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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 …
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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 …
CNN:
Obama tells Democrats: 'Don't rescue' Republicans on ‘Trumpcare’  — This is likely Obama's last visit to Congress, and it comes as Republicans push to overturn his signature legislative accomplishment  —  Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama delivered a mandate to Democrats on Wednesday: “Don't rescue” Republicans on Obamacare.
Discussion: CNNMoney, The Week and Rare
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Manchin says he won't attend Obama's Capitol Hill meeting  —  Sen. Joe Manchin said he cannot “in good conscience” attend President Barack Obama's Capitol Hill meeting on Wednesday with Congressional Democrats, telling MSNBC's “Morning Joe” that such a partisan meeting goes against what American voters want from Congress.
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
The Note: Trump's Rift Over Russia with U.S. Intelligence  —TRUMP TAKES TO TWITTER ON RUSSIA HACKING THIS MORNING: 7:22 AM: “Julian Assange said “a 14 year old could have hacked Podesta” - why was DNC so careless?  Also said Russians did not give him the info!”
Discussion: Associated Press and Politico
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Trump plans executive actions for ObamaCare repeal  —  House Republicans are planning to get an ObamaCare repeal bill on President Trump's desk by Feb. 20, according to two Republican lawmakers.  —  The date was put forward by incoming House Budget Committee Chairman Diane Black
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Cotton responds to Trump: I have more faith in intel officers than Assange
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Doctors group warns against loss of coverage from ObamaCare repeal
Discussion: Mother Jones, CNN and Political Wire
MJ Lee / CNN:
Republicans already jittery about quick Obamacare repeal
Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Democrats: Trump will make America sick again
Discussion: New York Times and alan.com
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Even when Trump shows backbone, his haters refuse to give him any credit
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Repealing Obamacare Could Be Trump's First Lesson in the Glacial Pace of Congress
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump takes aim at House Republicans, and they run for cover
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Trump planning Obamacare orders on Day One
Discussion: Mother Jones
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
How to Stop a Trump Supreme Court Nominee  —  President-elect Donald Trump will soon announce his nominee to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court.  Once he does, we'll know within just a few hours whether there is any chance that the Senate will reject his choice.
Discussion: Politico
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Schumer regrets Dems triggering ‘nuclear option’
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
GOP plans to crush Democratic opposition to Trump Cabinet
Discussion: Daily Kos and Bloomberg
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Schumer Says Democrats Willing To Keep Supreme Court Seat Empty
Discussion: RedState
Renae Merle / Washington Post:
Trump to tap Wall Street lawyer, Jay Clayton, to head SEC  —  NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump will nominate Wall Street lawyer, Jay Clayton, to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to Sean Spicer, a spokesman for Trump's transition team.
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New York Times:
Dylann Roof, Addressing Court, Offers No Apology or Explanation for Massacre  —  CHARLESTON, S.C. — Sometime in the six weeks after he killed nine people at this city's Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Dylann S. Roof wrote in a journal that he had “not shed a tear for the innocent people I killed.”
Discussion: Hot Air, Washington Post and The Root
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Associated Press:
Dylann Roof Gives Brief Statement As He Represents Himself At Death Penalty Trial
Discussion: The Root
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
To Julian Assange: I apologize.  —  Please watch Sean Hannity's interview with Julian Assange (Wikileaks).  —  Exposing the truth re: the Left having been oh-so-guilty of atrocious actions and attitudes of which they've falsely accused others.  The media collusion that hid what many on the Left have been supporting is shocking.
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 …
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.
Wall Street Journal:
Exxon Mobil Cashes Out Ex-CEO Tillerson Ahead of Confirmation Hearings  —  Exxon pay package to secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson worth $180 million  —  Exxon Mobil Corp. has awarded former Chief Executive Rex Tillerson a $180 million retirement package as the company moves …
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Natasha Geiling / ThinkProgress:
Washington state denies lease permit for proposed coal export terminal  —  If constructed, the terminal at Longview would be the largest coal export terminal in the country.  —  Washington state dealt a blow Tuesday to the last remaining coal export terminal proposed along the West Coast …
Brenna Williams / CNN:
Congressman's son dabs during official swearing-in photo, adults don't get what's happening  —  Washington (CNN)On a day filled with pomp, circumstance and photo ops meant to commemorate pomp and circumstance, leave it to the youth to out-ridiculous everyone else.
Media Matters for America:
10 Facts Reporters Should Include In Stories About Efforts To Repeal Obamacare  —  The press failed to accurately convey the implications of a potential repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in the lead-up to the election.  Now that Donald Trump is the president-elect …
Discussion: Politicus USA
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.
NBC News:
Trump Takes Jab at ‘Intelligence’ Officials for Allegedly Delaying ‘Russian Hacking’ Briefing  —  Donald Trump targets intelligence community, GM in Twitter blasts 2:31  —  The president-elect took another swipe on Tuesday at the intelligence community that will be under his command in just a few weeks, once again in a tweet.
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 …
 
 
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