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9:00 AM ET, January 4, 2017

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Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Senate Republicans just introduced an Obamacare repeal plan Democrats can't stop  —  The new Congress was sworn in on Tuesday, and the first thing it did was prepare to repeal Obamacare.  —  Senate Budget Committee Chair Michael Enzi (R-WY) introduced a budget resolution Tuesday that includes …
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Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
Why Republicans took aim at an ethics watchdog  —  The failed attempt by Republicans to rein in an independent ethics office was the culmination of years of mounting frustration on Capitol Hill.  —  While House Republicans backed down Tuesday from their effort to tighten oversight of the Office …
Anna Palmer / Politico:
Schumer adopts Trump slogan: GOP wants to ‘Make America sick again’  —  It's a world where health insurance companies are jacking up rates, Americans are losing benefits and illness is racking the nation.  —  This is the apocalyptic picture of America offered by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer …
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Turmoil Overshadows First Day of Republican-Controlled Congress  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled Congress opened the turbulent Trump era in Washington on Tuesday, as the new Senate moved instantly to begin the repeal of President Obama's signature health care law while the House descended …
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump takes aim at House Republicans, and they run for cover  —  The Trump effect has landed forcefully on Capitol Hill.  —  Less than two hours after President-elect Donald Trump criticized House Republicans — in a tweet, of course — for trying to gut an ethics investigative unit …
Discussion: The Last Tradition and Vox Popoli
Associated Press:
Trump Questions US Intelligence as Governing Challenges Loom
Discussion: Politico, New York Times and Infowars
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:   Memo to the media: Stop giving Trump the headlines he wants (Part Two)
Wall Street Journal:
Senate Moves to Dismantle Health Law
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
Bloomberg:
Hill Republicans Try to Temper the Hopes Trump Gave His Supporters
Discussion: Politico
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Megyn Kelly's Departure Is a Big Clue About the Future of Fox News  —  Megyn Kelly's decision to jump from Fox News to NBC resolves one of the last unanswered questions of the Roger Ailes scandal: Would she stay or would she go when her contract ended?  With her last show set to air on Friday …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Megyn Kelly Is Said to Be Leaving Fox News for NBC
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Jason Silverstein / New York Daily News:
NAACP occupies Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions' Mobile office, calls for him to withdraw U.S. Attorney General nomination  —  A protest is in Sessions.  —  More than a dozen NAACP members occupied the Mobile office of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions Tuesday, calling for him to turn down his controversial nomination …
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Howard Koplowitz / al.com:
NAACP occupies Jeff Sessions' Mobile office in protest of AG nomination
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
More than 1,100 law school professors nationwide oppose Sessions's nomination as attorney general
Discussion: TalkLeft and The Week
Ricky Young / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Congressman spent campaign funds for rabbit air travel  —  Rep. Duncan Hunter and his wife, Margaret, who is paid $3,000 a month in campaign funds to serve as his campaign manager.  (AP file/Alex Brandon)  —  Rep. Duncan Hunter used campaign funds to pay for $600 of airline fees to fly a family rabbit …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Jen Juneau / People.com:
Janet Jackson Welcomes Son Eissa  —  It's a boy!  —  Janet Jackson and husband Wissam Al Mana welcomed their first child, a son, on Tuesday, Jan. 3, her rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.  —  “Janet Jackson and husband Wissam Al Mana are thrilled to welcome their new son Eissa Al Mana into the world …
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Voters want Trump to concentrate on jobs  —  Voters want President-elect Donald Trump to focus on bringing back manufacturing jobs from overseas and preventing more jobs from leaving the country when he takes office later this month.  —  A new POLITICO/Morning Consult survey reveals less enthusiasm …
Discussion: The Week and Morning Consult
CNBC:
Omarosa Manigault joining Trump's White House staff to focus on public engagement: AP  —  Omarosa Manigault is getting hired.  —  A memorable contestant in the first season of “The Apprentice,” Manigault is expected to join President-elect Donald Trump's White House staff, according to two people familiar with the decision.
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Schumer: Trump ‘really dumb’ for attacking intelligence agencies … New Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer  —  (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that President-elect Donald Trump  —  is “being really dumb” by taking on the Intelligence Community and its assessments on Russia's cyber activities.
Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook:
Every year I take on a personal challenge to learn new things and grow outside of my work.  In recent years, I've run 365 miles, built a simple AI for my home, read 25 books and learned Mandarin.  —  My personal challenge for 2017 is to have visited and met people in every state in the US by the end of the year.
James Hibberd / EW.com:
Mariah Carey breaks silence on New Year's mishap: ‘Mortified’  —  One day after Mariah Carey's management team blasted Dick Clark Productions for its response to her now-infamous performance during Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest, the singer is breaking her silence on the matter as well.
