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6:10 PM 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.
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Caroline Cunningham / Washingtonian:
Actually, Mr. Trump, Washington's Dress Shops Are Not All Sold Out  —  On Sunday night, President-elect Donald Trump gave a “heated” late-night interview to the New York Times' Patrick Healy following Meryl Streep's speech at the Golden Globes.  “We are going to have an unbelievable …
Discussion: Washington Post
Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
Changing His Tune?  Trump Praised ‘Excellent’ Meryl Streep In 2015  —  While Donald Trump may not have had kind words for 3-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep after her speech railing against him at the Golden Globes Sunday night, he was singing a different tune as recently as 2015.
New York Times:
Son-in-law Jared Kushner will be senior White House adviser
Emily Heil / Washington Post:
Donald Trump says D.C.'s dress shops are sold out of inauguration gowns. Wrong!
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:   Conway: What's In Trump's Heart More Important Than What He Says (VIDEO)
New York Times:
Meryl Streep's Golden Globes Speech
Daily Mail:
Trump fires back at Meryl Streep and calls her 'one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood …
Ashley Feinberg / Gizmodo:
Trump Just Dismissed the People in Charge of Maintaining Our Nuclear Arsenal  —  Between the Trump transition team's infighting, incompetence, and high-profile resignations, any decisions that signaled even a modicum of stability for the country would come as a relief at this point.
Discussion: Raw Story, The Week and Shakesville
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 …
Ryan Mac / Forbes:
A Troll Outside Trump Tower Is Helping To Pick Your Next Government  —  An internet troll, who was once called “the most hated man on the internet” and is banned from Twitter, is recommending candidates to serve in the Trump administration.  —  Charles “Chuck” Johnson …
Discussion: Heat Street
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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Associated Press:
Trump Son-in-Law Kushner to Take Senior White House Role
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Steve Holland / Reuters:   Trump son-in-law Kushner to take on senior White House advisory role
The Guardian:
We were ethics lawyers for Bush and Obama.  Trump's cabinet hearings must be delayed  —  The Senate plans to hold confirmation hearings before all nominees' financial disclosure reports and ethics agreements are finalized.  That's a dangerous move  —  s the former White House ethics counsels …
Discussion: Raw Story
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
A Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade against a customer.  He no longer has a business.  —  The Dairy Queen owner shouting the n-word at Deianeira Ford told her he could say whatever he wanted at his fast-food restaurant — that any accusations and complaints she uttered would fall on deaf ears.
Discussion: TheBlaze, Mediaite and grubstreet
Military Times:
The Obama era is over.  Here's how the military rates his legacy  —  President Barack Obama will step down after eight years as commander in chief with one of the most influential tenures leading the U.S. military, but not necessarily the political support of service members.
Barack Obama / Science:
The irreversible momentum of clean energy  —  Private-sector incentives help drive decoupling of emissions and economic growth.  —  The release of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) due to human activity is increasing global average surface air temperatures …
Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress:
Fiat Chrysler says Trump had nothing to do with its jobs announcement  —  The company says it has already invested $9.6 billion in the U.S. and created 25,000 jobs since 2009.  —  On Sunday, FCA US, the parent company of Fiat and Chrysler, announced that it will spend $1 billion to expand plants …
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Kenneth Lipp / The Daily Beast:
Jeff Sessions Wanted to ‘Drop the Case’ Against KKK Lynching, Attorney Testified  —  Today Jeff Sessions claims credit for prosecuting a lynching by the Ku Klux Klan as proof that he is not a racist, but an attorney working for him claimed 30 years ago his boss wanted to drop the case.
Discussion: The Atlantic
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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 …
Discussion: Heat Street
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
The ‘Keepin’ it 1600' Guys Launch Crooked Media to Counter Trump
Oren Dorell / USA Today:
ExxonMobil and Iran did business under Secretary of State nominee Tillerson  —  The transactions included $53.2 million in sales to Iran over three years.  —  ExxonMobil did business with Iran, Syria and Sudan through a European subsidiary while President-elect Donald Trump's nominee …
Discussion: Mediaite
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Rand Paul rolling out ObamaCare replacement this week  —  (R-Ky.) is pledging to roll out an ObamaCare replacement bill this week as GOP lawmakers rush to nix the healthcare law.  —  The Kentucky senator argued Monday that the law must be replaced with “real market reforms.”
John Kerry / US Department of State:
Apology for Past Discrimination toward Employees and Applicants based on Sexual Orientation  —  Press Statement Secretary of State Washington, DC  —  Throughout my career, including as Secretary of State, I have stood strongly in support of the LGBTI community, recognizing that respect …
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
Kellyanne Conway unplugged  —  NEW YORK — Kellyanne Fitzpatrick Conway's life has come full circle.  —  The little girl from Atco, N.J., raised in a collaborative effort by her mother, a grandmother and two aunts, all living under the same roof, now has her mother living in her home …
Discussion: TheBlaze and Instapundit
Heather Mac Donald / City Journal:
A Window Into a Depraved Culture  —  The Chicago torture video provides a close-up look at gang-centered criminal mayhem.  —  Public safety  —  Cities  —  Anti-police activists and the mainstream media are incensed at the suggestion that the Black Lives Matter movement could have influenced …
Discussion: Power Line and Instapundit
 
 
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Liam Quinn / Daily Mail:
Shocked waitress is left a racist note by white couple who 'don't tip black people' even after …
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Alexis Levinson / BuzzFeed:
Top Republican Investigator Will Continue Clinton Probe
Matt Vespa / Townhall.com:
Ouch: Clinton Failed Presidential Bid Cost $1.2 Billion
Discussion: Hot Air
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
It's time to retire the tainted term ‘fake news’
Anita Balakrishnan / CNBC:
Alibaba job boom: Jack Ma chats with Trump about how to create 1 million US jobs over 5 years
 Earlier Items: 
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Iran: U.S. Surrendered More Than $10 Billion in Gold, Cash, Assets
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Donald P. Moynihan / New York Times:
Who's Really Placing Limits on Free Speech?
Discussion: Althouse