memeorandum: Jared Kushner's Rise to Unimaginable Power (Andrew Rice/New York Magazine)

10:55 AM ET, January 9, 2017

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Patrick Healy / New York Times:

Donald Trump Says He's Not Surprised by Meryl Streep's Golden Globes Speech — President-elect Donald J. Trump dismissed Meryl Streep as “a Hillary lover” early Monday morning after the actress, in a speech at the Golden Globes award ceremony, denounced him as a bully who disrespected and humiliated others.

New York Times:

Meryl Streep's Golden Globes Speech — Turning attention away from her and toward Donald J. Trump, Meryl Streep used her acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes to call out the president-elect for mocking a disabled New York Times reporter in 2015, and warned that a free press would need to be defended.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Infowars, Daily Kos, Hit & Run, The Gateway Pundit, Mashable, The Moderate Voice, The Guardian, New York Magazine, BizPac Review, Political Insider blog, Political Wire and twitchy.com

Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:

Kellyanne Conway: I Wish Meryl Streep Was As Concerned About Disabled Boy Tortured On Facebook Live — Senior Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway responds to Meryl Streep's diatribe against Donald Trump at the Golden Globes: — KELLYANNE CONWAY: I'm glad Meryl Streep has such a passion …

Discussion: Washington Post, New York Post, RedState and New York Times

Associated Press:

The Latest: Conway Suggests Streep Misused Globes Platform — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST): — A top aide to Donald Trump says actress Meryl Streep should have supported the president-elect instead of denouncing him from the stage of the Golden Globes.

Discussion: Politico, Washington Post and Mediaite

Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:

Conway: What's In Trump's Heart More Important Than What He Says (VIDEO) — Top Donald Trump aide Kellyanne Conway on Monday morning defended Trump's 2015 campaign appearance during which he appeared to mock a disabled reporter. — Conway criticized members of the media for focusing …

Eric Bradner / CNN:
Top Trump aide deflects Russia hacking questions

Discussion: IJR and AOL

Sen. Mitch McConnell / Fox News:

Senate Majority Leader McConnell: ObamaCare failed Americans. Now it's time for relief — By nearly any measure, ObamaCare has failed: It didn't lower costs, it didn't increase choice, middle-class families continue to lose health plans they were promised they could keep, and Americans continue to call for ObamaCare's repeal.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Vox, CBS News and The Week

Adam Cancryn / Politico:

Obamacare repeal's doomsday scenario — Hospital and health plan leaders talk in almost apocalyptic terms about what might lie ahead if Republicans abolish Obamacare without a blueprint for its replacement. — Their doomsday scenario: Millions of people could lose their health care coverage …

Discussion: Balloon Juice

Jonathan Cohn / The Huffington Post:
Republicans Would Repeal Obamacare In Precisely The Way They Accuse Democrats Of Enacting It

Discussion: Real Clear Politics, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Washington Post

Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:

Obama retools his political operation for post-Trump — Barack Obama doesn't want his post-presidency to be all about Donald Trump, but he knows some of it's going to have to be. — Trump's win upended his plans for life after leaving office, and people who've been talking to him say he's …

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, Business Insider, AOL and ABC News

Andrew Rice / New York Magazine:

Jared Kushner's Rise to Unimaginable Power — Jared Kushner is more like his father-in-law than anyone imagines. — Until very recently, and to all outward appearances, Jared Kushner was just another socially striving young businessman with inoffensively Bloombergian political values.

Discussion: link.axios.com, Talking Points Memo, Political Wire and CNBC

Brenda Goh / Reuters:

Chinese state tabloid warns Trump, end one China policy and China will take revenge — State-run Chinese tabloid Global Times sounded a warning to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday only hours after Taiwan's president transited Houston, saying that China would seek to “take revenge” should Trump renege on the one-China policy.

Discussion: alan.com, The Daily Caller, Ted Cruz, New York Magazine and CNBC

Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:

The ‘Keepin’ it 1600' Guys Launch Crooked Media to Counter Trump — With Donald Trump about to enter the White House, they just don't feel like “keepin' it 1600” anymore. — Just before Christmas, former Obama administration staffers Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor recorded …

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and New York Magazine, more at Mediagazer »

Camilla Turner / Telegraph:

University students demand philosophers such as Plato and Kant are removed from syllabus because they are white — They are the said to be the founding fathers of Western philosophy, whose ideas underpin civilised society. — But students at a prestigious London university are demanding …

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Steven Hayward / Power Line:
White Hot Rage of the Left [With Pedagogical Comment by John]

Discussion: Daily Mail and Washington Free Beacon

Orlando Sentinel:

Orlando police officer killed, and massive manhunt underway for suspect — A flag-covered coffin being loaded into the back of a van at Orlando Regional Medical Center. Courtesy @orlandopolice. — Privacy Policy — An Orlando police officer was shot and killed this morning on Princeton Street …

Discussion: IJR, WSVN-TV, CBS Miami and Associated Press

Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:

Hillary Clinton made a rare appearance at ‘The Color Purple’ — and got three standing ovations — Hillary Clinton made a rare public appearance at the Broadway musical “The Color Purple” on Sunday — and received three standing ovations. — Photos from the scene showed people gawking at Clinton and snapping photos.

Discussion: The Week and The Daily Caller

New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Receives Ovation at ‘The Color Purple’

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller, Hot Air, TheBlaze, New York Magazine and twitchy.com

New York Times:

F.B.I. Arrests Volkswagen Executive on Conspiracy Charges in Emissions Scandal — The Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Volkswagen executive who faces charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, two people with knowledge of the arrest said on Sunday …

Discussion: Automotive News Automaker, RT and The Verge

Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:

The Note: Welcome to Confirmation Week — NOTABLES —CABINET HEARING BLITZ HITS CAPITOL HILL: It's a busy week on Capitol Hill as the first of Trump's Cabinet picks face confirmation hearings this week, ABC's ARLETTE SAENZ reports. The hearing blitz kicks off on Tuesday with hearings …

Discussion: Hot Air, Associated Press and AOL

Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:

Kushner to be named ‘senior adviser’ to Trump: report — Lawyers have etched out a plan for President-elect Donald Trump — 's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to serve in the new administration, according to a report. — Mike Allen said in his inaugural Axios AM e-letter early Monday that Kushner will serve as senior adviser.

Discussion: RedState

The Hill:

What Trump can accomplish on day one — Judging by his campaign promises, Donald Trump — will be a busy man on his first day in the Oval Office. — Trump has pledged to take sweeping, unilateral actions on Jan. 20 to roll back President Obama's policies and set the course for his administration.

Donald P. Moynihan / New York Times:

Who's Really Placing Limits on Free Speech? — MADISON, Wis. — At least three times in the past six months, state legislators have threatened to cut the budget of the University of Wisconsin at Madison for teaching about homosexuality, gender and race. As a faculty member who focuses …

Discussion: Althouse

Wave 105:

Theresa May says Donald Trump's lewd remarks about women ‘unacceptable’ … Theresa May has told Sky News Donald Trump's lewd remarks about women were “unacceptable” ahead of meeting him this spring. — Speaking to Sophy Ridge on Sunday in her first TV interview of the year …

Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite