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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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ThinkProgress, Political Wire, Raw Story, Booman Tribune and Washington Post
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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.
Dave Burke / Daily Mail:
Terrorist caught on CCTV dressed as Father Christmas shoots 35 dead and wounds 40 in Istanbul celebrity nightclub as terrified New Year's Eve revellers dive into Bosphorus to survive — Nightclub owner Mehmet Kocarslan said security had been stepped up after US intelligence warnings
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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
New York Times:
Terrorist Attack at Nightclub in Istanbul Kills Dozens
Terrorist Attack at Nightclub in Istanbul Kills Dozens
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The Gateway Pundit, Sputnik International, The Daily Caller, myfox8.com and twitchy.com
Chris Graham / Telegraph:
Istanbul terror attack: 35 killed as gunman ‘dressed as Santa’ opens fire at nightclub in Turkey
Istanbul terror attack: 35 killed as gunman ‘dressed as Santa’ opens fire at nightclub in Turkey
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Daily Caller
Hadas Gold / Politico:
New York Times, Wall Street Journal editors take on Trump and the media — The top editors for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal expressed wariness over the incoming president-elect's respect for the First Amendment. — In a special NBC “Meet the Press” episode devoted …
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Oliver Willis
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
Alex Shephard / New Republic:
What Happened to Rock Music? — The genre hasn't been this irrelevant in decades, which was only underscored by a slew of memoirs by aging rock stars. — Maybe, this time, rock really is dead. In 2016, the pop charts were ruled by Justin Bieber, Drake, and Rihanna.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Eschaton
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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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Van Jones: ‘The Clinton days are over’ — Washington (CNN)The Clinton family's grip on the Democratic Party has come to an end and it's time for a new generation of leadership to lead the party, CNN political commentator Van Jones said. — “You have to understand, I think that the Clinton days are over …
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TheBlaze
Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Trump's Incoming Press Secretary Questions Whether Obama's Russia Sanctions Are Out of ‘Proportion’ — President-elect Donald Trump's incoming White House press secretary questioned whether President Obama's actions against Russia for an alleged cyberattack on Democratic political organizations may be out of “proportion.”
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Associated Press and Politico
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.
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency, BizPac Review, Politico, Israel Matzav and The Times of Israel
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Trump kicks biographer off golf course — Hurt is the author of “Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump,” a 1993 book that revealed among other things that Trump was accused of “rape” by his ex-wife Ivana Trump in a sworn deposition during their divorce proceedings.
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Mediaite and Harry Hurt III
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Lessons From the Media's Failures in Its Year With Trump — The last year has not been the news media's finest. — Despite some outstanding coverage, over all we misled many people into thinking that Donald Trump would never win the Republican nomination, let alone the White House.
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twitchy.com