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12:05 AM ET, December 31, 2016

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Washington Post:
Russian hackers penetrated U.S. electricity grid through a utility in Vermont, U.S. officials say  —  A code associated with the Russian hacking operation dubbed Grizzly Steppe by the Obama administration has been detected within the system of a Vermont utility, according to U.S. officials.
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Burlington Free Press:
Russia penetrated Burlington Electric utility company computer  —  Russian hackers penetrated a Burlington Electric laptop, according to Commissioner Chris Recchia of the Vermont Public Service Board.  —  Burlington Electric Department is owned by the city of Burlington.
Discussion: emptywheel
Andrew Roth / Washington Post:
Putin says he won't deport U.S. diplomats as he looks to cultivate relations with Trump
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
N.C.'s outgoing GOP governor appears to make one last attempt to stick it to the Democrat who beat him  —  With just one day to go before he leaves office, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) threw a legal hail mary to the U.S. Supreme Court in another apparent effort to undermine his Democratic successor's ability to govern.
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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Judge halts North Carolina law stripping incoming Dem governor's power  —  A North Carolina judge has temporarily blocked a law passed by the state's Republican-controlled legislature that limits the incoming governor's powers over election boards.  —  A superior court judge ruled Friday …
Raleigh News & Observer:
Judge puts NC GOP elections board makeover on hold after Roy Cooper sues
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Bloomberg:
Trump Said to Weigh Aide's Husband for Top Legal Job  —  Corporate lawyer George Conway in line for solicitor general  —  Conway has handled high-profile clients for law firm  —  President-elect Donald Trump is considering George Conway, a long-time corporate lawyer and the husband …
Discussion: Josh Blackman's Blog and Mediaite
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Kellyanne Conway's husband on short list for top US lawyer job  —  (CNN)The husband of one of President-elect Donald Trump's top advisers could be arguing cases on behalf of the federal government at the Supreme Court next year.  —  George Conway, a corporate attorney who is married to senior …
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:   Trump considering Conway's husband for solicitor general: report
Claudia Rosett / The Hill:
Obama settling old grudges — but not against Russian, Israeli leaders  —  Is President Obama using his final weeks in office to settle personal grudges against Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu?  Obama certainly appears to be settling scores …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Team Trump: We're the true target of Obama's sanctions
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Hill
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Bolton: Obama sanctions on Russia not enough
Jan Chamberlin / Facebook:
Dear Family and Friends,  —  This is the message I have sent to Choir:  —  Dear President Jarrett and Choir,  —  Today is my birthday.  (Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you...........)  —  It is with a sad and heavy heart that I submit my resignation to you and to Choir.
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Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
Something About This Russia Story Stinks  —  Nearly a decade and a half after the Iraq-WMD faceplant, the American press is again asked to co-sign a dubious intelligence assessment  —  In an extraordinary development Thursday, the Obama administration announced a series of sanctions against Russia.
Associated Press:
Mexican Man Charged With Rape Had 19 Deportations, Removals  —  A Mexican man accused of raping a 13-year-old girl on a Greyhound bus that traveled through Kansas had been deported 10 times and voluntarily removed from the U.S. another nine times since 2003, records obtained by The Associated Press show.
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
What Chuck Todd gets about Trump  —  Chuck Todd has interviewed Donald Trump many times, and he's noticed something somewhat disquieting about the unquiet president-elect.  —  The man doesn't laugh — not in a normal, spontaneous, regular-human kind of way.  —  “[It] drives me crazy.  Do you know what?
Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite and Raw Story
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Obama to huddle with Hill Democrats on saving Obamacare  —  President Barack Obama will head to Capitol Hill Wednesday to meet with congressional Democrats about how to shield Obamacare from Republican efforts to dismantle it, a Capitol Hill source told POLITICO.
