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7:50 PM ET, December 9, 2016

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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Plans Major Social Security Cuts  —  We'll have a story coming shortly on what I just mentioned a short time ago: that Republicans are now planning to pass major cuts to Social Security this year.  Specifically, this bill is being introduced by Rep. Sam Johnson, Chairman of the House Ways …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Going for the Big Enchilada  —  Republicans apparently aren't going to be satisfied with phasing out Medicare.  They're going to try to pass huge cuts to Social Security this year too.  Not Bush-style partial phaseout but just big, big cuts.  And you're out of luck even if you're a current beneficiary.
Discussion: Daily Kos and alicublog
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Key House GOPer Introduces Bill With Major Cuts To Social Security  —  A key House Republican on the issue of Social Security introduced a bill Thursday that would impose major cuts to the program.  The bill, the Social Security Reform Act of 2016, was introduced by Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX) …
Discussion: Forbes and The Mahablog
Joseph Lawler / Washington Examiner:
Key GOP lawmaker introduces Social Security reform plan  —  A Republican lawmaker introduced legislation Thursday to shore up Social Security's finances and boost benefits for low-income workers without raising taxes, a conservative version of reform that could gain attention under unified GOP government next year.
Discussion: Johnson, Sam and Politicus USA
Martin Matishak / Politico:
Obama orders ‘deep dive’ of election-related hacking  —  President Barack Obama has ordered a “deep dive” into the cyberattacks that plagued this year's election, the White House said Friday.  —  Obama has asked the intelligence community to deliver its final report before he leaves office.
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Learn from His Mistakes  —  Shortly after his inauguration in 2009, President Obama invited Republican leaders in Congress to a White House meeting.  The House members brought a proposal with ideas for stimulating the economy, then suffering through the Great Recession.
CNN:
Obama orders review of Russian election-related hacking
Kathleen Hennessey / Associated Press:
Obama orders review of election-season hacking
Discussion: The Atlantic and The Resurgent
Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
Obama Orders Investigation Into Election-Related Hacking
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Expected to Pick Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers to Run Interior  —  If confirmed by the Senate, she would lead administration's efforts to open up federal lands and waters to fossil-fuel development  —  WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump is expected to tap Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers …
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Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:   Donald Trump's Interior Secretary Doesn't Want to Combat Climate Change
New York Times:   Exxon C.E.O. Said to Be Top Contender for Secretary of State; Giuliani Is Out
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Giuliani won't serve in Trump administration  —  Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a longtime Donald Trump  —  ally, will not be serving in the president-elect's administration.  —  Giuliani has removed himself from consideration for any position in the new administration, the Trump transition team announced Friday.
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Report: Trump wants as many as 5 generals in Cabinet
Discussion: Business Insider, alan.com and Politico
Edward Morrissey / The Fiscal Times:
Trump's Cabinet: A Conservative About Face Toward Growth and Change
Discussion: New York Magazine, ewg.org and Vox
Bloomberg:
Trump Team's Memo Hints at Broad Shake-Up of U.S. Energy Policy  —  Advisers seeking to identify staff involved in climate policy  —  Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump are developing plans to reshape Energy Department programs, help keep aging nuclear plants online and identify staff …
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Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Trump transition team for Energy Department seeks names of employees involved in climate meetings
Discussion: Mashable, Jezebel and The Week
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Leftist Students Shouted ‘F*ck You B*itch’ at the Gay Director of a Pro-Trans Movie, Boys Don't Cry  —  There was a time not so long ago when the people shouting “f**k you bitch” at a gender-fluid gay filmmaker would have been bigoted right-wing conservatives.
Ben Weyl / Politico:
Democrats cave and shutdown threat evaporates  —  They went right up to the brink, but Senate Democrats said on Friday night that they never intended to shut the federal government down over a dispute over coal miner benefits.  —  Though they took a hard line against a GOP proposal to fund …
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TMZ.com:
T.J. Miller — Arrested for Uber Fight Over Trump ... 'Tis the Season??  —  “Silicon Valley” star T.J. Miller got arrested in Hollywood for allegedly making his Uber driver see stars, and not the good rating kind either.  —  Law enforcement sources tell us T.J.'s driver picked him up from the GQ Men …
Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog:
COULD BREITBART BREAK WITH TRUMP?  —  The front page of Breitbart right now seems surprisingly critical of the Trump transition:  —  From that lead story: … Wow — the Trump News Network is linking a Trump appointee to the hated rootless cosmopolitan gun-grabber Mike Bloomberg.  Them's fightin' words.
