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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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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Ties Loss to Russian Hacking and Comey Letter — Hillary Clinton on Thursday night attributed her defeat to a convergence of two “unprecedented” events: the release of a letter by James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, shortly before the election, and what she called an …
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Wall Street Journal:
Republican National Committee Security Foiled Russian Hackers — Investigation calls it a less aggressive and much less persistent effort than the hacks of the Democratic National Committee — Russian hackers tried to penetrate the computer networks of the Republican National Committee …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Useful Idiots Galore — On Wednesday an editorial in The Times described Donald Trump as a “useful idiot” serving Russian interests. That may not be exactly right. After all, useful idiots are supposed to be unaware of how they're being used, but Mr. Trump probably knows very well how much he owes to Vladimir Putin.
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.
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Laura Smith-Spark / CNN:
Russia challenges US to prove campaign hacking claims or shut up
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump has been lying about the Russian hack. He just accidentally admitted it himself.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump renews complaints of Russian hacking reports
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Obama Says US Will ‘Take Action’ In Response To Russian Cyber Attacks
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David Friedman / Arutz Sheva:
Read Peter Beinart and you'll vote Donald Trump — His reflexive reaction to my involvement in the Trump candidacy lays bare how dangerous the Jewish left is to the State of Israel. — The writer serves as the President of American Friends of Bet El. He is a practicing trial lawyer …
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Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
Trump Chooses Hard-Liner as Ambassador to Israel
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Jonathan Lemire / WHP:
Trump keeps reveling in election win at Pennsylvania rally — HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump's barnstorming tour across the states that won him the White House continues to feature far more taunts of triumph than notes of healing after a bruising election.
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Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Langley: Trump not planning to divest himself from his businesses
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Missy Ryan / Washington Post:
Pentagon: Chinese naval ship seized an unmanned U.S. ocean glider in South China Sea — A Chinese naval ship seized an unmanned ocean glider that was being used by the U.S. Navy to test water conditions in international waters in the South China Sea, the Pentagon said Friday.
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Phil Stewart / Reuters:
China's Navy seizes American underwater drone in South China Sea
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Raleigh News & Observer:
Roy Cooper threatens to sue as legislature moves to secure more power — RALEIGH — Legislative Republicans clashed fiercely with Gov.-elect Roy Cooper Thursday as the House and Senate voted to sharply limit his appointment powers - and Cooper vowed to sue them over any law he deems unconstitutional.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Power Grab Would Make NC Guv One Of The Weakest In The Country
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New York Times:
Is Donald Trump a Threat to Democracy? — Donald J. Trump's election has raised a question that few Americans ever imagined asking: Is our democracy in danger? With the possible exception of the Civil War, American democracy has never collapsed; indeed, no democracy as rich or as established as America's ever has.
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Kara Swisher / Recode:
Who said what inside the Trump tech meeting: Immigration, paid maternity leave and becoming the ‘software president’ — It's almost like Recode was in the air duct at Trump Tower. — The leaders of tech were closemouthed about their meeting with President-elect Donald Trump yesterday in New York …
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Russia Redux
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Inmate turns down Obama clemency offer — A federal inmate in Texas has declined President Obama's offer for clemency, USA Today reported Friday. — Arnold Ray Jones applied for the president's clemency program for low-level drug offenders, and was accepted on August 3.
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
‘Nobody Is Getting Fooled!’: Face-Off Between Tucker Carlson, Newsweek Writer Goes Off the Rails — Fox News' Tucker Carlson faced off with Newsweek senior writer Kurt Eichenwald tonight and it didn't take long for things to blow up. — Right off the bat, Carlson made it clear …
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Francis Menton / Manhattan Contrarian:
The Impending Collapse Of The Global Warming Scare — Over the past three decades, the environmental movement has increasingly hitched its wagon to exactly one star as the overwhelming focus of the cause, namely “climate change.” Sure, issues of bona fide pollution like smog and untreated sewage …
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Zeeshan Aleem / Vox:
Brazil just enacted the harshest austerity program in the world — The president is giving unprecedented shock therapy to the country's failing economy. — Americans worried that Donald Trump will try to shred the nation's social welfare programs can take some grim comfort by looking south …
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Tegna / WFAA-TV:
No record of ‘faithless elector’ Chris Suprun as a 9/11 first responder — Christopher Suprun portrays himself as a hero, but now his alleged decorated past is coming into question. Jason Whitely reports. … DALLAS - The Republican elector who has gotten national attention for refusing …
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