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Stickied until the inauguration: Status of cabinet picks: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/politics/donald-trump-administration.html - updates from last week include Secretary of State, Energy, Interior, White House Counsel, ambassador to Israel

Last week

Bipartisan board overseeing Voice of America and related stations to be dissolved and replaced by a president appointed CEO. (source, WP explanation)

Friday 12/9

Monday 12/12

Insults between DJT and China continue (source).
via twitter, DJT delays promised press conference on finances, restates that he'll leave business to children (who are on the transition team), but not do a blind trust

Tuesday 12/13

In depth Newsweek piece connects DJT's foreign policy calls and his international business interests (source)
DJT wants to fire NATO official (source).
Scientists are copying their data to non-government computers so that the administration can't delete it (source and yes, I've done likewise).
DJT threatens the careers of any electors that defect (source)

Wednesday 12/14

NYTimes in depth article on the Russian hacking, if you are unsure of what exactly was hacked, how, and how we know it was Russia, read this (source).

Thursday 12/15

GOP Freedom Caucus release a hit list of specific regulations they are targeting to get rid of (source, go directly to the list - I won't lie to you, it's pretty horrifying, the WP article only scratches the surface and missed little things like removing Net Neutrality - I have my paraphrasing of the full list at the bottom of this post).
Not really related to Trump/Pence, but in NC the GOP is stripping the governor's office of much of its power since a democrat won said office. (source)
DJT tweets continued denial of Russian involvement in the election
DJT wants to create "safe zones" in Syria, unclear what he means by that

Friday 12/16

Congressman floats idea of national surveillance program targeting Muslims after meeting with Trump (source)
China seizes U.S. vessel in South China Sea (source)

Non-U.S. news

Aleppo has fallen to the Syrian government, before the civil war Aleppo was Syria's largest city, its loss is a major blow to the Syrian rebels and a big win for Assad and Putin.

Map of the week:

( Full GOP hit list )

16 December 2016