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11:50 AM ET, December 29, 2016

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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Bibi Netanyahu Makes Trump His Chump  —  For those of you confused over the latest fight between President Obama and Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu of Israel, let me make it simple: Barack Obama and John Kerry admire and want to preserve Israel as a Jewish and democratic state in the Land of Israel.
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Elliott Abrams / Weekly Standard:
John Kerry's Final, Harmful Insult to Israel
Bloomberg:
Obama's Betrayal of Israel at the UN Must Not Stand
Discussion: neo-neocon and Instapundit
Tracy Wilkinson / Los Angeles Times:
John Kerry, tireless in his diplomatic efforts, often came up empty-handed
Discussion: RedState and Associated Press
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
What's really bugging Trump about Obama  —  Donald Trump can't decide whether he thinks the transition of power is going well or not.  —  But he knows he doesn't like how much attention Barack Obama is getting and is also bothered by what Trump and his closest advisers see as an active effort …
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Bloomberg:
Obama Calls Trump After Twitter Complaint About ‘Roadblocks’  —  Detente strained between the outgoing and incoming presidents  —  Republican angered by UN resolution on Israel, election remark  —  U.S. President Barack Obama phoned his successor, Donald Trump, after the Republican accused Obama …
Peter Martin / Sydney Morning Herald:
Julie Bishop backs Israel rather than the US over UN resolution
Discussion: The Times of Israel
Graham Vyse / New Republic:
Don't Disappear Next Year, Obama
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Slate and WTVR-TV
Carmel Dagan / Variety:
Debbie Reynolds, ‘Singin’ in the Rain' Star and Carrie Fisher's Mother, Dies at 84  —  Debbie Reynolds, the Oscar-nominated singer-actress who was the mother of late actress Carrie Fisher, has died at Cedars-Sinai hospital.  She was 84.  —  “She wanted to be with Carrie,” her son Todd Fisher told Variety.
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TMZ.com:
Debbie Reynolds — DEAD AT 84
TMZ.com:
Debbie Reynolds Rushed to Hospital for Possible Stroke (AUDIO + VIDEO)
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
GOP Readies Swift Obamacare Repeal With No Replacement in Place  —  Senate will start in early January to repeal health-care law  —  Republicans split over how long to delay replacement plan  —  The first major act of the unified Republican government in 2017 will be a vote in Congress to begin tearing down Obamacare.
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Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
Obamacare Didn't Fail Because It's Timid
Discussion: New York Magazine and Instapundit
New York Times:
Trump Takes Credit for Sprint Plan to Add 5,000 Jobs in U.S.  —  By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ and MICHAEL J. de la MERCEDDecember 28, 2016  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump took credit on Wednesday for a decision by Sprint to add 5,000 jobs in the United States, as he tried to deliver on his promise …
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Trump takes credit for Sprint plan to keep 5,000 jobs in the US
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Trump Says Billionaire Masa Son Adds U.S. Jobs at Sprint, OneWeb
Richard Johnson / Page Six:
DC private schools giving Kellyanne Conway the brush-off  —  MORE FROM:  —  Kellyanne Conway is worried establishment elites in Washington, DC, are so prejudiced against President-elect Trump that she won't be able to get her kids into private school in the nation's capital.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump on Russian hacking: ‘Computers have complicated lives very greatly’  —  on Wednesday said he thinks computers have made people's lives much more complex when asked about Russian hacking.  —  “I think that computers have complicated lives very greatly,” the president-elect said Wednesday …
Discussion: alan.com
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Mark Robison / Reno Gazette-Journal:
Nevada's voter-OK'ed gun background checks blocked  —  Final update  —  The expansion of gun background checks approved by Nevada voters last month will not happen as expected, based on an opinion released Wednesday by the Nevada Attorney General's Office.
Discussion: Bearing Arms and Hot Air
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Americans — especially but not exclusively Trump voters — believe crazy, wrong things  —  Many Americans believe a lot of dumb, crazy, destructive, provably wrong stuff.  Lately this is especially (though not exclusively) true of Donald Trump voters, according to a new survey.
Ryan Browne / CNN:
US military could carry out first execution in over 50 years  —  (CNN)A former US Army soldier who has been on death row since 1988 for raping and murdering several women could now face execution after a judge denied his bid for another stay of execution.  —  Judge J. Thomas Marten …
Discussion: alan.com
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
David Fahrenthold tells the behind-the-scenes story of his year covering Trump  —  “Arnold and Tim, if you'd come up, we're going to give you a nice, beautiful check,” Donald Trump said.  He held up an oversize check, the kind they give to people who win golf tournaments.  It was for $100,000.
Russell Begaye / The White House:
How President Obama Has Protected Our Sacred Land for Future Generations  —  I am very proud to be both Navajo and American.  As the President of the Navajo Nation, I've dedicated my life to ensuring that, as a Najavo, my story—and our stories—are part of our collective American history.
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Hawaii restaurant tells Trump voters to eat someplace else  —  Café 8 ½ in Honolulu, Hawaii, is facing harsh criticism for hanging a sign on its front door that tells voters who cast their ballot for President-elect Donald Trump  —  to eat elsewhere.  —  “If you voted for Trump you cannot eat here!
Fox News:
Steve Martin deletes Twitter tribute to Carrie Fisher after backlash  —  Actor Steve Martin speaks onstage at the 75th Annual Peabody Awards in New York, U.S. May 21, 2016.  (Reuters)  —  Steve Martin received backlash for a tribute he paid to Carrie Fisher on Twitter.
 
 
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Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
An obscure E.U. regulation may have saved lives in the Berlin Christmas market attack
Discussion: Mother Jones, RT, Above the Law and Gizmodo
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Weighs Letting Veterans Opt Out of V.A. Medical Care
Discussion: Vox and Politicus USA
The Times of Israel:
Netanyahu to be investigated for bribery, fraud — report
Discussion: The Week
Jeffrey Sparshott / Wall Street Journal:
Big Growth in Tiny Businesses
Discussion: Instapundit
George Soros / Project Syndicate RSS-Feed:
Open Society Needs Defending
Discussion: Vox Popoli and Infowars
 Earlier Items: 
Ron Nixon / New York Times:
The Enemy Within: Bribes Bore a Hole in the U.S. Border
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump makes last-minute push to add Hispanic to Cabinet
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Scam Pastor to Pray With Trump At Inauguration
Discussion: Politicus USA and Raw Story
 

 
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New York Times:
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