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7:35 PM ET, January 2, 2017

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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Many in U.S. Skeptical Trump Can Handle Presidential Duties  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — As Donald Trump prepares to take the presidential oath on Jan. 20, less than half of Americans are confident in his ability to handle an international crisis (46%), to use military force wisely (47%) …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Repeal and Delay Is Forever  —  The Republican Party has used health care to its advantage for the last seven years by following the same strategy: advocating an alternative plan that does not and cannot exist.  During this entire time, President Obama has held power.
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Claiming mandate, GOP Congress lays plans to propel sweeping conservative agenda  —  For six years, since they took back the House of Representatives, Republicans have added to a pile of legislation that moldered outside the White House.  In their thwarted agenda, financial regulations were to be unspooled.
BBC:
Israeli police question PM Netanyahu in corruption probe  —  Israeli police have questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of an inquiry into corruption allegations.  —  Ahead of their arrival at his residence, Mr Netanyahu again denied any wrongdoing.
Discussion: RedState
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CNN:
Donald Trump's New Year's Eve speech cited Dubai business partner  —  Hussain Sajwani, founder of the DAMAC Group  —  (CNN)Donald Trump gave a lengthy description of his electoral victory, and lavished praise upon a Dubai business partner, during a ten-minute speech to 800 paying guests at his Florida estate Saturday night.
Andrew / Statistical Modeling …:
About that bogus claim that North Carolina is no longer a democracy . . .  Nick Stevenson directed me to a recent op-ed in the Raleigh News & Observer, where political science professor Andrew Reynolds wrote: … So far so good.  But then comes the punchline:
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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CNN:
Missile boast puts North Korea threat on Trump's front burner
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Former Chicago police chief blasts Black Lives Matter  —  Former Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy on Sunday blamed the Black Lives Matter movement for causing a rise in violent crime around the country.  —  During a radio interview with John Catsimatidis on AM 970 in New York …
Discussion: Chicagoist and Raw Story
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Bill Whitaker / CBS News:
Crisis in Chicago  —  Bill Whitaker reports on Chicago's surge …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Infowars
Robert Kuttner / The Huffington Post:
Impeaching Trump  —  The process begins now.  —  Donald Trump is wildly unfit to be president, and he will demonstrate that in ways that break the law and violate the Constitution.  Since the election, there have been three wishful efforts to keep Trump from the presidency …
Kelefa Sanneh / New Yorker:
Intellectuals for Trump  —  A rogue group of conservative thinkers try to build a governing ideology around a President-elect who disdains ideology.  —  The most cogent argument for electing Donald Trump was made not by Trump, or by his campaign, but by a writer who, unlike Trump …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
America Becomes a Stan  —  In 2015 the city of Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, was graced with a new public monument: a giant gold-plated sculpture portraying the country's president on horseback.  This may strike you as a bit excessive.  But cults of personality are actually the norm in the …
CNN:
Istanbul attack: ISIS claims nightclub shooting  —  Istanbul (CNN)ISIS has claimed responsibility for the deadly New Year's attack at an upscale Istanbul nightclub that left 39 people dead.  —  The terror group offered no further clues about the identity of the attacker, and authorities in Turkey continue their search for the suspect.
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Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Ethics advocates warn Trump that he needs to do more to divest from family business  —  A bipartisan group of ethics advocates lobbed a second letter to President-elect Donald Trump on Monday evening warning him that he needs to do more to separate himself from his family business interests.
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Obama could still force Garland onto court during ‘intersession recess’  —  President Obama will have one last chance to force Judge Merrick Garland onto the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday — but it's a legal gamble and one that has so many pitfalls that even those who say he could get away with it believe it isn't worth the fight.
Bloomberg:
Perdue Is Trump's Lead Pick for Agriculture Secretary  —  Perdue's selection for agriculture post isn't yet final  —  Several other candidates have been interviewed by Trump  —  Sonny Perdue III, the former governor of Georgia, is president-elect Donald Trump's leading candidate …
CNN:
‘Stray’ bullet hits Texas legislator in the head at New Year's celebration  —  Texas state Rep. Armando “Mando” Martinez is recovering from his wound at a hospital.  “I was given another chance at life and I'm grateful for it,” he said.  —  (CNN)A Texas lawmaker is lucky to be alive …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Mike Rodriguez / Monitor:
State Rep. Martinez shot in head by ‘stray bullet’ while celebrating
Discussion: USA Today and Raw Story
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Obama Plans Farewell Speech From Chicago  —  HONOLULU — President Obama will give a farewell address next week from Chicago, his hometown, most likely his last chance to defend his legacy directly to the country before Donald J. Trump is sworn in, the White House announced on Monday.
Discussion: The Week
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Allie Malloy / CNN:
Obama to deliver farewell speech in Chicago
 
 
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Joe Scarborough against the world
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Journalism books on his to-do list
Ivana Kottasova / CNNMoney:
Finland is giving 2,000 citizens a guaranteed income
Discussion: EconLog and Raw Story
Nick Squires / Telegraph:
Facebook ‘censors’ nude statue of sea god Neptune, a well-known Renaissance symbol of northern Italian city
Discussion: Raw Story
Reuters:
Islamic State kills 24 in Baghdad blast, cuts road to Mosul
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Kenneth Lovett / New York Daily News:
Cuomo vetoes bill that would have required state to fund legal services for the poor
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
For Democrats, 2017 Will Be The Year of Living Stupidly
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The art of getting to know Trump
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Michael Patrick Leahy / Breitbart:
Between 2012 and 2015, 1,565 refugees were diagnosed with active tuberculosis (TB) in the United …
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Black pols plan Trump resistance
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
A year to protect democracy
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Reuters:
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