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12:30 PM ET, January 16, 2017

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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump vows ‘insurance for everybody’ in Obamacare replacement plan  —  President-elect Donald Trump said in a weekend interview that he is nearing completion of a plan to replace President Obama's signature health-care law with the goal of “insurance for everybody,” while also vowing …
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Caleb Howe / RedState:
Health Insurance “For Everybody” and the “Government Will Pay” Says “Republican” Donald Trump.  AGAIN.  —  This should not be big, surprising, new news.  But somehow it is. … - Excerpt from Washington Post interview with Donald Trump, published yesterday, Sunday the 15th of January, 2017.
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Trump Is Making Journalism Great Again  —  Donald Trump and his forthcoming presidency may be the greatest gift to Washington journalism since the invention of the expense account.  His unorthodox approach to politics and governance has vaporized the standard, useful, yet boring script for reporting on a new administration's doings.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Case for Not Being Crybabies  —  Last week I watched a conversation on MSNBC in which the anchor asked a guest whether it wasn't a problem that Buzzfeed had published the Trump ‘dossier’ because this would now give Trump some credibility in dismissing any reporting he didn't like as “fake news”.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Trump Team Considers Moving Press Corps, Alarming Reporters
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
WH Correspondents' board responds to Trump on media access
Justin Huggler / Telegraph:
Germany hits out at Donald Trump after he labels Nato ‘obsolete’ and threatens car makers with 35pc tariffs  —  The German government has said it is “concerned” after Donald Trump described Nato as “obsolete”.  —  It came as German car manufacturers also rounded on the President-elect warning …
Discussion: New York Times, Hot Air and Reuters
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Rainer Buergin / Bloomberg:
Trump Calls NATO Obsolete and Dismisses EU in German Interview  —  President-elect chastises Merkel on refugees, praises Brexit  —  Comments to Bild suggest policies to mirror campaign rhetoric  —  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called NATO obsolete, predicted that other European Union members …
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump eager to work with Putin
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
John Lewis ‘a racist pig,’ Gwinnett commissioner writes on Facebook  —  On the Saturday before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, one of Gwinnett County's highest elected officials took to his personal Facebook page to call United States Rep. John Lewis “a racist pig.”
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
In feud with John Lewis, Donald Trump attacked ‘one of the most respected people in America’
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
John Lewis' memoir sells out after Trump's Twitter tirade
Adriana Cohen / Boston Herald:
Not much legitimate about more Dems bashing Trump  —  Since Donald Trump's unexpected victory, Democrats have been trying to delegitimize his historic upset.  —  U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), who sent shock waves through the media echo chamber this weekend when he said in an NBC interview …
Discussion: Instapundit
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Dem dilemma: Stand with Lewis?
Discussion: Washington Post
Wall Street Journal:
More Democratic Legislators Plan on Sitting Out Trump's Swearing-In
Discussion: Daily Wire and Political Wire
The White House:
Statement by the President on the One-Year Anniversary of Implementation Day Under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action  —  Today marks the one-year anniversary of the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) - a deal that has achieved significant …
Discussion: The Guardian and Business Insider
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Reuters:
Trump's offer to Russia: an end to sanctions for nuclear arms cut - London Times
Discussion: The Week and New Century Times
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Obama Fades Away As Trump Laughs At His Enemies  —  America's Nobody-in-Chief is finally going away, his last spasm of rhetorical onanism completely overshadowed by Donald Trump neatly turning the tables on the media purveyors of that fake dossier that tried and failed to paint the PEOTUS as the second coming of Bob Crane.
Mary Papenfuss / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Expanding Scottish Golf Resort After Vowing Not To Make New Foreign Deals  —  “No new foreign deals ... whatsoever” apparently doesn't include this one.  —  Trends reporter, The Huffington Post  —  A multimillion-dollar expansion of Donald Trump's Scottish golf resort …
Discussion: TheBlaze and alan.com
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
A hellscape of lies and distorted reality awaits journalists covering President Trump  —  At the northeast corner of the National Archives building sits Robert Aitken's sculpture “The Future,” inscribed with some famous words from Shakespeare's “The Tempest”: “What is past is prologue.”
Jason Sokol / New York Times:
Which Martin Luther King Are We Celebrating Today?  —  Newburyport, Mass. — Every year on the third Monday of January, Americans of all races, backgrounds and ideologies celebrate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He is rightly lionized and sanctified by whites as well as blacks, by Republicans as well as Democrats.
Bryan Wendland / KUSA-TV:
Congressman Coffman leaves frustrated crowd  —  AURORA - When Berthie Ruoff arrived at the Aurora Central Library to meet with Congressman Mike Coffman, she was hopeful to find encouraging answers about the impending changes to the Affordable Care Act.  —  “My husband passed away …
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
GOPer Who Vowed To Stand Up To Trump Flees Constituents At Community Event
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Feinstein: Russia's interference affected outcome of election  —  (D-Calif.) said Sunday that she believes Russia's attempt to interfere in the United States presidential election had an impact on the ultimate outcome.  —  “I think that, and I think the FBI, in the October surprise …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Associated Press:
Outgoing CIA chief rips into Trump on Russia threat
Discussion: Associated Press, NBC News and ABC News
Associated Press:
Outgoing CIA Chief Rips Into Trump Over Tweets, Russia
 
 
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Michiko Kakutani / New York Times:
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Jessica Sidman / Washingtonian:
The Shaw Bijou Has Closed
Pan Pylas / Associated Press:
STARK INEQUALITY: OXFAM SAYS 8 MEN AS RICH AS HALF THE WORLD
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Kellyanne Conway: Details of Russia investigation should be kept secret ‘to protect the public’
 Earlier Items: 
Lauren Dezenski / Politico:
Warren joins thousands in defense of Obamacare in Boston
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Obama on ‘60 Minutes’: A president needs ‘thick skin,’ ‘stamina’
Discussion: Raw Story
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer puts GOP on notice over ObamaCare repeal
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk:
Rumble announces a $775M investment from Tether and plans to use $525M to fund a tender offer for ~70M shares of its common stock; RUM jumped 50%+ after hours

 
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