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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 …
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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.
Emily Heil / Washington Post:
Donald Trump says D.C.'s dress shops are sold out of inauguration gowns. Wrong!
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)
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.
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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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Camila Domonoske / NPR:
Iconic Sequoia ‘Tunnel Tree’ Brought Down By California Storm
Iconic Sequoia ‘Tunnel Tree’ Brought Down By California Storm
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NBC News:
Source: Jared Kushner to Serve as Trump Senior Adviser — Source: Trump son-in-law to be named adviser 1:14 — President-elect Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner will be named senior adviser to the president, a senior transition official confirms to NBC News.
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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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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
The ‘Keepin’ it 1600' Guys Launch Crooked Media to Counter Trump
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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.
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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 …
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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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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.
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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 …
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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.”
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Eric Trump: It's ‘probably not’ the right time for Trump Org deals in Russia — The Trump Organization will “probably not” pursue business deals in Russia in the next few years, Eric Trump told Argentina's La Nacion in Uruguay last week. — “For years we've looked at deals in Russia …
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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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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 …
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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 …
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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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New York Times:
Marches and Identity Politics Are Futile — Angie Morelli, a small business owner in Las Vegas and a student at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, is a Marine Corps veteran and a former delegate for Bernie Sanders at the Democratic convention. — I have been an activist for years.