memeorandum: White supremacist website calls for action in Montana (Keila Szpaller/Missoulian)

7:50 PM ET, December 18, 2016

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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.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, ThinkProgress, The New Americana, Common Dreams, alan.com, Occupy Democrats, Jezebel and Observer

Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
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

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

Pa. electors get police protection: ‘This is stupid’ — Facing a wave of calls, Pennsylvania electors sounding unshakable — President-elect Donald Trump during a “thank you” rally in Alabama tonight. — President-elect Donald Trump — HARRISBURG — Thousands of emails land in their inboxes every day.

Discussion: Raw Story, BizPac Review and The Gateway Pundit

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 …

Discussion: Raw Story, The Daily Caller and Vox

New York Times:
Trump's Electoral College Victory Ranks 46th in 58 Elections

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Electors under siege

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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Donald Trump lost the popular vote by 2.8 million. Most Republicans are convinced he won.

Discussion: alan.com

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 …

Discussion: Daily Mail, alan.com and Politico

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.

Discussion: Political Wire and Vox

Ian Kullgren / Politico:
Priebus: Trump not yet ready to accept Russian election tampering

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Eric Bradner / CNN:
McCain: Russian election-related hacks threaten to ‘destroy democracy’

Discussion: Washington Post and AOL

Fox News:
Priebus: Trump ready to accept Russia hacking report, if CIA, FBI get on same page

Discussion: Washington Post and The Right Scoop

Carimah Townes / ThinkProgress:

White nationalists target Jews in small Montana town — A call to action in the Daily Stormer describes Jews as a “vicious, evil race of hate-filled psychopaths.” — A white-supremacist call to action to “troll” Jewish people in Whitefish, Montana—home of white nationalist Richard Spencer's mother …

Discussion: The Talking Dog, Jezebel, Occupy Democrats and Daily Stormer

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.

Discussion: Raw Story and Lawyers, Guns & Money

ABC News:

‘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.

Discussion: Althouse, AOL, Politicus USA and Politico

Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
DNC Chair Contradicts Obama: Russian Hackers Came After Us ‘Until End of Election’

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Week

Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Dem boss demands bipartisan congressional investigation into Russian hacks

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Michelle Goldberg / Slate:

How the AIDS movement has given birth to the Trump resistance. — When Annette Gaudino, a longtime activist with the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, or ACT UP, realized that Donald Trump was going to win the election, she felt a sick sense of déjà vu.

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 …

Erica Goode / New York Times:

Polar Bears' Path to Decline Runs Through Alaskan Village — The bears that come here are climate refugees, on land because the sea ice they rely on for hunting seals is receding. — KAKTOVIK, Alaska — Come fall, polar bears are everywhere around this Arctic village, dozing on sand spits …

Discussion: The Daily Caller