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3:40 PM ET, January 5, 2017

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Emanuella Grinberg / CNN:
4 arrested in beating broadcast on Facebook Live  —  (CNN)A young woman who broadcast the beating and racial taunting of a man on Facebook Live has been arrested with three others in connection with the gruesome attack, Chicago police said Wednesday.  —  The disturbing 30-minute video shows …
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Pro-Trump narratives converge in one awful attack streamed on Facebook  —  If you believe discrimination against white people is rampant, that Donald Trump supporters face persecution, that Chicago is a war zone, and the media is dishonest, then your entire worldview is likely to be confirmed by one awful story.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Vicious Hate Crime In Chicago Whitewashed By Press [Updated]
Lisa Chavarria / WFLD:
Chicago Police: 4 in custody after man tied up, tortured on Facebook Live
Charles Hayes / WGN-TV:
4 charged with hate crime, kidnapping in Facebook Live torture of man with special needs
Discussion: WREG-TV and Raw Story
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
4 held after Facebook video shows torture of disabled man by group railing against Trump, whites
CNN:
Chicago torture: Teens stream abuse of special needs man on Facebook Live
Laura Podesta / abc7chicago.com:
Hate crime charges filed against 4 in Facebook Live torture case
Frank Main / Chicago Sun Times:
Four charged with videotaped attack on mentally disabled man
Discussion: The Last Refuge and The Root
Drudge Report:
TUCKER NEW CABLE KING GETS 9 PM FOXNEWS  —  2017 starts off with a BANG! as FOX NEWS executives will announce Tucker Carlson replaces the vacating Megyn Kelly at 9 PM ET, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.  —  The dramatic move caps Carlson's rapid rise at the nation's top-rated cable channel.
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Fox likely to thrive post-Megyn Kelly  —  Fox is to cable news what University of Alabama is to college football.  —  Players graduate.  The team changes each year.  But the system never changes.  The culture never changes.  The Crimson Tide keeps racking up championships year …
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Don't Forget That Megyn Kelly Is a Racial Demagogue  —  The recent flattering coverage of her move to NBC leaves out the ugliest episodes of her work at Fox.  —  Megyn Kelly had a good 2016.  Between her news-making stint as a Fox News debate moderator, a flattering profile in Vanity Fair …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Greta Van Susteren to join MSNBC
Washington Post:
House Republicans revive obscure rule that could allow them to slash the pay of individual federal workers to $1  —  House Republicans this week reinstated an arcane procedural rule that enables lawmakers to reach deep into the budget and slash the pay of an individual federal worker …
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
GOP revives rule allowing $1 salaries for government employees
Discussion: The Week
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Democratic lawmakers considering challenge to Trump's Electoral College victory  —  Several House Democrats are weighing a formal challenge to Donald Trump's election on Friday, when Congress meets in joint session to certify Trump's Electoral College victory.
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
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Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet:
At Least 50 Trump Electors Were Illegitimately Seated as Electoral College Members  —  More evidence surfaces as calls mount to challenge congressional ratification of Electoral College vote.  —  More than 50 Electoral College members who voted for Donald Trump were ineligible to serve …
New York Times:
Dan Coats Expected to Be Named Intelligence Director  —  Retired Senator Dan Coats of Indiana is expected to be named director of national intelligence.  —  Trump Toyota tweet has Republicans and allies divided over import tariffs.  —  Anti-Trump lawyers have one more Hail Mary to stop a President Donald J. Trump.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Gingrich to Schumer: Be worried if Trump focuses on you
Discussion: Political Wire, The Hill and IJR
Meg Wagner / New York Daily News:
President-elect Donald Trump calls Chuck Schumer ‘clown,’ blasts Obamacare in typo-filled tweets
Discussion: Townhall.com and theGrio
Astead W. Herndon / BostonGlobe.com:
Katherine Clark to skip Trump's inauguration in protest  —  WASHINGTON — In a break from tradition and from the rest of the Massachusetts congressional delegation, Representative Katherine Clark plans to boycott the upcoming inauguration of Republican President-elect Donald Trump as a form of ceremonial protest.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Dem rep says she's skipping Trump's inauguration
Discussion: Raw Story
Drew Altman / New York Times:
The Health Care Plan Trump Voters Really Want  —  This week Republicans in Congress began their effort to repeal and potentially replace the Affordable Care Act.  But after listening to working-class supporters of Donald J. Trump — people who are enrolled in the very health care marketplaces created …
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The Hill:
Can a continuous coverage requirement produce a healthy insurance market?
