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9:35 PM ET, December 23, 2016

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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Why Obama broke with Israel at UN  —  The White House's decision to break with decades of U.S. policy and allow the U.N. Security Council to condemn Israeli settlements is the culmination of years of bad blood between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Discussion: RedState and MichelleMalkin.com
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New York Times:
Rebuffing Israel, U.S. Allows Censure Over 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 a resolution that condemned Israeli settlement construction.
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.
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 …
J Street:
J Street Welcomes US Abstention on UNSC Resolution
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
U.S. declines to veto U.N. Security Council resolution for Israel to stop Jewish settlement activity
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Obama marks start of Hanukkah
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 …
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: The Daily Caller and RedState
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Rockettes Parent Company Says Inauguration Participation Is ‘Voluntary’
Discussion: Mashable
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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 …
Discussion: RedState
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Ally's '17 Wish List: Prez Obama ‘Dies’, Michelle ‘Set Loose’ In Africa
Discussion: 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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Yochi Dreazen / Vox:
Trump seemed to call for more nuclear weapons. His aides say he didn't mean it. He says he did.
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 …
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.”
Discussion: Daily Mail, Raw Story, Jezebel and alan.com
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
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.
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 …
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.
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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Chao Xiong / Star Tribune:
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Wall Street Journal:
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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:
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Democrats Need to Reach Out to the Heartland
Bloomberg:
GOP Wants Trump to Trim ACA Benefits, Say Congress Aides
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