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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Schumer adopts Trump slogan: GOP wants to ‘Make America sick again’ — It's a world where health insurance companies are jacking up rates, Americans are losing benefits and illness is racking the nation. — This is the apocalyptic picture of America offered by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer …
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CNN:
Obama tells Democrats: 'Don't rescue' Republicans on ‘Trumpcare’ — This is likely Obama's last visit to Congress, and it comes as Republicans push to overturn his signature legislative accomplishment — Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama delivered a mandate to Democrats on Wednesday: “Don't rescue” Republicans on Obamacare.
MJ Lee / CNN:
Republicans already jittery about quick Obamacare repeal — Washington (CNN)Republicans are just getting started on their years-long dream of repealing Obamacare, and already, there are fears that things are moving too fast. — Some Republicans are cautioning against repealing …
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Manchin says he won't attend Obama's Capitol Hill meeting — Sen. Joe Manchin said he cannot “in good conscience” attend President Barack Obama's Capitol Hill meeting on Wednesday with Congressional Democrats, telling MSNBC's “Morning Joe” that such a partisan meeting goes against what American voters want from Congress.
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The Daily Caller and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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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Daily Kos and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Democrats: Trump will make America sick again
Democrats: Trump will make America sick again
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New York Times and alan.com
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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Politicus USA, ACASignups.net and CBS Miami
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Trump planning Obamacare orders on Day One
Trump planning Obamacare orders on Day One
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Mother Jones and Bloomberg
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
To Julian Assange: I apologize. — Please watch Sean Hannity's interview with Julian Assange (Wikileaks). — Exposing the truth re: the Left having been oh-so-guilty of atrocious actions and attitudes of which they've falsely accused others. The media collusion that hid what many on the Left have been supporting is shocking.
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Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
Why Republicans took aim at an ethics watchdog — The failed attempt by Republicans to rein in an independent ethics office was the culmination of years of mounting frustration on Capitol Hill. — While House Republicans backed down Tuesday from their effort to tighten oversight of the Office …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Cotton responds to Trump: I have more faith in intel officers than Assange — (R-Ark.) on Wednesday said he had more trust in the country's intelligence community than in WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. — “I have a lot more faith in our intelligence officers serving around the world …
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RedState, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Free Beacon and Politico
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
The Note: Trump's Rift Over Russia with U.S. Intelligence —TRUMP TAKES TO TWITTER ON RUSSIA HACKING THIS MORNING: 7:22 AM: “Julian Assange said “a 14 year old could have hacked Podesta” - why was DNC so careless? Also said Russians did not give him the info!”
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Associated Press and Politico
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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ThinkProgress, RedState, Infowars, Eclectablog and Balloon Juice
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump takes aim at House Republicans, and they run for cover
Trump takes aim at House Republicans, and they run for cover
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USA Today, Vox Popoli, Talking Points Memo and The Last Tradition
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
House passes rules aimed at preventing lawmaker protests
House passes rules aimed at preventing lawmaker protests
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Talking Points Memo and The Verge
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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Politico
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Schumer regrets Dems triggering ‘nuclear option’
Schumer regrets Dems triggering ‘nuclear option’
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Roll Call, Betsy's Page, alan.com, Talking Points Memo, Hot Air and CNN
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
GOP plans to crush Democratic opposition to Trump Cabinet
GOP plans to crush Democratic opposition to Trump Cabinet
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Daily Kos
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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RedState
Media Matters for America:
10 Facts Reporters Should Include In Stories About Efforts To Repeal Obamacare — The press failed to accurately convey the implications of a potential repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in the lead-up to the election. Now that Donald Trump is the president-elect …
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Politicus USA
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Doctors group warns against loss of coverage from ObamaCare repeal
Doctors group warns against loss of coverage from ObamaCare repeal
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Mother Jones, CNN and Political Wire
Renae Merle / Washington Post:
Trump to tap Wall Street lawyer, Jay Clayton, to head SEC — NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump will nominate Wall Street lawyer, Jay Clayton, to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to Sean Spicer, a spokesman for Trump's transition team.
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New York Times:
Dylann Roof, Addressing Court, Offers No Apology or Explanation for Massacre — CHARLESTON, S.C. — Sometime in the six weeks after he killed nine people at this city's Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Dylann S. Roof wrote in a journal that he had “not shed a tear for the innocent people I killed.”
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Hot Air, Washington Post and The Root
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
California Hires Eric Holder as Legal Bulwark Against Donald Trump — LOS ANGELES — Girding for four years of potential battles with President-elect Donald J. Trump, Democratic leaders of the California Legislature announced Wednesday that they had hired Eric H. Holder Jr. …
Ricky Young / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Congressman spent campaign funds for rabbit air travel — Rep. Duncan Hunter and his wife, Margaret, who is paid $3,000 a month in campaign funds to serve as his campaign manager. (AP file/Alex Brandon) — Rep. Duncan Hunter used campaign funds to pay for $600 of airline fees to fly a family rabbit …
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ThinkProgress, The Moderate Voice, Press Enterprise, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, The Week and Associated Press
James Hibberd / EW.com:
Mariah Carey breaks silence on New Year's mishap: ‘Mortified’ — One day after Mariah Carey's management team blasted Dick Clark Productions for its response to her now-infamous performance during Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest, the singer is breaking her silence on the matter as well.
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Tegna / WUSA:
Free marijuana on Inauguration Day — 4,200 free joints on Inauguration Day as part of a protest … WASHINGTON (WUSA9) - You might catch a strong smell of marijuana on Inauguration Day. That's because there will be thousands of joints handed out—for free—by the DC Cannabis Coalition.
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USA Today, The Daily Caller, WTVR-TV, FiveThirtyEight, Mediaite, The Week, WGN-TV and Raw Story
Natasha Geiling / ThinkProgress:
Washington state denies lease permit for proposed coal export terminal — If constructed, the terminal at Longview would be the largest coal export terminal in the country. — Washington state dealt a blow Tuesday to the last remaining coal export terminal proposed along the West Coast …
Brenna Williams / CNN:
Congressman's son dabs during official swearing-in photo, adults don't get what's happening — Washington (CNN)On a day filled with pomp, circumstance and photo ops meant to commemorate pomp and circumstance, leave it to the youth to out-ridiculous everyone else.
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Ted Cruz:
Sen. Cruz and Rep. DeSantis Introduce Constitutional Amendment To Impose Term Limits On Members of Congress — AMENDMENT WOULD LIMIT SENATORS TO TWO TERMS, REPRESENTATIVES TO THREE TERMS … WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) …
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Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit, CBS Miami and Minutemen News
NBC News:
Trump Takes Jab at ‘Intelligence’ Officials for Allegedly Delaying ‘Russian Hacking’ Briefing — Donald Trump targets intelligence community, GM in Twitter blasts 2:31 — The president-elect took another swipe on Tuesday at the intelligence community that will be under his command in just a few weeks, once again in a tweet.
T.A. Frank / Vanity Fair:
Can the Democrats Start from Scratch? — Before assailing Trump's Cabinet nominations, or thirsting for a Warren-Booker ticket, the left must do some serious soul-searching. — Last year, Americans discovered how many of us lived in houses of straw. A few puffs from an impulsive orange …
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