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8:15 AM ET, January 10, 2017

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Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
A lead Republican in the fight to repeal Obamacare said Monday night that he wanted to work in a step by step manner to repeal Obamcare once a replacement was “available to the American people ”  —  Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) is the chairman of the Senate's HELP Committee and has been a leading voice …
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
5 GOP Senators Propose Delay On O'Care Repeal To Work Out Replacement  —  After publicly airing some of their grievances with the GOP's current strategy of repealing Obamacare without a replacement plan, a handful of Republican senators put their concerns in legislative writing.
Discussion: ACASignups.net
Bloomberg:
Breakaway Senate Republicans Push to Delay Obamacare Repeal  —  More support for ‘repeal and replace’ to happen simultaneously  —  Republicans increasingly open to delaying repeal of tax hikes  —  A breakaway group of five moderate Senate Republicans pushed Monday to delay …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Post
Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP leaders vow to plow ahead with Obamacare repeal
Discussion: Mother Jones and New York Magazine
Associated Press:
GOP Anxiety Mounts Over Voiding Health Law Without Own Plan
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Sessions failed to disclose oil interests as required, ethics experts say  —  Attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions did not disclose his ownership of oil interests on land in Alabama as required by federal ethics rules, according to an examination of state records and independent ethics lawyers who reviewed the documents.
Discussion: ABC News, Politico and Daily Kos
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Alex Johnson / NBC News:
Sen. Cory Booker, Rep. John Lewis to Testify Against Jeff Sessions for Attorney General  —  Booker to testify against colleague Sessions 6:22  —  Sen. Cory Booker is set to make history this week when he testifies before the Judiciary Committee against Sen. Jeff Sessions' nomination …
The Hill:
Five things to watch for in Sessions confirmation hearing  —  (R-Ala.), who has emerged as one of President-elect Donald Trump  —  's most polarizing Cabinet picks, will face his colleagues in the Senate on Tuesday as he seeks confirmation to become the country's next attorney general.
Discussion: Hot Air
Kenneth Lipp / The Daily Beast:
Jeff Sessions Wanted to ‘Drop the Case’ Against KKK Lynching, Attorney Testified
Discussion: The Atlantic
Grace Watkins / Politico:
Trump Pick Monica Crowley Plagiarized Parts of Her Ph.D. Dissertation  —  Monica Crowley, President-Elect Donald J. Trump's pick for a top National Security Council job, plagiarized numerous passages in her Ph.D. dissertation, Politico Magazine has found.  —  An examination of the dissertation …
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Alyssa Rosenberg / Washington Post:
The Trump team's embarrassing defense of fraudulence
Discussion: New York Magazine
Emma Brown / Washington Post:
Senate postpones confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, Trump's education pick  —  The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions has postponed the confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for education secretary.
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Benjamin Wermund / Politico:
DeVos' donations spark questions about her stance on campus sexual assault
Discussion: RedState
The Guardian:
We were ethics lawyers for Bush and Obama. Trump's cabinet hearings must be delayed
Discussion: Shareblue, Common Dreams and Raw Story
Emma Brown / Washington Post:
Teachers unions mount campaign against Betsy DeVos, Trump's education pick
Discussion: Common Dreams and The Federalist
New York Times:
Obama Watchdog in Congress Has New Target in Trump Era: Postal Reform  —  An Obama watchdog has changed his tune now that a Republican will be in the White House.  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump, after an intelligence report concluded that Russia tried to help him get elected, is going after ... Meryl Streep.
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Diana Pearl / People.com:
D.C. Dress Shops Dispute Trump's Claim That They Are ‘Sold-Out’ for Inauguration: 'There's Never Been Less Demand'
Farah Stockman / New York Times:
Women's March on Washington Opens Contentious Dialogues About Race  —  Many thousands of women are expected to converge on the nation's capital for the Women's March on Washington the day after Donald J. Trump's inauguration.  Jennifer Willis no longer plans to be one of them.
Ryan Mac / Forbes:
A Troll Outside Trump Tower Is Helping To Pick Your Next Government  —  An internet troll, who was once called “the most hated man on the internet” and is banned from Twitter, is recommending candidates to serve in the Trump administration.  —  Charles “Chuck” Johnson …
Liam Quinn / Daily Mail:
Shocked waitress is left a racist note by white couple who 'don't tip black people' even after they admitted she gave them ‘great service’  —  A waitress who served a white couple at a Virginia restaurant was left a racist message instead of a tip.  —  The waitress, Kelly Carter …
Discussion: Sputnik International, AOL and alan.com
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Mike Carter-Conneen / WJLA-TV:
Waitress undeterred by racist note left on bill at restaurant
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House defends Meryl Streep's anti-Trump speech  —  President Obama's top spokesman on Monday defended actress Meryl Streep's Golden Globes speech that criticized President-elect Donald Trump  —  “She clearly was delivering a thoughtful, carefully considered message that she believes in deeply …
Discussion: ABC News and Hot Air
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Robby Mook / New York Times:
Russia's D.N.C. Hack Was Only the Start  —  Imagine the headlines if, in 2015, Russian agents had leapt out of a van at 2 a.m. in Southeast Washington and broken into the Democratic National Committee offices using sophisticated tools and techniques to steal tens of thousands of documents …
Discussion: Politico
Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Sanders: ‘Much too early’ to say if I'll run for president again  —  (I-Vt.) said it is “much too early” for him to consider a 2020 presidential run.  —  “It is much too early to talk about that,” Sanders said during a CNN town hall Monday night.  —  Sanders, who will be 79 years old in 2020 …
Discussion: alan.com
 
 
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Amber Randall / The Daily Caller:
Alabama's Bathroom Bill Would Have People Guarding Stalls
Discussion: WHNT-TV, alan.com and Hit & Run
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Trump's plans could double US GDP growth by 2018, Deutsche Bank says
Michael Wolff / Newsweek:
The Trump establishment's cultural significance, explained
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
The Obama Paradox  —  Our first black president has an unyielding faith …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Daily Caller
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Andrew Cuomo Raises His Profile, Stirring Talk of a 2020 Run
Dakota Smith / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. needs to borrow millions to cover legal payouts, city report says
Heather Caygle / Politico:
House member seeks police action against fellow lawmaker
Discussion: TheBlaze
Sdesai / Washington Monthly:
U.S. Poverty Policy Is Outdated and Inefficient. Here's a Better Approach.
Discussion: Eschaton
 Earlier Items: 
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump advisers to begin tax talks with Speaker Ryan
Discussion: NBC News and AOL
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
A Dairy Queen owner unleashed a racist tirade against a customer. He no longer has a business.
Discussion: TheBlaze, Mediaite and grubstreet