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11:35 AM ET, January 11, 2017

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BuzzFeed:
These Reports Allege Trump Has Deep Ties To Russia  —  A dossier, compiled by a person who has claimed to be a former British intelligence official, allege Russia has compromising information on Trump.  The allegations are unverified, and the report contains errors.
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CNN:
Intel chiefs presented Trump with claims of Russian efforts to compromise him  —  (CNN)Classified documents presented last week to President Obama and President-elect Trump included allegations that Russian operatives claim to have compromising personal and financial information about Mr. Trump …
Lawfare:
About that Explosive Trump Story: Take a Deep Breath  —  This afternoon, CNN reported that President Barack Obama and President-Elect Donald Trump had been briefed by the intelligence community on the existence of a cache of memos alleging communication between the Trump campaign and Russian officials …
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
John McCain passes dossier alleging secret Trump-Russia contacts to FBI  —  Senator John McCain passed documents to the FBI director, James Comey, last month alleging secret contacts between the Trump campaign and Moscow and that Russian intelligence had personally compromising material on the president-elect himself.
New York Times:
Trump Received Unsubstantiated Report That Russia Had Damaging Information About Him  —  WASHINGTON — The chiefs of America's intelligence agencies last week presented President Obama and President-elect Donald J. Trump with a summary of unsubstantiated reports that Russia had collected compromising …
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
‘It Is Fake News Meant to Malign Mr. Trump’  —  Donald Trump and his lawyer on Tuesday night denied allegations in an explosive, unverified dossier that describes a purported Russian operation to compromise Trump.  —  Trump tweeted that the document, which was referred to in a CNN report …
David Stern / Politico:
Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Trump backfire  —  Donald Trump wasn't the only presidential candidate whose campaign was boosted by officials of a former Soviet bloc country.  —  Ukrainian government officials tried to help Hillary Clinton and undermine Trump by publicly questioning his fitness for office.
Discussion: The Week
Louis Nelson / Politico:   Trump blasts intel agencies for ‘leak’: ‘Are we living in Nazi Germany?’
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Trump cites Kremlin statement to deny reports of Russia ties, asks, ‘Are we living in Nazi Germany?’
Discussion: Politico
Laura Mills / Wall Street Journal:   Russia Says It Has No Compromising Material on Trump
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Obama's farewell message on democracy: ‘Show up.  Dive in.  Stay at it.’  —  Not long ago, President Obama had expected to use his farewell address to the nation to celebrate his administration's achievements before handing them off to a Democratic successor.
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
America will miss Barack Obama's decency
Discussion: Instapundit, TIME and Deadline
New York Times:
President Obama's Farewell Address: Full Video and Text
NBC News:
Army Leaker Chelsea Manning on Obama's ‘Short List’ for Commutation  —  President Obama has put Chelsea Manning, the former Army intelligence analyst serving a 35-year sentence for leaking classified material, on his short list for a possible commutation, a Justice Department source told NBC News.
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Dark Magic of Kellyanne Conway  —  If you happened to watch CNN on Friday morning, you saw a brutal exchange about Russian hacking between a righteous anchor with steam coming out of his ears and a right-wing operative with ice in her veins.  —  “Chris Cuomo bulldozes Kellyanne Conway …
Discussion: link.axios.com
Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
Read the letter Coretta Scott King wrote opposing Sessions's 1986 federal nomination  —  The widow of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. urged Congress to block the 1986 nomination of Jeff Sessions for federal judge, saying that allowing him to join the federal bench would …
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Buzzfeed's Trump report takes ‘fake news’ to a new level  —  MORE FROM:  —  So the website BuzzFeed decided to publish a series of memos that have been floating around for months alleging all kinds of terrible things about Donald Trump.  —  Some of those terrible allegations have to do with efforts …
Discussion: Jammie Wearing Fools
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
What You Didn't See  —  For all the high octane and historic news we've seen over the last twelve hours, what may be the most significant news of the day barely made a ripple over the waves.  That was a number produced by the Quinnipiac University polling organization: Donald Trump …
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Ex-wife of Labor nominee leveled abuse claims on ‘Oprah’  —  The ex-wife of President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be labor secretary, Andrew Puzder, appeared in disguise on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” as a victim of domestic violence, after having accused him multiple times of physically assaulting …
Daniel Halper / New York Post:
Obama may get rejected from golf club over Israel policies  —  More On:  —  President Obama's clashes with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may cost him a membership at an exclusive golf club, sources said.  —  Obama is looking to join the elite Woodmont Country Club in Maryland once he becomes a private citizen.
Justin Wolfers / New York Times:
Why Most Economists Are So Worried About Trump  —  If the November election was intended as a rejection of elites, of expertise and of the sort of technocratic advice that economists often give, it's a punch that has landed.  —  In somber analyses, huddled hallway conversations …
Discussion: Political Wire
Burgess Everett / Politico:
What to watch for at Tillerson's confirmation hearing  —  Rex Tillerson enters his secretary of state confirmation hearing Wednesday as Donald Trump's highest profile pick to face GOP resistance, giving the former ExxonMobil CEO little leeway for missteps if he wants to win quick confirmation.
Discussion: ABC News
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ABC News:
Russia Friend and Sanctions Foe, Tillerson Gets His Hearing
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
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Trump laying the groundwork for 2020 reelection bid
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Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
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 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
GOP Concerns About Deficits, Debt Disappear in Trump Era
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Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Trump's Lawyer Says Untrue Tweets Were Hyperbolic, Gets Libel Suit Thrown Out
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