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6:55 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
The Hill:
Wasserman Schultz confronted Comey about Russian hacking  —  The former head of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) confronted FBI Director James Comey on Friday during a confidential briefing on Russian hacking that left many Democrats calling for Comey's scalp, several lawmakers told The Hill.
Discussion: RedState, Business Insider and Politico
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
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 …
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 …
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.
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
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
YouTube has removed Legal Insurrection's Channel  —  Hundreds of videos lost.  —  YouTube took down Legal Insurrection's Channel without any prior notice based on “multiple third-party claims of copyright infringement”, but we never received any claims of infringement.
Discussion: Daily Wire
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James Rogers / Fox News:
YouTube removes influential conservative website's channel
Discussion: TheBlaze
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House blasts Chaffetz for threatening to subpoena ethics watchdog  —  The White House on Friday tore into House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz  —  (R-Utah) for threatening to subpoena the top federal ethics watchdog.  —  White House press secretary Josh Earnest accused Chaffetz of …
Discussion: ABC News, Daily Wire and IJR
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Politico:
Chaffetz threatens to subpoena federal ethics watchdog over Trump criticism
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,” …
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
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
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 …
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New York Times:
Chicago Police Routinely Trampled on Civil Rights, Justice Dept. Says
Discussion: Common Dreams and Althouse
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 …
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.
Jerusalem Post:
German court calls synagogue torching an act to ‘criticize Israel’  —  A regional court in Germany has decided that a brutal attempt to set fire to a local synagogue in 2014 was an act meant to express criticism against Israel's conduct in its ongoing conflict with Gaza
Discussion: Hot Air and Mediaite
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 …
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
First sign of enhanced U.S.-Russia relations under Trump: An invite to Syria talks  —  Russia has invited the incoming Trump administration to Syrian peace talks it is sponsoring later this month with Turkey and Iran, part of a process from which the Obama administration pointedly has been excluded.
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
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Fifth Democrat announces boycott of Trump's inauguration  —  Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) announced from the House floor on Friday that he plans to boycott President-elect Donald Trump  —  's inauguration next week.  —  The co-chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus …
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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Rose Walano / Us Weekly:
Melania Trump Will Have a Glam Room With Photo Studio Lighting in the White House
Discussion: AOL, Raw Story and New York Magazine
Andrea Ruth / RedState:
Unreal. In Rush to Regulate, Obama EPA Issues Edict Ahead of Schedule on Efficiency Standards
Discussion: Bloomberg
Arizona Republic:
Roberts: Arizona legislator: no more teaching about ‘social justice’
Discussion: Common Dreams
Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
When ‘there is serious reason to doubt’ rumors and allegations, is it libelous to publish them?
Discussion: Law News
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Planned Parenthood seeks survival in Trump era
Discussion: RedState and TheBlaze
 Earlier Items: 
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump team: Flynn spoke to Russian envoy to plan future call
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
TRUMP the SOCIAL BUTTERFLY — Hatch's ROB PORTER to be tapped as W.H. staff secy …
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
To say a final ‘Thanks Obama,’ thousands of Americans to applaud together on his last day
Discussion: Daily Wire, Hot Air, RedState and The Week
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Robert Reich speechless after Jeffrey Lord claims Trump free to flout ethics because he won
Discussion: Salon
Bloomberg:
Davos Wonders If It's Part of the Problem
Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
GOP governors fight their own party on Obamacare
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