News
- U.S. envoys appointed by Obama asked to quit by Inauguration Day (Reuters)
- Biden attacks Donald Trump for ‘mindless’ dismissal of agencies’ intelligence by Julian Borger & Spencer Ackerman (The Guardian)
- Trump election: US ‘identifies agents behind Russian hack’ (BBC)
- Trump team has differences of opinion on shaping spy agencies: sources by Mark Hosenball and Steve Holland (Reuters)
- Trump says U.S. funds spent on border wall would be repaid by Mexico (Reuters)
- As Trump targets Toyota over Mexico, Nissan faces bigger risk (Reuters)
- Obama: repeal and delay “is, simply put, irresponsible” by Sarah Kliff (Vox)
- Bernie Sanders Says Trump Won Because Democrats Are Out Of Touch by Meg Anderson (NPR)
- Poll: Most Americans Say Don’t Repeal Obamacare Without A Replacement by Alison Kodjak (NPR)
- Trump restores power of Israeli ambassador by Michael Crowley (Politico)
- The Republicans who are not totally enthusiastic about repealing Obamacare by Jessica Glenza (The Guardian)
- Republicans are planning a marathon day of confirmation hearings next week to rush through Donald Trump’s nominees by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Warren says she will run for reelection by Lisa Hagen (The Hill)
- Showdown: Trump meets America’s intelligence chiefs over Russian hacking by Brian Bennett (LA Times)
- Trump Says Focus on Russian Hacking Is a ‘Political Witch Hunt’ by Michael D. Shear (NY Times)
- Trump Insists Mexico Will Reimburse U.S. for a Border Wall by Michael D. Shear (NY Times)
- Chuck Schumer: Roe v. Wade Important In Whether Democrats Will Block Trump’s SCOTUS Nominees by Amanda Terkel (Huffington Post)
- House Democrats fail to muster support to challenge Trump’s Electoral College win by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
- An Intelligence Report That Will Change No One’s Mind by David A. Fraham (The Atlantic)
- Obama says Sanders’ supporters helped undermine Obamacare by Roberta Rampton (Reuters)
- Michelle Obama spreads message of diversity in her last speech as first lady by Madeline Conway (Politico)
- Sherrod Brown will vote against Sessions by Seung Min Kim (Politico)
- What Intelligence Agencies Concluded About the Russian Attack on the U.S. Election by Scott Shane (NY Times)
- Hill Republicans embrace building of border wall, despite costs by Mike DeBonis (The Washington Post)
- Putin led a complex cyber attack scheme to aid Trump, report finds by Michael D. Shear and David E. Sanger (The New York Times)
- While You Were Offline: Donald and Arnold Are Twitter Beefing Because 2017 by Graeme McMillan (Wired)
Analysis
- Republicans Want Revenge for Obamacare and It’s Making Them Do Stupid Things by Brian Beutler (New Republic)
- How Republicans Plan to Roll Back Obama-Era Regulations by Michelle Cottle (The Atlantic)
- Women’s March, Like Many Before It, Struggles for Unity by Laurie Green (The American Prospect)
- Trump will undo much of Obama’s legacy. Here’s what might survive. by Dylan Matthews (Vox)
- Putin and the Populists by Ronald Brownstein (The Atlantic)
- What you need to know about confirming Trump’s cabinet (Interactive) by Tom McCarthy (The Guardian)
- Krugman Exposes How Fake News Will Really Work Under President Trump by Janet Allon (AlterNet)
- Information illiterate: Challenges libraries face in this fake news era by Donald A. Barclay (Salon)
- Why the Democratic leadership contest is urgent: It will shape the opposition to Trump by Paul Rosenberg (Salon)
- Why is Donald Trump resisting the Russian hack findings? Michael Flynn may hold the answer by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
- As Donald Trump denies climate change, these kids die of it by Nicholas Kristof (The New York Times)
- How funding Donald Trump’s border wall could go South real quickly for Republicans by Amber Phillips (The New York Times)
- Was it a 400-pound, fourteen-year-old hacker, or Russia? Here’s some of the evidence by Jeremy Ashkenas (The New York Times)
- All the Terrifying Things That Donald Trump Did Lately by Eric Levitz (New York)
- Republicans Confirm Planned Parenthood Will Lose Federal Funding As Soon As Next Month by Claire Landsbaum (New York Magazine)
- US election hacking: Putin ‘sought to help’ Trump (BBC)
- Trump, Putin, and the Big Hack by David Remnick (The New Yorker)
- Putin and the Populists by Ronald Brown Stein (Atlantic)
- How Trump got his party to love Russia by James Kirchick (Washington Post)
- The Donald Trump Cabinet Tracker by Russell Berman (The Atlantic)
- The Twisted Ideology That Appeals to Jihadists and Neo-Nazis Alike by Chip Berlet (AlterNet)
Opinion
- I’m a disabled woman. I’m scared about what Trump will do to my health care. by Robyn Powell (Vox)
- What Donald Trump Owes Wall Street by Conor Friedersdorf (The Atlantic)
- After Today, Congress Officially ‘Owns’ Donald Trump by Richard Greene (Huffington Post)
- Stephen Colbert’s ‘Trump And Cover’ Is Your Guide To Surviving The Trumpocalypse by Ed Mazza (Huffington Post)
- Universal Basic Income Is Our Best Weapon Against The Rising Far Right by Guy Standing (Huffington Post)
- Ranked: Twitter Wars That Came a Little Too Close to Real Wars by Matt Peterson (Atlantic)
- The age of fake policy by Paul Krugman (The New York Times)
- 2017 is shaping up to be a banner year for anti-LGBT discrimination by Nico Lang (The LA Times)
- Rumors of Hillary Clinton’s Comeback by Frank Bruni (New York Times)
- Free Expression Report Card: Donald McGahn (PEN America)
- Robert Reich: 12 Ways to Disrupt Trump’s First 100 Days by Robert Reich (AlterNet)
- Giving Mr. Trump’s nominees a pass (The New York Times)
Conservative Perspectives
- The Rise of Illiberal Democracy by Patrick J. Buchanan (The American Conservative)
- Christians Need To Stop Being So Naive About Muslim Immigration by Wendy Wilson (The Federalist)
- The GOP Does Have A Plan To Replace Obamacare. That’s What Scares Democrats Most by David Harsanyi (The Federalist)
- How Political Correctness Points A Society Towards Tyranny And War by Nathan Beacom (The Federalist)
- The Truth about Planned Parenthood by Alexandra Desanctis (National Review)
- How to Repeal Obamacare by The Editors (National Review)