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6:40 PM ET, December 8, 2016

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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Expected to Name Fast-Food Executive Andy Puzder as Labor Secretary  —  Mr. Puzder, chief executive of CKE Restaurants, likely to peel back regulations  —  President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name fast-food executive Andy Puzder as labor secretary, according to people familiar with the decision.
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New York Times:
Trump's Labor Pick, Andrew Puzder, Is Critic of Minimum Wage Increases  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump on Thursday named Andrew F. Puzder, chief executive of the company that operates the fast food outlets Hardee's and Carl's Jr. and an outspoken critic of the worker protections enacted …
Sarah Fenske / News Blog, Riverfront Times:
Andrew Puzder, Trump's Pick for Labor Department, Was Accused of Abusing Wife  —  Andrew Puzder, the St. Louis attorney who rose to become CEO of Carl's Jr. and now stands as Donald Trump's pick to be Secretary of Labor, was accused of abuse by his first wife in the 1980s — with police twice summoned to the couple's home.
Associated Press:
Trump Picks Fast Food Executive Andrew Puzder for Labor
Discussion: Politico and East Bay Times
Joe Hallett / The Columbus Dispatch:
John Glenn, American hero, aviation icon and former U.S. senator, dies at 95  —  His legend is other-worldly and now, in his 95th year, that's where John Glenn has gone.  —  An authentic hero and genuine American icon, Glenn died this afternoon surrounded by family at the Ohio State University …
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Russell Lewis / NPR:
John Glenn, First American To Orbit The Earth, Dies At 95
Discussion: alan.com and Balloon Juice
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Trump's Transition Team ‘Is Like Game of Thrones’  —  As the least experienced, least ideological, and therefore perhaps most malleable president-elect in history prepares to take office, all eyes are on who is influencing his decisions.  And so far, Donald Trump's administration is shaping …
Discussion: The Week
Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:
On Campus, Trump Fans Say They Need ‘Safe Spaces’  —  ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Amanda Delekta, a sophomore at the University of Michigan and political director of the College Republicans, was ecstatic when her candidate, Donald J. Trump, won the presidential election.
Chuck Jones / Washington Post:
I'm the union leader Donald Trump attacked.  I'm tired of being lied to about our jobs.  —  Trump swore he'd save our jobs.  He didn't.  —  I'm a union leader in Indianapolis.  I represent the Carrier workers whose jobs Donald Trump has pledged to save.  And I'm tired of being lied to.
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Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
Donald Trump just insulted a union leader on Twitter. Then the phone started to ring.
Pew Research Center:
1. Views of President-elect Trump and his administration  —  As Donald Trump prepares to take office as the nation's 45th president, 55% of the public says that, so far, they disapprove of the job he has done explaining his policies and plans for the future, while 41% approve of the job he has done.
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Numbers / Pew Research Center:
Low Approval of Trump's Transition but Outlook for His Presidency Improves
Discussion: Washington Post and Vox
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Ryan Plays the DC Press Corps Like a Fiddle  —  Millions of people's lives and livelihoods are on the line.  So it's not funny.  But if there weren't such dire real world consequences, Paul Ryan's current flimflam would be straight up hilarious.  Repealing Obamacare has immediate real world consequences.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Ryan Won't Say How Long GOPers Will Take To Replace Obamacare After Repeal
Discussion: ACASignups.net
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Did Putin elect Trump?  —  As The Hill, CNN and other news organizations reported last week, Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee are calling on President Obama to declassify information about covert Russian attempts to influence the American elections that the Obama administration continues …
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Reid predicts death of filibuster  —  Senate Democrats are about to get rolled on Donald Trump's Cabinet picks.  They could spend years in the minority.  And instead of the GOP collapse that many expected on Nov. 8, it's now Democrats soul-searching about what went wrong.
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Harry Reid / New York Times:
Farewell, Fair Senate
Discussion: NBC News
Lenny Bernstein / Washington Post:
U.S. life expectancy declines for the first time since 1993  —  For the first time in more than two decades, life expectancy for Americans declined last year — a troubling development linked to a panoply of worsening health problems in the United States.  —  Rising fatalities from heart disease …
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Suzanne Monyak / Slate:
Kellyanne Conway Suggests That Women With Kids Shouldn't Take Jobs in the White House  —  Donald Trump's former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said that mothers should not accept high-powered career opportunities—a standard that does not apply to fathers, in Conway's opinion.
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Donald Trump to Remain Executive Producer on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ (EXCLUSIVE) … Donald Trump will remain an exec producer on NBC's “Celebrity Apprentice,” which is returning Jan. 2 after a two-year hiatus with new host Arnold Schwarzenegger.  —  MGM confirmed to Variety that Trump has retained his EP credit on the series.
Wall Street Journal:
How Donald Trump's Web of LLCs Obscures His Business Interests  —  The opacity of his holdings makes it impossible to gauge the full extent of potential conflicts he may face as president  —  President-elect Donald Trump owns a helicopter in Scotland.  —  To be more precise …
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
Alexandra Clough / Palm Beach Post:
Exclusive: Judge to Trump: No getting out of Jupiter golf club lawsuit  —  President-Elect Donald J. Trump at Mar-A-Lago on Palm Beach  —  U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth Marra on Wednesday refused yet another request by Donald Trump to toss a 2013 lawsuit filed against his Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter.
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
African-Americans claim discrimination in class-action lawsuit against CNN, Turner  —  Two African-American employees have filed a class-action lawsuit against CNN, Turner Broadcasting and its parent company, Time Warner, alleging racial discrimination.  —  The two plaintiffs in the lawsuit …
Discussion: RedState
Chris Perez / New York Post:
Navy admiral's Pearl Harbor speech trolls Colin Kaepernick  —  A decorated US Navy admiral took the time to troll Colin Kaepernick during the 75th Anniversary Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration ceremony on Wednesday — saying those who died on that fateful day “never took a knee and never failed to stand” during the national anthem.
Washington Post:
The populist revolt to ‘The System Worked’  —  Some intellectual cleanup in Bret Stephens' aisle  —  There's been a lot of talk about “peak trade” and the collapse in cross-border capital flows in recent years.  I seriously doubt that Donald Trump or any of the other recently elected populists …
Discussion: Crooked Timber and Bloomberg
CNN:
Biden: I'm ‘embarrassed’ by the campaign  —  (CNN)This year's presidential contest was a substance-free spectacle, Vice President Joe Biden lamented on Thursday.  —  “This has been a very tough election.  It's been ugly, it's been divisive, it's been coarse, it's been dispiriting.
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
House approves funding bill, but fate in Senate unclear  —  House lawmakers on Thursday approved a stopgap spending bill to keep the government running through April, but the bill faces an unclear path in the Senate with a Saturday deadline looming.  —  Lawmakers are bolting for the exits …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Jack Coleman / NewsBusters:
Quite Possibly the Funniest Thing That Brian Williams Has Ever Said  —  For years I've wondering if former NBC news anchor Brian Williams is an aspiring stand-up comic.  What he said last night on The 11th Hour sealed it — this guy can make people laugh, albeit not always intentionally.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Bob Davis / Wall Street Journal:
Barely Half of 30-Year-Olds Earn More Than Their Parents  —  As wages stagnate in the middle class, it becomes hard to reverse this trend  —  Barely half of 30-year-olds earn more than their parents did at a similar age, a research team found, an enormous decline from the early 1970s …
 
