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John Podesta / Washington Post:
Something is deeply broken at the FBI — John Podesta was chairman of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. — The more we learn about the Russian plot to sabotage Hillary Clinton's campaign and elect Donald Trump, and the failure of the FBI to adequately respond, the more shocking it gets.
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Scott Detrow / NPR:
Obama On Russian Hacking: ‘We Need To Take Action. And We Will’ — President Obama says the United States will respond to Russian cyber-attacks that the intelligence community has concluded were part of an effort to influence the 2016 presidential election.
Erin Kelly / USA Today:
Intelligence officials refuse to brief House panel on Russian hacking — 1.0k Shares — WASHINGTON — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes on Wednesday blasted as “unacceptable” the refusal of the FBI, CIA and National Intelligence directors to brief his panel …
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Global Guerrillas and Independent Journal Review
CNN:
Clinton says Putin grudge led Russia to hack Dem groups — New York (CNN)Hillary Clinton said Thursday night that Russian President Vladimir Putin's alleged involvement in the hacking of Democratic organizations during the 2016 election stemmed from a longtime grudge Putin has held against her.
NBC News:
Why Didn't Obama Do More About Russian Election Hack? — Exclusive: Why the White House Waited to Act on Russian Hacking 3:01 — The Obama administration didn't respond more forcefully to Russian hacking before the presidential election because they didn't want to appear to be interfering …
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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
Fake news is a convenient scapegoat, but the big 2016 problem was the real news
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, BuzzFeed, rubber hose, Eschaton, Political Wire and Media Matters for America, more at Mediagazer »
Stephen Miller / Heat Street:
What Yasmin Seweid's Pretty Little Lies Reveal About ‘Fake News’ Media Hypocrisy
What Yasmin Seweid's Pretty Little Lies Reveal About ‘Fake News’ Media Hypocrisy
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
What gave us Donald Trump is what gave us Dylann Roof. — On June 16, 2015, Donald Trump took the stage at his eponymous tower in New York City and announced his bid for the White House. His message was clear. “The U.S. has become a dumping ground for everyone else's problems,” Trump said.
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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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Chad Livengood / Detroit News:
Trump adviser: Kudlow to be top White House economist — Lansing — President-elect Donald Trump plans to appoint CNBC business commentator Larry Kudlow to chair the White House Council of Economic Advisers, a Trump adviser said Thursday. — Conservative economist Stephen Moore …
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Politico, The Atlantic, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Lawrence Kudlow in Running to Take Top Economic Adviser Post
Lawrence Kudlow in Running to Take Top Economic Adviser Post
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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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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
North Carolina Republicans' Legislative Coup Is an Attack on Democracy
North Carolina Republicans' Legislative Coup Is an Attack on Democracy
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WRAL-TV, Mother Jones, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Daily Kos, Balloon Juice, News, Indy Week and The Atlantic
Telegraph:
Swedish towns told to ‘make preparations regarding the threat of war and conflict’ with Russia — Sweden's towns and villages have been ordered to make preparations for a possible military attack in the latest sign of the country's growing anxiety at its newly belligerent Russian neighbour.
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.
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New York Times:
Available to the Highest Bidder: Coffee With Ivanka Trump — WASHINGTON — Ozan M. Ozkural, a London-based investment manager, found a creative way to gain one-on-one access to the new first family: He bid nearly $60,000 to have a cup of coffee with Ivanka Trump for a charity event she was hosting.
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TIME and New York Magazine
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.
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twitchy.com, Jezebel, AOL, Daily Kos, Common Dreams, Washington Monthly and Slate
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.
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The Mahablog and JustOneMinute
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.
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Vox, Talking Points Memo, alan.com, taxpolicycenter.org and NPR
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.
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.
Edward Morrissey / The Fiscal Times:
Trump's Dilemma: Can He Repeal Obamacare Without Killing Medicare? — Voters opposed to Obamacare have waited six years for the opportunity to repeal it. Since the election, Republicans have suggested that it might take as many as three more years to unwind the gears of the Affordable Care Act, especially when it comes to Medicare.
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Hot Air, Politico, kff.org and The Hugh Hewitt Show
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.
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 …
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