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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump vows ‘insurance for everybody’ in Obamacare replacement plan  —  President-elect Donald Trump said in a weekend interview that he is nearing completion of a plan to replace President Obama's signature health-care law with the goal of “insurance for everybody,” while also vowing …
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Caleb Howe / RedState:
Health Insurance “For Everybody” and the “Government Will Pay” Says “Republican” Donald Trump.  AGAIN.  —  This should not be big, surprising, new news.  But somehow it is. … - Excerpt from Washington Post interview with Donald Trump, published yesterday, Sunday the 15th of January, 2017.
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Trump Is Making Journalism Great Again  —  Donald Trump and his forthcoming presidency may be the greatest gift to Washington journalism since the invention of the expense account.  His unorthodox approach to politics and governance has vaporized the standard, useful, yet boring script for reporting on a new administration's doings.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Case for Not Being Crybabies  —  Last week I watched a conversation on MSNBC in which the anchor asked a guest whether it wasn't a problem that Buzzfeed had published the Trump ‘dossier’ because this would now give Trump some credibility in dismissing any reporting he didn't like as “fake news”.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Trump Team Considers Moving Press Corps, Alarming Reporters
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
WH Correspondents' board responds to Trump on media access
Rainer Buergin / Bloomberg:
Trump Calls NATO Obsolete and Dismisses EU in German Interview  —  President-elect chastises Merkel on refugees, praises Brexit  —  Comments to Bild suggest policies to mirror campaign rhetoric  —  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called NATO obsolete, predicted that other European Union members …
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Justin Huggler / Telegraph:
Germany hits out at Donald Trump after he labels Nato ‘obsolete’ and threatens car makers with 35pc tariffs  —  The German government has said it is “concerned” after Donald Trump described Nato as “obsolete”.  —  It came as German car manufacturers also rounded on the President-elect warning …
Discussion: New York Times, Hot Air and Reuters
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump eager to work with Putin
Adriana Cohen / Boston Herald:
Not much legitimate about more Dems bashing Trump  —  Since Donald Trump's unexpected victory, Democrats have been trying to delegitimize his historic upset.  —  U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), who sent shock waves through the media echo chamber this weekend when he said in an NBC interview …
Discussion: Instapundit
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Dem dilemma: Stand with Lewis?
Discussion: Washington Post
Wall Street Journal:
More Democratic Legislators Plan on Sitting Out Trump's Swearing-In
Discussion: Daily Wire and Political Wire
Yamiche Alcindor / New York Times:
In Trump's Feud With John Lewis, Blacks Perceive a Callous Rival  —  Days before his inauguration, President-elect Donald J. Trump is engaged in a high-profile feud with some of the country's most prominent African-American leaders, setting off anger in a constituency already wary of him after a contentious presidential campaign.
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
In feud with John Lewis, Donald Trump attacked ‘one of the most respected people in America’
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
John Lewis' memoir sells out after Trump's Twitter tirade
Mary Papenfuss / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Expanding Scottish Golf Resort After Vowing Not To Make New Foreign Deals  —  “No new foreign deals ... whatsoever” apparently doesn't include this one.  —  Trends reporter, The Huffington Post  —  A multimillion-dollar expansion of Donald Trump's Scottish golf resort …
Discussion: TheBlaze and alan.com
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Obama Fades Away As Trump Laughs At His Enemies  —  America's Nobody-in-Chief is finally going away, his last spasm of rhetorical onanism completely overshadowed by Donald Trump neatly turning the tables on the media purveyors of that fake dossier that tried and failed to paint the PEOTUS as the second coming of Bob Crane.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
A hellscape of lies and distorted reality awaits journalists covering President Trump  —  At the northeast corner of the National Archives building sits Robert Aitken's sculpture “The Future,” inscribed with some famous words from Shakespeare's “The Tempest”: “What is past is prologue.”
Reuters:
Trump's offer to Russia: an end to sanctions for nuclear arms cut - London Times  —  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will propose offering to end sanctions imposed on Russia over its annexation of Crimea in return for a nuclear arms reduction deal with Moscow, he told The Times of London.
Discussion: The Week and New Century Times
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Associated Press:
Outgoing CIA Chief Rips Into Trump Over Tweets, Russia
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Associated Press:
Outgoing CIA chief rips into Trump on Russia threat
Discussion: Associated Press, NBC News and ABC News
Vladimir Isachenkov / Yahoo:   Kremlin counts days to Trump's inauguration, blasts Obama
Jason Sokol / New York Times:
Which Martin Luther King Are We Celebrating Today?  —  Newburyport, Mass. — Every year on the third Monday of January, Americans of all races, backgrounds and ideologies celebrate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He is rightly lionized and sanctified by whites as well as blacks, by Republicans as well as Democrats.
Michiko Kakutani / New York Times:
Obama's Secret to Surviving the White House Years: Books  —  Not since Lincoln has there been a president fundamentally shaped — in his life, convictions and outlook on the world — by reading and writing as Barack Obama.  —  Last Friday, seven days before his departure from the White House …
Discussion: Political Wire
Jessica Sidman / Washingtonian:
The Shaw Bijou Has Closed  —  Two and a half months after opening and less than two weeks after slashing prices, the Shaw Bijou has closed.  —  “It just didn't seem to be a viable business really.  The concept was good, we just weren't able to execute it,” says co-owner Kelly Gorsuch …
Bryan Wendland / KUSA-TV:
Congressman Coffman leaves frustrated crowd  —  AURORA - When Berthie Ruoff arrived at the Aurora Central Library to meet with Congressman Mike Coffman, she was hopeful to find encouraging answers about the impending changes to the Affordable Care Act.  —  “My husband passed away …
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
GOPer Who Vowed To Stand Up To Trump Flees Constituents At Community Event
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
 
 
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Pan Pylas / Associated Press:
STARK INEQUALITY: OXFAM SAYS 8 MEN AS RICH AS HALF THE WORLD
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Kellyanne Conway: Details of Russia investigation should be kept secret ‘to protect the public’
Lauren Dezenski / Politico:
Warren joins thousands in defense of Obamacare in Boston
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Obama on ‘60 Minutes’: A president needs ‘thick skin,’ ‘stamina’
Discussion: Raw Story
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Feinstein: Russia's interference affected outcome of election
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Ray Sanchez / CNN:
Newborn abducted from hospital found alive 18 years later, sheriff says
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer puts GOP on notice over ObamaCare repeal
Discussion: The Daily Caller