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6:05 PM ET, January 13, 2017

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The Hill:
Dems ‘outraged’ with Comey after House briefing  —  A number of House Democrats left Friday's confidential briefing on Russian hacking fuming over the actions of FBI Director James Comey and convinced he's unfit to lead the agency.  —  “I was nonjudgmental until the last 15 minutes.
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Spencer Ackerman / The Guardian:
Angering Congress, James Comey won't address Trump-Russia inquiry privately  —  FBI director's refusal to clarify potential investigation was met with frustration from lawmakers who recall his interjections about Hillary Clinton during election … Embattled FBI director James Comey has refused …
Wall Street Journal:
James Comey's Best Service  —  The new AG should ask the director to resign for the good of the FBI.
Discussion: National Review, Politico and Hot Air
Washington Post:
Commanding general of D.C. National Guard to be removed from post  —  The head of the D.C. National Guard, Maj. Gen. Errol R. Schwartz, said Friday that he has been ordered removed from his command effective Jan. 20, 12:01 p.m., just as Donald Trump is sworn in as president.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Orders DC National Guard Chief To Leave In Middle Of Inaugural Ceremony  —  In a bizarre move, Donald Trump has demanded that the commanding officer of the Washington, D.C. National Guard resign from his post in the middle of the Inauguration ceremony, even though the general …
CNN:
House takes first step towards repealing Obamacare  —  Washington (CNN)The House of Representatives began the process of dismantling the Affordable Care Act on Friday, approving a budget resolution on a mostly party line vote.  —  The vote was 227-198.  —  The Senate passed the measure earlier this week.
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Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Ryan confronted by cancer patient who says ObamaCare saved his life
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Activist Who Says ACA Saved His Life Confronts Ryan At Town Hall (VIDEO)
Discussion: CBS News and alan.com
Politico:
Chaffetz threatens to subpoena federal ethics watchdog over Trump criticism  —  House Republicans have found a subject for their opening review of conflicts of interest under Donald Trump: the federal official in charge of investigating conflicts of interest.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House blasts Chaffetz for threatening to subpoena ethics watchdog
Discussion: ABC News and IJR
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
TRUMP the SOCIAL BUTTERFLY — Hatch's ROB PORTER to be tapped as W.H. staff secy …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
New York Times:
G.O.P. Lawmaker Hints at Investigating Ethics Chief Critical of Trump
Matt Rivera / NBC News:
John Lewis: 'I Don't See Trump as a Legitimate President'  —  John Lewis: 'I Don't See Trump as a Legitimate President' 1:25  —  In an exclusive interview with NBC News' “Meet the Press,” Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) said he does not believe Donald Trump is a “legitimate president,” citing Russian interference in last year's election.
TMZ.com:
Donald Trump Inauguration — No ‘My Way’ with Paul Anka ... But It's Not Political  —  Donald Trump was going to get his way — legendary “My Way” singer and songwriter Paul Anka performing on inauguration night, but Paul tells us he has to back out.  —  Paul says the Prez-elect is an old friend …
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” …
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Ex-Breitbart Reporters Say They're Forming PAC To Enforce Trump Agenda
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Michael Paulson / New York Times:
Jennifer Holliday Plans to Sing at Trump's Inauguration ‘for the People’  —  Jennifer Holliday sang for the Reagans.  She sang for the Bushes (father and son).  And she sang for the Clintons.  —  So when the planners of this year's presidential inauguration reached out to the Tony-winning singer …
Discussion: AOL, theGrio and IJR
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump and Obama Staff Meet
Discussion: Politico
Christian Keszthelyi / BBJ on the web:
Hungarian celeb claims Trump invited her to his room in Moscow in 2013  —  Hungarian celebrity Kata Sarka claims President-elect Donald J. Trump invited her over to his hotel room in Moscow in 2013 at a party following that year's Miss Universe beauty pageant, Hungarian online news portal …
Seamus Duff / The Sun:
‘I JUST THREW UP’ Madonna tweets VERY racy picture in an intimate place - and Piers Morgan isn't impressed  —  The Good Morning Britain host claims to have lost his breakfast over the Queen of Pop's latest social media call to action  —  Madonna has incurred the wrath of Piers Morgan again …
Discussion: alan.com
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: National Review, neo-neocon and IJR
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 …
globaltimes.cn:
Is Tillerson's bluster just a bluff for Senate?  —  Nominee for US secretary of state Rex Tillerson uttered astonishing statements during his confirmation hearing with the Senate on Wednesday.  He likened China's island-building in the South China Sea to “Russia's taking of Crimea,” …
Alexey Kovalev:
A message to my doomed colleagues in the American media  —  Congratulations, US media!  You've just covered your first press conference of an authoritarian leader with a massive ego and a deep disdain for your trade and everything you hold dear.  We in Russia have been doing it for 12 years now …
U.S. Department of Justice:
Justice Department Announces Findings of Investigation into Chicago Police Department  —  Justice Department Finds a Pattern of Civil Rights Violations by the Chicago Police Department  —  The Justice Department announced today that it has found reasonable cause to believe that the Chicago Police Department …
Arizona Republic:
Roberts: Arizona legislator: no more teaching about ‘social justice’  —  900 Shares … The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was all about justice, that notion that we are all equal, that we all deserve opportunities.  —  He lived by that Old Testament command from God that we should not only be charitable but work for justice.
Discussion: Common Dreams
David Corn / Mother Jones:
The Spy Who Wrote the Trump-Russia Memos: It Was “Hair-Raising” Stuff  —  Last fall, a week before the election, I broke the story that a former Western counterintelligence official had sent memos to the FBI with troubling allegations related to Donald Trump.
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
After 2016 campaign, more Americans consider Russia a threat: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  Americans are more concerned than they were before the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign began about the potential threat Russia poses to the country, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Friday.
Discussion: The Week
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
To say a final ‘Thanks Obama,’ thousands of Americans to applaud together on his last day  —  The idea hatched from an off-the-cuff comment to her older brother.  It was months before America would elect Donald Trump as its president, and already Bejidé Davis was worried that the country hadn't appreciated Barack Obama.
Discussion: Daily Wire, Hot Air, RedState and The Week
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 …
Andrea Ruth / RedState:
Unreal.  In Rush to Regulate, Obama EPA Issues Edict Ahead of Schedule on Efficiency Standards  —  In predictable Obama administration fashion, the president and his lemmings have made no bones about the fact that they are doing everything they can to tie the hands of the incoming Trump administration …
Discussion: Bloomberg
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.
 
 
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Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
When ‘there is serious reason to doubt’ rumors and allegations, is it libelous to publish them?
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Planned Parenthood seeks survival in Trump era
Discussion: RedState and TheBlaze
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump team: Flynn spoke to Russian envoy to plan future call
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Discussion: DCist, AOL and The Week
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Fifth Democrat announces boycott of Trump's inauguration
David Brooks / New York Times:
Do Markets Work in Health Care?
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Legal Sea Foods chowder isn't on Trump's menu
Casey Michel / The Daily Beast:
How Putin Played the Far Left
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Robert Reich speechless after Jeffrey Lord claims Trump free to flout ethics because he won
Discussion: Salon
Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
GOP governors fight their own party on Obamacare