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9:25 AM ET, January 7, 2017

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New Jersey Online:
N.J. aunt of Ft. Lauderdale airport shooting suspect: ‘He lost his mind’ in Iraq  —  Esteban Santiago with his newborn son.  (Family photo)  —  UNION CITY — The suspect in the Fort Lauderdale shooting was a U.S. military veteran who “lost his mind” after a tour of duty in Iraq, his aunt said Friday.
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CBS Miami:
Family: Shooting Suspect ‘Lost His Mind’ After Tour In Iraq  —  FORT LAUDERDALE - The suspected gunman in a deadly attack at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport “lost his mind” after coming back home from a one-year tour in Iraq, family members told the media.
NorthJersey.com:
Next Slide  —  The alleged gunman who killed at least five people at a Florida airport on Friday was an Army veteran who was born in New Jersey, and a recent father who began to have problems about a month ago when a relative said he began to see things and “lost his mind.”
Discussion: Business Insider, Vocativ, AOL and Politico
Fox News:
Ft. Lauderdale shooting suspect made confused visit to FBI, said US intelligence forced him to watch ISIS videos  —  Travelers and airport workers are evacuated out of the terminal after airport shooting at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida, U.S., January 6, 2017.
Discussion: Infowars
The Daily Beast:
Esteban Santiago ID'd as Airport Gunman
German Lopez / Vox:
Shooting at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, airport: what we know
IC ON THE RECORD:
ODNI Statement on Declassified Intelligence Community Assessment of Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent U.S. Elections  —  January 6, 2017  —  On December 9, 2016, President Barack Obama directed the Intelligence Community to conduct a full review and produce a comprehensive …
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Merrit Kennedy / NPR:
Putin Ordered ‘Influence Campaign’ To Help Trump, U.S. Intelligence Report Says  —  The public version of the intelligence report on the investigation into Russia's interference in the U.S. elections concludes that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered the “influence campaign.”
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Trump, Putin, and the Big Hack  —  Vyacheslav Molotov, Stalin's foreign minister, once remarked while on a trip to Berlin in the early days of the Cold War, “The trouble with free elections is that you never know how they will turn out.”  —  On the morning of November 9th, Molotov's grandson …
Discussion: New York Times and Political Wire
The Hill:
Dems try to voice objections as Congress certifies Trump's win … Several House Democrats tried to raise objections as a joint session of Congress met to formally count the Electoral College results certifying Donald Trump  —  's presidential election.  —  Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) …
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Katie Frates / The Daily Caller:
Paul Ryan Busts Out Laughing As Democrats Protest Trump's Election Certification [VIDEO]
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Biden To Democrats Objecting To Electoral College Results: ‘It Is Over’
Discussion: AOL
CNN:
Trump Electoral college win certified despite Democratic objections
Discussion: Hot Air and The Atlantic
New York Post:
New York City needs Hillary Clinton to run for mayor  —  It seems unlikely — but the idea's been floating around for several days now, and so far she's not rejecting it.  For what it's worth, Secretary Clinton, we'd love to see you run for mayor.  New York City needs you.
Discussion: BizPac Review
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Jennifer Fermino / New York Daily News:
Hillary Clinton possibly mulling a run for New York City mayor, source says  —  Hillary Clinton left open the possibility of running for mayor of New York City this year in a private conversation with a top Democrat, a well-placed source told the Daily News.
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Hill Republicans embrace building of border wall, despite cost  —  Republicans on Capitol Hill say they don't need to wait for Mexico to make good on President-elect Donald Trump's central campaign promise: building a southern border wall.  —  In fact, they are happy to underwrite the wall themselves …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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Numbers / Pew Research Center:
Less than half the public views border wall as an important goal for U.S. immigration policy
Discussion: Hot Air, Daily Kos and Hit & Run
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Rand Paul: Trump ‘fully supports my plan to replace Obamacare’  —  Sen. Rand Paul on Friday said President-elect Donald Trump “fully supports” his plan to simultaneously repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.  —  “I just spoke to [Trump] and he fully supports my plan to replace Obamacare …
Discussion: Jamie Dupree
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New York Times:
Trump Nominees' Filings Threaten to Overwhelm Federal Ethics Office  —  WASHINGTON — Rex W. Tillerson owns more than $50 million of Exxon Mobil stock, has earned an annual salary of $10 million and holds a range of positions — from director at the Boy Scouts of America to the managing director of a Texas horse and cattle ranch.
Discussion: Raw Story
Gwynne Hogan / DNAinfo New York:
Sex Attacks Up 62 Percent in Greenpoint as Most Cases Remain Unsolved  —  GREENPOINT — There has been a 62 percent jump in sex attacks reported in Greenpoint over the last year with the majority not resulting in arrests, police statistics show.  —  In 2016, the NYPD was told about 13 rapes …
BuzzFeed:
Hackers Tried To Break Into DNC Computers Right Before New Year's Eve  —  Officials told BuzzFeed News that hackers had been trying to infiltrate the DNC as recently as five days ago.  —  WASHINGTON — The FBI alerted the Democratic National Committee as recently as New Year's Eve that hackers …
Discussion: Political Wire
Tami Abdollah / Associated Press:
US DESIGNATES ELECTION INFRASTRUCTURE AS ‘CRITICAL’  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Citing increasingly sophisticated cyber bad actors and an election infrastructure that's “vital to our national interests,” Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced Friday that he's designating U.S. election …
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding and Infowars
New York Times:
Russia Requires Apple and Google to Remove LinkedIn From Local App Stores  —  WASHINGTON — Smartphone users in Russia can no longer download the LinkedIn app on iPhone or Android devices, following a similar move in China to block The New York Times app on iPhones.
Tina Nguyen / Vanity Fair:
Inside the Rise of the “Breitbart of the Left”  —  David Brock, the conservative apostate turned liberal agitator, lays out his plans for the future of the Internet for progressives.  “We're going to go after spineless Democrats who want to make nice with Trump.”
Discussion: Shakesville
 
 
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Caroline Baum / MarketWatch:
Opinion: The rest of the story: What Obama won't tell you about his legacy
Discussion: IJR, Infowars and The White House
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
In Facebook torture, victim's eyes terrify most
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:
Courtiers in Denial  —  Obama's rapidly shrinking legacy.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Jon Gabriel / New York Post:
Obama ignores facts with boastful ‘greatest hits’ list
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Thousands of Marines fought in southern Afghanistan. Now, the service is going back.
Discussion: USNI News and The Daily Caller
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Today's Intelligence Report Proves Nothing [Updated]
Discussion: Da Tech Guy Blog
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Paul Caron / TaxProf Blog:
Rethinking Faculty Hiring At Fourth-Tier Law Schools
Ari Natter / Bloomberg:
Trump's EPA Pick Steps Down From Group That Battled the Agency
Discussion: Reuters
Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
Third lien on Trump hotel brings alleged unpaid bills to over $5 million
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
Ashe Schow / The Hill:
In campus rape cases, colleges to learn sexual advances go both ways
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