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New York Times:
‘Learning Curve’ as Rick Perry Pursues a Job He Initially Misunderstood  —  WASHINGTON — When President-elect Donald J. Trump offered Rick Perry the job of energy secretary five weeks ago, Mr. Perry gladly accepted, believing he was taking on a role as a global ambassador for the American oil …
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Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
New York Times Falsely States Rick Perry Didn't Know What The Department Of Energy Does  —  The New York Times interpreted a quote from a former Trump transition official to mean that Rick Perry, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of energy, didn't fully grasp the role of the Department of Energy.
Associated Press:
In Texas, Perry Was ‘All of the Above’ on Energy Production
Discussion: Politico
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
At Dinner Honoring Mike Pence, Donald Trump Touches Many Bases  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump, in a free-flowing speech Wednesday evening at a dinner honoring his running mate, Mike Pence, jabbed at his new Republican allies and his critics alike, questioned the ethics of …
Discussion: Politico and Axios
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USA Today:
Party at Pence's: LGBT activists host dance party outside VP-elect's Chevy Chase rental  —  14k Shares  —  Brandishing rainbow flags and signs that read “Queer Love” and “Trans Power,” scores of activists marched Wednesday night toward Vice President-elect Mike Pence's rental home in Northwest Washington, D.C.
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Joe.My.God. and KTLA
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump to announce Sonny Perdue for Agriculture  —  President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue to be the next Agriculture secretary, transition officials have informed POLITICO, making a pick that's likely to please farm groups while angering those who have called for more diversity in his Cabinet.
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Drew Angerer / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Breaking: Donald Trump taps Sonny Perdue as his agriculture chief
Donald Trump / Dallas Morning News:
Trump Cabinet will be the first in decades without a Hispanic member
Discussion: The Week, Politicus USA and ABC News
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:   For the first time since Ronald Reagan, the president's Cabinet won't include a Latino
Reuters:
Trump to name ex-Georgia Governor Perdue as agriculture secretary
Discussion: Washington Times
Jonathan Turley / USA Today:
Trump is our president: Jonathan Turley  —  In the end, the protests are not about legitimacy.  —  It is inaugural week and Washington is again the rallying point for hundreds of thousands of people.  Indeed, my house in McLean, Virginia is hosting roughly a dozen people from Illinois and Florida.
Madison Malone Kircher / New York Magazine:
Is Donald Trump Writing His Inaugural Address from a Mar-a-Lago Receptionist's Desk?  An Investigation … As tends to be the case with the president-elect's social-media statements, there is much to discuss.  First, there's the fact that Trump seems to be drafting his first speech as POTUS with a ... Sharpie.
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Tara Golshan / Vox:
Trump inauguration time, how to watch, and what to expect
Discussion: ABC News, Politico and WFXT
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Obama tells nation: 'I think we're going to be OK'
Discussion: ABC News and Washington Post
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
FBI, 5 other agencies probe possible covert Kremlin aid to Trump  —  WASHINGTON  —  The FBI and five other law enforcement and intelligence agencies have collaborated for months in an investigation into Russian attempts to influence the November election, including whether money …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
FBI, other agencies probing possible Russian aid for Trump: report
Discussion: alan.com
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Democrats in the Wilderness  —  Standing with some 30,000 people in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia the night before the election watching Hillary Clinton speak, exhausted aides were already worrying about what would come next.  They expected her to win, of course …
F.H. Buckley / New York Post:
Trump's threat to the liberal ‘deep state’  —  One of the best books on American history, Arthur Schlesinger's “The Age of Jackson,” began with Jackson's inauguration, when the rowdy backwoodsmen who came to celebrate their hero's triumph frightened the horses and shocked the locals.
Scott Shane / New York Times:
From Headline to Photograph, a Fake News Masterpiece  —  ANNAPOLIS, Md. — It was early fall, and Donald J. Trump, behind in the polls, seemed to be preparing a rationale in case a winner like him somehow managed to lose.  “I'm afraid the election is going to be rigged, I have to be honest …
Richard Johnson / Page Six:
Caitlyn Jenner is attending the inauguration  —  President-elect Donald Trump is being urged by some advisers to save at least one dance, as he celebrates his inauguration on Friday night, for a very special Republican lady — Caitlyn Jenner.  —  “It's a brilliant idea,” a member of the incoming administration told me.
Discussion: Mediaite and Joe.My.God.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McCain still ‘very concerned’ about Tillerson  —  Rex Tillerson's nomination is still up in the air.  —  John McCain said on Wednesday evening that he remains undecided about supporting the secretary of state hopeful's nomination, an adjustment from his stance earlier this week …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Trump team prepares dramatic cuts  —  is ready to take an ax to government spending.  —  Staffers for the Trump transition team have been meeting with career staff at the White House ahead of Friday's presidential inauguration to outline their plans for shrinking the federal bureaucracy, The Hill has learned.
Discussion: Hot Air
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Ash Carter: I don't support commuting Chelsea Manning's sentence  —  Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Wednesday that he did not support the move by President Barack Obama to commute the sentence of Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning.  —  “All I'll say about the Manning case is I did not support …
Michael Crowley / Politico:
Trump's nuclear wake-up call  —  By the time he is sworn in tomorrow, Donald Trump will have undergone a haunting rite of passage: the classified briefing given to every incoming president that explains how he can order a nuclear attack.  —  While neither U.S. nor Trump officials would confirm …
Discussion: The Week
Bob McManus / New York Post:
Why liberals just love to set terrorists free  —  What is it about progressives like President Obama — and even pretend progressives like Gov. Cuomo — that makes them so forgiving of terrorists?  —  Obama, on his way out the door, Tuesday commuted the effective life sentence …
John Kerry / New York Times:
What We Got Right  —  With a new administration taking office this week, it is natural to assess the inheritance it will receive from the old.  —  There are some who see nightmares wherever they look and insist that the entire global system is unraveling and that America's position as world leader is in precipitous decline.
Discussion: Politico
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
McConnell breaks with Trump on NATO  —  Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell  —  (R-Ky.) broke with President-elect Donald Trump  —  's position on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Wednesday, calling Russia “a big problem” in an interview with McClatchy.
Discussion: RedState
Eliot A. Cohen / The American Interest:
Truth in the Age of Trump  —  No one who backed Trump has any excuse for being surprised by what he does.  We all know who and what he is.  —  dmittedly, we fled town for the Inauguration.  —  Quite apart from the security headaches, the road closures, and the not-inconsiderable prospect …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump pays out $25 million to settle Trump University litigation  —  Days before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take the oath to uphold the Constitution, he has followed through on a more painful obligation: coughing up $25 million to settle litigation over his defunct Trump University real estate seminar program.
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Makes $25M Payment To Settle Trump University Fraud Lawsuits
Discussion: CNNMoney
 
 
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CBS News:
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Trump Cabinet nominees meet growing ethical questions
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