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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Promises a Revelation on Hacking — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald J. Trump, expressing lingering skepticism about intelligence assessments of Russian interference in the election, said on Saturday evening that he knew “things that other people don't know” about the hacking …
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Trump: I 'know things that other people don't know' about hacking — declared Saturday that he knows “things that other people don't know” about Russian hacking allegations, suggesting FBI and CIA reports leave room for doubt over Russia's meddling in the U.S. election.
Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Gingrich Says Biggest Worry About Trump Administration Is That They Might ‘Lose Their Nerve’ — Less than three weeks before the presidential inauguration, leading Trump ally Newt Gingrich said his biggest worry about the incoming administration is that they will “lose their nerve.”
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The Week
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Pete Kasperowicz / Washington Examiner:
Brazile credits Trump's ‘make America great again’ slogan — Democratic strategist Donna Brazile acknowledged Sunday that President-elect Trump ran an effective, non-traditional campaign against Hillary Clinton, in large part because he had a consistent message.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Here are the eight Trump Cabinet picks Democrats plan to target — Democratic senators plan to aggressively target eight of Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees in the coming weeks and are pushing to stretch their confirmation votes into March — an unprecedented break with Senate tradition.
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TheBlaze
John A. Farrell / New York Times:
Nixon's Vietnam Treachery — Richard M. Nixon always denied it: to David Frost, to historians and to Lyndon B. Johnson, who had the strongest suspicions and the most cause for outrage at his successor's rumored treachery. To them all, Nixon insisted that he had not sabotaged Johnson's 1968 peace initiative …
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Hullabaloo, Raw Story and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Mar-a-Lago, the Future Winter White House and Home of the Calmer Trump — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — When President-elect Donald J. Trump rang in the new year this weekend, he did it in Gatsby-like opulence, joined by the actor Sylvester Stallone, the gossip page fixture Fabio …
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Mediaite
CBS Los Angeles:
Vandal Changes Famed Hollywood Sign Overnight To Read ‘Hollyweed’ — HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA.com) — Authorities say someone managed to modify the famed Hollywood sign to read “Hollyweed” in an overnight act of trespass. — Sgt. Trudeau of Security Services says the incident unfolded around midnight Sunday …
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Aaron Short / New York Post:
Trump advisers want Netanyahu to attend inauguration — President-elect Donald Trump's advisers want to invite Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu to the inauguration or arrange a meeting of the two leaders before then, a source close to the transition said.
Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Ex-Bush official: Trump ‘like an addict’ for press coverage — Three former press secretaries warned Sunday that they believe President-elect Donald Trump — will create more difficulties for the media when he takes office. — Former presidential press secretaries for the Clinton …
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Political Wire
Washington Post:
Manhunt underway after massacre at Istanbul nightclub, officials say — ISTANBUL — Turkish authorities on Sunday were hunting for the lone gunman who opened fire on a New Year's celebration at one of Istanbul's most popular nightclubs, killing dozens of people, including a number of foreigners …
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BBC:
Istanbul Reina nightclub attack ‘leaves 35 dead’
Istanbul Reina nightclub attack ‘leaves 35 dead’
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The Week and Independent Journal Review
Jason Easley / Politicus USA:
Trump's Press Secretary Begs The American People To Stop Mocking Donald Trump — Trump's press secretary Sean Spicer went on national television to complain that the American people are mocking Donald Trump and called on every American to support the president-elect instead of mocking him.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Confessions of a Columnist — EVERY January I write a column exploring my faulty analysis and failed prophecies from the preceding year. After last year's installment, in which I explained how I had underestimated a certain celebrity tycoon, I received a note from Trump Tower …
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Hullabaloo and No More Mister Nice Blog