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John Sides / Washington Post:
A new poll shows an astonishing 52% of Republicans incorrectly think Trump won the popular vote — Amid the speculation on whether the electoral college will refuse to make Donald Trump president, many Trump opponents are pinning their hopes on one glaring fact: Hillary Clinton's sizable win in the popular vote.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Five things to watch when the Electoral College votes Monday — The 538 members of the Electoral College will meet in their state capitols Monday, almost assuredly sealing President-elect Donald Trump — 's victory. — Trump won 306 electoral votes on Election Day …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Donald Trump lost the popular vote by 2.8 million. Most Republicans are convinced he won. — They are very wrong. — Hillary Clinton won the popular vote, collecting 2.8 million more votes than Donald Trump. Her margin of victory was more than five times larger than Al Gore's …
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Luke Harding / The Guardian:
Leak reveals Rex Tillerson is director of Bahamas-based US-Russian oil company — Rex Tillerson, the businessman nominated by Donald Trump to be the next US secretary of state, is the long-time director of a US-Russian oil firm based in the tax haven of the Bahamas, leaked documents show.
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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Poll Finds Americans Believe Trump Will Bring Change but Are Divided Over What Kind
Poll Finds Americans Believe Trump Will Bring Change but Are Divided Over What Kind
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Elana Schor / Politico:
ExxonMobil helped defeat Russia sanctions bill
Margaret Chadbourn / ABC News:
Senior GOP Lawmaker Calls for Investigation of CIA Director Over Media Leaks on Russian Hacking — A senior Republican congressman called for an investigation into whether the head of the CIA leaked to the media while withholding from Congress the agency's findings that Russians used hacking …
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‘This Week’ Transcript 12-18-16: Donna Brazile — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ on December 18, 2016 and it will be updated. — MARTHA RADDATZ, ABC HOST: Let's take that straight to Donna Brazile, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, which took the brunt of Russia's cyber hack.
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Dem boss demands bipartisan congressional investigation into Russian hacks
Dem boss demands bipartisan congressional investigation into Russian hacks
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Keila Szpaller / Missoulian:
White supremacist website calls for action in Montana — A white supremacist website called The Daily Stormer has posted a call to “TAKE ACTION” against Jewish people in Whitefish, providing personal contact information and urging a “troll storm” against them.
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Eugene Scott / CNN:
Lynch says reaction to Bill Clinton meeting was ‘painful’ — Washington (CNN)Attorney General Loretta Lynch says she regrets not recognizing that her meeting with Bill Clinton over the summer would turn out to be problematic, saying it was “painful” that it called into question the integrity of the Justice Department.
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Ryan Felton / The Guardian:
Michigan unemployment agency made 20,000 false fraud accusations - report — Automated system erroneously accused claimants in 93% of cases, state review finds: 'It's balancing the books on the backs of the poorest,' lawyer says — A Michigan government agency wrongly accused individuals …
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Bipartisan Letter Seeks Single Inquiry Into Russian Hacking Claims — Four senators, including Republicans John McCain and Lindsey Graham, called for a select committee to investigate Russian hacking of the American election process. — Robert Gates said the Russian hacking was designed to hurt Hillary Clinton.
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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
DNC Chair Contradicts Obama: Russian Hackers Came After Us ‘Until End of Election’ — Democratic National Chair Donna Brazile said Russian hackers persisted in trying to break into the organization's computers “daily, hourly” until after the election — contradicting President Obama's assertion …
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The Week
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Electors under siege — On Monday, members of the Electoral College will cast their historic votes for the next president of the United States. In the meantime, they are under siege. — The nation's 538 presidential electors have been thrust into the political foreground like never before in American history.
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Robert Samuels / Washington Post:
In last-shot bid, thousands urge electoral college to block Trump at Monday vote
In last-shot bid, thousands urge electoral college to block Trump at Monday vote
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The Huffington Post:
Is Donald Trump Mentally Ill? 3 Professors of Psychiatry Ask President Obama to conduct “a full medical and neuropsychiatric evaluation” — Communication Strategist, Author of “Words That Shook The World” — We are writing to express our grave concern regarding the mental stability of our President-Elect.
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