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10:00 AM ET, December 13, 2016

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Mitt Romney / Facebook:
It was an honor to have been considered for Secretary of State of our great country.  My discussions with President-elect Trump have been both enjoyable and enlightening.  I have very high hopes that the new administration will lead the nation to greater strength, prosperity and peace.
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New York Times:
Rex Tillerson, Exxon C.E.O., Chosen as Secretary of State  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump on Tuesday officially selected Rex W. Tillerson, the chief executive of Exxon Mobil, to be his secretary of state.  In saying he will nominate Mr. Tillerson, the president-elect …
Washington Times:
Trying to overturn a free and fair election  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  —  The world has turned itself upside down.  Only yesterday the liberals and the left (the “progressives,” as they want to be called) regarded the CIA as the locus of evil, the gang that couldn't shoot straight …
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
President Obama on Campaign Hacks: ‘Very Clear Relationships’ Between Team Trump and Russia  —  Trevor Noah got lucky.  —  On Monday, The Daily Show host aired a hard-hitting sit-down interview recorded over the weekend with President Obama.  And the timing couldn't have been better.
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Interviewed Mitt Romney to ‘Torture’ Him, Roger Stone Says
Washington Post:
Rex Tillerson is an able executive. But what about his ties to Russia?
Discussion: The Daily Beast, Politico, CNN and Raw Story
Associated Press:
Donald Trump Picks Rex Tillerson to Lead State Department
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Reuters:
Exclusive: Top U.S. spy agency has not embraced CIA assessment on Russia hacking - sources  —  The overseers of the U.S. intelligence community have not embraced a CIA assessment that Russian cyber attacks were aimed at helping Republican President-elect Donald Trump win the 2016 election, three American officials said on Monday.
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Lee Smith / Weekly Standard:
What Game Is Russia Playing?
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
McConnell, Ryan Back CIA After Trump Attacks Hacking Probe
Discussion: Politico and Liberty Unyielding
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
McConnell Supports Inquiry of Russian Hacking During Election
CBS News:
Major Garrett: Donald Trump chooses Rick Perry to be energy secretary  —  Donald Trump has selected Rick Perry to be energy secretary, according to two sources directly involved in the transition and selection process.  —  He had been summoned to Trump Tower for a meeting Monday to discuss …
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NBC News:
Trump Picks Energy Department Opponent Rick Perry for Energy Secretary: Sources
USA Today:
Rick Perry, who said he wants to scrap Energy Dept., may lead it
Discussion: alan.com
ABC News:
Trump Expected to Name Rick Perry as Energy Secretary
Discussion: Politico
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
RNC keeps close tabs on Electoral College vote  —  The Republican National Committee is overseeing an expansive whip operation designed to lock down Donald Trump's Electoral College majority and ensure that the 306 Republican electors cast their votes for the president-elect.
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The Huffington Post:
Harry Reid: The Trump Campaign ‘Was In On’ Russia's Election Hacking
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
New York should seize Trump Tower  —  Froufrou Fifth Avenue resembles a police state.  —  Officers wielding gigantic guns guard Trump Tower, where President-elect Donald Trump conducts all transition business, and soon lots of presidential business, too.  Shoppers patronizing the stores …
Discussion: New York Daily News
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Nick Penzenstadler / USA Today:
Trump set for deposition just weeks before inauguration
Discussion: Washington Post, AOL and Political Wire
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
My President Was Black  —  “They're a rotten crowd,” I shouted across the lawn.  “You're worth the whole damn bunch put together.”  — F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby  —  I.  —  “Love Will Make You Do Wrong”  —  In the waning days of President Barack Obama's administration …
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Voters doubt Trump will keep business interests separate  —  President-elect Donald Trump isn't ready to disclose how he plans to unwind his intricate web of potential financial conflicts, but voters are already skeptical Trump will keep his business interests separate from his duties …
Discussion: Morning Consult
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Voters skeptical of bankers on incoming Trump team
Discussion: The Week and Morning Consult
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
3 election stats liberals love that don't mean as much as they seem  —  It's been more than a month since the 2016 election.  We're nearly as close to Donald Trump's inauguration as we are to Election Day, in fact.  Yet some still can't let it go.  —  And it's not just Russia's apparent meddling …
Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:
How Donald Trump's business ties are already jeopardizing U.S. interests  —  U.S. DONALD TRUMP U.S. FOREIGN POLICY  —  Given the vast scope of the clashes between the Trumps' extensive business dealings and the interests of America, the president-elect vowed during the campaign …
Discussion: Raw Story and alan.com
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Why Obamacare enrollees voted for Trump  —  In Whitley County, Kentucky, the uninsured rate declined 60 percent under Obamacare.  So why did 82 percent of voters there support Donald Trump?  —  CORBIN, Ky. — Kathy Oller is so committed to her job signing up fellow Kentuckians for Obamacare …
Duane Townsend / The Hill:
America is held hostage by flyover states  —  The predominant narrative coming out of the 2016 Presidential post-election analysis is: The flyover states have spoken.  —  A flyover state is the huge region between the coasts.  As opposed to the eastern seaboard, northern post-industrial states and Pacific Ocean states.
Discussion: RedState and Instapundit
Bloomberg:
Trump Said to Postpone Announcement on Future of His Businesses  —  President-elect was set to outline his plans on Dec. 15  —  Transition officials say Trump focused on cabinet selections  —  President-elect Donald Trump is postponing until next month a previously announced news conference …
Susan Du / City Pages:
Garrison Keillor says Keith Ellison, ‘lackluster black Muslim,’ is wrong for DNC chair … Garrison Keillor, the beloved “Prairie Home Companion” creator as homespun as hot dish and Christmas sweaters, has a mighty case of post-election nihilism.  —  In a recent editorial for the Washington Post …
Discussion: Informed Comment
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Labor Secretary Thomas Perez Is Said to Plan Run to Lead D.N.C.
Discussion: NBC News and Political Wire
Clara Jeffery / Mother Jones:
Time to Fight Like Hell  —  Decades from now, when the election of 2016 is distilled to its essence, what will that be?  Many hoped the central lesson would be a shattered glass ceiling and a cementing of the Obama legacy.  An expansion of rights and tolerance.
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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Trump says he will hand over control of businesses to sons before inauguration
Discussion: The Week, Mother Jones and Mediaite
 
 
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Matt Hamilton / Los Angeles Times:
73-year-old man with dementia fatally shot by Bakersfield police
Discussion: Hit & Run and The Root
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Condemns the Wrong Man
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Wealthy Cabinet Picks to Undergo Financial Scrutiny He Didn't Face
Discussion: Political Wire
CNN:
Aleppo: Reports of executions as Syrian army closes in
Discussion: Mashable and The Week
Allegra Hobbs / DNAinfo New York:
Con Ed Threatens to Nix Service at Jared Kushner-Owned Properties
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
An Antidote to Donald Trump's Secrecy on Taxes
Discussion: ballot-access.org
Patrick Temple-West / Politico:
Traders scheme to cash in on Trump tweets
Bloomberg:
McConnell, Warning of ‘Dangerous’ Debt, Wants Tax Cut Offsets
 

 
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