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5:45 PM ET, December 23, 2016

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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  —  Thousands of people are backing a petition urging the Mormon Tabernacle Choir not to perform at President-elect Donald Trump  —  's inauguration.  —  The Change.org petition has accumulated more than 6,500 signatures since it was created Thursday.
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Rockettes Parent Company Says Inauguration Participation Is ‘Voluntary’
Discussion: Mashable
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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
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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?
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Trump ‘friend’ and N.Y. campaign co-chair says he wants Obama dead of ‘mad cow disease’ in 2017
Discussion: BuzzFeed
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:   Trump Ally's '17 Wish List: Prez Obama ‘Dies’, Michelle ‘Set Loose’ In Africa
New York Times:
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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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 …
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
U.S. declines to veto U.N. Security Council resolution for Israel to stop Jewish settlement activity
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Trump shares letter from Putin: ‘His thoughts are so correct’  —  on Friday praised Vladimir Putin and shared a Christmas letter the Russian president sent him.  —  “A very nice letter from Vladimir Putin; his thoughts are so correct,” Trump said in a statement.
Discussion: The Atlantic, Politico, Hot Air and The Week
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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.  —  Donald Trump often talks about trying to keep America's adversaries scrambling to sort out his true intentions by being deliberately vague — and sometimes contradictory — in his public comments.
New York Times:
Vladimir Putin, Unsurprised by Trump's Remarks, Says Russia Wants No Nuclear Arms Race
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 …
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 …
Discussion: EPIC JOURNEY
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Populism, Real and Phony
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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 …
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.
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 …
Bloomberg:
GOP Wants Trump to Trim ACA Benefits, Say Congress Aides  —  Trump White House could limit insurance benefit requirments  —  Essential health benefits cover drugs, mental care, wellness  —  Facing a years-long wait before they can fully implement a planned repeal of Obamacare …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Political Wire
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
A new solution for Trump and his team of billionaires: Ignore the law  —  Trump lieutenant Newt Gingrich this week proposed an elegant solution for all the conflicts of interest swirling around the president-elect and his team of billionaires: Ignore the law.
Daily Mail:
QUESTIONS OVER BLUNDERS IN WAKE OF THE ATTACK  —  The killing of Anis Amri comes after an embarrassing four days for German authorities.  —  An hour after the mass murder, a 23-year-old Pakistani man was arrested, but police were later forced to admit he was not involved in the attack.
The American Interest:
The Democrats Turn on Obama  —  The rising stars of the Democratic Party have been airing criticisms of President Obama lately, covering them with only the thinnest of veils.  The Wall Street Journal reports: … Obama is truly the great uniter.  First he united the Arabs and Israelis …
Discussion: Infowars and Vox Popoli
 
 
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Michelle Goldberg / Slate:
Why Did Planned Parenthood Supporters Vote Trump?
Chao Xiong / Star Tribune:
Attorneys for officer in Philando Castile shooting remove judge from case
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Sam Brownback Calls on Donald Trump to Mimic His Kansas Tax Plan
Discussion: Mother Jones
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Radio's Diane Rehm, A Mainstay Of Civil Discourse, Signs Off
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Midnight Regulation Express
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The Return of Street Corner Conservatism
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Colbert: Trump win made me throw out all my planned jokes
Discussion: Raw Story
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Amy Bartner / Indianapolis Star:
Colts cheerleader meets, forgives teen who used racial slur
Discussion: Raw Story and The Root
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Happy Hoax-idays!  —  Today is the last Jim-written Morning Jolt until December 27.
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Western, Southern states likely to gain House seats in 2022
James C. Capretta / RealClearHealth:
The GOP Should Provide Health Insurance for All Americans
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Charlie Cook / The Cook Political Report:
Democrats Need to Reach Out to the Heartland
David Axe / The Daily Beast:
Did Russia Just Test a Weapon in Space?
Kelly Mclaughlin / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: She's STILL with her …
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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