The Patriot Post® · Monday Top Headlines
Senate looks to move fast on Trump cabinet hearings and ObamaCare. (The Wall Street Journal1)
Trump tells Obama’s ambassadors to leave by Inauguration Day. (Fox News2)
Declassified report: Putin ordered election interference. (The Hill3) (Also see our analysis on why Putin punished Clinton: Hacking Trump’s Election4.)
Key Benghazi figure Ben Rhodes5 under congressional investigation for security concerns. (Washington Free Beacon6)
States with right-to-work laws, no income taxes grow fastest. (Washington Examiner7)
Obama leaves with dismal military approval. (Military Times8)
Terror in Fort Lauderdale: Suspect claimed government was forcing him to watch Islamic State videos. (The Washington Post9)
Federal worker union is blocking Republican VA reforms. (The Daily Signal10)
Alluring aroma of pork: Republicans poised to restart earmark factory in Congress. (The Washington Times11)
Confirmed: The Islamic State has a drone factory in Iraq. (The Weekly Standard12)
Policy: Republicans should rethink plans to privatize student lending. (Real Clear Education13)
Policy: The Chicago torture video provides a close-up look at gang-centered criminal mayhem. (City Journal14)
Links
- http://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-looks-to-move-fast-on-trump-administration-hearings-obamacare-repeal-1483876802
- http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/06/trump-tells-obamas-ambassadors-to-leave-by-inauguration-day.html
- http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/313108-declassified-report-putin-ordered-election-interference-to-help
- https://patriotpost.us/posts/46760
- https://patriotpost.us/alexander/25527
- http://freebeacon.com/national-security/congress-probes-fbi-ben-rhodes-security-clearance/
- http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/states-with-right-to-work-laws-and-no-income-taxes-grew-fastest-in-the-obama-years/article/2611150
- http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/obama-legacy-military
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/01/08/fort-lauderdale-shooting-suspect-claimed-government-was-controlling-his-mind-months-before-shooting/
- http://dailysignal.com/2017/01/06/federal-worker-union-is-blocking-republican-va-reforms/
- http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/8/tom-coburn-says-restoring-earmarks-will-backfire-o/
- http://www.weeklystandard.com/confirmed-isis-has-a-drone-factory-in-iraq/article/2006179
- http://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2017/01/06/republicans_should_rethink_plans_to_privatize_student_lending_110101.html
- http://www.city-journal.org:8080/html/window-depraved-culture-14929.html