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10:05 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
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
McConnell, Ryan Back CIA After Trump Attacks Hacking Probe
Discussion: Politico and Liberty Unyielding
Washington Post:
Rex Tillerson is an able executive. But what about his ties to Russia?
Discussion: The Daily Beast, Politico, CNN and Raw Story
Reuters:
Trump to name Exxon Mobil CEO Tillerson as U.S. secretary of state: Fox News
Discussion: The Week
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?
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
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
With 7 days left, Trump resistance pins last hope on Electoral College
Discussion: Power Line
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
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
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
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
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.
Allegra Hobbs / DNAinfo New York:
Con Ed Threatens to Nix Service at Jared Kushner-Owned Properties  —  EAST VILLAGE — Con Edison has slammed a row of East Ninth Street buildings owned by Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law, with notices threatening to shut off service because Kushner's company failed to pay hundreds of dollars in electric bills.
 
 
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CNN:
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Trump Said to Postpone Announcement on Future of His Businesses
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