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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.
John Amato / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
CNN's Jake Tapper Denies Media Was Obsessed With Clinton's Emails — CNN's Jake Tapper addressed how he felt the media was being unfairly tarred by both the Clinton and Trump campaigns. — He said he didn't want to draw false equivalencies, but in reality that's why he actually did.
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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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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.
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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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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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Rebecca Hersher / NPR:
North Carolina Governor Signs Law Limiting Power Of His Successor — Pat McCrory, North Carolina's outgoing Republican governor, has signed a law stripping executive powers from his successor, Democrat Roy Cooper. — The law removes the State Board of Elections from the governor's control …
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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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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Now you can fact-check Trump's tweets — in the tweets themselves — On Friday morning, President-elect Donald Trump took a new tack in his war on the Russia hacking issue. … As our Dave Weigel noted, this isn't really accurate. There was nothing illegal at play, and Donna Brazile …
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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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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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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.”
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Kushner: We struck deal with Sinclair for straighter coverage — Donald Trump's campaign struck a deal with Sinclair Broadcast Group during the campaign to try and secure better media coverage, his son-in-law Jared Kushner told business executives Friday in Manhattan.
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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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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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Joe Christensen / Star Tribune:
Gophers players boycott football after suspensions; Holiday Bowl in jeopardy — Team willing to boycott bowl game to protest suspensions — Video (01:21) : The players made a number of demands from University of Minnesota officials and said the team would boycott the Holiday Bowl game if they were not met.
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Tim Starks / Politico:
Top spy office: Intel agencies will not brief Electoral College members on alleged Russian interference — Spy agencies will not brief members of the Electoral College on alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential race before the Dec. 19 vote, despite pleas from 70 electors …
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Dustin Volz / Reuters:
U.S. to disclose estimate of number of Americans under surveillance — The U.S. intelligence community will soon disclose an estimate of the number of Americans whose electronic communications have been caught in the crosshairs of online surveillance programs intended for foreigners …
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