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11:45 PM ET, January 17, 2017

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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning's Sentence  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama on Tuesday largely commuted the remaining prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the army intelligence analyst convicted of an enormous 2010 leak that revealed American military and diplomatic activities across the world …
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Neil Eggleston / Blog Daily Listings RSS:
President Obama Has Now Granted More Commutations than Any President in this Nation's History  —  Today, 273 individuals learned that the President has given them a second chance.  With today's 209 grants of commutation, the President has now commuted the sentences of 1,385 individuals …
Casey Quinlan / ThinkProgress:
Betsy DeVos says guns in schools may be necessary to protect students from grizzly bears  —  Trump's Education nominee tells Newtown's former representative that bears justify the presence of guns in schools.  —  On Tuesday, Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump's Education Secretary nominee …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Slot
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump set to take office without most of his Cabinet  —  When Bill Clinton was sworn into office 24 years ago, every single member of his Cabinet but one was confirmed by the Senate within two days.  When Donald Trump is sworn in on Friday, he'll be lucky to have half that many installed.
Discussion: The Nation
Kristina Rizga / Mother Jones:
Betsy DeVos Wants to Use America's Schools to Build “God's Kingdom”
Benjamin Wermund / Politico:
DeVos says she'll support ‘great’ public schools
Discussion: ABC News and Common Dreams
CNN:
Senate Democrats to grill Trump education pick Betsy DeVos
Discussion: Politicus USA and Mediaite
Mark Murray / NBC News:
As GOP Pushes Repeal, Obamacare Has Never Been More Popular: NBC News/WSJ poll  —  As Republicans get closer to repealing it, President Barack Obama's federal health-care law — or Obamacare — has never been more popular, according to results from a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal.
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Chris Massie / CNN:
Rep. Steve King: John Lewis trades on status as civil rights icon, hasn't contributed since  —  Rep. John Lewis returns to the Edmund Pettus Bridge  — Iowa Rep. Steve King said Tuesday that Georgia Rep. John Lewis trades on his status as a civil rights icon.
Discussion: AOL and Raw Story
Kayleigh McEnany / The Hill:
John Lewis, Democrats are boycotting America, not inauguration
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
CNN:
Trump wrote inauguration speech himself  —  Washington (CNN)President-elect Trump has written his inauguration address draft himself, two senior Trump transition officials told CNN Tuesday.  —  Last month, Trump told guests at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, as well as presidential historian …
Discussion: Political Wire
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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Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
The New Trump Defamation Lawsuit Is Daring Trump to Incriminate Himself in Court  —  LOS ANGELES—One of the women who accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct last year has filed a defamation lawsuit against the president-elect.  Summer Zervos, a former Apprentice contestant who alleged …
Discussion: The Atlantic and New York Times
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Former ‘Apprentice’ contestant sues Trump for defamation for denying alleged groping
Discussion: Politico and Vox
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 …
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CNN:
CNN/ORC Poll: Confidence drops in Trump transition
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Poll: Trump will take office as most unpopular president in at least 4 decades
Brent Lang / Variety:
Michael Moore on Why Donald Trump Will Build a Wall and Ban Muslims  —  Michael Moore saw this coming.  Last summer, when Hillary Clinton was enjoying a seemingly insurmountable lead over Donald Trump, the documentary filmmaker correctly predicted that the billionaire businessman would capture the White House.
Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Claims To Have Met Putin In Newly Resurfaced Interview From 2015 (AUDIO)  —  In a newly resurfaced 2015 radio interview, Donald Trump claimed that he met Russian President Vladimir Putin and that they “got along great,” contradicting his later campaign trail claims that he never met or spoke with Putin.
Discussion: Yahoo
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Guttmacher Institute:
U.S. Abortion Rate Continues to Decline, Hits Historic Low  —  Improvements in Contraceptive Use Are Likely Contributing to the Decline, But Punitive Abortion Restrictions May Also Be a Factor  —  For the first time since 1975, the number of abortions in the United States dropped under one million …
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
The Alt-Right Comes to Washington  —  East Lansing, Michigan—Lounging at the back of his tour bus in a parking lot behind the Springhill Suites, Milo Yiannopoulos, the flamboyant right-wing British provocateur known for his bleach-blond frosted tips and relentless campaign against Islam …
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Philly mayor: 'I'd take George W. back in a minute'  —  With just days to go before Donald Trump takes office, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney says he and his fellow mayors have no idea what to expect from the incoming administration.  —  “I'd take George W. back in a minute,” …
Discussion: Political Wire
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: The Daily Signal
David M Jackson / USA Today:
Attacked by Trump, Lewis acknowledges he boycotted Bush inauguration, too  —  1.3k Shares  —  Donald Trump reignited his feud with John Lewis on Tuesday, citing news reports that the Georgia congressman and civil rights icon also boycotted George W. Bush's inauguration 16 years ago.
Molly Redden / The Guardian:
Healthcare without Planned Parenthood: Wisconsin and Texas point to dark future  —  As Republicans prepare to defund Planned Parenthood nationally, those left to provide contraception and other services in states which have already done so say women of color and from low-income groups will surely be hit the hardest
Discussion: Daily Kos
 
 
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Associated Press:
Dakota Access company seeks to block pipeline study
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Tony Romm / Politico:
Trump transition weighing Utah attorney general for FTC
Discussion: fox13now.com
Eric Wolff / Politico:
Obama administration cuts second $500M check to Green Climate Fund
Discussion: Common Dreams and twitchy.com
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Donald Trump waits in his tower — accessible yet isolated
Discussion: The Slot
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
‘Shattered’ to tell story of Clinton's failed presidential bid
Discussion: RedState
Andrew Malcolm / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Disregard all those farewells: Obama isn't really leaving
Discussion: Hot Air
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
New York Times Study Calls for Rapid Change in Newsroom
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Artwork depicting cops as animals permanently removed from Capitol complex
Discussion: Mediaite and RedState
Heather Mac Donald / City Journal:
“Statistical Evidence Not Required”
Discussion: Daily Wire
Sam Frizell / TIME:
Donald Trump's Cabinet Pick Invested in 6 Drug Companies Before Medicare Fight
Todd S. Purdum / Vanity Fair:
Barack Obama Belongs to the Ages
Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Poll: Obama leaves office with 58 percent favorability
Discussion: Gallup, Politico, alan.com and AOL
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
‘He Is Going to Test Our Democracy as It Has Never Been Tested’
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
 

 
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