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8:30 AM ET, January 12, 2017

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Geoff Earle / Daily Mail:
Trump conducts his own sting operation to ensnare intelligence briefers - and says he caught them leaking  — President-elect Donald Trump described a sting operation he says he conducted after becoming infuriated by a series of leaks about his own classified briefings
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Last Tradition
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Spy chief trashes leaks, assures Trump of loyalty  —  The outgoing U.S. director of national intelligence has extended an olive branch of sorts to Donald Trump — denouncing media leaks, casting skepticism on a report that Russia has damaging material on the president-elect …
ODNI Newsroom Feed:
DNI Clapper Statement on Conversation with President-elect Trump  —  This evening, I had the opportunity to speak with President-elect Donald Trump to discuss recent media reports about our briefing last Friday.  I expressed my profound dismay at the leaks that have been appearing in the press …
New York Times:
How a Sensational, Unverified Dossier Became a Crisis for Donald Trump  —  WASHINGTON — Seven months ago, a respected former British spy named Christopher Steele won a contract to build a file on Donald J. Trump's ties to Russia.  Last week, the explosive details — unsubstantiated accounts …
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Wall Street Journal:
Christopher Steele, Ex-British Intelligence Officer, Said to Have Prepared Dossier on Trump  —  Former spy is director of London-based Orbis Intelligence Ltd.  —  A former British intelligence officer who is now a director of a private security-and-investigations firm has been identified …
Gordon Rayner / Telegraph:
Former MI6 officer Christopher Steele, who produced Donald Trump Russian dossier, 'terrified …
Discussion: The Times of Israel
Daily Mail:
‘Will you look after my cat?’ …
Discussion: Infowars and RedState
Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Obamacare is one step closer to repeal after Senate advances budget resolution  —  The Senate voted 51 to 48 early Thursday morning to approve a budget resolution instructing House and Senate committees to begin work on legislation to repeal major portions of the Affordable Care Act.
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New York Times:
Senate Takes Major Step Toward Repealing Health Care Law  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans took their first major step toward repealing the Affordable Care Act on Thursday, approving a budget blueprint that would allow them to gut the health care law without the threat of a Democratic filibuster.
Discussion: Business Insider and Vox
Susan Cornwell / Reuters:
Senate approves measure launching Obamacare repeal process
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Erin Kelly / USA Today:
Senate approves first step to repealing Obamacare
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Week
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
At His First News Conference As President-elect, Trump Owns the Press  —  This morning, Donald Trump hosted his much-delayed, long-awaited first news conference as president-elect.  Inside the Trump Tower atrium, the atmosphere was as charged as at a highly anticipated prize fight.
Discussion: ABC News and New York Post
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Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Outspoken Putin critic: Trump's press conference just like Soviet ones
Discussion: Politico and The Geller Report
Paul Wood / BBC:
Trump ‘compromising’ claims: How and why did we get here?  —  Donald Trump has described as “fake news” allegations published in some media that his election team colluded with Russia - and that Russia held compromising material about his private life.  The BBC's Paul Wood saw the allegations …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Jeremy Herb / Politico:
Mattis on the issues  —  Retired Marine Gen. James Mattis, appearing Thursday before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his confirmation to be Defense secretary, has a long record of hawkish positions on Iran, Russia and other global adversaries.  —  His views will almost certainly face …
Discussion: ABC News and ThinkProgress
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ABC News:   Mattis, Trump's Choice to Lead Pentagon, Is Wary of Iran
Reuters:
Trump's team blocks U.S. House appearance by Pentagon pick: officials
Discussion: CNN, Politico and Hot Air
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Peter Thiel, Trump's Tech Pal, Explains Himself  —  Let others tremble at the thought that Donald J. Trump may go too far.  Peter Thiel worries that Mr. Trump may not go far enough.  —  “Everyone says Trump is going to change everything way too much,” says the famed venture capitalist …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Confirm or Deny: Peter Thiel
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Federal ethics chief blasts ‘meaningless’ Trump business plan  —  The head of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) on Wednesday slammed President-elect Donald Trump  —  's plan to separate himself from his business, calling it “wholly inadequate” in resolving potential conflicts of interest.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's presser was remarkable. It means we're heading into truly uncharted territory.
