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Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Attacks of U.S. Intelligence on Russia Unnerve Lawmakers — President-elect increases criticism of agencies on Twitter, cites Wikileaks editor Julian Assange over Russian involvement — WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump's increasingly heated attacks against U.S. intelligence agencies …
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Trump in 2010: WikiLeaks ‘disgraceful,’ there ‘should be like death penalty or something’ — Trump called WikiLeaks “disgraceful” and suggested there be a “death penalty” for their actions during a 2010 interview. — His 2010 comments are in sharp contrast to his decision Wednesday morning …
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
To Julian Assange: I apologize. — Please watch Sean Hannity's …
To Julian Assange: I apologize. — Please watch Sean Hannity's …
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Lindsey McPherson / Roll Call:
Ryan Bucks Trump, Says Congress Will Not Raise Tariffs
Ryan Bucks Trump, Says Congress Will Not Raise Tariffs
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Outside the Beltway and Joe.My.God.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Cotton responds to Trump: I have more faith in intel officers than Assange
Cotton responds to Trump: I have more faith in intel officers than Assange
Daily Mail:
Assange says a 14-year-old could have hacked Democratic emails as he reveals John Podesta's password was ‘password’
Assange says a 14-year-old could have hacked Democratic emails as he reveals John Podesta's password was ‘password’
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Fox News, Mediaite, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Even when Trump shows backbone, his haters refuse to give him any credit
The Daily 202: Even when Trump shows backbone, his haters refuse to give him any credit
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alan.com, CNBC, The Hill, New York Times, Talking Points Memo, Eclectablog and Balloon Juice
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Speaker Paul Ryan On The “100 Days” Ahead
Speaker Paul Ryan On The “100 Days” Ahead
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Hot Air, Business Insider, Political Wire and Politico
Lisa Chavarria / WFLD:
Chicago Police: 4 in custody after man tied up, tortured on Facebook Live — FOX 32 NEWS - Investigators are looking into a Facebook Live video shot on the West Side that shows a group of people holding a young man hostage. — Chicago police told FOX 32 that four people are currently in custody.
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CBS Chicago:
Chicago Police Investigate Live-Streamed Torture — Four people are in custody after video was streamed online showing a duct-taped teen being tortured. — Police say the 18-year-old victimized in the video is a northwest suburban resident with special needs who had been reported missing.
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Trump's “if you like your insurance, you can keep it” moment — One of Trump's top advisers just made repealing Obamacare much, much harder. — On Monday, Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway was on Morning Joe and was asked about Obamacare. Her recitation of her boss's position likely filled congressional Republicans with dread.
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Trump plans executive actions for ObamaCare repeal — House Republicans are planning to get an ObamaCare repeal bill on President Trump's desk by Feb. 20, according to two Republican lawmakers. — The date was put forward by incoming House Budget Committee Chairman Diane Black
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, Townhall.com, The Mahablog, Daily Kos, Vox and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Washington Post:
GOP launches long-promised repeal of Obamacare with no full plan to replace it
GOP launches long-promised repeal of Obamacare with no full plan to replace it
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CRFB Papers and Blog Posts:
The Cost of Full Repeal of the Affordable Care Act
The Cost of Full Repeal of the Affordable Care Act
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CNNMoney, AOL, CNBC, The Ring of Fire Network and Talking Points Memo
Jonathan Oosting / Detroit News:
Snyder fights for Medicaid plan in Obamacare repeal
Snyder fights for Medicaid plan in Obamacare repeal
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Los Angeles Times
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Repealing Obamacare Could Be Trump's First Lesson in the Glacial Pace of Congress
Repealing Obamacare Could Be Trump's First Lesson in the Glacial Pace of Congress
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Manchin says he won't attend Obama's Capitol Hill meeting
Manchin says he won't attend Obama's Capitol Hill meeting
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Daily Caller and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Ali Watkins / BuzzFeed:
The FBI Never Asked For Access To Hacked Computer Servers — The Democratic National Committee tells BuzzFeed News that the bureau “never requested access” to the servers the White House and intelligence community say were hacked by Russia. — WASHINGTON — The FBI did not examine the servers …
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Darren Sands / BuzzFeed:
Omarosa Angers Black Republicans With Invite-Only Meeting
Omarosa Angers Black Republicans With Invite-Only Meeting
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Raw Story
Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
California Legislature enlists former U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric Holder to defend against Trump — Eric H. Holder Jr. in Washington in 2015. — Bracing for an adversarial relationship with President-elect Donald Trump, the California Legislature has selected former U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr …
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Calif. lawmakers hire Eric Holder to fight Trump — The California Legislature hired former Attorney General Eric Holder — as it prepares for expected battles with President-elect Donald Trump — 's administration, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
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MichelleMalkin.com
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
California Hires Eric Holder as Legal Bulwark Against Donald Trump
California Hires Eric Holder as Legal Bulwark Against Donald Trump
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Los Angeles Times, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze, Talking Points Memo, The Democratic Daily, Infowars and theGrio
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
How to Stop a Trump Supreme Court Nominee — President-elect Donald Trump will soon announce his nominee to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. Once he does, we'll know within just a few hours whether there is any chance that the Senate will reject his choice.