 
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Mark Savage / BBC:
Greg Lake: King Crimson and ELP star dies aged 69
Discussion: Balloon Juice and AOL
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Can cops kill with impunity? Now we know the answer.
Discussion: Washington Post
Washpostpr / Washington Post:
The Washington Post honors David Fahrenthold with inaugural Ben Bradlee Prize
Bloomberg:
Facebook's Investors Criticize Marc Andreessen for Conflict of Interest
Discussion: New York Magazine and The Verge
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Reid: Trump ‘not as bad as I thought he would be’
Discussion: RedState and NPR
Reno Gazette-Journal:
Knife-wielding student shot by police officer and in critical condition
Sam Tonkin / Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: Rolling Stones frontman Sir Mick Jagger becomes a father for the EIGHTH …
Discussion: alan.com and East Bay Times
 Earlier Items: 
The Guardian:
German court rules Muslim girls must take part in swimming lessons
Joe DiSipio / The Hill:
With Trump, conservatives hope for ally in ‘War on Christmas’
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
2018 Senate: The Democrats Are Very Exposed
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Jonathan Oosting / Detroit News:
Strict voter ID law approved in Michigan House
Lynnley Browning / Bloomberg:
Koch Industries Says House GOP's Tax Plan ‘Could Be Devastating’
Discussion: The Nation and Talking Points Memo
Christopher Wilson / Yahoo:
Secretary of state candidate Rep. Dana Rohrabacher defends Russia, denounces China
Salena Zito / New York Post:
Even anti-Trump working-class voters are having second thoughts
Discussion: Power Line and neo-neocon
 

 
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