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11:55 AM ET, January 13, 2017

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Barbara Bush / TIME:
The Bush Sisters Wrote the Obama Girls A Letter  —  Bush is the CEO and co-founder of Global Health Corps  —  Malia and Sasha, eight years ago on a cold November day, we greeted you on the steps of the White House.  We saw both the light and wariness in your eyes as you gazed at your new home.
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Ryan: GOP will repeal, replace Obamacare at same time  —  (CNN)House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday Republicans plan to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law at the same time they approve a GOP replacement plan.  —  “We want to do this at the same time, and in some cases in the same bill …
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Activist Who Says ACA Saved His Life Confronts Ryan At Town Hall (VIDEO)  —  In a remarkable exchange, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) was asked during CNN's Thursday town hall to explain to a cancer patient who said the Affordable Care Act saved his life how congressional Republicans …
Discussion: CBS News and alan.com
Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Ryan confronted by cancer patient who says ObamaCare saved his life … faced some tough questions from audience members at a CNN town hall Thursday night, starting with a cancer patient who said ObamaCare saved his life.  —  Jeff Jeans said he was a lifelong Republican and small business owner …
Henry Farrell / Washington Post:
Republicans say their midnight vote was about bridge building. Actually, it was bridge burning.
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New York Times:
G.O.P. Lawmaker Hints at Investigating Ethics Chief Critical of Trump  —  The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee on Thursday issued a stern letter, including a veiled threat of an investigation, to the federal government's top ethics monitor, who this week …
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Approval of Trump Transition Still Low as Inauguration Nears  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — In Gallup polling conducted two weeks before Inauguration Day, President-elect Donald Trump continues to garner historically low approval for his transition performance, with 51% of Americans disapproving …
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Gallup Poll: Trump's Approval Rating Lowest Of Any PEOTUS In Decades  —  Donald Trump has historically low approval ratings for how he has handled his transition to the White House, with 51 percent of Americans saying they disapprove of his performance, according to a Gallup poll released Friday.
Discussion: alan.com and Washington Post
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Why did Obama dawdle on Russia's hacking?  —  “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark,” mutters Marcellus as ghosts and mad spirits haunt Elsinore castle in the first act of Shakespeare's “Hamlet.”  —  After this past week of salacious leaks about foreign espionage plots and indignant denials …
Bloomberg:
Davos Wonders If It's Part of the Problem  —  Did the global elite's devotion to borderless capitalism sow the seeds of a populist backlash?  —  by  —  Kenneth Rogoff can pinpoint the moment he started to grow concerned Donald Trump would be the next U.S. president: It was when Rogoff's fellow attendees …
Casey Michel / The Daily Beast:
How Putin Played the Far Left  —  In the aftermath of the U.S. intelligence community's recent report on the Russian-directed hacking of the Democratic National Committee, it's easy but misleading to conclude that the Russian government's propaganda strategy lies solely in advancing the careers …
Discussion: Raw Story
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Trump's Cabinet nominees keep contradicting him  —  Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees, in their first round of confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill, have one after another contradicted the president-elect on key issues, promising to trim back or disregard some of the signature promises on which he campaigned.
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
'It's Game of Thrones, the Apprentice, and Survivor all mixed into one'  —  Behind closed doors, Chris Christie — unceremoniously sent packing from Donald Trump's transition headquarters in Washington two months ago — is telegraphing a message to his confidants: I'll be back.
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Robert Reich speechless after Jeffrey Lord claims Trump free to flout ethics because he won  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Robert Reich doesn't understand why Donald Trump isn't going out of his way to reassure Americans that there are no conflicts of interest in his businesses and political dealings.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Krauthammer: Trump honeymoon ‘officially over’  —  Conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer says President-elect Donald Trump  —  has already lost any goodwill following his White House win.  —  “The shortest honeymoon on record is officially over,” he wrote in Thursday's edition of his column.
Discussion: alan.com
CNN:
First on CNN: Trump expected to tap longtime federal prosecutor for key DOJ post  —  (CNN)President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Baltimore US Attorney Rod Rosenstein for deputy attorney general, according to people close to the Trump transition.
