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10:15 PM ET, December 29, 2016

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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
U.S. Punishes Russia for Election Hacking, Ejecting Operatives  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration struck back at Russia on Thursday for its efforts to influence the 2016 election, ejecting 35 Russian intelligence operatives from the United States and imposing sanctions on Russia's …
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The White House:
Statement by the President on Actions in Response to Russian Malicious Cyber Activity and Harassment  —  Today, I have ordered a number of actions in response to the Russian government's aggressive harassment of U.S. officials and cyber operations aimed at the U.S. election.
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
FBI, DHS release report on Russia hacking  —  The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday released a joint report detailing how investigators linked the Russian government to hacks on various Democratic political organizations.  —  The document makes clear reference …
Austin Wright / Politico:
Obama's Russia sanctions put Hill Republicans in a box  —  President Barack Obama's eleventh-hour Russia sanctions present a big test for congressional Republicans, who are torn between decades-old GOP principles and their new standard-bearer's unorthodox embrace of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Discussion: ABC News and Daily Kos
Reuters:
Obama orders Russia expulsions, sanctions for interference in 2016 election  —  President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats and sanctioned Russian intelligence officials who Washington believes were involved in hacking U.S. political groups in the 2016 presidential election.
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Resource Center  —  Home » Resource Center » Financial Sanctions » OFAC Recent Actions » Issuance of Amended Executive Order 13694; Cyber-Related Sanctions Designations  —  Issuance of Amended Executive Order 13694; Cyber-Related Sanctions Designations
The White House:
FACT SHEET: Actions in Response to Russian Malicious Cyber Activity and Harassment  —  Today, President Obama authorized a number of actions in response to the Russian government's aggressive harassment of U.S. officials and cyber operations aimed at the U.S. election in 2016.
Department of Homeland Security:
Joint DHS, ODNI, FBI Statement on Russian Malicious Cyber Activity
Discussion: GeekWire and US-CERT
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Buffalo School Board Passes Resolution Telling Carl Paladino To Resign Within 24 Hours  —  His fellow board members say Paladino, a Donald Trump ally, needs to resign within 24 hours or they will seek his removal from the state.  —  BUFFALO, N.Y. The Buffalo Board of Education voted 6-2 Thursday …
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The Guardian:
Trump New York co-chair won't resign despite racist remarks about Obamas  —  Carl Paladino, who said he wanted to see president dead of mad cow disease and first lady living with a gorilla, will not resign despite school board voting him out  —  The Trump presidential campaign New York co-chair …
Discussion: alan.com, Raw Story and New York Times
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
School board votes to oust Trump campaign official who compared Michelle Obama to an ape
Discussion: The Buffalo News
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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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Will John Kerry's Israel Speech Tear the Democrats Apart?
Discussion: Mediaite
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Schumer: Kerry ‘emboldened extremists on both sides’
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Gun-loving conservative columnist accidentally killed after letting teen boy hold his firearm  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  M.D. Harmon, a conservative columnist who frequently wrote in favor of gun ownership rights for the Portland Press Herald, died this week after being accidentally shot by a teenage boy.
Josh Rogin / Sputnik International:
Harsh US Sanctions Ban Russian Use Of Maryland's Grills, Ocean Views  —  Ruthless US sanctions have banned the use of a highly-private and strategically placed Russian “spy compound,” a vacation retreat center in Maryland where families grilled burgers, hot dogs, and maybe even nuclear-Russian shish kebobs.
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Milo Yiannopoulos Strikes $250K Book Deal (Exclusive)  —  “They said banning me from Twitter would finish me off.  Just as I predicted, the opposite has happened,” says Yiannopoulos.  —  Milo Yiannopoulos has parlayed his ban from Twitter — and some controversial appearances on college campuses …
Alexander Bisley / Reason:
Anthony Bourdain on Sichuan Peppers, Sex, Eating Dogs, and Political Correctness  —  An exclusive post-election interview with the culinary celebrity host of Parts Unknown.  —  From Iran to to Hanoi to rural New England: Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown on CNN has covered a lot of territory, like No Reservations before it.
George Soros / Project Syndicate RSS-Feed:
Open Society Needs Defending  —  Open societies are in crisis, and various forms of closed societies - from fascist dictatorships to mafia states - are on the rise.  Because elected leaders failed to meet voters' legitimate expectations and aspirations, electorates have become disenchanted …
Emma Green / The Atlantic:
Democrats Have a Religion Problem  —  There aren't many people like Michael Wear in today's Democratic Party.  The former director of Barack Obama's 2012 faith-outreach efforts is a theologically conservative evangelical Christian.  He is opposed to both abortion and same-sex marriage …
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.
Austin Wright / Politico:
Congress leaves Trump with unlimited war powers  —  For much of President Barack Obama's second term, Congress sought to pass a formal authorization for the war against the Islamic State — both to signal the country's resolve and to provide a check on the president's unfettered war powers.
Discussion: Common Dreams and The Week
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
Why Russia-brokered Syrian ceasefire has chance of succeeding  —  Nothing is ever certain, but in the case of Syria peace drive Moscow is at centre of decision making while US is out in the cold  —  Labelled an international pariah only months ago by Boris Johnson, and warned he would be stuck …
Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
What counties that flipped from Romney to Clinton have in common  —  A new analysis of housing prices reveals one way Hillary Clinton's and Donald Trump's supporters have been living in two economies.  One has benefited from lucrative but erratic progress in global markets …
 
 
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John Hayward / Breitbart:
Sarah Palin: President Trump Should ‘Call for the Unshackling of the Political Bands Tying Us to the UN’
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Ben Kesling / Wall Street Journal:
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New York Times:
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
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