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7:40 AM ET, December 20, 2016

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New York Times:
A Historic Number of Electors Defected, and Most Were Supposed to Vote for Clinton  —  The Electoral College on Monday voted for Donald J. Trump to win the presidency.  Seven electors, the most ever, voted for someone other than their party's nominee.  —  Of 306 electors pledged to vote for Donald J. Trump
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Electoral College: Where the vote stands  —  leads in the Electoral College vote so far, as electors head to their state capitols to confirm Trump's victory.  —  As of 4:10 p.m. ET, 268 electoral votes had been cast for Trump, compared with 160 for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton
The Seattle Times:
Four Washington state electors break ranks and don't vote for Clinton  —  Hillary Clinton won the state's popular vote, but three of 12 members of the Electoral College voted for Colin Powell, a former secretary of state; and one voted for Faith Spotted Eagle, a Native American elder from South Dakota.
CNN:
Electors remain faithful to Trump and select him as official winner
New York Times:   Electoral College Settles Donald Trump's Victory, but Little Else
New York Times:
Donald Trump Completes Final Lap, Electoral College, to White House
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Gingrich: Congress should change ethics laws for Trump  —  Newt Gingrich has a take on how Donald Trump can keep from running afoul of U.S. ethics laws: Change the ethics laws.  —  Trump is currently grappling with how to sufficiently disentangle himself from his multibillion-dollar business …
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Gingrich suggests Trump pardon advisers who break the law  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich suggested that Donald Trump  —  could pardon members of his administration who break the law.  —  Referring to a law that could prevent Trump from hiring his daughter and son-in-law to serve …
Discussion: RedState
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Gingrich Suggests Trump Simply Pardon Family That Breaks Anti-Nepotism Law
Discussion: Hullabaloo
The Diane Rehm Show:   Ongoing Questions About How Donald Trump Will Deal With Business Conflicts Of Interest As President
Darran Simon / CNN:
Berlin police: 9 dead, at least 50 injured in truck crash  —  Truck plows through Berlin Christmas market  —  (CNN)A truck ran into a Christmas market Monday evening in a major public square in Berlin, killing nine people and injuring at least 50 others, police said.
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Trump's OMB pick seems poised to ignite a worldwide financial crisis  —  It's not the sexiest White House job.  But it might soon be among the most dangerous.  —  Over the weekend, President-elect Donald Trump tapped Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) to be his director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Discussion: Rewire and New York Magazine
New York Times:
Russian Ambassador to Turkey Is Assassinated in Ankara  —  ISTANBUL — Russia's ambassador to Turkey was assassinated at an Ankara art exhibit on Monday evening by a lone Turkish gunman shouting “God is great!” and “don't forget Aleppo, don't forget Syria!” in what Russia called a terrorist attack.
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Carrie Levine / Center for Public Integrity:
Donald Trump's sons behind nonprofit selling access to president-elect  —  New Texas-based group not legally required to disclose its donors  —  A new Texas nonprofit led by Donald Trump's grown sons is offering access to the freshly-minted president during inauguration weekend …
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Tom Arnold says he's got recordings of Trump using racial slurs and calling son a ‘retard’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Comedian Tom Arnold says he's got recordings of Donald Trump using racial slurs and making other offensive statements — and he said hundreds of people have heard them.
Discussion: Mediaite
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Rep's Vision Of Post-ACA World: You Wait To Treat Your Kid's Broken Arm  —  A Republican congressman outlined the way he would like to see the health care system operate if Obamacare is repealed, as GOP lawmakers are promising.  It is a brave new world in which parents would wait …
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Shandra Martinez / MLive.com:
Son's broken arm: Bill Huizenga says people must be responsible for own health care costs
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and Raw Story
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Under political pressure, Kuwait cancels major event at Four Seasons, switches to Trump's D.C. hotel  —  After Election Day, everything changed.  —  By Judd Legum and Kira Lerner  —  The Embassy of Kuwait allegedly cancelled a contract with a Washington, D.C. hotel days after the presidential election …
Neil Eggleston / Blog Daily Listings RSS:
President Obama Grants 153 Commutations and 78 Pardons to Individuals Deserving of a Second Chance  —  Today, President Obama granted clemency to 231 deserving individuals — the most individual acts of clemency granted in a single day by any president in this nation's history.
NBC News:
What Obama Said to Putin on the Red Phone About the Election Hack  —  Intel Sources: Obama Admin. Warned the Kremlin Ahead of U.S. Election 2:51  —  Determined to stop Russia's interference in the presidential campaign, at least one of President Obama's senior advisers urged …
Discussion: twitchy.com, AOL and alan.com
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Poll: Majority of Americans Pessimistic or Uncertain About Trump Presidency  —  As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to be sworn in as the country's commander-in-chief next month, a majority of Americans say they are either uncertain or pessimistic about his presidency …
Discussion: CNBC and Opinion Today
Media Matters for America:
Alex Jones Warns Trump That The CIA Is Trying To “Assassinate” The President-Elect  —  Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been repeatedly warning President-elect Donald Trump that “rogue elements” within the CIA are trying to “assassinate” him before he takes office.
Discussion: Politicus USA
Alison Smale / New York Times:
Austria's Far Right Signs a Cooperation Pact With Putin's Party  —  BERLIN — The leader of the Austrian far-right Freedom Party has signed what he called a cooperation agreement with Russia's ruling party and recently met with Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, the designated national security adviser …
Discussion: The Week
 
 
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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Judge Orders Release of Some Documents Related to Clinton Email Inquiry
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Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Uber admits to self-driving car ‘problem’ in bike lanes as safety concerns mount
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Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
Judicial panel clears California judge who gave lenient sentence in Stanford sexual assault
Discussion: Mercury News, Law News and The Root
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Pressure grows on McConnell for special Russia hacking probe
Discussion: Politicus USA and KET
Philip Elliott / TIME:
Mike Pence Is No Ordinary Wingman
Discussion: The Atlantic
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump dines with Carlos Slim as relations warm with Mexican leaders
Discussion: New York Times and Mediaite
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Ryan Cooper / The Week:
How Republicans' frightening power play in North Carolina will go national
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Daily Kos
Kay S. Hymowitz / City Journal:
How Women in Media Missed the Women's Vote
Joe Fay / The Register:
Sex-bots could ‘over-exert’ their human lovers, academic warns
Discussion: Gizmodo
The Charlotte Observer:
Gov. Pat McCrory calls for special legislative session to repeal HB2