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Adam Entous / Washington Post:
FBI backs CIA view that Russia intervened to help Trump win election — FBI Director James B. Comey and Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. have backed a CIA assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election in part to help Donald Trump win the presidency, according to U.S. officials.
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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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Chris Massie / CNN:
GOP congressman on Russian hacking: ‘Terrific’ that voters got more truthful information — (CNN)Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher said Thursday that it was “terrific” that voters got more truthful information about Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, regardless of whether the hackers were Russian.
CNN:
Obama: I told Putin ‘cut it out’ on hacking — Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama asserted Friday that a September confrontation with his Russian counterpart prompted Moscow to cease its hacking of the US election. — During a meeting on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in China …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump has been lying about the Russian hack. He just accidentally admitted it himself. — THE MORNING PLUM: — In recent days, Donald Trump has been spinning a new narrative about CIA charges of Russian interference in our election: The administration did not leak the news of this finding until …
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Obama didn't retaliate against Russia because he thought Clinton would win: report — The Obama administration decided not to retaliate against Russia for interfering in the presidential election because they did not want to start a cyber war and they expected Hillary Clinton — to win, NBC News reported Thursday.
Politico:
Key moments from Obama's year-end news conference — President Barack Obama addressed Russian hacking, Donald Trump and the crisis in Syria in what was likely to be his last news conference of the year. Below are some of the highlights of his exchange with reporters.
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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 …
John Amato / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
CNN's Jake Tapper Denies Media Was Obsessed With Clinton's Emails
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Transcript: Obama's end-of-year news conference on Syria, Russian hacking and more
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MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
President Obama Calls Out Russia, Syria During Year-End News Conference
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
NC governor signs bill curtailing successor's powers — North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) on Friday signed legislation that will severely curtail the powers of his successor, Democratic Gov.-elect Roy Cooper. — The Republican-dominated state legislature passed several measures dramatically overhauling …
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Craig Jarvis / Raleigh News & Observer:
NC legislators wrap up work on controversial bills
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
NC House Speaker Says McCrory Has So Far Signed 1 Bill To Curb Guv Power
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Barbara Starr / CNN:
US Defense official: Chinese warship stole US underwater drone — (CNN)A US oceanographic vessel Thursday had its underwater drone stolen by a Chinese warship literally right in front of the eyes of the American crew, a US defense official told CNN Friday. — In the latest encounter …
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Phil Stewart / Reuters:
China's Navy seizes American underwater drone in South China Sea
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Scariest Thing About Trump's Presidency So Far Is Michael Flynn and His Team of Nutters — The most frightening aspect of the looming Donald Trump presidency is not so much the likely outcomes, many of which are horrifying, as the unlikely ones. Running the federal government of the world's …
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Jonathan Lemire / WHP:
Trump keeps reveling in election win at Pennsylvania rally
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Eugene Scott / CNN:
Michelle Obama: ‘We are feeling what not having hope feels like’ — (CNN)Following the election of Donald Trump, Michelle Obama said many Americans now know what it's like not to have hope. — “We feel the difference now. See, now, we are feeling what not having hope feels like,” …
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New York Times:
G.O.P. Plans to Replace Health Care Law With ‘Universal Access’ — WASHINGTON — House Republicans, responding to criticism that repealing the Affordable Care Act would leave millions without health insurance, said on Thursday that their goal in replacing President Obama's health law was to guarantee …
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Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml …:
New York Times Will Vacate 8 Floors In Its HQ To Generate “Significant Rental Revenue” — Remember when The NYT reported that its ad hoc campaign to boost revenue by selling subscriptions in response to the vicious back and forth with Donald Trump, was said to be a smashing success?
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David Friedman / Arutz Sheva:
End the two-state narrative — It was never a solution, just an illusion that served both the US and the Arabs. — The writer serves as the President of American Friends of Bet El. He is a practicing trial lawyer in New York and maintains a residence in Jerusalem. — More from the author ►
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Princeton University:
Men's swimming and diving season suspended — The Princeton men's swimming and diving team has been informed by Ford Family Director of Athletics Mollie Marcoux Samaan and head coach Rob Orr that their season has been suspended pending a decision about the remainder of the team's schedule.
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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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Media Matters for America:
Former Russia Today Anchor: “There Really Isn't A Better Mouthpiece For The Kremlin” Than Trump — CHRIS JANSING: I want to bring in Liz Wahl, former anchor for state owned TV network Russia Today, who famously quit on air because she said she didn't want to be “part of the Russian propaganda machine.”
Rob McMillan / abc7.com:
Sex toys used to help chase off armed robber at San Bernardino shop — Two feisty employees of a San Bernardino sex shop fought off an armed robber, yelling at him and throwing sex toys to chase him out of the store empty-handed. — KABC — Two feisty employees of a San Bernardino sex shop fought off …
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Dana Liebelson / The Huffington Post:
White Nationalist Who Yelled ‘Hail Trump!’ Thinking About Congressional Run — It's just an idea at this point, but Richard Spencer is “taking it very seriously.” — WASHINGTON White nationalist Richard Spencer, riding a post-Trump wave of media fame, is entertaining the idea of running for U.S. Congress.
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Here's how Republicans plan to repeal Obamacare within weeks of Trump taking office — In the weeks following the presidential election, there's been some debate about whether Republicans would actually go through with repealing Obamacare as opposed to getting cold feet.
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