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U.S. Officials: Putin Personally Involved in U.S. Election Hack — Vladimir Putin personally involved in US election hack, intelligence officials say 2:36 — U.S. intelligence officials now believe with “a high level of confidence” that Russian President Vladimir Putin became personally involved …
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Ed Klein / Townhall.com:
Comey to Trump: The Russians Didn't Influence the Election — In telephone conversations with Donald Trump, FBI Director James Comey assured the president-elect there was no credible evidence that Russia influenced the outcome of the recent U.S. presidential election by hacking …
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Mollie Reilly / The Huffington Post:
Report Says Putin Was Directly Involved With Russian Interference In U.S. Election
Report Says Putin Was Directly Involved With Russian Interference In U.S. Election
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New York Times, Washingtonian, New York Magazine, Coffee House, Weasel Zippers and The Moderate Voice
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
Kathy Frankovic / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
Americans and Trump part ways over Russia
Americans and Trump part ways over Russia
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Hot Air, Agence France-Presse, Politicus USA, Washington Post and TheBlaze
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
North Carolina G.O.P. Moves to Curb Power of New Democratic Governor — RALEIGH, N.C. — Republicans in the North Carolina legislature on Wednesday took the highly unusual step of moving to strip power from the incoming Democratic governor after a bitter election that extended years of fierce ideological battles in the state.
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Rocco Parascandola / New York Daily News:
Muslim college student who claimed Trump supporters attacked her on the subway under arrest for making story up — She made it all up — and now she's under arrest. — The Muslim college student who claimed she was harassed on the subway by three men who shouted “Donald Trump,” …
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BizPac Review, Hit & Run, Liberty Unyielding, Heat Street and RedState
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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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William Hicks / Heat Street:
SHE MADE IT UP: NYPD Arrests Muslim Girl Who Claimed Attack by Trump Supporters
SHE MADE IT UP: NYPD Arrests Muslim Girl Who Claimed Attack by Trump Supporters
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The Gateway Pundit
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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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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Charles Lane / Washington Post:
Griping about the popular vote? Get over it. — What an outrage: On Sunday, the National Football League awarded the Tennessee Titans a win over the Denver Broncos because they scored more points, even though the Broncos got more total yards than the Titans.
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Democrats open to replacing Obamacare — Senate Democrats will never vote to repeal Obamacare. But once the deed is done, a surprising number of them say they're open to helping Republicans replace it. — “If it makes sense, I think there'll be a lot of Democrats who would be for it,” said Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.).
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
His appointments are wrecking balls and swamp creatures, and his supporters won't care. This is what white populism looks like. — You don't have to look carefully to see the pattern in President-elect Donald Trump's picks for his Cabinet. To run the government, he has picked men and women …
New York Times:
G.O.P. Resistance Builds to John Bolton as State Dept. Deputy — WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump's extended deliberations over assembling a team to run the State Department are reviving some of the same debates that consumed the years of war and strife in the administration of George W. Bush.
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Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Ivanka Trump to get office in WH space reserved for first lady: report — A spokesperson for President-elect Donald Trump — is pushing back on a report that Ivanka Trump will get an office in the space typically reserved for the first lady. — “This is false.
Samantha Michaels / Mother Jones:
“Prevent Tragedy Before It's Too Late”: Read the Statement 1,200 Scholars Just Released About Trump — Concerned by the hateful rhetoric that has accompanied President-elect Donald Trump's transition to the White House, a group of 1,200 historians and other scholars have put …
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Jordan Robertson / Bloomberg:
Stolen Yahoo Data Includes Government Employee Information — FBI, CIA, NSA, White House workers among hacking victims — Former intelligence officers say leak could aid foreign spies — More than 150,000 U.S. government and military employees are among the victims of Yahoo! …
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New York Times, The Week and Daily Mail
Tina Nguyen / Vanity Fair:
Trump Grill Could Be the Worst Restaurant in America — And it reveals everything you need to know about our next president. — Halfway through a recent late lunch at the Trump Grill—the clubby steakhouse in the lobby of Trump Tower that has recently become famous through …
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Vivian Yee / New York Times:
To Combat Trump, Democrats Ready a G.O.P. Tactic: Lawsuits — One attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, is already investigating Donald J. Trump over possible violations of New York State law at his charity foundation. — Another, Maura Healey of Massachusetts, has joined Mr. Schneiderman …
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Political Wire and Above the Law
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle is contender for Trump press secretary — Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle has emerged as a contender to be Donald Trump's White House press secretary, and is expected to have a third meeting with his transition team this week, according to two sources familiar with the meetings.
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Tim Weiner / Esquire:
What Was James Comey Thinking? — FBI Director James Comey has long been renowned for his integrity and independence. So why did he upend the 2016 election? An exclusive report from inside the FBI. — As the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York …
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Above the Law and emptywheel
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Notes on the Macroeconomic Situation — So the Fed has raised rates. It was, I'd argue, a mistake, although not as severe a mistake as it would have been a year ago. Anyway, it seems like a good time to review where I think the economy stands, and what it means for monetary and fiscal policy.
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