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5:30 PM ET, December 15, 2016

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Adam Mosseri / Facebook:
News Feed FYI: Addressing Hoaxes and Fake News  —  A few weeks ago we previewed some of the things we're working on to address the issue of fake news and hoaxes.  We're committed to doing our part and today we'd like to share some updates we're testing and starting to roll out.
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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 …
Stephen Miller / Heat Street:
What Yasmin Seweid's Pretty Little Lies Reveal About ‘Fake News’ Media Hypocrisy
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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New York Times:
Congressman Proposes National Surveillance Program After Trump Meeting  —  Representative Peter T. King meets with President-elect Donald J. Trump, and emerges afterward to suggest a national surveillance program modeled on one that ran afoul of the law in New York City.
Daily Kos:
STATE AND COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTIONS  —  Under current state law, the governor's party controls the state board of elections with a three-to-two majority, and it also controls all 100 county elections boards with a two-to-one majority.  After Republicans took power in 2013 with McCrory's victory …
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Will Doran / Raleigh News & Observer:
Roy Cooper to legislature: Go home
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Lawrence Kudlow in Running to Take Top Economic Adviser Post  —  The commentator was an early supporter of Donald Trump but has voiced doubts about the president-elect's views on trade and monetary policy  —  Economic commentator Lawrence Kudlow has emerged as a leading candidate to chair …
Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION
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Chad Livengood / Detroit News:
Trump adviser: Kudlow to be top White House economist
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Ex-British ambassador who is now a WikiLeaks operative claims Russia did NOT provide …
Indianapolis Star:
A 20-year toll: 368 gymnasts allege sexual exploitation  —  INDYSTAR INVESTIGATIONS REVEALED THAT CHILDREN WERE BEING ABUSED IN GYMNASTICS GYMS, BUT NO ONE KNEW HOW WIDESPREAD THE PROBLEM WAS.  UNTIL NOW.  —  11,600  —  A 12-year-old gymnast molested by an Olympic coach during “therapy” sessions.
Blake Seitz / Washington Free Beacon:
The 7 Most Insane Andrew Sullivan Quotes About Obama From That New Republic Interview  —  In the days after the U.S. presidential election, the New Republic convened “five leading historians and political observers” to discuss President Obama's threatened legacy.
Discussion: The Federalist
Daniel Halper / New York Post:
Celebrities beg electors to be ‘heroes’ and vote against Trump  —  More On:  —  Celebrities are teaming up to beg Republicans in the Electoral College to vote against President-elect Donald Trump, pledging their “respect” for potential “heroes.”  —  A slew of other has-been and B …
Ben Ashford / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Rocky goes to Washington!  Trump taps Sylvester Stallone for top ‘arts’ role  — President-elect Trump has approached the veteran actor for a top arts-related position in his administration, DailyMail.com has learned  — The likely position would be Chairman of the National Endowment …
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Omarosa joins Trump transition team  —  Another reality television personality has joined Donald Trump's transition team.  —  Omarosa Manigault, a contestant on the first season of the president-elect's show “The Apprentice,” was one of nine new members of the transition's executive committee named Thursday.
Discussion: RedState and Mediaite
New York Times:
Dylann Roof Found Guilty in Charleston Church Massacre  —  CHARLESTON, S.C. — Dylann S. Roof, a self-radicalized young white supremacist who killed nine black parishioners last year when he opened fire during a long-planned assault on Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, was found guilty by a federal jury here on Thursday.
Dan Kopf / Quartz:
Trump's 17 cabinet-level picks have more money than a third of American households combined  —  The 17 people who US president-elect Donald Trump has selected for his cabinet or for posts with cabinet rank have well over $9.5 billion in combined wealth, with several positions still unfilled.
Howard Gleckman / TaxVox:
Repealing the Affordable Care Act Would Cut Taxes For High Income Households, Raise Taxes For Many Others  —  Repealing the Affordable Care Act would cut taxes significantly for the highest income one percent of US households, according to a new Tax Policy Center analysis.
Katy Waldman / Slate:
Donald's Beautiful Dark Fascist Fantasy  —  What do Trump and Kanye have in common?  Totalitarian aesthetics and disconnection from reality.  —  On Tuesday morning, Kanye West became the latest eminence to cross the marble floors of the Trump Tower lobby.
Discussion: Althouse, Mashable and Mediaite
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate Dems rolling out bill to force Trump to shed conflicts of interest  —  A group of Senate Democrats will introduce legislation requiring President-elect Donald Trump  —  to divest any financial assets that pose a conflict of interest and place the money into a blind trust.
Jackie Kucinich / The Daily Beast:
Monica Crowley, Fox News Personality, to Join Trump's National Security Council  —  Monica Crowley, a conservative radio host and Fox News analyst, is expected to be tapped by the Trump administration to be a deputy national security advisor, two sources familiar with the pick said.
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.
New York Times:
Democrats at Crossroads: Win Back Working-Class Whites, or Let Them Go?  —  WASHINGTON — Sounding like a frustrated Cassandra, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. lamented last week that Hillary Clinton had not done enough to reach white working-class voters in the presidential campaign.
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Ex-Defense Secretary Hagel offers Trump advice on Syria  —  Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel suggested Thursday that Donald Trump should consider putting together an Iraq Study Group-style commission to advise him on how to handle the situation in Syria and the broader tumult in the Middle East.
Discussion: RedState
The White House:
The 2017 Economic Report of the President  —  Summary: The 2017 Economic Report of the President reviews the economic record of the Obama Administration, focusing on how policies have promoted inclusive growth.  —  When he took office in early 2009, President Obama was faced with the daunting task …
Discussion: Equitable Growth
TMZ.com:
Ex-NFLer Jamal Anderson — Exposed His Penis at Gas Station ... Cops Say  —  Ex-NFL star Jamal Anderson walked into a gas station convenience store and whipped out his penis in front of the clerk ... according to police in Georgia.  —  Suwanee PD got a 911 call early Wednesday morning from the clerk at a QuikTrip.
Discussion: theGrio and The Big Lead
 
 
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Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Women's March on Washington officially has a permit for Jan. 21
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump's pick of a loyal Romney to chair RNC is a win for Priebus
Discussion: The Verge and CNNMoney
Laura Jarrett / CNN:
Judge orders Trump sit for 7-hour deposition in early January
The Guardian:
Justin Trudeau: 'Globalisation isn't working for ordinary people'
Discussion: Business Insider
Tatiana Schlossberg / New York Times:
Feeling a Chill? Blame the Polar Vortex. And Global Warming.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
Joshua Miller / BostonGlobe.com:
It's official: Marijuana is legal in Massachusetts
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
RNC E-Mail Was, In Fact, Hacked By Russians
Pew Research Center:
Americans Name the 10 Most Significant Historic Events of Their Lifetimes
Discussion: Washington Post
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Critics bash Trump children's presence at tech meeting
Jordan Robertson / Bloomberg:
Stolen Yahoo Data Includes Government Employee Information
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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