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10:10 PM ET, January 8, 2017

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Toni Clarke / Reuters:
Senate to act this week on Obamacare repeal, McConnell says  —  The U.S. Senate will take its first steps toward repealing President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform act by the end of the week, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday.
Discussion: Political Wire
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David / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Reince Priebus: 'There's No Reason' To Do Background Checks On Trump's Cabinet Picks  —  Reince Priebus, chief of staff to Donald Trump, argued on Sunday that there was “no reason” to complete background checks on the president-elect's cabinet appointments.  —  The Office of Government Ethics warned …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Associated Press:
The Latest: Senate GOP Leader Says Dems Need to ‘Grow Up’
Discussion: Politico
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump's Cabinet picks undergo grueling prep for hearings
Discussion: ABC News and Washington Post
The Hill:
Dems launch early '18 attacks on GOP Senate targets
Discussion: Political Wire
Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Ethics Office Warns Confirmations For Trump Nominees Are Moving Too Fast
Discussion: AOL, Raw Story and NBC News
TMZ.com:
Ft. Lauderdale Shooting — Video of First Shots Fired  —  The Ft. Lauderdale Airport shooter walked casually through baggage claim before suddenly pulling his gun out and wreaking havoc.  —  TMZ has obtained video of the shooting ... we are only showing the seconds leading up to the first shots fired and the panic that ensued.
Heat Street:
ABC Enrages NFL Viewers With Anti-Trump ‘Black-ish’ Promo  —  The liberal ABC-Disney Television Network generated outrage during its televised coverage of the Houston Texans' victory over the Oakland Raiders Saturday night in the Wild Card round of the AFC Playoffs, but it had nothing to do with the football.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
Globe gobbledygook memo ominous sign  —  Like Chipotle, the Cleveland Browns and the Democratic Party, the bust-out Boston Globe is trying to “reinvent” itself.  —  In a memo to his decimated staff this week, editor Brian McGrory says the Globe will no longer be the “paper of record” (as if it ever was).
Discussion: Instapundit
David Mack / BuzzFeed:
“Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli Suspended From Twitter After Harassing A Teen Vogue Writer  —  This is journalist Lauren Duca.  —  Last month, Duca had a massive viral hit when she penned a Teen Vogue opinion piece that argued Donald Trump had conned the American public.
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Tapper Grills Conway: If WikiLeaks Didn't Influence the Election, Why Did Trump Invoke Them So Much?  —  CNN's Jake Tapper had Kellyanne Conway on State of the Union, where he asked the Donald Trump adviser about the President-elect's response to the intelligence that Russia meddled with the 2016 election
Discussion: TheBlaze and The Week
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Obama: I didn't underestimate the threats from Vladimir Putin  —  President Obama said in an interview that he did not misjudge the potential threats of Vladimir Putin, despite the U.S. intelligence report that the Russian president personally ordered an “influence campaign” to meddle in the U.S. presidential elections.
Discussion: NBC News and The Week
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:   Graham: Republicans happy about Russian meddling are political hacks
New York Times:
'What's the Big Deal?' Ask Trump Voters on Russia Hacking Report
Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Guardian
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Receives Ovation at ‘The Color Purple’  —  Hillary Clinton, who has kept a relatively low public profile since losing the presidential election two months ago, on Sunday showed up at the final performance of a revival of “The Color Purple” on Broadway.
Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Pro-Trump Californians hope his victory can fuel a GOP revival in the Golden State  —  Candidate Donald Trump waves to the crowd during an April rally at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)  —  Hundreds of Donald Trump's California supporters gathered Saturday …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
President Obama Says He and Donald Trump ‘Are Sort of Opposites’
Discussion: Business Insider and AOL
RT:
From Istanbul to Moscow, cold snap wreaks havoc across Europe (PHOTOS)  —  Bone-freezing cold, heavy snowstorms, and floods have been plaguing the European continent this week, causing power outages, traffic jams, cancelled flights, and even a stream of plastic eggs with toys washing up on a German island.
Dan Mitchell / International Liberty:
A Secret Glimpse at Life Inside a Bureaucracy  —  More than two years ago, I shared a couple of humorous images showing the languorous lifestyle of lazy bureaucrats.  —  While those images were amusing, they didn't really capture the true nature of bureaucracy.
Discussion: Power Line
Jerusalem Post:
Jerusalem ramming attack: Four killed as truck rams into IDF soldiers … Police confirm that the perpetrator has been neutralized; police chief identifies driver as east Jerusalem resident.  —  Four soldiers were killed, and 17 wounded, after a flatbed truck driven by an Arab terrorist rammed …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
UK prime minister: Trump's comments about groping women ‘unacceptable’  —  British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday criticized President-elect Donald Trump  —  for the lewd comments he was heard making about women in a 2005 tape that surfaced last year.  —  “I think that's unacceptable,” May said in an interview with Sky News.
Discussion: Wave 105 and Raw Story
Mike Carter-Conneen / WJLA-TV:
Inaugural parade announcer since 1957 not invited back for Trump's big day  —  WASHINGTON (WJLA) - Exactly two weeks away from President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, we're learning the longtime and legendary voice of the parade will not be behind the microphone this year.
Discussion: New York Daily News, CNN and alan.com
New York Times:
Jeff Sessions, a Lifelong Outsider, Finds the Inside Track  —  WASHINGTON — During nearly two decades in the Senate, Jeff Sessions had never endorsed anyone in a presidential primary.  But last January, the Alabama Republican, afraid that his party was floundering, sent a five-point questionnaire …
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Celebrities give Obama emotional farewell in video  —  Celebrities, activists and others gave an emotional goodbye to President Obama in a new video by the White House titled “Yes We Can: Your Most Memorable Moments from the Obama Presidency.”  —  The video features figures including Leonardo DiCaprio …
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Mike Miller / IJR:
Hollywood Celebrities Share Their ‘Obama Moments’ in Emotional Farewell Video to the President
 
 
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National Review:
How to Repeal Obamacare  —  Republicans should not settle for a phony win.
Discussion: The Daily Signal
Karl Marlantes / New York Times:
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Associated Press:
Trump Has Taken Few Steps to Disentangle From Private Empire
Discussion: Washington Post
Pagan Kennedy / New York Times:
How to Destroy the Business Model of Breitbart and Fake News
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Obama says he thinks ObamaCare will survive
Maayan Lubell / Reuters:
Netanyahu tried to negotiate a good press in return for benefits-media
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Haaretz
 Earlier Items: 
Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
Gun silencers are hard to buy. Donald Trump Jr. and silencer makers want to change that.
Discussion: Hot Air
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Spicer: Media doesn't treat Trump with respect, cheers on Democrats
Discussion: Politicus USA and The Daily Caller
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Trump opposition sets up blue-state headquarters
Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Celebrity divas insult half of America with their Trump ‘resistance’
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White House Red Scare
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How We Fool Ourselves on Russia
 

 
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