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3:45 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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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Rockettes Parent Company Says Inauguration Participation Is ‘Voluntary’  —  The parent company of the Rockettes said Friday that participation in President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, which had reportedly been protested by at least one dancer when it was announced Thursday, was “voluntary,” contradicting earlier reports.
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
Itay Hod / The Wrap:
Radio City Rockettes ‘Appalled’ Over Trump Inauguration Command Performance
Discussion: CNBC, Jezebel and Mediaite
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’  —  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: Politico, Hot Air and The Week
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
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?
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:   Trump ‘friend’ and N.Y. campaign co-chair says he wants Obama dead of ‘mad cow disease’ in 2017
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Ally's '17 Wish List: Prez Obama ‘Dies’, Michelle ‘Set Loose’ In Africa
Discussion: Mediaite
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
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.
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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.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
In a day of tweets, Trump suggests major change on national security issues
Discussion: CNN, Reuters, The Right Scoop and The Week
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Colbert: Trump win made me throw out all my planned jokes  —  CBS “Late Night” host Stephen Colbert reveals in an upcoming interview that he had to “throw out” all of his planned jokes on election night because he never believed Donald Trump  —  would win.
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
Bloomberg:
Trump Aide Partnered With Firm Run by Man With Alleged KGB Ties  —  Michael Flynn worked with ‘brain fingerprinting’ company  —  Its co-director convicted of selling stolen biotech material  —  Donald Trump's national security adviser, Michael Flynn, partnered this year …
Discussion: alan.com, Gizmodo, Daily Kos and Raw Story
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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:   Trump national security adviser partnered with KGB-linked businessman to sell mind-reading gear
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: Political Wire and Daily Kos
 
 
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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
The American Interest:
The Democrats Turn on Obama
Discussion: Infowars and Vox Popoli
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The Return of Street Corner Conservatism
Amy Bartner / Indianapolis Star:
Colts cheerleader meets, forgives teen who used racial slur
Discussion: Raw Story and The Root
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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?
Discussion: CNN
Kelly Mclaughlin / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: She's STILL with her …
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Fox News, Breitbart Falsely Suggest Jewish Family Is to Blame for Cancellation of Christmas Play
 

 
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