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Ethics Agency Head Hits Trump Over ‘Inadequate’ Plan to Separate From Business
Discussion: The Week
Jeet Heer / New Republic:
Democrats Should Run a Celebrity for President, Too  —  It worked for Republicans—twice.  And charismatic candidates like Barack Obama and Bill Clinton don't appear every four years.  —  Meryl Streep's rebuke of Donald Trump during the Golden Globes ceremony on Sunday has revived the familiar complaint …
Discussion: Hot Air
Lisa Lambert / Reuters:
Republicans pass sweeping bill to reform ‘abusive’ U.S. regulation  —  Republicans on Wednesday passed a bill in the House of Representatives that touched on nearly every step U.S. agencies take in creating and applying new rules, continuing their blitz to radically reform “abusive” …
Max Boot / New York Times:
Donald Trump: A Modern Manchurian Candidate?  —  In recent days, two intelligence dossiers have been published making sensational charges involving President-elect Donald J. Trump and the 2016 election.  Although they will be lumped together in the public mind, in truth they are as different as chalk and cheese.
David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘Your sheet is showing’: Internet pounces on Tom Cotton for saying Cory Booker sounds like ‘T-Bone’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) was accused of casual racism on Wednesday after he compared Sen. Corey Booker (D-NJ) to a fictional character named “T-Bone.”
Associated Press:
Trump's CIA Choice to Be Questioned Amid Russia Hacking Fury  —  Donald Trump's pick to run the CIA faces a Senate confirmation hearing amid a testy standoff between the president-elect and the spy community.  —  Rep. Mike Pompeo, a four-term conservative Kansas Republican …
Discussion: Politico and The Week
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Ben Carson on key housing issues  —  Dr. Ben Carson, a onetime presidential candidate and renowned brain surgeon, today will appear before a Senate panel to make the case that he should lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development.  —  Carson's housing resume can be summed up in a single sentence …
New York Times:
Eric Holder to Lead Democrats' Attack on Republican Gerrymandering  —  WASHINGTON — As he prepared last week to deliver his farewell address, President Obama convened a trio of Democratic leaders in the White House for a strategy session on the future of their party.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
New York Times:
Donald Trump's Made-for-TV Promises  —  If anyone still held out hope that the awesome responsibilities and dignity of the presidency might temper or even humble Donald Trump, there was a shock from his first news conference as president-elect, on Wednesday.
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
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Politico:
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Discussion: ABC News
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Mexican president: ‘Of course’ Mexico won't pay for wall
Discussion: CNN, Political Wire and The Week
Kelly Mclaughlin / Daily Mail:
Left-wing Dutch vegan who moved to Switzerland is denied a Swiss passport because she is too annoying
Discussion: Shot in the Dark and Heat Street
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Moderators who had to view child abuse content sue Microsoft, claiming PTSD
Discussion: The Verge and Business Insider
Bill McKibben / The Guardian:
Rex Tillerson is big oil personified. The damage he can do is immense
Discussion: Common Dreams and Shadowproof
Nick Hallett / Breitbart:
A passage from the Koran that denies one of the central tenets of the Christian faith was sung aloud …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
GOP rep: Sessions attacks part of ‘war on whites’
 Earlier Items: 
Media Matters for America:
Newt Gingrich: “Trump Is Deliberately Trying To Shrink And Isolate CNN”
Discussion: Mediaite
Damon Linker / The Week:
Liberals are drunk on a political poison called intersectionality
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
New York Times:
How to Prevent Gun Deaths? Where Experts and the Public Agree
Discussion: The Trace, Guns.com and The Big Picture
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The 2 most important words in Trump's press conference
Discussion: The Nation
Dara Lind / Vox:
Some Trump Cabinet picks are testifying they've never spoken to him about their top issues
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
The Deep State Goes to War with President-Elect, Using Unverified Claims, as Democrats Cheer
 

 
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Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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