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5:00 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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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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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Ex-British ambassador who is now a WikiLeaks operative claims Russia did NOT provide Clinton emails - they were handed over to him at a D.C. park by an intermediary for ‘disgusted’ Democratic whistleblowers  — Craig Murray, former British ambassador to Uzbekistan and associate of Julian Assange …
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
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.
Will Doran / Raleigh News & Observer:
Roy Cooper to legislature: Go home  —  Responding to the General Assembly's effort to limit his power before he takes office Jan. 1, Gov.-elect Roy Cooper said it's time for lawmakers to go home.  —  “Major changes in the way state government operates should be done deliberately …
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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 …
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.
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
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.
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.
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 …
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
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.
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.
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
BBC:
EgyptAir crash: Explosives found on victims, say investigators  —  Traces of explosives have been found on victims of the EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean in May, Egyptian investigators say.  —  A criminal investigation would now begin into the crash of the Airbus A320, the civil aviation ministry said.
Tatiana Schlossberg / New York Times:
Feeling a Chill?  Blame the Polar Vortex.  And Global Warming.  —  On Thursday, temperatures on the East Coast are expected to plummet, and some people — fellow journalists and weather broadcasters, we're looking at you — may start talking about a “polar vortex.”
Discussion: The Daily Caller
TMZ.com:
Scott Baio — Chili Pepper's Wife Physically Attacked Me Over Trump  —  Scott Baio has filed a police report claiming the wife of the Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer went nuts on him at a function with their elementary school kids ... physically attacking him over his support of Donald Trump.
Jack McElroy / Knoxville News-Sentinel:
Story of Santa Claus with dying child can't be verified  —  Last Sunday, the News Sentinel published the story of a Campbell County Santa Claus actor, Eric Schmitt-Matzen, who said a terminally ill child had died in his arms.  —  Immediately, the story went viral.
Joshua Miller / BostonGlobe.com:
It's official: Marijuana is legal in Massachusetts  —  It was 1911.  The New England Watch and Ward Society (née the New England Society for the Suppression of Vice) was battling against drugs and other “special evils.”  And in April of that year, the group's leaders successfully petitioned …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 
 
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TMZ.com:
Ex-NFLer Jamal Anderson — Exposed His Penis at Gas Station ... Cops Say
Discussion: theGrio and The Big Lead
Corpus Christi Caller-Times:
Corpus Christi delegation: Tests show two chemicals may have contaminated water
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
David Shepardson / Reuters:
FCC chairman to step down, handing GOP a majority
 Earlier Items: 
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
Charles Lane / Washington Post:
Griping about the popular vote? Get over it.
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Democrats open to replacing Obamacare
Discussion: Washington Post, Daily Kos and The Week
Jordan Robertson / Bloomberg:
Stolen Yahoo Data Includes Government Employee Information
Discussion: New York Times, The Week and Daily Mail
Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Ivanka Trump to get office in WH space reserved for first lady: report
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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