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10:45 AM ET, December 15, 2016

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NBC News:
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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Brian Ross / ABC News:
Discussion: Associated Press
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 …
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: NBC News and The Week
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ncleg.net:   GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA FOURTH EXTRA SESSION 2016
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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William Hicks / Heat Street:
SHE MADE IT UP: NYPD Arrests Muslim Girl Who Claimed Attack by Trump Supporters
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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.
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Anthony L. Fisher / Hit & Run:
Why ‘Hamilton Electors,’ Who Would Make Hillary Clinton President, Are as Dead as Their Namesake
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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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Trump Talks Tech
Discussion: Politico
Reuters:
Trump team disavows survey seeking names of climate workers
Discussion: The Verge and Gizmodo
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.).
Discussion: The Week
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 …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Fake news is a convenient scapegoat, but the big 2016 problem was the real news  —  You can't blame Macedonian teens for disastrously email-centric coverage.  —  Speaking in early December at a ceremony to honor Harry Reid's retirement from the US Senate, Hillary Clinton took aim at a target …
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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Breitbart:
Condoleezza Rice, former Secretary of State:
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
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 …
Discussion: Libraries Home and Raw Story
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.
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! …
Discussion: New York Times, The Week and Daily Mail
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
CBS News:
Do Americans think Donald Trump will be a good president?  —  With the inauguration a little over a month away, just over a third of Americans (34 percent) think President-elect Trump will be a good or very good president, and another 23 percent think he will be average.
 
 
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Washington Post:
Aleppo evacuation deal for rebels shatters, violence surges
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New York Times:
Taiwan Is Both Exhilarated and Unnerved by Trump's China Remarks
Tim Weiner / Esquire:
What Was James Comey Thinking?
Discussion: Above the Law and emptywheel
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Notes on the Macroeconomic Situation
Discussion: bradford-delong.com
Emma O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Dollar on Top on Hawkish Fed as Bonds, Stocks Outside Japan Fall
Discussion: The Guardian
Eric Foner / The Nation:
AMERICAN RADICALS AND THE CHANGE WE COULD BELIEVE IN
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Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Nominees Are Likely to Face Heavy Senate Vetting
Discussion: Mother Jones
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump announces McDaniel as his pick for RNC
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
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GreatAgain:
President-Elect Donald J. Trump Announces Travis Kalanick of Uber, Elon Musk of SpaceX and Tesla …
 

 
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
As the NYT Tech Guild goes on strike, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas offers the AI company's services to the NYT to help ensure election coverage is available

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Elisabeth Egan / New York Times:
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