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U.S. Abstains as U.N. Security Council Votes to Condemn Israeli Settlements — UNITED NATIONS — Defying extraordinary pressure from President-elect Donald J. Trump and furious lobbying by Israel, the Obama administration on Friday allowed the United Nations Security Council to adopt …
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Trump warns UN after Israel vote: ‘Things will be different’ soon — slammed the Obama administration for its decision not to veto a U.N. resolution critical of Israel's settlements, promising that it would be “different” under his presidency. — “As to the U.N., things will be different after Jan. 20th,” Trump tweeted Friday.
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Uri Friedman / The Atlantic:
It's Official: America Has Two Presidents at One Time — What happens when the most powerful country in the world effectively has two presidents at once? Its policy regarding one of the most complex conflicts on the planet collapses into a muddled mess. — Or, more precisely …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Dem senators back Trump on UN Israel veto — Several Democratic senators have joined President-elect Donald Trump — in calling for the Obama administration to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements. — The Security Council is expected to vote …
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J Street:
J Street Welcomes US Abstention on UNSC Resolution
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Josef Federman / Associated Press:
ISRAEL ACCUSES OBAMA OF ANTI-ISRAELI ‘SHAMEFUL MOVE’ AT UN
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Carol Morello / Washington Post:
U.S. declines to veto U.N. Security Council resolution for Israel to stop Jewish settlement activity
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Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times:
Actress Carrie Fisher is in critical condition after a ‘cardiac episode’ on flight from London to L.A. — Actress Carrie Fisher, shown in 2007, was taken to a hospital Friday after a “cardiac episode” on a flight from London to Los Angeles. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
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Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail:
Carrie Fisher, 60, suffers heart attack on transatlantic flight where fellow passengers resorted to giving the star CPR — The 60-year-old was rushed to hospital immediately after landing and is said to be in critical condition — Carrie Fisher suffered a massive heart attack on board …
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Alan Henry / Broadway World:
Rockettes Union Calls Boycotting Inauguration ‘Invalid’ — BroadwayWorld has obtained and confirmed the authenticity of an email sent from the American Guild of Variety Artists to what appears to be Rockettes in its membership as a response to the announcement that some Rockettes …
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Pressure grows on Mormon choir over Trump inauguration
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Itay Hod / The Wrap:
Radio City Rockettes ‘Appalled’ Over Trump Inauguration Command Performance
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Phoebe Pearl / PerezHilton:
EXCLUSIVE! The Rockettes Are Performing At Donald Trump's Inauguration — And The Dancers …
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Rockettes Parent Company Says Inauguration Participation Is ‘Voluntary’
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The Buffalo News:
On Paladino's ‘wish list’ for 2017: Obama dead of mad cow disease — When Artvoice asked Buffalo developer and School Board member Carl Paladino what he wanted to see happen in 2017, he didn't filter his responses — and the controversial, crude answers are causing a firestorm on social media.
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Jamie Moses / artvoice.com:
WHAT DO WE WANT FOR 2017? We have a Lot of Different Opinions — THE QUESTIONS WE POSED: — 1. What would you most like to happen in 2017? — 2. What would you like to see go away in 2017? — 3. Who would you like to see run for mayor of Buffalo in next year's election?
Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Trump team: NY co-chair's remarks about Obamas ‘reprehensible’ — 's team condemned the racist comments one of its former state co-chairmen made about the Obamas Thursday. — Carl Paladino, the Trump campaign's former New York co-chairman, said in an interview with a Buffalo alternative magazine …
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Ally's '17 Wish List: Prez Obama ‘Dies’, Michelle ‘Set Loose’ In Africa
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David Filipov / Washington Post:
Putin to Democratic Party: You lost, get over it — MOSCOW — Russia's President Vladimir Putin has a message for the White House and Democratic leaders who accuse him of stealing their victory: Don't be sore losers. — That was how Putin answered a question Friday about whether Russia interfered …
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Trump shares letter from Putin: ‘His thoughts are so correct’
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Yochi Dreazen / Vox:
Trump seemed to call for more nuclear weapons. His aides say he didn't mean it. He says he did.
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Andrew Reynolds / Raleigh News & Observer:
North Carolina is no longer classified as a democracy — In 2005, in the midst of a career of traveling around the world to help set up elections in some of the most challenging places on earth - Afghanistan, Burma, Egypt, Lebanon, South Africa, Sudan and Yemen, among others - my Danish colleague …
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Victoria Craw / NEWS.com.au:
French woman wants to marry a robot as expert predicts sex robots to become preferable to humans — French woman Lilly wants to marry her robot. Picture: Twitter. — ON THE surface, Lilly seems like a blushing young woman ready to marry the man of her dreams who makes her “totally happy.”
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New York Times:
Was Barack Obama Bad for Democrats? — President Obama will be remembered as a thoughtful and dignified president who led a scrupulously honest administration that achieved major changes. — People argue over whether his impatience with politicians and Republican intransigence denied …
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump's driver's license casts doubt on height claims — Donald Trump and his doctor claim he's 6-foot-3, but his New York driver's license says he's actually an inch shorter. — A copy of Trump's license, obtained by POLITICO through an open-records request, lists the president-elect at 6-foot-2.
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
How the Obama Coalition Crumbled, Leaving an Opening for Trump — It is entirely possible, as many have argued, that Hillary Clinton would be the president-elect of the United States if the F.B.I. director, James Comey, had not sent a letter to Congress about her emails in the last weeks of the campaign.
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Peter Grant / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Names Jason Greenblatt Representative for International Negotiations — Trump Organization's chief legal officer advised campaign on U.S.-Israel relations — President-elect Donald Trump has named Jason D. Greenblatt, the Trump Organization's chief legal officer …
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Michelle Goldberg / Slate:
Why Did Planned Parenthood Supporters Vote Trump? — A series of maddening focus groups suggest Clinton made it easier for voters to reconcile themselves to Trump. — Shortly before the election, Politico and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health surveyed voters on health care policy.
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