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5:05 PM ET, December 30, 2016

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Andrew Roth / Washington Post:
Putin says he won't deport U.S. diplomats as he looks to cultivate relations with Trump  —  MOSCOW — In a rare break from the diplomatic tradition of reciprocal punishment, Russian President Vladi­mir Putin said Friday he would not deport U.S. diplomats in a tit-for-tat response …
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Claudia Rosett / The Hill:
Obama settling old grudges — but not against Russian, Israeli leaders  —  Is President Obama using his final weeks in office to settle personal grudges against Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu?  Obama certainly appears to be settling scores …
Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml …:
Putin Stunner: “We Will Not Expel Anyone; We Refuse To Sink To Obama's Level”  —  Vladimir the merciful?  —  Following this morning's reports that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov would recommend to Russian President Vladimir Putin a retaliation in kind, and expel 35 American diplomats, saying that “we cannot leave such acts unanswered.
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Vladimir Putin Won't Expel U.S. Diplomats as Russian Foreign Minister Urged
New York Times:
President Obama Punishes Russia, at Last
National Post:
'We won't send anyone away': Putin declines to retaliate against Obama's expulsion of Russian diplomats
Discussion: Hot Air and Politico
Jan Chamberlin / Facebook:
Dear Family and Friends,  —  This is the message I have sent to Choir:  —  Dear President Jarrett and Choir,  —  Today is my birthday.  (Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you...........)  —  It is with a sad and heavy heart that I submit my resignation to you and to Choir.
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The Salt Lake / Salt Lake Tribune:
Singer resigns from Mormon Tabernacle Choir, says she ‘could never look myself in the mirror again’ if she performed for Trump  —  Protest » She says she can't “in good conscience” take part in the ceremonies.  —  The Mormon Tabernacle Choir's acceptance of the invitation to sing …
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Singer quits Mormon Tabernacle Choir rather than sing for Trump: ‘I could never throw roses to Hitler’
Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Judge halts North Carolina law stripping incoming Dem governor's power  —  A North Carolina judge has temporarily blocked a law passed by the state's Republican-controlled legislature that limits the incoming governor's powers over election boards.  —  A superior court judge ruled Friday …
Discussion: Politico and RedState
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Raleigh News & Observer:
Judge puts NC GOP elections board makeover on hold after Roy Cooper sues  —  RALEIGH  —  Governor-elect Roy Cooper filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging the General Assembly's special session law that revamps the state elections board.  —  Cooper's attorneys asked a Wake County Superior Court judge …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Associated Press:
The Latest, NC: Law stripping gov.-elect's power blocked
Discussion: Daily Kos
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Team Trump: We're the true target of Obama's sanctions  —  President Barack Obama said Thursday that the sanctions announced against Russia were a response to the Kremlin's “aggressive harassment of U.S. officials and cyber operations aimed at the U.S. election.”
Discussion: The Hill, Daily Kos, RedState and TheBlaze
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Bolton: Obama sanctions on Russia not enough  —  Former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton says President Obama's sanctions on Russia are not a sufficient response to Russia's “attack on our constitutional system.”  —  “I don't think they will have much impact at all,” Bolton told …
Slate:
Self-Driving Cars Will Make Organ Shortages Even Worse  —  We need to prepare for that now.  —  Much has been said about the ways we expect our oncoming fleet of driverless cars to change the way we live—remaking us all into passengers, rewiring our economy, retooling our views of ownership, and reshaping our cities and roads.
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Obama to huddle with Hill Democrats on saving Obamacare  —  President Barack Obama will head to Capitol Hill Wednesday to meet with congressional Democrats about how to shield Obamacare from Republican efforts to dismantle it, a Capitol Hill source told POLITICO.
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
What Chuck Todd gets about Trump  —  Chuck Todd has interviewed Donald Trump many times, and he's noticed something somewhat disquieting about the unquiet president-elect.  —  The man doesn't laugh — not in a normal, spontaneous, regular-human kind of way.  —  “[It] drives me crazy.  Do you know what?
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Mediaite
Ted Hesson / Politico:
Trump deportation plan could be ‘impossible’  —  Donald Trump is pledging to deport two to three million gang members, drug dealers and other criminals who are in the U.S. illegally.  But people who've actually run the nation's immigration enforcement agencies say it can't be done …
Discussion: Hot Air, Common Dreams and AOL
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Laura Litvan / Bloomberg:   Trump's Border Wall, Deportation Plans Face Pushback From GOP
Heather Stewart / The Guardian:
Theresa May's criticism of John Kerry Israel speech sparks blunt US reply  —  State department voices surprise after PM's spokesman says US secretary of state's comments on settlements were ‘inappropriate’  —  Theresa May has distanced the UK from Washington over John Kerry's condemnation of Israel …
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Nikkei:
Apple to slice iPhone production 10%  —  Sluggish sales spur January-March cuts for second year  —  TOKYO — Apple will trim production of its iPhone family around 10% on the year in the first quarter of 2017, according to calculations by The Nikkei based on data from suppliers.
Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Sanders blasts Trump talk of ‘public-private option’ for VA  —  (I-Vt.) slammed a plan floated by President-elect Donald Trump  —  to create a “public-private option” for veterans to seek healthcare.  —  “Privatizing the VA would be an insult to the more than 22 million veterans who risked …
Discussion: Raw Story
James Varney / RealClearInvestigations:
Skeptical Climate Scientists Coming In From the Cold  —  In the world of climate science, the skeptics are coming in from the cold.  —  Researchers who see global warming as something less than a planet-ending calamity believe the incoming Trump administration may allow their views to be developed and heard.
BuzzFeed:
This Is What It Was Like At Two Russian Sites The US Wants Closed  —  The US announced earlier on Thursday that two sites — one in Maryland, one in New York — would be shuttered as a penalty for Russian hacking during the election.  —  Reporting From  —  Oyster Bay, New York
Paul Singer / USA Today:
Rep. Meadows targets campus rape rule as unfair to ‘often-innocent accused’  —  Incoming Freedom Caucus chairman Mark Meadows recommended that the Trump administration roll back 2011 campus sexual assault guidelines that “deny the often-innocent accused basic due process rights.”
 
 
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Mar-a-Lago sold tickets to New Year's Eve party with Trump
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Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Suicide kills more U.S. troops than ISIL in Middle East
Discussion: Sputnik International
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Behind Scenes at Presidential Inaugural Committee: Trump Inauguration to Have Less Pomp …
Discussion: DCist
Julian Robinson / Daily Mail:
Five Afghan teenagers are convicted of gang-raping a boy at knife-point in Sweden …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Vox Popoli
 Earlier Items: 
Tony Romm / Politico:
Companies rush to link jobs to Trump
Discussion: Daily Kos
Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:
Nixon's lawyer accuses Trump of lying
Discussion: Law News, Raw Story and RedState
Ronnie Cohen / Reuters:
States that legalized marijuana saw a drop in traffic deaths
Discussion: Instapundit
New York Post:
Obama's ugly bid to snub voters and tie Trump's hands
Discussion: Althouse
Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
The Death of Clintonism
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