Health Affairs Blog:
The Problems With ‘Repeal And Delay’  —  Republican leaders in Congress and the incoming Trump administration have said that they plan to move quickly to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in the early weeks of 2017, with a delay in the date of when key aspects of the repeal would become effective until perhaps 2019 or 2020.
Discussion: Morning Consult and NPR
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
U.S. Conservatives Outnumber Liberals by Narrowing Margin  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Many more Americans have considered themselves politically conservative than liberal since the early 1990s.  That remained the case in 2016, when an average of 36% of U.S. adults throughout the year identified themselves as conservative and 25% as liberal.
Tegna / WUSA:
Free marijuana on Inauguration Day  —  4,200 free joints on Inauguration Day as part of a protest … WASHINGTON (WUSA9) - You might catch a strong smell of marijuana on Inauguration Day.  That's because there will be thousands of joints handed out—for free—by the DC Cannabis Coalition.
Marisa M. Kashino / Washingtonian:
Ivanka Trump Will Move into a House in Kalorama  —  Washington Fine Properties co-owner William F.X. Moody tells Washingtonian that Ivanka Trump has completed a deal for a house in DC.  A team of Washington Fine Properties agents represented Trump.  The firm also represented the house's owner in the transaction.
Yashar Ali / New York Magazine:
Bill and Hillary Clinton Will Attend the Trump Inauguration  —  Bill and Hillary Clinton have decided to attend the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States, according to two sources with knowledge of their plans.  The Clintons will join former Presidents George W. Bush …
Press Release:
ExxonMobil, Tillerson Reach Agreement to Comply with Conflict of Interest Requirements  —  Dateline:  —  IRVING, Texas  —  Public Company Information:  —  NYSE:  —  XOM  —  IRVING, Texas—(BUSINESS WIRE)—The board of directors of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) …
Discussion: TheStreet.com and Politico
T.A. Frank / Vanity Fair:
Can the Democrats Start from Scratch?  —  Before assailing Trump's Cabinet nominations, or thirsting for a Warren-Booker ticket, the left must do some serious soul-searching.  —  Last year, Americans discovered how many of us lived in houses of straw.  A few puffs from an impulsive orange …
Discussion: Instapundit
Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
SEE IT: Donald Trump appears alongside convicted felon with mobster ties at New Year's Eve party  —  President-elect Donald Trump rang in the new year together with Joseph “Joey No Socks” Cinque — a convicted felon with ties to notorious Gambino crime family boss John Gotti, a recently released video has revealed.
Bloomberg:
Solar Could Beat Coal to Become the Cheapest Power on Earth  —  Global average solar cost may fall below coal within 10 years  —  Countries from Saudi Arabia to Mexico planning auctions  —  Solar power is now cheaper than coal in some parts of the world.
David Dayen / The Intercept:
Treasury Nominee Steve Mnuchin's Bank Accused of “Widespread Misconduct” in Leaked Memo  —  OneWest Bank, which Donald Trump's nominee for treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, ran from 2009 to 2015, repeatedly broke California's foreclosure laws during that period, according …
Discussion: CNBC, Bloomberg and Politico
 
 
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Ted Johnson / Variety:
A New Celebrity Video Urges Congress to Obstruct Donald Trump
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Liberals Panic as Trump Could Flip Left-Leaning Ninth Circuit
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Finale  —  Parting thoughts on journalism, authority and the Trump era.
Discussion: Instapundit
Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
Ted Cruz introduces term limits amendment
Discussion: Minutemen News
Helena Andrews-Dyer / Washington Post:
President Obama to host a goodbye party at the White House on Friday
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Julieta Chiquillo / Dallas Morning News:
Girl pinned down at McKinney pool party sues ex-cop, city for $5 million
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Matt Hamilton / Los Angeles Times:
LAPD investigate anti-gay vandalism as hate crime at Van Nuys home
Discussion: PinkNews
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
UN follows up settlement vote with ‘blacklist’ plan for Israeli companies
Discussion: Hot Air, The Lid and RedState
 Earlier Items: 
Tresa Baldas / Detroit Free Press:
Cop says female boss sexually harassed him, sues Wayne County
Discussion: Fox News and IJR
Fenit Nirappil / Washington Post:
Blue-state lawmakers want to keep Trump off 2020 ballot unless he releases tax returns
Zeeshan Aleem / Vox:
Why Trump's pick for US trade representative, Robert Lighthizer, is a big deal
Lindy West / The Guardian:
I've left Twitter. It is unusable for anyone but trolls, robots and dictators