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Emanuella Grinberg / CNN:
4 arrested in beating broadcast on Facebook Live — (CNN)A young woman who broadcast the beating and racial taunting of a man on Facebook Live has been arrested with three others in connection with the gruesome attack, Chicago police said Wednesday. — The disturbing 30-minute video shows …
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Pro-Trump narratives converge in one awful attack streamed on Facebook — If you believe discrimination against white people is rampant, that Donald Trump supporters face persecution, that Chicago is a war zone, and the media is dishonest, then your entire worldview is likely to be confirmed by one awful story.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Vicious Hate Crime In Chicago Whitewashed By Press [Updated] — This is the Associated Press's innocuous report on a crime that occurred in Chicago on Tuesday, in its entirety: … Note that the AP makes no reference to the races of the people involved, and says it is too soon to tell whether the assault was racially motivated.
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CBS Chicago:
Second Torture Video Shows Teen Forced To Drink From Toilet
Second Torture Video Shows Teen Forced To Drink From Toilet
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JONATHAN TURLEY, CBS San Francisco, CBS Pittsburgh and The Daily Caller
Charles Hayes / WGN-TV:
4 charged with hate crime, kidnapping in Facebook Live torture of man with special needs
4 charged with hate crime, kidnapping in Facebook Live torture of man with special needs
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
4 held after Facebook video shows torture of disabled man by group railing against Trump, whites
4 held after Facebook video shows torture of disabled man by group railing against Trump, whites
Lisa Chavarria / WFLD:
Chicago Police: 4 in custody after man tied up, tortured on Facebook Live
Chicago Police: 4 in custody after man tied up, tortured on Facebook Live
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Laura Podesta / abc7chicago.com:
Hate crime charges filed against 4 in Facebook Live torture case
Hate crime charges filed against 4 in Facebook Live torture case
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Frank Main / Chicago Sun Times:
Four charged with videotaped attack on mentally disabled man
Four charged with videotaped attack on mentally disabled man
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Drudge Report:
TUCKER NEW CABLE KING GETS 9 PM FOXNEWS — 2017 starts off with a BANG! as FOX NEWS executives will announce Tucker Carlson replaces the vacating Megyn Kelly at 9 PM ET, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. — The dramatic move caps Carlson's rapid rise at the nation's top-rated cable channel.
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Don't Forget That Megyn Kelly Is a Racial Demagogue — The recent flattering coverage of her move to NBC leaves out the ugliest episodes of her work at Fox. — Megyn Kelly had a good 2016. Between her news-making stint as a Fox News debate moderator, a flattering profile in Vanity Fair …
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Rupert Murdoch Is Turning Fox News Into Trump TV
Rupert Murdoch Is Turning Fox News Into Trump TV
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Washington Post:
House Republicans revive obscure rule that could allow them to slash the pay of individual federal workers to $1 — House Republicans this week reinstated an arcane procedural rule that enables lawmakers to reach deep into the budget and slash the pay of an individual federal worker …
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
The GOP's quickly learning that governing is difficult — as is working with Donald Trump
The GOP's quickly learning that governing is difficult — as is working with Donald Trump
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
GOP revives rule allowing $1 salaries for government employees
GOP revives rule allowing $1 salaries for government employees
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Democratic lawmakers considering challenge to Trump's Electoral College victory — Several House Democrats are weighing a formal challenge to Donald Trump's election on Friday, when Congress meets in joint session to certify Trump's Electoral College victory.
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Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet:
At Least 50 Trump Electors Were Illegitimately Seated as Electoral College Members — More evidence surfaces as calls mount to challenge congressional ratification of Electoral College vote. — More than 50 Electoral College members who voted for Donald Trump were ineligible to serve …
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Reuters:
U.S. obtained evidence after election that Russia leaked emails: officials — U.S. intelligence agencies obtained what they considered to be conclusive evidence after the November election that Russia provided hacked material from the Democratic National Committee to WikiLeaks through a third party …
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Jeff Stein / Vox:
DNC chair candidate Jaime Harrison: lobbyists can be good Democrats
DNC chair candidate Jaime Harrison: lobbyists can be good Democrats
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Politico, The Daily Caller and The Huffington Post
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Indiana Mayor Running for D.N.C. Chairman
Indiana Mayor Running for D.N.C. Chairman
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New York Times:
Dan Coats Expected to Be Named Intelligence Director — Retired Senator Dan Coats of Indiana is expected to be named director of national intelligence. — Trump Toyota tweet has Republicans and allies divided over import tariffs. — Anti-Trump lawyers have one more Hail Mary to stop a President Donald J. Trump.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Gingrich to Schumer: Be worried if Trump focuses on you
Gingrich to Schumer: Be worried if Trump focuses on you
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Political Wire, The Hill and IJR
Astead W. Herndon / BostonGlobe.com:
Katherine Clark to skip Trump's inauguration in protest — WASHINGTON — In a break from tradition and from the rest of the Massachusetts congressional delegation, Representative Katherine Clark plans to boycott the upcoming inauguration of Republican President-elect Donald Trump as a form of ceremonial protest.
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Drew Altman / New York Times:
The Health Care Plan Trump Voters Really Want — This week Republicans in Congress began their effort to repeal and potentially replace the Affordable Care Act. But after listening to working-class supporters of Donald J. Trump — people who are enrolled in the very health care marketplaces created …
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Larry J. Sabato / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
2017: At the Dawn of the Age of Trump — It's already clear that the very strange political year of 2016 is bleeding over into the New Year. How could it be otherwise? President-elect Donald Trump, loved and hated by about equal numbers of Americans, continues to ignore or break with convention in a wide variety of areas.
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Democrats stumble toward a Supreme Court strategy
Democrats stumble toward a Supreme Court strategy
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Bloomberg:
U.K.'s May Sends Top Aides to U.S. to Build Bridges With Trump — Chiefs of staff Timothy, Hill made unannounced December trip — May's team trying to repair damage after criticizing Trump — U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May sent her two most senior aides on a secret trip to the U.S …
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Florida Attorney General Bondi Said to Have Job Under Trump
Florida Attorney General Bondi Said to Have Job Under Trump
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
GOP aims to rein in liberal cities — After consolidating power in Washington, D.C. and state capitals under President-elect Donald Trump — , Republicans are moving to prevent large cities dominated by Democrats from enacting sweeping liberal agendas. — Republican state legislatures …
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Common Dreams and Political Wire
Ben Collins / The Daily Beast:
The Media's Favorite ‘Millennial’ Is 55 Years Old — Last week, it happened again. This time it was Forbes, smack dab in the headline. — “Millennial Dan Nainan Left Intel To Make His Millions Entertaining Others With Comedy.” — Millennial Dan Nainan has been the go-to millennial …
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
GOP to defund Planned Parenthood in ObamaCare repeal — (R-Wis.) said Thursday that defunding Planned Parenthood will be included as part of a bill to repeal ObamaCare. — Ryan said cutting off federal funds to the organization will be included in a “reconciliation” bill that also repeals the core of ObamaCare.
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Warner Todd Huston / Breitbart:
President Obama Awards Himself Distinguished Public Service Medal — On Wednesday, President Obama added another prestigious medal to his Nobel Prize collection when he had Defense Secretary Ash Carter award him with the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service.