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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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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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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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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.

Obama Vows Retaliation for Suspected Russian Hacking — President Barack Obama is promising that the U.S. will retaliate against Russia for its suspected meddling in America's election process, an accusation the Kremlin has vehemently denied. — Amid calls on both sides of the political aisle …
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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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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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The Times of Israel, New York Times, The Guardian and Power Line
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Trump Chooses Hard-Liner as Ambassador to Israel
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2 former NC governors criticize GOP efforts to strip executive power — Former North Carolina governors Jim Martin and Jim Hunt on Thursday criticized Republican lawmakers for trying to dilute the power of incoming Gov. Roy Cooper. — Martin, a Republican, said some GOP legislative proposals go “too far.”
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North Carolina Republicans' Legislative Coup Is an Attack on Democracy
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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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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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Langley: Trump not planning to divest himself from his businesses
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Lawrence Kudlow in Running to Take Top Economic Adviser Post
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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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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.


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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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.


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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The Gateway Pundit and Gothamist


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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The biggest Pinocchios of 2016 — It's time for our annual roundup of the biggest Pinocchios of the year. — Just before the presidential election, we highlighted the most outlandish statements of the campaign. This list is limited to claims we checked in 2016.
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Whoopi Goldberg: Celebrating Christmas And Getting An Abortion Is The Same Thing — Whoopi Goldberg thinks the right to celebrate Christmas and get an abortion are the same thing. — “The View” host was talking about the right to display Nativity scenes on Tuesday when she brought up abortion out of nowhere.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Democratic donors call for Clinton campaign post-mortem — NEW YORK — When Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine greet the very top fundraisers and donors to their failed campaign at New York's Plaza Hotel on Thursday evening, many of them will have one question in mind: Where's the autopsy?
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