News
- Planned Parenthood Supporters Brought Petitions To Paul Ryan. They Got A Locked Door. by Jennifer Bendery (Huffington Post)
- No Target Too Small, Trump Intervenes to Oust Ohio’s G.O.P. Chair by Jonathan Martin, David E. Sanger, Michael M. Grynbaum, and Nicholas Fandos (New York Times)
- US election hacking: Trump blames ‘negligent’ Democrats (BBC)
- Donald Trump names Dan Coats national intelligence director (BBC)
- Jared Kushner, a Trump In-Law and Adviser, Chases a Chinese Deal by Susanne Craig, Jo Becker, and Jesse Drucker (New York Times)
- Donald Trump: Russian hacking had ‘no effect’ on vote (Al Jazeera)
- President Tsai Ing-wen heads to US amid China dispute (Al Jazeera)
- Declassified report says Putin ‘ordered’ effort to undermine faith in U.S. election and help Trump by Greg Miller and Adam Entous (Washington Post)
- ‘Just the beginning’: Trump may disrupt 20-year boom for Mexico auto industry by David Agren (The Guardian)
- Auto industry’s Trump fear: ‘Everyone dreads being subject of a tweet’ by Dominic Rushe (The Guardian)
- Donald Trump believes Russia will have ‘more respect’ for US once he is president by Felikx Garcia (Independent)
- Toyota loses $1.2bn in value five minutes after Donald Trump’s tweet by Rachael Revesz (Independent)
- Trump vs America: Presidential conflict of interest? (Al Jazeera)
- Donald Trump blasts ‘fools’ who oppose good Russian ties (BBC)
- Intel experts worry Trump will go rogue by Katie Bo Williams (The Hill)
- Trump makes it official; nominates Coats for intel director by Mallory Shelbourne (The Hill)
- Trump: Only ‘stupid people’ don’t want a good relationship with Russia by Mallory Shelbourne (The Hill)
- Intelligence report: Putin ordered effort to help Trump, undermine election by Jack Jenkins (ThinkProgress)
- This Governor Is Defying The GOP And Pushing To Expand Medicaid To Over Half A Million People by Sam Levine (Huffington Post)
- Senate confirmation hearings to begin without all background checks by Jennifer Steinhauer and Erin Lichtblau (The New York Times)
- Ethics office warns that Trump, GOP rushing Senate cabinet confirmations by Ed O’Keefe (The Washington Post)
- Trump Calls for Closer Relationship Between U.S. and Russia by Nicholas Fandos (NT Times)
- Director Of Government Ethics Office Is Alarmed Trump Cabinet Picks Haven’t Been Fully Vetted by Sam Levine (Huffington Post)
- Government ethics office says Trump keeps ignoring warnings to sell his assets by Jack Jenkins (ThinkProgress)
- Jared Kushner Is Taking Steps to Join Trump’s White House by Daniel Politi (Slate)
- Ex Mexican President Fox Trolls Trump on Twitter: “Are You a Legitimate President?” by Daniel Politi (Slate)
Analysis
- Donald Trump, Julian Assange and Russia: How they’re connected, and how they changed an election by Matthew Rosza (Salon)
- On Intelligence And Russian Hacking, Are Trump And His Team Missing The Point? by Domenico Montaro and Brian Naylor (NPR)
- How the movies gave us Donald Trump by Kenneth Turan (LA Times)
- After weeks of tweeting, Trump and team face open questioning this coming week by Dan Balz (Washington Post)
- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen: Trump “doesn’t seem to understand the enormity” of the Russia hack by Jennifer Williams (Vox)
- Here’s What You Need To Know About The Coming Fight Over Planned Parenthood Funding by Susan Davis (NPR)
- Donald Trump’s glorious victory for anti-intellectualism: “Drain the swamp” just meant the eggheads by Conor Lynch (Salon)
- Declassified: Russian campaign to undermine faith in democratic process, harm Hillary Clinton by Mark Sumber (Daily Kos)
- What’s the big deal? Ask Trump voters on Russia hacking report by Campbell Robinson and Mitch Smith (The New York Times)
- Send in the clowns: Donald Trump, Julian Assange and the enemies of liberal democracy by Andrew O’Hehir (Salon)
- Registered Democrats (mostly young and/or racialised) who didn’t vote cost Hillary the election by Cory Doctorow (BoingBoing)
Opinion
- Intimate Choices, Public Threats — Reproductive and LGBTQ Rights under a Trump Administration by Melissa Murray, J.D. (New England Journal of Medicine)
- The huge challenge of covering Trump fairly by Ruth Marcus (Washington Post)
- Michael Moore gives me hope: 5 reasons why he’s a leader the left needs now by Sophia A. McClennen (Salon)
- A new war on birth control: Trump’s victory has empowered the sex scolds by Amanda Marcotte (Salon)
- Paying for Trump’s wall: Don’t let an absurd promise distract us from a terrible policy decision by Simon Maloy (Salon)
- With Trump and Putin, Europe is now between a rock and a hard place by Natalie Nougayrède (The Guardian)
- Michael Moore gives me hope: 5 reasons why he’s a leader the left needs now by Sophia A. McClennen (Salon)
- Barack Obama forever changed black America by Peniel E. Joseph (The Guardian)
- Daniel Ellsberg hopes Trump, Putin can avoid doomsday scenario by David Talbot (SF Chronicle)
- Moral panic over fake news hides the real enemy – the digital giants by Evgeny Morozov (The Guardian)
- Robert Reich: The 3 Big Reasons Republicans Can’t Replace Obamacare by Robert Reich (AlterNet)
- How to Destroy the Business Model of Breitbart and Fake News by Pagan Kennedy (NY Times)
Conservative Perspectives
- Lessons From Obama’s Failure by Kimberly A Strassel (Wall Street Journal)
- Trump and the Auto Companies by Rich Lowry (National Review)
- The Delusional Democrats of 2017 by Matthew Continetti (National Review)
Humor
- Who Said It: A Trump Cabinet Pick, or Shelob, the Giant Spider from The Lord of the Rings? by Matthew Disler (McSweeney’s Internet Tendency)
Activism
- This Monday, Join Protests Across the Country to Block Trump’s Climate-Denying Cabinet Picks by NationAction (The Nation)