald J. Trump today announced that three additional members will join …
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Ali Breland / The Hill:
Trump names Elon Musk, Uber CEO to advisory team
Trump names Elon Musk, Uber CEO to advisory team
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William D. Cohan / Vanity Fair:
Huma vs. the “Night Stalkers” — After a stunning election loss, the knives appear to be out in Clintonworld. — “Maybe I'm just pissed off, but I really don't give a s**t about what happens to Huma to be honest with you,” one close adviser to Hillary Clinton told me recently.
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
For release at 2:00 p.m. EST — Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in November indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace since mid-year. Job gains have been solid in recent months and the unemployment rate has declined.
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Harriet Torry / Wall Street Journal:
Fed Raises Rates for First Time in 2016, Anticipates 3 Increases in 2017
Fed Raises Rates for First Time in 2016, Anticipates 3 Increases in 2017
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Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Trump's national security adviser shared secrets without permission, files show — A secret U.S. military investigation in 2010 determined that Michael T. Flynn, the retired Army general tapped to serve as national security adviser in the Trump White House, “inappropriately shared” …
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Don Trump Jr. involved in INTERIOR search — WAYNE BERMAN up for TRADE REP — TRUMP'S TECH SUMMIT — SPOTTED AT DAVID RUBENSTEIN'S PARTY — B'DAY: Kirsten Powers — By JAKE SHERMAN (sherman@politico.com; @JakeSherman) and ANNA PALMER (anna@politico.com; @apalmerdc) with DANIEL LIPPMAN …
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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Sheriff Joe Arpaio resurfaces investigation into Obama citizenship — Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who lost his Maricopa County, Ariz., reelection bid in November, has restarted his investigation into President Obama's citizenship. — Arpaio, a vocal supporter of President-elect Donald Trump
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Murray Weiss / DNAinfo New York:
Woman Made Up Tale of Anti-Muslim Attack by Men Shouting ‘Trump’: Sources — MANHATTAN — An 18-year-old Muslim college student who claimed three men screaming “Donald Trump!” attacked her on a Manhattan subway platform is being charged with filing a false report after admitting she made up the incident, sources told DNAinfo New York.
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Daniel Wagner / BuzzFeed:
Trump Must Give Up Hotel Before Inauguration, Agency Tells Lawmakers — Major development in dispute over Donald Trump's conflicts of interest: The government agency that leases a taxpayer-owned landmark for Trump's Washington hotel has told lawmakers that the president-elect will be in breach …
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Kathy Frankovic / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
Americans and Trump part ways over Russia — Most Americans do not view Russia as friendly, but even many Trump voters think that Trump does … The country is still divided in their feeling about the Trump presidency, with as many people in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll feeling pessimistic as optimistic about the next four years.
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Aaron Diamant / WSB-TV:
Georgia secretary of state says cyberattacks traced to DHS addresses — ATLANTA - The Georgia Secretary of State's Office now confirms 10 separate cyberattacks on its network were all traced back to U.S. Department of Homeland Security addresses. — In an exclusive interview …
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Senate Dems Call On DeVos To Pay $5 Million Fine From 2008 PAC Violation — Multiple Democratic senators have called on President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Education, Betsy DeVos, to pay more than $5 million in fines and late fees owed by a now-inactive school choice organization …
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Conrad Black / National Review:
Lights Out for the Old Order — Trump has wrought a revolution. — This is the ninth time I have witnessed, usually from afar but not this time, a party transition in the administration of the United States government. British prime minister Harold Macmillan famously described the process …
Jason Kurtz / CNN:
NFL great Brown on meeting Trump: ‘I fell in love with him’ — Jim Brown on Trump: He has “my admiration” — (CNN)NFL legend Jim Brown stopped by Trump Tower Tuesday for a meeting pegged as a discussion about issues facing the African-American community, saying he “fell in love” with President-elect Donald Trump.
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