Discussion: Washington Post
Bloomberg:
U.K.'s May Sends Top Aides to U.S. to Build Bridges With Trump  —  Chiefs of staff Timothy, Hill made unannounced December trip  —  May's team trying to repair damage after criticizing Trump  —  U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May sent her two most senior aides on a secret trip to the U.S …
Discussion: Telegraph
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Florida Attorney General Bondi Said to Have Job Under Trump
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
Larry J. Sabato / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
2017: At the Dawn of the Age of Trump  —  It's already clear that the very strange political year of 2016 is bleeding over into the New Year.  How could it be otherwise?  President-elect Donald Trump, loved and hated by about equal numbers of Americans, continues to ignore or break with convention in a wide variety of areas.
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Democrats stumble toward a Supreme Court strategy
Discussion: Above the Law
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
GOP aims to rein in liberal cities  —  After consolidating power in Washington, D.C. and state capitals under President-elect Donald Trump  —  , Republicans are moving to prevent large cities dominated by Democrats from enacting sweeping liberal agendas.  —  Republican state legislatures …
Discussion: Common Dreams and Political Wire
Ben Collins / The Daily Beast:
The Media's Favorite ‘Millennial’ Is 55 Years Old  —  Last week, it happened again.  This time it was Forbes, smack dab in the headline.  —  “Millennial Dan Nainan Left Intel To Make His Millions Entertaining Others With Comedy.”  —  Millennial Dan Nainan has been the go-to millennial …
Discussion: Boing Boing
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
GOP to defund Planned Parenthood in ObamaCare repeal  —  (R-Wis.) said Thursday that defunding Planned Parenthood will be included as part of a bill to repeal ObamaCare.  —  Ryan said cutting off federal funds to the organization will be included in a “reconciliation” bill that also repeals the core of ObamaCare.
Warner Todd Huston / Breitbart:
President Obama Awards Himself Distinguished Public Service Medal  —  On Wednesday, President Obama added another prestigious medal to his Nobel Prize collection when he had Defense Secretary Ash Carter award him with the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service.
Reuters:
U.S. obtained evidence after election that Russia leaked emails: officials  —  U.S. intelligence agencies obtained what they considered to be conclusive evidence after the November election that Russia provided hacked material from the Democratic National Committee to WikiLeaks through a third party …
 
 
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Jessica Sidman / Washingtonian:
The Cheapest Cocktail at the Trump Hotel Is Now $24
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Trump derangement fuels new status anxiety: Glenn Reynolds
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Debts Are Widely Held on Wall Street, Creating New Potential Conflicts
Discussion: ThinkProgress, CNBC and Political Wire
Jeff Stein / Vox:
DNC chair candidate Jaime Harrison: lobbyists can be good Democrats
Nathan Bomey / USA Today:
Stanley Black & Decker to open U.S. plant after Trump's ‘border tax’ threat
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Barack Obama / The White House:
To my fellow Americans  —  President Obama's letter …
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Andrea Ruth / RedState:
China Tells Trump to Cut the Crap with ‘Twitter Diplomacy’
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Rasmussen Reports:
Cable News Viewers Still Turn To Fox First
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump sits for sworn deposition in Trump Tower
Discussion: Law News and Raw Story
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
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