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7:40 PM ET, January 8, 2017

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Toni Clarke / Reuters:
Senate to act this week on Obamacare repeal, McConnell says  —  The U.S. Senate will take its first steps toward repealing President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform act by the end of the week, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
McConnell: We won't delay hearings
National Review:
How to Repeal Obamacare  —  Republicans should not settle for a phony win.
Discussion: The Daily Signal
Associated Press:
The Latest: Senate GOP Leader Says Dems Need to ‘Grow Up’
Discussion: Politico
The Hill:
Dems launch early '18 attacks on GOP Senate targets
Discussion: Political Wire
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
UK prime minister: Trump's comments about groping women ‘unacceptable’  —  British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday criticized President-elect Donald Trump  —  for the lewd comments he was heard making about women in a 2005 tape that surfaced last year.  —  “I think that's unacceptable,” May said in an interview with Sky News.
Discussion: Wave 105 and Raw Story
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Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Pro-Trump Californians hope his victory can fuel a GOP revival in the Golden State
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
President Obama Says He and Donald Trump ‘Are Sort of Opposites’
Discussion: AOL
Heat Street:
ABC Enrages NFL Viewers With Anti-Trump ‘Black-ish’ Promo  —  The liberal ABC-Disney Television Network generated outrage during its televised coverage of the Houston Texans' victory over the Oakland Raiders Saturday night in the Wild Card round of the AFC Playoffs, but it had nothing to do with the football.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
David / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Reince Priebus: 'There's No Reason' To Do Background Checks On Trump's Cabinet Picks  —  Reince Priebus, chief of staff to Donald Trump, argued on Sunday that there was “no reason” to complete background checks on the president-elect's cabinet appointments.  —  The Office of Government Ethics warned …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and NPR
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TMZ.com:
Ft. Lauderdale Shooting — Video of First Shots Fired  —  The Ft. Lauderdale Airport shooter walked casually through baggage claim before suddenly pulling his gun out and wreaking havoc.  —  TMZ has obtained video of the shooting ... we are only showing the seconds leading up to the first shots fired and the panic that ensued.
David Mack / BuzzFeed:
“Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli Suspended From Twitter After Harassing A Teen Vogue Writer  —  This is journalist Lauren Duca.  —  Last month, Duca had a massive viral hit when she penned a Teen Vogue opinion piece that argued Donald Trump had conned the American public.
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Tapper Grills Conway: If WikiLeaks Didn't Influence the Election, Why Did Trump Invoke Them So Much?  —  CNN's Jake Tapper had Kellyanne Conway on State of the Union, where he asked the Donald Trump adviser about the President-elect's response to the intelligence that Russia meddled with the 2016 election
Discussion: The Week
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Obama: I didn't underestimate the threats from Vladimir Putin  —  President Obama said in an interview that he did not misjudge the potential threats of Vladimir Putin, despite the U.S. intelligence report that the Russian president personally ordered an “influence campaign” to meddle in the U.S. presidential elections.
Discussion: NBC News and The Week
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:   Graham: Republicans happy about Russian meddling are political hacks
Jerusalem Post:
Jerusalem ramming attack: Four killed as truck rams into IDF soldiers … Police confirm that the perpetrator has been neutralized; police chief identifies driver as east Jerusalem resident.  —  Four soldiers were killed, and 17 wounded, after a flatbed truck driven by an Arab terrorist rammed …
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RT:
From Istanbul to Moscow, cold snap wreaks havoc across Europe (PHOTOS)  —  Bone-freezing cold, heavy snowstorms, and floods have been plaguing the European continent this week, causing power outages, traffic jams, cancelled flights, and even a stream of plastic eggs with toys washing up on a German island.
Dan Mitchell / International Liberty:
A Secret Glimpse at Life Inside a Bureaucracy  —  More than two years ago, I shared a couple of humorous images showing the languorous lifestyle of lazy bureaucrats.  —  While those images were amusing, they didn't really capture the true nature of bureaucracy.
Discussion: Power Line
Pagan Kennedy / New York Times:
How to Destroy the Business Model of Breitbart and Fake News  —  One day in late November, an earth and environmental science professor named Nathan Phillips visited Breitbart News for the first time.  Mr. Phillips had heard about the hateful headlines on the site — like …
Discussion: Occidental Dissent
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Celebrities give Obama emotional farewell in video  —  Celebrities, activists and others gave an emotional goodbye to President Obama in a new video by the White House titled “Yes We Can: Your Most Memorable Moments from the Obama Presidency.”  —  The video features figures including Leonardo DiCaprio …
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Mike Miller / IJR:
Hollywood Celebrities Share Their ‘Obama Moments’ in Emotional Farewell Video to the President
Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
Globe gobbledygook memo ominous sign  —  Like Chipotle, the Cleveland Browns and the Democratic Party, the bust-out Boston Globe is trying to “reinvent” itself.  —  In a memo to his decimated staff this week, editor Brian McGrory says the Globe will no longer be the “paper of record” (as if it ever was).
Discussion: Instapundit
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Receives Ovation at ‘The Color Purple’  —  Hillary Clinton, who has kept a relatively low public profile since losing the presidential election two months ago, on Sunday showed up at the final performance of a revival of “The Color Purple” on Broadway.
 
 
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Mike Carter-Conneen / WJLA-TV:
Inaugural parade announcer since 1957 not invited back for Trump's big day
Discussion: CNN, New York Daily News and alan.com
Karl Marlantes / New York Times:
Vietnam: The War That Killed Trust
Associated Press:
Trump Has Taken Few Steps to Disentangle From Private Empire
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Times:
Jeff Sessions, a Lifelong Outsider, Finds the Inside Track
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Obama says he thinks ObamaCare will survive
Maayan Lubell / Reuters:
Netanyahu tried to negotiate a good press in return for benefits-media
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Haaretz
Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
Gun silencers are hard to buy. Donald Trump Jr. and silencer makers want to change that.
Discussion: Hot Air
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
'What's the Big Deal?' Ask Trump Voters on Russia Hacking Report
Discussion: The Guardian and Hullabaloo
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Spicer: Media doesn't treat Trump with respect, cheers on Democrats
Discussion: Politicus USA
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Trump opposition sets up blue-state headquarters
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Democrats wage anti-Trump offensive for their own gain
Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Celebrity divas insult half of America with their Trump ‘resistance’
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
White House Red Scare
William J. Burns / New York Times:
How We Fool Ourselves on Russia
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

 
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