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Althouse, Rewire, NBC News and SCOTUSblog
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Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
McConnell: Americans ‘will not tolerate’ Dems blocking SCOTUS nominee
McConnell: Americans ‘will not tolerate’ Dems blocking SCOTUS nominee
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Hot Air, Political Wire, Politicus USA, The Week, Mediaite and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Bridget Bowman / Roll Call:
Schumer Prepared to Hold Supreme Court Seat Open
Schumer Prepared to Hold Supreme Court Seat Open
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CNN, Daily Kos, The Hill, The Resurgent and Betsy's Page
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Schumer Says Democrats Willing To Keep Supreme Court Seat Empty
Schumer Says Democrats Willing To Keep Supreme Court Seat Empty
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neo-neocon, RedState and alan.com
Richard A. Arenberg / New York Times:
Why Republicans Shouldn't Weaken the Filibuster
Why Republicans Shouldn't Weaken the Filibuster
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Patterico's Pontifications and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Charisse Jones / USA Today:
Macy's closing 68 stores; job cuts total 10,100 — After seeing sales drop during the holidays, Macy's said Wednesday it has either closed or will shutter 68 stores and cut an additional 6,200 positions at a time when shoppers are going online to buy everything from scarves to lipstick.
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Ex-Congressman May Run for Governor of Virginia, Disrupting Democrats' Plans — WASHINGTON — Tom Perriello, the former congressman from Virginia, is considering a bid for governor, a move that would disrupt Democrats' well-laid plans in perhaps the highest-profile election in the country this year.
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Brian Maloney / Media Equalizer:
Move comes depite anchor's own past ethics issues — Raising eyebrows among some critics, former CBS anchor Dan Rather is now teaching an online course focused on ethics in journalism. — Called “Journalism & Finding the Truth in the News” and offered through Udemy, the class is aimed …
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Power Line, The Lid and RedState
David Haskell / Washington Post:
Liberal churches are dying. But conservative churches are thriving. — Doing away with old-fashioned theology hasn't helped mainline congregations. In fact, it may have hastened their decline. — Mainline Protestant churches are in trouble: A 2015 report by the Pew Research Center found …
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Da Tech Guy Blog and Instapundit
Gabriel T. Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Gather Ammo Against Treasury Pick Steven Mnuchin — Working to gather examples of aggressive foreclosure practices by his former bank — Liberal groups and Democratic senators are zeroing in on the record of Steven Mnuchin, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Treasury secretary …
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Watch A Bunch Of Journalists Freak Out After Being Asked If They Know Anybody Who Drives A Truck — Even after a presidential election in which scores of media personalities were shown to be entirely disconnected from the country and people they report on, the liberal media bubble is alive and well.
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Tom George / KTNV:
Man captures neighbor's racist rant on camera — LAS VEGAS (KTNV) - A Facebook video shot by a Las Vegas man has been shared thousands of times on social media, showing his neighbor going off on a racist rant. — The video all stemmed from an argument between Dexter Manawat and his next door neighbor over cleaning up leaves.
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