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Obama, Dems eyeing strategy to defend ObamaCare
Discussion: Political Wire and Bloomberg
Alina Selyukh / NPR:
U.S. Ethics Chief Was Behind Those Tweets About Trump, Records Show  —  In November, the typically straitlaced Office of Government Ethics surprised observers with a series of tweets mimicking Donald Trump's bombastic style, exclamation points and all: “Brilliant!  Divestiture is good for you, good for America!”
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Ema O'Connor / BuzzFeed:
Some DC Restaurants Are Donating Their Inauguration Profits To Anti-Trump Organizations  —  The profits will go to support Planned Parenthood and pro-immigrant organizations, among other charities.  —  More than a dozen high-profile DC restaurants have pledged to donate a portion …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
DC restaurants to donate part of Trump inauguration profits: report
Discussion: alan.com
Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
No US carrier at sea leaves gap in Middle East  —  For the next week, not only will there be no U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in the Middle East, but there will be no American aircraft carriers deployed at sea anywhere else in the world, despite a host of worldwide threats facing the United States.
David Smiley / miamiherald:
Fired Miami cops joked about using black neighborhoods for target practice  —  Three rookie Miami police officers fired two days before Christmas joked in a group chat with other cops about using predominately black neighborhoods for target practice, an internal affairs investigation found this month.
Discussion: TheBlaze, Law News, AOL and Raw Story
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Mar-a-Lago sold tickets to New Year's Eve party with Trump  —  Mar-a-Lago, the pricey private resort in Palm Beach, Florida, sold hundreds of tickets at more than $500 a piece to an annual New Year's Eve extravaganza planned for Saturday night that will feature a very special guest …
Susan Dynarski / New York Times:
Free Market for Education?  Economists Generally Don't Buy It  —  The odds are good that privatizing education will be part of the agenda for President-elect Donald J. Trump's administration.  The Republican platform calls for increasing the role of banks in giving out student loans.
Discussion: Slate Star Codex and EconLog
Liam Quinn / Daily Mail:
Donald Trump supporter ‘films barrage of abuse he receives for wearing a #buildthewall T-shirt’ INSIDE his California apartment building  —  A Donald Trump supporter claims he was verbally attacked by his anti-Trump neighbors because he was wearing one of the president-elect's T-shirts.
KFOR-TV:
Oklahoma cop who saved woman's life in viral video now arrested for internet crimes against child  —  BLANCHARD, Okla. - The Oklahoma cop who was caught on dash cam video saving a woman's life earlier this year has now been arrested for internet crimes against a child.
Discussion: KTLA, New York's PIX11 and PINAC
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Alt-right leader's book hits No. 1 on Amazon  —  A forthcoming book from controversial alt-right figure Milo Yiannopoulos has snagged the top spot on Amazon a day after the $250,000 book deal was announced.  —  Yiannopoulos's “Dangerous,” due out in March, was the No. 1 ranked book Friday on Amazon's list of best sellers.
 
 
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Chris Brito / New York's PIX11:
Highway patrol officer jumps into moving car to save toddler from impaired driver on LIE: Police
Discussion: WREG-TV and KTLA
John Hayward / Breitbart:
Steve Bannon: ‘Hobbits and Deplorables Had a Great Run in 2016,’ but It's Only ‘Top of the First Inning’
Discussion: Daily Mail and Politico
newsargus.com:
Mural defaced at GOP headquarters
Discussion: myfox8.com
Ian Kullgren / Politico:
Cupcake defender interviews for Ag secretary job
Discussion: Raw Story, alan.com and Mediaite
Click2Houston.com:
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Discussion: Raw Story and TheBlaze
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate moves to condemn U.N. over Israel
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
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Julian Robinson / Daily Mail:
Five Afghan teenagers are convicted of gang-raping a boy at knife-point in Sweden …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Vox Popoli
Slate:
Self-Driving Cars Will Make Organ Shortages Even Worse
Discussion: RedState
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Vladimir Putin Won't Expel U.S. Diplomats as Russian Foreign Minister Urged