Discussion: NBC News, Salon, The Hill and Booman Tribune
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump over performed the most in counties with the highest drug, alcohol and suicide mortality rates
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
None of the inauguration protests have their proper permits yet.  Here's why.  —  Groups seeking to protest in the nation's capital the day of, and days around, the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump say they are being kept in limbo because officials have yet to issue permits for demonstrations.
Jonathan Oosting / Detroit News:
Michigan Supreme Court denies Stein's recount appeal  —  Lansing — The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday denied Green Party candidate Jill Stein's appeal to restart a partially completed presidential election recount, meaning President-elect Donald Trump's 10,704-vote victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton stands.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Let's relocate a bunch of government agencies to the Midwest  —  Time to shift economic activity from the overcrowded coasts to places that need more of it.  —  America's post-industrial Midwest is far from being the country's poorest region.  To find the direst economic conditions in the United States …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump blasts early voting: ‘Many things can go wrong’  —  Donald Trump on Friday expressed support for restricting voting rights.  —  Stumping for Louisiana Senate candidate John Kennedy, Trump urged supporters to help elect the Republican state treasurer to the U.S. Senate …
David Wright / CNN:
Conway on Trump ‘Apprentice’ role: He'll do it in his spare time  —  (CNN)Kellyanne Conway on Friday defended President-elect Donald Trump's decision to remain an executive producer on NBC's “Celebrity Apprentice” even as he takes office, arguing that “presidents have a right to do things in their spare time.”
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Trump gets one presidential intelligence briefing a week: sources  —  President-elect Donald Trump is receiving an average of one presidential intelligence briefing a week, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter, far fewer than most of his recent predecessors.
Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Could a Last-Minute Suitor Woo Megyn Kelly Away from Fox News?  —  Despite an offer of more than $20 million from Fox, Kelly appears to be listening to some surprising suitors.  —  On Wednesday morning, Megyn Kelly was once again promoting her new memoir, Settle for More …
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Trump just offered yet another Goldman veteran a spot in his administration  —  Goldman's Cohn offered NEC director job - NBC  —  Donald Trump has offered Goldman Sachs executive Gary Cohn a key economic post, which would add to the administration another veteran of the powerful firm …
Associated Press:
The Latest: CBS to Interview Trump During Army-Navy Game  —  The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):  —  CBS Sports says it will interview President-elect Donald Trump during Saturday's Army-Navy game in Baltimore.  —  Trump is attending the annual football game between the rival military academies.
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Carrier says it will spend millions automating Indiana plant, plans to lay off workers Trump ‘saved’  —  The deal keeps getting worse.  —  As part of the deal President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence struck with Carrier, the company has promised to make a $16 million investment …
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Obama's Second Term Was a Complete Failure  —  There's no other way to describe it.  —  Every December, Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post picks the biggest political loser of the past year.  —  In 2013, Cillizza's selection was Barack Obama.  He cited the botched rollout of Healthcare.gov …
Discussion: Questions and Observations and CNN
 
 
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Free-market Republicans contort to defend Trump
James E. Mitchell / Wall Street Journal:
Sorry, Mad Dog, Waterboarding Works
Discussion: The Baffler and BizPac Review
Michaelle Bond / Philly.com:
Main Line woman, 62, gets jail for selling heroin out of home
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Monica Davey / New York Times:
In Chicago, Bodies Pile Up at Intersection of ‘Depression and Rage’
Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters:
Chris Cuomo Sneers: Climate Change Skepticism Like Opposing Interracial Marriage
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Six donors that Trump appointed gave almost $12 million with their families to back his campaign and the party
Discussion: Politicus USA and The Week
 Earlier Items: 
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Mainstream media puts out the call for pro-Trump columnists
Discussion: Politicus USA and Mother Jones
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Surprise! Obamacare Repeal Includes A Stealth Tax Cut For Top Earners
Discussion: Daily Kos and Politico
Alan Levin / Bloomberg:
Balloon Pilot Who Killed 16 Was on Drugs and Had Five DWI Raps
Discussion: KFOR-TV and KXAN-TV
Ted Cruz / Washington Post:
If Republicans really want to drain the swamp, here's how to do it
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
Foes of Russia Say Child Pornography Is Planted to Ruin Them
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Paul Ryan: I had a ‘very exciting meeting’ with Trump today
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and ABC News