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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Poll: Trump will take office as least popular president in at least 4 decades  —  After a tumultuous campaign and transition, President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office Friday as the least popular incoming president in at least four decades, but a majority of Americans nevertheless …
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Trump Remains Unpopular, With the Presidency in Hand (POLL)  —  Donald Trump enters office as the most unpopular of at least the last seven newly elected presidents, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds, with ratings for handling the transition that are also vastly below those of his predecessors.
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Washington Post-ABC News poll January 12-15, 2017
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Trump: Approval polls are rigged against me
CBO's Publications:
How Repealing Portions of the Affordable Care Act Would Affect Health Insurance Coverage and Premiums  —  CBO reports on the estimated changes in health insurance coverage and premiums that would result from leaving the Affordable Care Act's insurance market reforms in place while repealing the law's mandate penalties and subsidies.
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
CBO report: Obamacare repeal would lead to 32 million more uninsured by 2026
Discussion: Daily Kos and Politico
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:   The Trumpcare Conundrum  —  As congressional Republicans race …
Bloomberg:
Putin Says Doesn't Believe Trump Met Prostitutes in Russia  —  Attacks on Trump seek to undermine election result, Putin says  —  Unsubstantiated claims are ‘obvious fabrications,’ Putin says  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin said he doesn't believe that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump met …
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Bloomberg:
In Davos, Trump Aide Talks Deals With Sanctioned Kremlin Fund
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Tyler Cowen / Marginal REVOLUTION:
A bit of context on Trump, NATO, and Germany
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
‘He Is Going to Test Our Democracy as It Has Never Been Tested’  —  Sometime early last fall, John Dean says he began having nightmares about a Trump presidency.  He would wake in the middle of the night, agitated and alarmed, struggling to calm his nerves.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Scott Thistle / The Portland Press Herald:
LePage says civil rights icon John Lewis should thank Lincoln for freeing the slaves  —  During his weekly radio appearance, the governor said that U.S. Rep. John Lewis should also thank presidents Rutherford Hayes and Ulysses Grant.  —  Listen to Gov. LePage's comments on WVOM.
Discussion: CNN, ThinkProgress, The Week and Raw Story
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Christopher Cousins / State & Capitol:
LePage: Chellie Pingree should resign, John Lewis should thank white presidents
Emily Heil / Washington Post:
Hair stylist to Marla Maples: No free services in exchange for Inauguration Day ‘exposure’  —  Though Donald Trump and his family project an image of boundless wealth, a Washington-based hairstylist says the president-elect's second wife tried to get out of paying her to style her tresses …
Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
More Than 40 Democratic Lawmakers Are Boycotting Trump's Inauguration  —  The number of Democratic lawmakers refusing to attend Donald Trump's inauguration jumped significantly on Monday, with 42 House Democrats now planning to boycott Friday's ceremony, according to the Washington Post.
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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
More than 50 Democratic lawmakers now skipping Trump's inauguration
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Boom: Trump eyes 10% spending cuts, 20% slash of federal workers  —  Making good on a promise to slash government, President-elect Trump has asked his incoming team to pursue spending and staffing cuts.  —  Insiders said that the spending reductions in some departments could go as high …
Discussion: alan.com
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Return of the leftover left  —  The leftover left that materialized during the Bush administration is returning in force as of January 20.  Whatever they do to disrupt events related to the inauguration of Donald Trump as president, it is a preview of coming attractions.
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Most Successful Democrat Since F.D.R.  —  When Barack Obama ran for president in 2008, he understood, without quite saying it, that there had been no highly successful Democratic president in decades.  —  Bill Clinton made the country a better place, but his biggest legislative plans failed and he was beset by scandal.
CNN:
Fort Lauderdale shooter says he carried out attack for ISIS, FBI claims  —  Fort Lauderdale, Florida (CNN)Esteban Santiago, the man charged with killing five people at the Fort Lauderdale airport, told FBI agents he carried out the attack on behalf of ISIS, FBI special agent Michael Ferlazzo testified at Santiago's bond hearing Tuesday.
Shane Harris / Wall Street Journal:
CIA Director John Brennan Rejects Donald Trump's Criticism  —  Outgoing CIA Director John Brennan rejected Donald Trump's suggestions that he may have leaked an unsubstantiated dossier on the president-elect while defending the U.S. intelligence community more broadly.
Monmouth University:
Public expects middle class proposals, but rich will benefit  —  West Long Branch, NJ - As Barack Obama exits the White House with solid job approval ratings, Donald Trump enters with a much more mixed set of expectations.  This is particularly true when it comes to helping middle class Americans …
Discussion: Political Wire and Politico
Kristina Rizga / Mother Jones:
Betsy DeVos Wants to Use America's Schools to Build “God's Kingdom”  —  It's Christmastime in Holland, Michigan, and the northerly winds from Lake Macatawa bring a merciless chill to the small city covered in deep snow.  The sparkly lights on the trees in downtown luxury storefronts illuminate …
MJ Lee / CNN:
Trump's HHS pick doesn't want to flaunt his own Obamacare bill at confirmation hearing  —  (CNN)Tom Price made his name in Washington as a critic of Obamacare — in fact, he has a plan to dismantle it.  —  But he may not want to talk about that much when he testifies before Congress this week …
Julie Zauzmer / Washington Post:
Lifelong Woodmont Country Club member resigns over Obama golf controversy  —  The mayor of a tony Maryland suburb resigned from a prominent golf club on Monday because the club might not welcome President Obama as a member.  —  Jeffrey Slavin, the mayor of the Montgomery County town of Somerset …
Discussion: Reuters, Hot Air, IJR, TheBlaze and Fox News
GM Media News:
GM Announces 7,000 U.S. Jobs, Builds Off Strong Track Record  —  DETROIT - General Motors today announced that it will invest an additional $1 billion in U.S. manufacturing operations.  These investments follow $2.9 billion announced in 2016 and more than $21 billion GM has invested in its U.S. operations since 2009.
New York Times:
Mr. Obama, Pick Up Your Pardon Pen  —  For more than four decades, Sala Udin lived under the shadow of a federal firearms conviction, the result of a search by the Kentucky police who found an unloaded shotgun in the trunk of his car in 1970.  —  Mr. Udin, who had been a Freedom Rider during …
Discussion: Althouse and Washington Post
 
 
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John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
Exclusive: Trump Team Embraces FCC Remake Blueprint
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
The Alt-Right Comes to Washington
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Cyra Master / The Hill:
McCain leans toward voting for Tillerson
Discussion: RedState
Todd S. Purdum / Vanity Fair:
Barack Obama Belongs to the Ages
Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Poll: Obama leaves office with 58 percent favorability
Discussion: Politico, alan.com and AOL
Laura Jarrett / CNN:
Ethics paperwork still missing for Trump's billionaire Cabinet picks
Discussion: Business Insider
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
Presidents Have Less Power Over the Economy Than You Might Think
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Clinton Global Initiative's Ignominious End
Discussion: LifeNews.com, Washington Times and IJR
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
As Trump Era Arrives, a Sense of Uncertainty Grips the World
Stephen Castle / New York Times:
In ‘Brexit’ Speech, Theresa May Outlines a Clean Break for U.K.
Bloomberg:
The Davos Disconnect  —  Six charts show why the people …
Discussion: The Big Picture and LewRockwell
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Trump has earned no respect for being the ultimate sore winner