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7:40 PM ET, December 31, 2016

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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Why the Left Secretly Loves Trump  —  Forget all the wailing and gnashing of teeth by the left.  That's just for show.  Remember that the left was never very enthusiastic about Hillary Clinton, and are not sorry to have seen her lose.  Trump's victory, however, provides the left with something …
Discussion: Instapundit
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L.V. Anderson / Slate:
2016 Was the Year White Liberals Realized How Unjust, Racist, and Sexist America Is  —  The sense of disillusionment white American liberals woke up with on Nov. 9 was powerful enough to taint the entire year with a sense of doom.  So many illusions were shattered by the election of Donald Trump …
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Judge Halts Obamacare Transgender, Abortion-Related Protections Nationwide  —  Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell and President Obama  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Texas on Saturday issued a nationwide injunction halting enforcement of Obama administration protections …
Discussion: Washington Post
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Obama: I won't leave on Jan 20  —  President Obama used his final weekly address in 2016 to make it plainer than ever that he won't retire quietly once Donald Trump is sworn in as president.  —  Couching his address to the nation as assurance that he will remain committed to defending the …
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Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story:
WATCH: Singer caught screaming hate against ‘perverted’ gays - just days before her appearance on Ellen  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  A video has emerged of gospel singer Kim Burrell attacking LGBT people as “perverts” and sinners, just days before she is scheduled to appear on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Four Cabinet spots still open in the Trump administration  —  With less than a month before the inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump  —  's Cabinet still has four major spots waiting to be filled.  —  Trump has picked most of his top Cabinet nominees already.
Discussion: Political Wire
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Trump leaves press pool behind to golf  —  ditched his protective press pool on Saturday to play golf, leaving behind the group of journalists responsible for documenting the president-elect's movements at all times, according to The Associated Press.  —  Stephanie Grisham …
Discussion: Associated Press and RedState
David Ingram / Yahoo:
New York opens subway line dreamed up in 1920s  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - While more than a million people ring in the new year with their eyes on a glittering ball high above Times Square, a select group of construction workers and city officials will toast 2017 underground on the inaugural ride of a subway line a century in the making.
Discussion: The Talking Dog
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Palin calls for Trump to leave UN  —  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said this week that President-elect Donald Trump  —  should withdraw the U.S. from the United Nations.  —  During an interview with the “Breitbart Daily News” radio show on Thursday, Palin outlined two ways that the country could extricate itself from the U.N.
Discussion: alan.com and Political Wire
Nate Thayer / Variety:
KKK Leaders Allege Producers Paid Them to Fake Scenes in Canceled A&E Documentary (EXCLUSIVE)  —  A&E to conduct investigation to probe what happened during production  —  The subjects of a TV documentary series about the Ku Klux Klan abruptly canceled last week by A&E allege to Variety …
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Jeff Sessions Omits Decades Of Records For His AG Confirmation Hearing  —  He once argued that doing this is a felony.  —  WASHINGTON President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, Jeff Sessions, is withholding decades' worth of records from his career ahead of his Senate …
Matthew Wisner / Fox Business:
Alan Dershowitz: If Keith Ellison is Appointed DNC Chair, I Will Resign My Membership  —  As the debate continues over the Obama administration's handling of the U.N. resolution condemning Israeli settlements, there are signs it is causing a divide within the Democratic Party.
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Dershowitz: I'll leave Democratic Party if Ellison becomes DNC chair
Discussion: Vox and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Leslie Wayne / New York Times:
Shielding Seized Assets From Corruption's Clutches  —  An effort by the United States to seize assets from officials who stole their countries' wealth is now focused on returning the loot without enriching the looters.  —  One would think that an iconic Michael Jackson “Bad Tour” glove …
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Trump tweets: Happy new year to my enemies who ‘lost so badly’  —  on Saturday tweeted out a taunting New Year's greeting to those who opposed him.  —  “Happy New Year to all, including to my many enemies and those who have fought me and lost so badly they just don't know what to do.  Love!”
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John R. Schindler / The New York Observer:
The West Must Prevent Cold War 2.0  —  If we don't resist Russian political warfare, very soon, Putin will win  —  It was a year of profound, indeed systemic crisis.  Across the West, friends of the Kremlin were surging in democratic elections, playing on legitimate fears of voters about economic anxiety and societal erosion.
Discussion: RedState
Burlington Free Press:
Russia penetrated Burlington Electric utility company computer  —  Russian hackers penetrated a Burlington Electric laptop, according to Commissioner Chris Recchia of the Vermont Public Service Board.  —  Burlington Electric Department is owned by the city of Burlington.
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Malia Zimmerman / Fox News:
Hawaiian cafe backs down over ban on Trump voters
Jon Hurdle / New York Times:
Cosby Lawyers Ask Judge to Change Trial Location
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Marina Lopes / Washington Post:
Venezuelans are fleeing to Brazil for medical care, overwhelming its hospitals and morgues
Nick WagonerESPN / ESPN:
Colin Kaepernick wins 49ers' award for ‘inspirational, courageous play’
Discussion: theGrio
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Gordon Fairclough / Wall Street Journal:
Turkish Authorities Detain Wall Street Journal Staff Reporter Dion Nissenbaum for 2½ Days
James Risen / New York Times:
If Donald Trump Targets Journalists, Thank Obama
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Conservative radio host caught in lie that Mormon Tabernacle Choir sang at Obama Inauguration
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
How Russians Pay to Play in Other Countries
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Trump refuses to face reality about Russia
Dr. Susan Berry / Breitbart:
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