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5:10 PM ET, December 26, 2016

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CNN:
Obama's exit interview: Hope and change can still win elections  —  (CNN)Arguing that Americans still subscribe to his vision of progressive change, President Barack Obama asserted in an interview recently he could have succeeded in this year's election if he was eligible to run.
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David Axelrod / CNN:
Full transcript: David Axelrod interviews President Barack Obama for The Axe Files  —  PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS INTERVIEWED ON “THE AXE FILES” FROM CNN & THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO INSTITUTE OF POLITIC  —  AXELROD (voiceover): I first met Barack Obama when he returned to Chicago from law school …
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Obama: I could have won a third term
Discussion: Liberal Values and Hot Air
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Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Drexel Professor Has A History Of Hating White People And Wishing For Their Genocide  —  Drexel associate professor of political science George Ciccariello-Maher has a long history of espousing racist views towards white people on Twitter and has at times supported genocide.
TMZ.com:
Versace Sued — Secret ‘Code’ for Black Customers ... Fired Employee Claims  —  Versace secretly alerts staffers when an African-American person enters the store ... according to an ex-employee who claims the company also dissed his fashion sense and then canned him.
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
'We don't support Satanic Jews': Trump's neo-Nazi fans freak after he posts a ‘Happy Hanukkah’ tweet  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  President-elect Donald Trump decided to throw a bone to people who care about religious diversity in the United States by wishing Jewish people a …
Alan M. Dershowitz / The Hill:
Obama pulls a bait-and-switch on anti-Israel Security Council vote  —  The Obama administration pulled a bait and switch in refusing to veto the recent Security Council resolution against Israel.  In attempting to justify its abstention - which under Security Council rules has the same effect …
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Josef Federman / Associated Press:
Israel: humbled Netanyahu places hopes in Trump
Chicago Tribune:
11 dead, 33 wounded in shootings so far Christmas weekend  —  Police investigated multiple sites where people were shot and killed in Chicago on Christmas Day.  (Armando Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)  —  Eleven people were killed and at least 33 others have been wounded in shootings across Chicago …
Discussion: NPR, ABC News and The Daily Caller
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James Kirchick / The Daily Beast:
The Jews Begging to Join the Alt-Right  —  “I refuse to join any club that will have me as a member” Groucho Marx famously said.  —  “We insist on joining the club that refuses to have us as members” might as well be the mantra of some aspiring Jewish adherents of the racist “alt-right.”
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Sorry, But Our Fight Against Liberal Fascism Has Only Just Begun  —  I wish I could tell you that, having dodged the naggy bullet that was Felonia Milhous von Pantsuit, we can now spend the next four years being left alone.  But that's not in the cards.  Liberals won't - because they can't …
Discussion: The Other McCain
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Don't be fooled: Closing the Trump Foundation doesn't solve Trump's conflict of interest problems  —  Not even close.  —  On Christmas Eve, President-elect Donald Trump announced he's closing his controversial charitable foundation in order to avoid potential conflicts of interest.
Discussion: TaxProf Blog and Slate
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump to inherit more than 100 court vacancies, plans to reshape judiciary  —  Donald Trump is set to inherit an uncommon number of vacancies in the federal courts in addition to the open Supreme Court seat, giving the president-elect a monumental opportunity to reshape the judiciary after taking office.
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Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:
Trump Will Inherit 100+ Court Vacancies
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Thom Shanker / New York Times:
U.S. Sold $40 Billion in Weapons in 2015, Topping Global Market  —  WASHINGTON — The United States again ranked first in global weapons sales last year, signing deals for about $40 billion, or half of all agreements in the worldwide arms bazaar, and far ahead of France …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and alan.com
Lisa Lerer / Associated Press:
Trump repeating some behaviors he criticized in Clinton  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump spent the past two years attacking rival Hillary Clinton as crooked, corrupt, and weak.  —  But some of those attacks seem to have already slipped into the history books.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Paul Rosenberg / Salon:
Donald Trump's wrecking crew: A cabinet of zealots who yearn to destroy their own agencies  —  Previous GOP presidents have appointed anti-government hardliners, but Trump's cabinet goes further than ever  —  In one sense, it's nothing new.  At least since Ronald Reagan took office in 1981 …
 
 
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Deroy Murdock / New York Post:
Obama's legacy is a devastated Democratic Party
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CNBC:
Suddenly hot smart home devices are ripe for hacking, experts warn
Daily Mail:
This is why you don't leave Christmas shopping to the last minute: Massive brawls break …
Discussion: Infowars
Lenny Bernstein / Washington Post:
Transition adviser's tweets add intrigue to Trump aide Jason Miller's sudden resignation
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Changes Coming to White House Press Room: Who, Where, When and How
Discussion: Instapundit
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Internet ridicules Trump's narcissistic Christmas tweet: ‘No family, no warmth, just a tiny fist and a tree’
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