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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.
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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.
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 …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: McConnell Hopeful on Trump Cabinet Confirmations — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST): — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he's hopeful that a half-dozen of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks will be in place by “day one.”
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Camila Domonoske / NPR:
Iconic Sequoia ‘Tunnel Tree’ Brought Down By California Storm — A powerful winter storm in California has brought down an ancient tree, carved into a living tunnel more than 135 years ago. — The “Pioneer Cabin” sequoia, in Calaveras Big Trees State Park, saw horses and cars pass through it over the years.
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Peter Hockaday / San Francisco Chronicle:
Historic Pioneer Cabin Tree toppled in California storm — The historic Pioneer Cabin Tree, a former “drive-through” giant sequoia in Calaveras Big Trees State Park in Calaveras County, was felled in California's weekend storms. — The tree was hollowed out in the 1880s to allow tourists …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Former Obama staffers launching anti-Trump site called ‘Crooked Media’ — Three former staffers to President Obama are launching an anti-Donald Trump — media site called “Crooked Media.” — Tommy Vietor, Jon Favreau and Jon Lovett, who served as spokespeople and speechwriters for Obama …
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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 …
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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 …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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Jonathan Petre / Daily Mail:
They Kant be serious! PC students demand white philosophers including Plato and Descartes …
They Kant be serious! PC students demand white philosophers including Plato and Descartes …
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
White Hot Rage of the Left [With Pedagogical Comment by John]
White Hot Rage of the Left [With Pedagogical Comment by John]
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
CBS News:
Face the Nation transcript January 8, 2017: McConnell, Priebus, Booker, Morell, Woolsey — JOHN DICKERSON, CBS HOST: Today on FACE NATION: It is a new year with a new Congress and a new administration, but now the hard part, governing. — Capitol Hill was a hub of activity this week …
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Sen. Mitch McConnell / Fox News:
Senate Majority Leader McConnell: ObamaCare failed Americans. Now it's time for relief
Senate Majority Leader McConnell: ObamaCare failed Americans. Now it's time for relief
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 …
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CNN:
Kim Kardashian West robbery suspects picked up by French police — Kim Kardashian robbery suspects detained — Paris (CNN)French police have detained 17 people for questioning over the armed robbery of Kim Kardashian West in Paris last October, a spokesman for the Paris prosecutor told CNN.
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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