Discussion: Washington Post and Above the Law
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
Breitbart Alumni Launch ‘Populist-Nationalist’ Group  —  Patrick Howley, a former Breitbart News reporter, left the site under vague circumstances back in November.  Howley told me at the time that he was leaving of his own volition because the site had become more “controlled” …
Costas Pitas / Reuters:
UK PM May says Trump dossier author has not worked for Britain for years  —  British Prime Minister Theresa May said the person who wrote reports containing details of compromising material Russia allegedly collected on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has not worked for the British government for years.
Gary Fineout / Associated Press:
Jeb Bush Says It's Unlikely He Will Run For Office Again  —  COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, whose bid for the presidency was derailed by businessman and eventual winner Donald Trump, says it's unlikely he'll ever run for office again.
Discussion: The Week
W. James Antle III / Washington Examiner:
Freshman Democrat Kamala Harris grills CIA director nominee on climate change  —  Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., grilled CIA director Mike Pompeo on whether climate change was a leading national security threat during his Senate confirmation hearings Thursday.
Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
GOP governors fight their own party on Obamacare  —  Republican governors who reaped the benefits of Obamacare now find themselves in an untenable position — fighting GOP lawmakers in Washington to protect their states' health coverage.  —  This rift between state and federal GOP officials …
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Political Wire
ABC News:
Obama's New Policy List Rhymes With ‘Bucket List’  —  Coming up in the next {{countdown}} {{countdownlbl}}  —  Coming up next:  —  {{nextVideo.title}}  —  {{nextVideo.description}}  —  Skip to this video now  —  Related Extras Related Videos Video Transcript
Discussion: Power Line
Manisha Ganguly / The Guardian:
WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages  —  Exclusive: Privacy campaigners criticise WhatsApp vulnerability as a ‘huge threat to freedom of speech’ and warn it could be exploited by government agencies  —  A security backdoor that can be used to allow Facebook and others …
Discussion: Gizmodo and The Week
#DisruptJ20:
Call To Action  —  DisruptJ20: Call for a bold mobilization against the inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20, 2017  —  Donald Trump will be inaugurated as President of the United States.  We call on all people of good conscience to join in disrupting the ceremonies.
RADAR:
His Way!  Inside Paul Anka's Top-Secret Performance Plan For Trump Inauguration  —  The music legend is re-writing the lyrics to an entire song.  —  President Donald Trump did it his way — and Paul Anka will let him know it!  —  A source close to the “(You're) Having My Baby” crooner …
Jonah Engel Bromwich / New York Times:
C-Span Online Broadcast Interrupted by Russian Network  —  At 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Representative Maxine Waters was on the floor of the House of Representatives, arguing for the importance of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  —  “At this time,” Ms. Waters, Democrat of California …
Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post:
You've probably never heard of this creepy genealogy site.  But it knows a lot about you.  —  Early Tuesday morning, Anna Brittain got a text from her sister: Did she know about Familytreenow.com?  The relatively unknown site, which presents itself as a free genealogy resource, seemed to know an awful lot about her.
Discussion: AOL and Mashable
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump revives attack on intel community in early morning Twitter burst  —  President-elect Donald Trump renewed his criticism of the intelligence community Friday morning, blaming it once again for leaking an unverified report containing compromising and salacious allegations about him to the media …
 
 
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John Nichols / The Nation:
Rex Tillerson's Jaw-Dropping Testimony Just Completely Disqualified Him
Discussion: alan.com
Paul P. Murphy / CNN:
Charges possible in Space Needle drone crash
Discussion: Gizmodo
New York Times:
James Mattis: Toughness and Restraint at the Pentagon
The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Obama Designates National Monuments Honoring Civil Rights History
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Anthony Scaramucci is hired for a top job in Trump's White House
Daniel Victor / New York Times:
With a single tweet on Thursday, President-elect Donald J. Trump …
BostonGlobe.com:
LePage after surgery: 'There's 50 less pounds of me to hate'
Discussion: Political Wire
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Dana Ferguson / Argus Leader:
Lawmakers vote against barring ‘sexual contact’ with interns
Discussion: Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
What Happens to the Democratic Party After Obama?
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
FBI director briefed Trump on dossier: reports
Annie Linskey / BostonGlobe.com:
'It's not partisan chowder': Legal Sea Foods dropped from inauguration menu
Discussion: Raw Story
GUCCIFER 2.0:
Here I am Again, My Friends!
Discussion: Mediaite, The Daily Caller and Politico