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11:30 PM ET, January 2, 2017

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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
With No Warning, House Republicans Vote to Hobble Independent Ethics Office  —  House Republicans, defying their top leaders, voted Monday to significantly curtail the power of an independent ethics office set up in 2008 in the aftermath of corruption scandals that sent three members of Congress to jail.
Discussion: Unqualified Offerings
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
House Republicans gut their own oversight  —  In one of their first moves of the new Congress, House Republicans have voted to gut their own independent ethics watchdog — a huge blow to cheerleaders of congressional oversight and one that dismantles major reforms adopted after the Jack Abramoff scandal.
CNN:
House GOP guts ethics panel  —  Washington (CNN)House Republicans voted Monday night in favor of a proposal that would weaken Congress' outside ethics watchdog and remove its independence.  —  Republican Virginia Rep. Bob Goodlatte's proposal would place the independent Office of Congressional Ethics …
Discussion: Raw Story and Balloon Juice
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
House Republicans Vote to Rein In Serious Investigation of Republicans  —  When Republicans control Congress and a Democrat is president, it's all investigation all the time.  It doesn't matter if any of the stuff they're investigating is genuinely scandalous or not.  They just keep at it, month after endless month.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
House Republicans vote to rein in independent ethics office  —  Defying the wishes of their top leaders, House Republicans voted behind closed doors Monday night to rein the independent ethics office created eight years ago in the wake of a series of embarrassing congressional scandals.
Discussion: The Week
Bloomberg:
House GOP Votes to Strip Ethics Office of Independent Status
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump: North Korea will be stopped  —  President-elect Donald Trump tweeted Monday evening that North Korea won't reach the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon that will be able to hit the United States.  —  “North Korea just stated that it is in the final stages of developing …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Andrew / Statistical Modeling …:
About that bogus claim that North Carolina is no longer a democracy . . .
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
ABC News:
Trump Expected to Name Lawyer Lighthizer as Top Trade Rep  —  President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate lawyer Robert Lighthizer as U.S. Trade Representative, a transition official said Monday night, filling in one of the final pieces in the new administration's senior team.
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
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Wall Street Journal:
Robert Lighthizer Is Expected to Be Named U.S. Trade Representative
Discussion: Washington Post and RedState
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Many in U.S. Skeptical Trump Can Handle Presidential Duties  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — As Donald Trump prepares to take the presidential oath on Jan. 20, less than half of Americans are confident in his ability to handle an international crisis (46%), to use military force wisely (47%) …
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Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
Most Americans doubt Trump can handle presidential duties
Discussion: alan.com and twitchy.com
BBC:
Israeli police question PM Netanyahu in corruption probe  —  Israeli police have questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of an inquiry into corruption allegations.  —  Ahead of their arrival at his residence, Mr Netanyahu again denied any wrongdoing.
Discussion: RedState
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
BREAKING IN PLAYBOOK: SONNY PERDUE is Trump's leading pick for Ag secy — TRUMP returns to NYC, holding meetings at TRUMP TOWER — VOX will interview Barack Obama Jan. 6 — B'DAY: Mike Zapler  —  Good Monday morning.  Happy New Year's Day, observed.  Eighteen days until Inauguration Day.
Discussion: The Resurgent
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Bloomberg:
Perdue Is Trump's Lead Pick for Agriculture Secretary
Paul Dallison / Politico:
Nude Neptune sunk by Facebook's privacy controls  —  A statue of Neptune in the Italian city of Bologna has fallen foul of Facebook's privacy policies, which claim it is “explicitly sexual.”  —  According to the Telegraph, local writer Elisa Barbari chose the 16th-century statue …
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Nick Squires / Telegraph:
Facebook ‘censors’ nude statue of sea god Neptune, a well-known Renaissance symbol of northern Italian city
Discussion: Raw Story
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Joe Scarborough against the world  —  Joe Scarborough is fed up with his critics.  —  “I am sick and tired of people misrepresenting me and making snide assumptions and giving readers false conclusions,” the “Morning Joe” co-host told CNNMoney on Monday.  In 2017, he said, he was “going to war against lies.”
CNN:
Donald Trump's New Year's Eve speech cited Dubai business partner  —  Hussain Sajwani, founder of the DAMAC Group  —  (CNN)Donald Trump gave a lengthy description of his electoral victory, and lavished praise upon a Dubai business partner, during a ten-minute speech to 800 paying guests at his Florida estate Saturday night.
CNN:
Adviser contradicts Trump: Russians hacked the US  —  Washington (CNN)A top adviser to President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he thinks the Russians were involved in election-related hacking of the US — a very different view than that held by the incoming administration.
Discussion: alan.com and The Week
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Former Chicago police chief blasts Black Lives Matter  —  Former Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy on Sunday blamed the Black Lives Matter movement for causing a rise in violent crime around the country.  —  During a radio interview with John Catsimatidis on AM 970 in New York …
Discussion: Chicagoist and Raw Story
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Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
Pelosi: Ball in GOP court on ObamaCare replacement  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Monday that the ball is in the GOP's court when it comes to replacing ObamaCare, according to reports.  —  Pelosi didn't necessarily rule out working with the GOP on replacing President …
Discussion: TheBlaze and LifeNews.com
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Repeal and Delay Is Forever  —  The Republican Party has used health care to its advantage for the last seven years by following the same strategy: advocating an alternative plan that does not and cannot exist.  During this entire time, President Obama has held power.
CNN:
Istanbul attack: ISIS claims nightclub shooting  —  Istanbul (CNN)ISIS has claimed responsibility for the deadly New Year's attack at an upscale Istanbul nightclub that left 39 people dead.  —  The terror group offered no further clues about the identity of the attacker, and authorities in Turkey continue their search for the suspect.
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Van Jones: ‘The Clinton days are over’
Discussion: Hot Air and Infowars
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Ethics advocates warn Trump that he needs to do more to divest from family business
Stephen Steed / Arkansas Online:
Journalism books on his to-do list
Ivana Kottasova / CNNMoney:
Finland is giving 2,000 citizens a guaranteed income
Discussion: EconLog and Raw Story
Kelefa Sanneh / New Yorker:
Intellectuals for Trump  —  A rogue group of conservative thinkers try …
 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
‘Stray’ bullet hits Texas legislator in the head at New Year's celebration
Discussion: Mediaite
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
For Democrats, 2017 Will Be The Year of Living Stupidly
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
America Becomes a Stan
Robert Kuttner / The Huffington Post:
Impeaching Trump