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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's doctor: ‘If something happens to him, then it happens to him’  —  Donald Trump's campaign and its supporters spent a good portion of the 2016 campaign arguing that Hillary Clinton was secretly very ill and not up to the task of being president.
Discussion: AOL and ACASignups.net
Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Trump's doctor on health: ‘If something happens to him, then it happens to him’
Discussion: Raw Story
NPR:
Gingrich Says Trump Must Address Business Conflicts Soon, Urges Monitoring  —  Donald Trump should deal with how to handle his business holdings before he takes office, says former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, an adviser to the president-elect.  But Gingrich says it would be “an absurdity” to put Trump's holdings in a blind trust.
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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Gingrich: Trump doesn't want to ‘drain the swamp’ anymore  —  Former Speaker Newt Gingrich said in a new interview that Donald Trump  —  has taken a different tone as president-elect and may be leaving behind his campaign promise to “drain the swamp.”  —  Gingrich told NPR's “Morning Edition” …
Discussion: RedState and TheBlaze
Jim Newell / Slate:
How fitting for the 2016 election to end with the dashed hopes and incompetence of liberals.  —  Few people in the galaxy aren't in need of a nice, long holiday after the deaths, the elections, and the deaths by election that have characterized 2016.  These past 12 months have been taxing.
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Daily Mail:
Final tally shows Trump lost popular vote by 2.8 million …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Bill O'Reilly rose to the defense of white privilege in America's presidential voting process
Discussion: Fox News
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Trump posse browbeats Hill Republicans  —  In early December, Rep. Bill Flores made what seemed like an obvious observation to a roomful of conservatives at a conference in Washington.  Some of Donald Trump's proposals, the Texas Republican cautioned, “are not going to line …
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
REPORT: Passengers on Delta Flight Disputing Adam Saleh's Story About Phone Call  —  Someone else on the same Delta flight as YouTube prankster/hoaxer Adam Saleh told a reporter Wednesday that those on the plane say he did not make a phone call to his mother, supposedly the reason Saleh was booted from the flight.
CBS News:
Tunisian man identified as new suspect in Berlin Christmas market attack  —  A new suspect in the deadly terror attack on a Christmas market in Berlin has been identified.  —  Law enforcement sources told CBS News that police are searching for Anis Amri, a native of Tunisia.
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Daily Mail:
Berlin's most wanted: Police hunt ‘armed and dangerous’ …
Ali Rogin / ABC News:
Schumer Says Trump's Trillion-Dollar Infrastructure Plan ‘Sounded Good to Me’  —  Incoming Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says he likes the sound of President-elect Donald Trump's proposal of a major infrastructure plan, as long as it meets certain Democratic criteria.  —  “We think it should be large.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Schumer: Trump's trillion dollar infrastructure plan sounds good to me
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and ABC News
Michael Falcone / ABC News:   The Note: Donald Trump's Family Ties
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
FBI director under pressure to explain Clinton bombshell  —  's surprise loss in the presidential election, FBI Director James Comey is under pressure to justify the bombshell announcement that rocked the final days of the campaign.  —  Democrats, still smarting from the Nov. 8 loss …
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Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:   Bill Clinton, Who May Have Cost Hillary the Election, Passes the Buck to James Comey
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump team discussing ‘half-blind’ trust for conflicts of interest  —  Donald Trump's aides are considering a business arrangement that critics say would allow him or his appointees to sidestep conflict-of-interest laws governing the incoming administration and large investments in private-sector business.
Russ Choma / Mother Jones:
Corey Lewandowski Opens Lobbying Shop to Cash in on Trump.  Here's What He Once Said About Lobbyists.  —  In February, Corey Lewandowksi, who was then Donald Trump's campaign manager, was interviewed by Trump's future campaign chairman (and now senior White House adviser) Stephen Bannon about the role lobbyists play in Washington.
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Lewandowski to open political consulting firm
Natasha Geiling / ThinkProgress:
The Arctic could end a year of record-breaking temperatures with a heat wave  —  Another sign that not all is well in the Arctic.  —  In a year of record-high temperatures and record-low sea ice, the Arctic appears poised to witness another frightening scenario: temperatures at the North Pole …
Tim Alberta / National Review:
Conservatism in the Era of Trump  —  Where does the Right go from here?  —  Mick Mulvaney's friends in the House Freedom Caucus couldn't believe what they were hearing.  —  It was the Monday night following Election Day, and lawmakers were trickling back into Washington to resume their congressional duties.
Chris Kirkham / Wall Street Journal:
Percentage of Young Americans Living With Parents Rises to 75-Year High  —  Household formations by millennials lag behind other economic recoveries; high rents, mortgage standards cited  —  Almost 40% of young Americans were living with their parents, siblings or other relatives in 2015 …
Sean Illing / Vox:
Why the white working class feels like they've lost it all, according to a political scientist  —  “They're consumed by nostalgia.”  — Justin Gest, author of The New Minority  —  The white working-class voter is a subject of excessive interest these days.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Murray Weiss / DNAinfo New York:
Mysterious Manhattan Military Flyover Was Trump Rescue Exercise: Sources  —  MANHATTAN — A military airplane and two huge helicopters doing loops over Midtown last week were conducting an “emergency relocation” planning mission in case they needed to extract President-elect Donald Trump during …
Discussion: Gothamist
Ed West / Coffee House:
Germany is facing a ticking time bomb of rage  —  I've learned that it's best not to say anything about a terrorist atrocity on social media, especially not if it confirms one's political prejudices.  It just looks crass, or it has when I've done it.  Try not to say anything profound either …
Bob Susnjara / Daily Herald:
Lawsuit: McDonald's Extra Value Meal too big on price … A McDonald's Extra Value Meal didn't live up to its name at a franchisee's stores in Lake and Cook counties, according to a lawsuit filed by an unhappy customer.  —  James W. Gertie of Des Plaines is seeking class-action status …
Discussion: Raw Story and Fox News Insider
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Researchers race to copy Obamacare data for fear it will vanish  —  The White House is encouraging researchers to copy government data on Obamacare out of concern that President-elect Donald Trump might hit the delete key when he takes office.  —  Spooked by Trump's rhetoric and pledge to repeal Obamacare …
Jacqueline Howard / CNN:
Black men are nearly three times as likely to die from police use of force, a study shows  —  (CNN)Gregory Gunn.  Alton Sterling.  Philando Castile.  Terence Crutcher.  Those are just a few of the names of black men who were killed in high-profile police shootings in 2016.
Discussion: The Root, alan.com and news.osu.edu
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Walmart to stop selling “Bulletproof: Black Lives Matter” shirts after police protest  —  The president of the national Fraternal Order of Police, the country's largest police organization, on Tuesday asked Walmart to stop selling t-shirts and sweatshirts which say “Black Lives Matter” and …
Ben Guarino / Washington Post:
Man's conviction in failure to disclose HIV-positive status to sexual partners overturned by Mo. appeals court  —  A year and a half ago, a former student-athlete named Michael L. Johnson was found guilty of, among other crimes, infecting a sexual partner with HIV.
Discussion: The Root and Jezebel
 
 
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Josh Barro / Business Insider:
8 ideas for Democrats to beat Donald Trump on jobs and wages
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Red-state Dems getting high-profile Senate perches
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Conservatives target red-state Democrats to speed Trump's nominations
Discussion: ABC News
Raoul Wootliff / The Times of Israel:
Backing far-right Swede, Trump proxy boycotts top Israeli official
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Anneta Konstantinides / Daily Mail:
CNN commentator shares video of invasive TSA pat-down which included her dress being lifted …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
New questions complicate Ellison's bid for DNC chair
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