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11:35 PM ET, December 26, 2016

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Michael Bastasch / The Daily Caller:
Obama Blames The Media For Trump's Landslide Win In Rural America  —  Obama Blames The Media For Not Telling Rural Americans How Awesome He Is  —  Obama To Muster Organizers, Journos, Pols For Next Generation Of Progressive Leaders  —  Democrats Freak Out After Trump Does What They Asked Him To Do
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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 …
Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Obama: I'm going to keep to myself when I leave the White House  —  President Obama plans to keep a low-profile when he leaves office in January to better reflect on his time as president.  —  “I have to be quiet for a while.  And I don't mean politically, I mean internally.  I have to still myself,” Obama said.
Daily Mail:
‘NO WAY’: Trump mocks Obama for saying he could have beaten him if he were allowed to run again - and cites job losses, Obamacare and the ISIS terror army as reasons  — Trump blasted Obama for claiming he could have mobilized Americans to win a third term in office if he had been the Democratic nominee
CNN:
Obama's exit interview: Hope and change can still win elections
DrexelNow:
Response to Professor George Ciccariello-Maher's Tweet  —  Drexel became aware today of Associate Professor George Ciccariello-Maher's inflammatory tweet, which was posted on his personal Twitter account on Dec. 24, 2016.  While the University recognizes the right of its faculty to freely express …
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Scott Jaschik / Inside Higher Ed:
Drexel Condemns Professor's Tweet  —  University issues statement on Christmas Day over post that said “all I want for Christmas is white genocide.”  Update: Professor criticizes response to “satirical” comment.  —  Drexel University issued a statement on Christmas Day to condemn a tweet …
Discussion: Heat Street
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
NY Attorney General Hinders Trump Plan to Shutter Foundation  —  Donald Trump's plan to dissolve his eponymous foundation is already running into a roadblock from the New York Attorney General's office, which says the organization can't close while its probe is ongoing.
Discussion: Raw Story and alan.com
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Mucking Out the Justice Department  —  Of Donald Trump's most prominent allies in the presidential campaign, Jeff Sessions is the last one standing.  Newt Gingrich is an outside adviser to Trump and occasional critic.  Chris Christie works full-time as governor of New Jersey.
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.
Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
Muslims in a Bible Belt town hold their breath  —  It was here, in this midsize college town in the dead center of Tennessee, that a right-wing effort to ban Islamic law found one of its first sponsors.  Here, too, a congressman co-sponsored a plan to “defund Muslim ‘refugees’ ” …
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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 …
William Turton / Gizmodo:
Senior Facebook Employee Arrested For Allegedly Soliciting Unprotected Sex From Underage Girl  —  Dov Katz, the head of computer vision at Oculus VR, was arrested near Seattle on December 21 for allegedly soliciting sex from an underage girl.  According to charging records …
Discussion: The Verge
Jori Finkel / New York Times:
‘The Fashion of Islam’ to Arrive at de Young in 2018  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The de Young Museum here has drawn big crowds before with shows on Oscar de la Renta, Jean Paul Gaultier and Yves Saint Laurent.  But for its next big fashion extravaganza, the museum is entering new territory …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
When One Party Has the Governor's Mansion and the Other Has the Statehouse  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — With swift and brutal efficiency, North Carolina Republicans welcomed an incoming Democratic governor this month to an elite but hardly desirable club: the handful of governors around the nation …
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 …
Media Matters for America:
As Inauguration Approaches, NRATV Says Dissent Against Trump Is An “Assault” On The Constitution  —  Ostensibly a news organization, the National Rifle Association's NRATV is actually a pro-Trump propaganda effort that routinely labels protected-speech reporting on the president-elect as a plot …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Deroy Murdock / New York Post:
Obama's legacy is a devastated Democratic Party  —  As President Obama concludes his reign of error, his party is smaller, weaker and ricketier than it has been since at least the 1940s.  Behold the tremendous power that Democrats have frittered away — from January 2009 through the aftermath …
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
 
 
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Charged a Fee for Getting Arrested, Whether Guilty or Not
Discussion: Mother Jones
Gene B. Sperling / New York Times:
The Quiet War on Medicaid
New York Times:
Women's Rights Are a National Security Issue
Thom Shanker / New York Times:
U.S. Sold $40 Billion in Weapons in 2015, Topping Global Market
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Chicago Tribune:
11 dead, 33 wounded in shootings so far Christmas weekend
Discussion: ABC News, The Daily Caller and NPR
James Kirchick / The Daily Beast:
The Jews Begging to Join the Alt-Right
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Trump taps aide Stephen Miller to write inaugural address
Discussion: AOL
 Earlier Items: 
Cindy Chang / Los Angeles Times:
Santa Monica synagogue vandalized as Hanukkah begins
J.R. Wu / Reuters:
Chinese carrier enters South China Sea amid renewed tension
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
A mother's Craigslist plea brings her kids a Christmas they'll never forget
Lisa Lerer / Associated Press:
Trump repeating some behaviors he criticized in Clinton
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump readies war room to defend Cabinet picks
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Sorry, But Our Fight Against Liberal Fascism Has Only Just Begun
CNBC:
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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