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1:40 AM ET, December 9, 2016

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Mark Krikorian / National Review:
Trump's Labor Department Pick: Put Americans Last  —  Trump had three cabinet slots to fill that are most important for immigration policy (several others have important, but secondary, roles, such as HHS, which handles refugees once they arrive).  —  The first pick was Sen. Jeff Sessions …
Discussion: Breitbart, The Daily Caller and Hot Air
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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.
Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Top Ten Reasons Andy Puzder Is a Great Pick for Labor Secretary  —  Reports indicate that Donald Trump has made another magnificent decision and will nominate Andy Puzder to be his labor secretary.  —  I do not know anything about Puzder's thoughts on labor—I assume he thinks a $15 minimum wage is stupid, which is good enough for me.
Discussion: Power Line and Hit & Run
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
Trump Expected to Tap Labor Secretary Who Prefers Foreign Labor to American Workers
New York Times:
Trump's Labor Pick, Andrew Puzder, Is Critic of Minimum Wage Increases
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Expected to Name Fast-Food Executive Andy Puzder as Labor Secretary
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.
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Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Mark Burnett: I 'have never been a supporter of Donald Trump's candidacy'
Discussion: ABC News
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
The reality show president: Trump to retain producing credit on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’
Discussion: Political Wire and alan.com
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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John Noble Wilford / New York Times:
John Glenn, American Hero of the Space Age, Dies at 95
Discussion: Towleroad and Outside the Beltway
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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Chris Isidore / CNNMoney:
Carrier to ultimately cut some of jobs Trump saved  —  It sounded like great news when Carrier said last week that it would invest millions in the Indiana plant it decided to keep in the U.S.  —  The company's deal with President-elect Donald Trump to keep a furnace plant from moving to Mexico …
Discussion: TheBlaze
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
Low Approval of Trump's Transition but Outlook for His Presidency Improves  —  Growing numbers see ‘strong’ partisan and racial conflicts  —  Nearly a month after Donald Trump's election as president, the public views his transition to the White House less positively than those of past presidents-elect.
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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 …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump zeroes in on RNC chair pick
Discussion: Political Wire
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Born in 1980  —  92%  —  79%  —  62%  —  61%  —  The phrase “American dream” was invented during the Great Depression.  It comes from a popular 1931 book by the historian James Truslow Adams, who defined it as “that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone.”
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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.
Ben Stein / The American Spectator:
They've Gone Insane  —  And hating Trump hasn't made them any nicer either.  —  I just don't get it.  People are going insane about Donald Trump being president-elect.  It's beyond the wildest anger and fear I saw even about Richard Nixon, my hero.  And, as I say, I just cannot see it.
The Washington / Toronto Star:
Belleville woman helped cook up Pizzagate  —  Writer disavows responsibility for Sunday's attack, but passed explosive allegations along.  —  Following the spread of fake news and “Pizzagate” — which inspired a violent incident in a Washington, D.C. eatery and might have even affected …
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Republicans ready to launch wide-ranging probe of Russia, despite Trump's stance  —  Leading Senate Republicans are preparing to launch a coordinated and wide-ranging probe into Russia's alleged meddling in the U.S. elections and its potential cyber threats to the military …
Thomas Gibbons-Neff / Washington Post:
An admiral basically took a dig at Colin Kaepernick.  The Pentagon tweeted the quote, then deleted it.  —  On the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Adm. Harry Harris, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, addressed a crowd of World War II veterans and survivors of the battle …
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Scott Stump / TODAY.com:
Mark Zuckerberg details Facebook's new plans amid fake news concerns  —  “We've been working on this for a long time, and we've taken important steps, but there's a lot more to do,” Sandberg said.  “We know that people don't want to see hoaxes on Facebook, and we don't want to see hoaxes on Facebook.
CBS News:
Trump has declined many intelligence briefings offered to him according to Senate aide  —  Intelligence community officials have confirmed that president-elect Donald Trump has declined many of the daily intelligence briefings that have been offered to him, a Senate aide confirmed to CBS News' Margaret Brennan.
Discussion: Raw Story, Hot Air and Mediaite
Shan Li / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. prosecutors are accusing four big retailers — JC Penney, Sears, Kohl's and Macy's — of tricking shoppers  —  The Los Angeles city attorney's office said it plans to sue four big retailers— JCPenney, Sears, Kohl's and Macy's— for deceptive advertising.
Discussion: The Root and KTLA
Stephanie Susskind / WPTV:
Satanic display causes controversy in Boca Raton  —  BOCA RATON, Fla. - A Satanic display is causing controversy in Boca Raton on the day the city will celebrate its holiday parade.  —  Now, some local interfaith clergy members are coming together to take a stand.
Mark Savage / BBC:
Greg Lake: King Crimson and ELP star dies aged 69  —  One of the founding fathers of progressive rock, the British musician is known for songs including In the Court of the Crimson King and his solo hit I Believe in Father Christmas.  —  He died on Wednesday after “a long and stubborn battle with cancer”, said his manager.
Discussion: Balloon Juice, AOL and East Bay Times
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Clinton blasts ‘epidemic’ of fake news  —  on Thursday decried the spread of fake news online, calling it an “epidemic” that Congress should take action against.  —  “The epidemic of malicious fake news and false propaganda that flooded social media over the past year …
 
 
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Associated Press:
Right to the End, Trump Campaign Spent Less Than Clinton's
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Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed:
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Trump: Madman of the Year
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Everything You Need to Know About Rogue Electors
Discussion: Politico
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
The collapse of the political Left
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Can cops kill with impunity? Now we know the answer.
 Earlier Items: 
Washpostpr / Washington Post:
The Washington Post honors David Fahrenthold with inaugural Ben Bradlee Prize
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Did Putin elect Trump?
Washington Post:
The populist revolt to ‘The System Worked’
Discussion: Crooked Timber
CNN:
Biden: I'm ‘embarrassed’ by the campaign
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Ryan Plays the DC Press Corps Like a Fiddle
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
2018 Senate: The Democrats Are Very Exposed
Discussion: Hot Air and Outside the Beltway
Jonathan Oosting / Detroit News:
Strict voter ID law approved in Michigan House
Alexandra Clough / Palm Beach Post:
Exclusive: Judge to Trump: No getting out of Jupiter golf club lawsuit