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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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Shareblue, Salon, Mother Jones, Political Wire, The Week, Business Insider, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, Politicus USA and New York Magazine
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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 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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Little Green Footballs, Mediaite, The Hill, Business Insider, The Resurgent, TheBlaze, IJR, AOL, RedState and Mother Jones
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
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Washington Post, No More Mister Nice Blog, Joe.My.God., Washington Free Beacon and RedState
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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New York Times, NBC News, CNBC, Eclectablog and Balloon Juice
NBC News:
Trump Takes Jab at ‘Intelligence’ Officials for Allegedly Delaying ‘Russian Hacking’ Briefing
Trump Takes Jab at ‘Intelligence’ Officials for Allegedly Delaying ‘Russian Hacking’ Briefing
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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
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, Politico and Political Wire
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Ryan calls Assange a ‘sycophant for Russia’
Ryan calls Assange a ‘sycophant for Russia’
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CNBC, TheBlaze, New York Times, The Guardian, The Point, Washington Times, Joe.My.God. and Fox News Insider
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, Daily Kos, The Mahablog, Townhall.com, Vox and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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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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Washington Post
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.
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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CNN, Politico, Talking Points Memo, CBS Miami, Campaign for America's Future, Politicus USA and ACASignups.net
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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The Root, alan.com, Fox News Insider, CNN, Rolling Stone, Reuters and Rewire
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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The Daily Caller and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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.
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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RedState, Political Wire, Washington Post, Morning Consult, Net Politics, ThinkProgress, TheBlaze, Politicus USA, Infowars, Minutemen News, The Daily Caller and ABC News
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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
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, NBC News, Rewire, SCOTUSblog and Politico
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Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
McConnell: Americans ‘will not tolerate’ Dems blocking SCOTUS nominee … said Wednesday that Republicans will not accept any Democratic efforts to block a Supreme Court nominee chosen by President-elect Trump. — “Apparently there's yet a new standard now to not confirm a Supreme Court nominee at all,” McConnell said.
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Political Wire, Politicus USA, Mediaite, The Week 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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The Hill, CNN, Daily Kos, 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
CRFB Papers and Blog Posts:
The Cost of Full Repeal of the Affordable Care Act — According to our latest estimates, repealing the ACA in its entirety would cost roughly $350 billion through 2027 under conventional scoring and $150 billion using dynamic scoring. — In this paper, we offer rough estimates for a variety of full and partial repeal options.
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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
ama-assn.org:
AMA Letter to Congressional Leaders on Reform of Health Care System
AMA Letter to Congressional Leaders on Reform of Health Care System
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Talking Points Memo, The Incidental Economist, portal.liberalamerica.org, Liberal Values, ThinkProgress and NPR
Jonathan Cohn / The Huffington Post:
Doctor's Orders: Don't Repeal Obamacare Until You Have A Plan To Replace It
Doctor's Orders: Don't Repeal Obamacare Until You Have A Plan To Replace It
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Vox, Talking Points Memo and Business Insider
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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Political Wire
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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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
Will Kirby / Daily Express:
US sends troops to RUSSIAN BORDER as NATO becomes anxious of 'Vladimir Putin's aggression' — US SPECIAL Forces have been sent to Lithuania to bolster Western forces amid increasing tensions with ‘aggressive’ Russia. — GETTY — Fears of Russian aggression had led the US to deploy troops on the country's European border
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Liberty Unyielding
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Mark Hodge / The Sun:
WAR GAMES US sends special forces to RUSSIAN BORDER as Nato is poised to strike back against …
WAR GAMES US sends special forces to RUSSIAN BORDER as Nato is poised to strike back against …
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The Geller Report, neo-neocon and Vox Popoli
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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Hullabaloo, Raw Story and The Root
Paige Albiniak / Broadcasting & Cable:
Megyn Kelly's NBC Daytime Show to Replace Third Hour of ‘Today’ — Sources say network planning to rebrand the 9 a.m. hour for Fox News recruit — Megyn Kelly's new daytime show on NBC is expected to replace Today's 9 a.m. hour, sources said Wednesday. — NBC News declined to comment.
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Rachel Stockman / Mediaite:
Exclusive: Fox News Actually Offered Megyn Kelly $100 Million Package to Stay
Exclusive: Fox News Actually Offered Megyn Kelly $100 Million Package to Stay
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Jack Brammer / Lexington Herald-Leader:
Abortion ban after 20 weeks of pregnancy put on fast track in Kentucky Senate — FRANKFORT — Women would not be allowed to get an abortion in Kentucky if they are more than 20 weeks pregnant under a controversial bill filed Tuesday on the first day of the state's 2017 law-making session.
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Tom Loftus / Courier-Journal:
Ky's GOP era starts with abortion, right-to-work
Ky's GOP era starts with abortion, right-to-work
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and Rewire
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
WSJ editor Gerard Baker defends ‘lie’ comments from ‘Meet the Press’ appearance — In a editorial published Wednesday, Wall Street Journal editor Gerard Baker defended his hesitance to characterize untrue statements made by President-elect Donald Trump as “lies,” which drew ire from some journalists …
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Wall Street Journal and Mediaite
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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YouTube, Politico, New York Magazine, Shareblue and Common Dreams
Wall Street Journal:
New York City Crime Rate Falls to Lowest Recorded Level — Crime tracking system CompStat records 4.1% drop in 2016 — New York City crime slid to its lowest level in decades, even as other big U.S. cities reported jumps in murders. — Sixteen of the nation's 20 largest police departments reported …
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Washington Monthly and Eschaton