News
- Obama will pass tweet-ready White House to Trump by Nancy Scola (Politico)
- Russia-Linked Malware Found on Vermont Electric Department Laptop (Time)
- Obama and Democrats plan strategy meeting to protect Obamacare by Associated Press (The Guardian)
- Trump says Happy New Year in the most Trump-like way by Andrew Freedman (Mashable)
- This Congress filled the fewest judgeships since 1952. That leaves a big opening for Trump by David G. Savage (LA Times)
- Donald Trump’s newest branding endeavor: the economy by Michael A. Memoli (LA Times)
- Four Cabinet spots still open in the Trump administration by Ben Kamisar (The Hill)
- Senator McCain Says Russia Must Pay Price For Hacking (Huffington Post)
- Russia Hysteria Infects WashPost Again: False Story About Hacking U.S. Electric Grid by Glenn Greenwald (The Intercept)
- Trump’s Indonesia Projects, Still Moving Ahead, Create Potential Conflicts by Richard C. Paddock and Eric Lipton (NY Times)
- Trump praises Putin for holding back in U.S.-Russia spy dispute by Richard Cowan and Polina Devitt (Reuters)
- Trump keeps saying he wants unity — and keeps showing that it’s up to everyone else by Philip Bump (Washington Post)
- Federal agencies rush to fill job openings before Trump takes office January 20 by Lisa Rein and Juliet Eilperin (The Washington Post)
- With Trump, Russia Goes From Thursday’s Foe of U.S. to Friday’s Friend by Neil Macfarquhar (NY Times)
- New U.N. Chief wants consensus but faces antagonistic Trump by Edith M. Lederer (AP)
- Donald Trump abandons press pool again as he plays golf at Florida club by Associated Press (The Guardian)
- Trump leaves open possible Taiwan meet, questions Russia hacking by Richard Cowan (Reuters)
- Trump: No computer safe from hacking by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
- Federal judge issues injunction against Obama administration abortion, transgender regulations by David Weigel (Washington Post)
- Bernie Sanders Warns Donald Trump Against Privatizing The VA by Daniel Marans (Huffington Post)
- Want To Be A Judge Under Trump? Chief Justice Lays Out What The Job Is Like by Cristian Farias (Huffington Post)
- US applications to Canadian colleges surge after election by Mallory Shelbourne (The Hill)
Analysis
- The Ghost of Japanese Internment by Jessie Kindig (Jacobin)
- Thanks To Russia, 2016 Isn’t Really Going To End For Obama And Trump by Ron Elving (NPR)
- What the ‘Godfather of Populism’ Thinks of Donald Trump by Richard Linnett (Politico)
- Where the supreme court battle goes from here: ‘There will be a huge fight’ by David Smith (The Guardian)
- 30 years ago, Trump proposed allying with the USSR against France and Pakistan by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
- Sheltering in place: For students in Donald Trump-loving coal country, “school choice” isn’t a solution by Shawna Kay Rodenberg (Salon)
- Down the rabbit hole: Government’s first report on Russian hack is woefully inadequate by Matthew Sheffield (Salon)
- Trump keeps saying he wants unity — and keeps showing that it’s up to everyone else by Philip Bump (Washington Post)
- Obama’s last days: Aiding Trump transition but erecting policy roadblocks by Michael D. Shear (The New York Times)
- Gay America’s Harrowing, Heartening Year by Daniel Wenger (The New Yorker)
- Why the Democrats’ 2017 comeback dream is like nothing we’ve seen before by David Weigel (Washington Post)
- 12 Moments of Right-Wing Horror and Absurdity in 2016 by Janet Allon (AlterNet)
Opinion
- This Bible Belt Abortion Provider Is Looking Beyond Trump by Becca Andrews (Mother Jones)
- What Would Change Your Mind About President Trump? by Conor Friedersdorf (The Atlantic)
- John Kerry’s two-state plan still falls short in solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by Rashid Khalidi (The Guardian)
- Star Wars has always been political. Here’s why the alt-right is claiming otherwise. by Aja Romano (Vox)
- Why celebrate the New Year? Under President Trump, 2017 could be even worse by Conor Lynch (Salon)
- With Trump, Russia goes from Thursday’s foe of U.S. to Friday’s friend by Neil MacFarquhar (The New York Times)
- Surging stock markets say Trump is a conman and May a phoney by Andrew Rawnsley (The Guardian)
- To all the little girls out there, let 2017 be a better year by Catherine Bennett (The Guardian)
Conservative & Libertarian Perspectives
- Obama Administration’s Attack on Russia by John Dietrich (American Thinker)
- Trump, the New York Times, and the Constitution: Who Needs an Education? by Peter Nichols (American Thinker)
- How Liberal Democrats Institutionalized White Supremacy By Michael Bargo, Jr. (American Thinker)
- Fake news? The Russians did not hack the U.S. power grid by Sarah Lee (The Blaze)
- A New Year’s Request for the Left Read by David French (National Review)
- Does Trump Grasp the Reality of ‘Radical Islam’? by Andrew C. McCarthy (National Review)
- Trump and the Power of the Presidency by Katherine Mangu-Ward (Reason.com)
- Watchdog group: Obama spent nearly $100 million of taxpayer money on travel as president by Chris Enloe (The Blaze)
- Report: Christians were the most persecuted group of people in 2016 by Chris Enloe (The Blaze)
Resistance
- Blueprint for the #Resistance: How to use tea party tactics to block the Trump agenda by Frank Vyan Walton (Daily Kos)