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11:30 PM ET, December 23, 2016

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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Why Obama broke with Israel at UN  —  The White House's decision to break with decades of U.S. policy and allow the U.N. Security Council to condemn Israeli settlements is the culmination of years of bad blood between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com and RedState
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New York Times:
Rebuffing Israel, U.S. Allows Censure Over Settlements  —  UNITED NATIONS — Defying extraordinary pressure from President-elect Donald J. Trump and furious lobbying by Israel, the Obama administration on Friday allowed the United Nations Security Council to adopt a resolution that condemned Israeli settlement construction.
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Trump warns UN after Israel vote: ‘Things will be different’ soon  —  slammed the Obama administration for its decision not to veto a U.N. resolution critical of Israel's settlements, promising that it would be “different” under his presidency.  —  “As to the U.N., things will be different after Jan. 20th,” Trump tweeted Friday.
Uri Friedman / The Atlantic:
It's Official: America Has Two Presidents at One Time  —  What happens when the most powerful country in the world effectively has two presidents at once?  Its policy regarding one of the most complex conflicts on the planet collapses into a muddled mess.  —  Or, more precisely …
J Street:
J Street Welcomes US Abstention on UNSC Resolution  —  J Street welcomes the decision today by the Obama administration to abstain from voting on a United Nations Security Council resolution, which reaffirms the need for a two-state solution and calls for a halt to actions by both sides that serve to undermine the prospects for peace.
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Obama marks start of Hanukkah
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
U.S. declines to veto U.N. Security Council resolution for Israel to stop Jewish settlement activity
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Obama rhymes-with-bucks Israel
Discussion: Tablet Magazine
Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times:
Actress Carrie Fisher is in critical condition after a ‘cardiac episode’ on flight from London to L.A.  —  Actress Carrie Fisher, shown in 2007, was taken to a hospital Friday after a “cardiac episode” on a flight from London to Los Angeles.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
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Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail:
Carrie Fisher, 60, suffers heart attack on transatlantic flight where fellow passengers resorted to giving the star CPR  — The 60-year-old was rushed to hospital immediately after landing and is said to be in critical condition  —  Carrie Fisher suffered a massive heart attack on board …
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Jamie Moses / artvoice.com:
WHAT DO WE WANT FOR 2017?  We have a Lot of Different Opinions  —  THE QUESTIONS WE POSED:  —  1. What would you most like to happen in 2017?  —  2. What would you like to see go away in 2017?  —  3. Who would you like to see run for mayor of Buffalo in next year's election?
Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Trump team: NY co-chair's remarks about Obamas ‘reprehensible’  —  's team condemned the racist comments one of its former state co-chairmen made about the Obamas Thursday.  —  Carl Paladino, the Trump campaign's former New York co-chairman, said in an interview with a Buffalo alternative magazine …
Discussion: RedState
Jon Campbell / USA Today:
N.Y. developer Carl Paladino's ‘gorilla’ remark spurs outrage
Discussion: Mediaite
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Ally's '17 Wish List: Prez Obama ‘Dies’, Michelle ‘Set Loose’ In Africa
Discussion: Mediaite
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Trump ‘friend’ and N.Y. campaign co-chair says he wants Obama dead of ‘mad cow disease’ in 2017
Discussion: BuzzFeed
Alan Henry / Broadway World:
Rockettes Union Calls Boycotting Inauguration ‘Invalid’  —  BroadwayWorld has obtained and confirmed the authenticity of an email sent from the American Guild of Variety Artists to what appears to be Rockettes in its membership as a response to the announcement that some Rockettes …
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Pressure grows on Mormon choir over Trump inauguration
Discussion: The Daily Caller and RedState
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Rockettes Parent Company Says Inauguration Participation Is ‘Voluntary’
Discussion: Mashable
Andrew Reynolds / Raleigh News & Observer:
North Carolina is no longer classified as a democracy  —  In 2005, in the midst of a career of traveling around the world to help set up elections in some of the most challenging places on earth - Afghanistan, Burma, Egypt, Lebanon, South Africa, Sudan and Yemen, among others - my Danish colleague …
David Filipov / Washington Post:
Putin to Democratic Party: You lost, get over it  —  MOSCOW — Russia's President Vladi­mir Putin has a message for the White House and Democratic leaders who accuse him of stealing their victory: Don't be sore losers.  —  That was how Putin answered a question Friday about whether Russia interfered …
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Yochi Dreazen / Vox:
Trump seemed to call for more nuclear weapons. His aides say he didn't mean it. He says he did.
Victoria Craw / NEWS.com.au:
French woman wants to marry a robot as expert predicts sex robots to become preferable to humans  —  French woman Lilly wants to marry her robot.  Picture: Twitter.  —  ON THE surface, Lilly seems like a blushing young woman ready to marry the man of her dreams who makes her “totally happy.”
Discussion: Daily Mail, Raw Story, Jezebel and alan.com
Will Bunch / Philly.com:
Liberal prof ‘watchlist’ is McCarthyism for the bullying age  —  Anthea Butler thought she'd heard it all before.  —  A religious studies professor at the University of Pennsylvania, a black woman who teaches a class about the religious right in America and has a fiery liberal persona on social media …
Peter Grant / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Names Jason Greenblatt Representative for International Negotiations  —  Trump Organization's chief legal officer advised campaign on U.S.-Israel relations  —  President-elect Donald Trump has named Jason D. Greenblatt, the Trump Organization's chief legal officer …
Michelle Goldberg / Slate:
Why Did Planned Parenthood Supporters Vote Trump?  —  A series of maddening focus groups suggest Clinton made it easier for voters to reconcile themselves to Trump.  —  Shortly before the election, Politico and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health surveyed voters on health care policy.
Josh Blackman / Josh Blackman's Blog:
The Freedom of Speech at the University of Oregon  —  Last fall, the University of Oregon's Federalist Society Chapter invited me to speak about intellectual diversity on the law school campus.  I've given this lecture before, sometimes as debate, other times as a speech with commentary.
 
 
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Robert Gates: There's value in Trump's ‘disruptive approach’
Discussion: Daily Kos and Occupy Democrats
Chao Xiong / Star Tribune:
Attorneys for officer in Philando Castile shooting remove judge from case
Discussion: Raw Story and The Root
Wall Street Journal:
Sam Brownback Calls on Donald Trump to Mimic His Kansas Tax Plan
Discussion: Mother Jones
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Radio's Diane Rehm, A Mainstay Of Civil Discourse, Signs Off
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Midnight Regulation Express
The American Interest:
The Democrats Turn on Obama
Discussion: Infowars and Vox Popoli
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The Return of Street Corner Conservatism
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Colbert: Trump win made me throw out all my planned jokes
Discussion: Raw Story
Charlie Cook / The Cook Political Report:
Democrats Need to Reach Out to the Heartland
Bloomberg:
GOP Wants Trump to Trim ACA Benefits, Say Congress Aides
Discussion: Daily Kos and Political Wire
David Axe / The Daily Beast:
Did Russia Just Test a Weapon in Space?
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
How the Obama Coalition Crumbled, Leaving an Opening for Trump
New York Times:
Was Barack Obama Bad for Democrats?
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
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