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2:20 PM ET, December 20, 2016

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New York Times:
A Historic Number of Electors Defected, and Most Were Supposed to Vote for Clinton  —  The Electoral College on Monday voted for Donald J. Trump to win the presidency.  Seven electors, the most ever, voted for someone other than their party's nominee.  —  Of 306 electors pledged to vote for Donald J. Trump
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New York Times:
Time to End the Electoral College  —  By overwhelming majorities, Americans would prefer to elect the president by direct popular vote, not filtered through the antiquated mechanism of the Electoral College.  They understand, on a gut level, the basic fairness of awarding the nation's highest office …
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
How Liberals Got the Electoral College Wrong
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money, Law News and RT
CNN:
Electors remain faithful to Trump and select him as official winner
Alison Smale / New York Times:
Austria's Far Right Signs a Cooperation Pact With Putin's Party  —  BERLIN — The leader of the Austrian far-right Freedom Party has signed what he called a cooperation agreement with Russia's ruling party and recently met with Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, the designated national security adviser …
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Nick Baumann / The Huffington Post:
Trump National Security Adviser Met With Leader Of Party Founded By Nazis
Robbie Gramer / Foreign Policy:
Austrian Far-Right Politicians Travel to Moscow to Grease Ties Between Trump, Putin
Discussion: The Week and Bloomberg
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Schumer fires video unit staff  —  Incoming Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer cleaned house last week in the Senate Democrats' internal video department, firing nearly all its employees amid plans to revamp the unit with a new digital operation aimed at creating viral social media content.
Discussion: twitchy.com
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Ed Rogers / Washington Post:   The Russians weren't that good; the Obama administration was that bad
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
How Apple Alienated Mac Loyalists  —  To die-hard fans, Apple Inc.'s Macintosh sometimes seems like an afterthought these days.  —  Mac upgrades, once a frequent ritual, are few and far between.  The Mac Pro, Apple's marquee computer, hasn't been refreshed since 2013.
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Jessica Guynn / USA Today:
Facebook, Twitter, Google sued by Orlando shooting victims' families
Discussion: Techdirt and AOL
Jack Date / ABC News:
Search Warrant Related to Clinton Emails Unsealed  —  The search warrant that authorized the FBI to examine a laptop computer in connection with Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server as secretary of state was released today.  —  A federal judge in New York ordered the warrant …
Discussion: Associated Press
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Court releases search warrant in Clinton email probe
Discussion: Raw Story and TheBlaze
New York Times:
Germany Releases Man in Deadly Berlin Market Attack  —  BERLIN — A horrific terrorist attack using a tractor-trailer to mow down a crowd at a Christmas market in central Berlin set off painful mourning across Germany on Tuesday as the authorities scrambled to determine who was behind the nation's bloodiest assault in decades.
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Washington Times:
At least 9 dead, many injured in truck attack on Berlin Christmas market
Nick Bilton / Vanity Fair:
Inside the Desperate, Year-Long Hunt to Find Donald Trump's Rumored Apprentice Outtakes  —  Throughout the election, both the media and the Clinton camp were obsessed by outtakes from the reality show, amid allegations of hair-raising things said by the now president-elect.
John Sharp / al.com:
Mobile official apologizes for Christmas tree at Trump rally removed from public park  —  President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Ladd-Peebles Stadium on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, in Mobile, Ala. In the background is a large cedar tree that was cut down at Public Safety Memorial Park …
Carrie Levine / Center for Public Integrity:
Donald Trump's sons behind nonprofit selling access to president-elect  —  New Texas-based group not legally required to disclose its donors  —  A new Texas nonprofit led by Donald Trump's grown sons is offering access to the freshly-minted president during inauguration weekend …
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Democrats Had a Knife, and the G.O.P. Had a Gun  —  President Obama and Gov. Pat McCrory of North Carolina don't agree on many policy questions.  But they have found themselves facing a similar political situation this year.  And their very different reactions capture the deep — and alarming …
Discussion: The Progressive Pulse
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Team Bernie: Hillary ‘F*cking Ignored’ Us in Swing States  —  Ever since election night—when Hillary Clinton tanked and Donald Trump became the next leader of the free world—the most prominent allies and alumni of Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign have maintained a succinct message for Team Hillary: We.
Discussion: Althouse
Foreign Policy:
Russia Missing from Trump's Top Defense Priorities, According to DoD Memo  —  Meanwhile, Pentagon brass say Moscow is the No. 1 threat to the United States.  —  A Pentagon memo outlining the incoming Trump administration's top “defense priorities” identifies defeating the Islamic State …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Politicus USA
Stuart Rothenberg / Washington Post:
Can Republican senators get to 60 seats in 2018?  —  (Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post)  —  The GOP's strong 2016 election showing raises a crucial question: Do Republicans have any chance of netting eight Senate seats - and a filibuster-proof majority - in 2018?
Discussion: Hot Air
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Poll: Dems more likely to unfriend people due to political posts  —  Democratic voters are almost three times as likely to have “blocked, unfriended, or stopped following someone on social media” after Donald Trump  —  's victory, according to a study released Monday.
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Trump's OMB pick seems poised to ignite a worldwide financial crisis  —  It's not the sexiest White House job.  But it might soon be among the most dangerous.  —  Over the weekend, President-elect Donald Trump tapped Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) to be his director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Discussion: Washington Monthly, Mediaite and Rewire
Ed White / Associated Press:
Emergency Managers Charged Over Flint's Lead-Tainted Water  —  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's attorney general filed more criminal charges Tuesday in the investigation of lead-tainted water in Flint, targeting two former state-appointed emergency managers who were running the troubled city …
Discussion: The Root
 
 
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Details of $25 million Trump U. settlement filed
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
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