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    diArticles feed for dihttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/Thu, 22 Dec 2016 15:16:59 GMThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss2014Feed for Node.jsearly and often,eric trump,politicsdonald trump,early and often,politicsbill o'reilly,early and often,early and awkward,politics,fox news,electoral collegedonald trump,politics,kleptocracy,early and oftendonald trump,politics,kleptocracy,early and oftenchris christie,jesus christie,early and often,politics,new jerseythe national interest,politics,lawrence kudlow,donald trump,tax cutsdonald trump,michael flynn,national security council,politics,trump transitionfaithless electors,early and often,hillary clinton,donald trump,politics,electoral collegeearly and often,hillary clinton,donald trump,politics,popular vote,electoral collegeinternational affairs,donald trump,international politics,china,politics,taiwanearly and often,mick mulvaney,donald trump,trump transition,office of management and budget,politics,gopthe national interest,politics,donald trump,charles schumermichael flynn jr.,the national interest,k.t. mcfarland,donald trump,monica crowley,michael flynn,politicsearly and often,russia,politicsdonald trump,politicsthe national interest,politics,donald trumpthe national interest,politics,kevin williamson,donald trump,ayn randearly and often,vladimir putin,politicsearly and often,north carolina,politics<![CDATA[Eric Trump Will Stop Fundraising for His Charity, Following Ethics Concerns]>http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/eric-trump-will-stop-fundraising-for-his-charity.html?mid=full-rss-dihttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/eric-trump-will-stop-fundraising-for-his-charity.htmlThu, 22 Dec 2016 10:29:53 GMT

    After weeks of questions and complaints, the Trump family has taken a step toward resolving its many potential conflicts of interest. Eric Trump said that he would stop directly soliciting contributions for his charity, which supports the fight against childhood cancer. “As unfortunate as it is, I understand the...More »]>Margaret Hartmannearly and ofteneric trumppoliticshttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/eric-trump-will-stop-fundraising-for-his-charity.html#comments<![CDATA[Trump Taps Regulatory Foe Carl Icahn, China Critic Peter Navarro As Advisers]>http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/trump-taps-carl-icahn-peter-navarro-as-advisers.html?mid=full-rss-dihttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/trump-taps-carl-icahn-peter-navarro-as-advisers.htmlThu, 22 Dec 2016 07:23:49 GMT

    Donald Trump offered a peek at the big changes in store for the economy on Wednesday with the selection of two controversial advisers on trade and federal regulations. The president-elect named billionaire investor Carl Icahn special adviser to the president on overhauling federal regulations. He also announced that he would...More »]>Margaret Hartmanndonald trumpearly and oftenpoliticshttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/trump-taps-carl-icahn-peter-navarro-as-advisers.html#comments<![CDATA[Bill O’Reilly Laments Left’s Desire to Take Power From ‘White Establishment’]>http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/oreilly-white-establishment.html?mid=full-rss-dihttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/oreilly-white-establishment.htmlWed, 21 Dec 2016 10:16:00 GMTIn 2014, Bill O’Reilly famously declared, “‘Talking Points’ does not, does not believe in white privilege.” The Fox News host has stuck to that position over the years, despite Jon Stewart’s and Megyn Kelly’s efforts to convince him otherwise. So imagine the surprise when...More »]>Margaret Hartmannbill o'reillyearly and oftenearly and awkwardpoliticsfox newselectoral collegehttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/oreilly-white-establishment.html#comments<![CDATA[With No Set Rules, Trumps Improvise on Fundraising Ethics]>http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/with-no-set-rules-trumps-improvise-on-fundraising-ethics.html?mid=full-rss-dihttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/with-no-set-rules-trumps-improvise-on-fundraising-ethics.htmlWed, 21 Dec 2016 08:39:47 GMT

    Last week Donald Trump canceled a press conference where he was set to explain how his business would be handled once he took office. He tweeted that his two adult sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, would manages his businesses and promised to explain more at another press conference...More »]>Margaret Hartmanndonald trumppoliticskleptocracyearly and oftenhttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/with-no-set-rules-trumps-improvise-on-fundraising-ethics.html#comments<![CDATA[Trump Family Finds New Ways to Monetize the Presidency]>http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/trump-family-finds-new-ways-to-monetize-the-presidency.html?mid=full-rss-dihttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/trump-family-finds-new-ways-to-monetize-the-presidency.htmlTue, 20 Dec 2016 10:46:00 GMT

    Thanks to those pesky ethics experts, no one will get to pay $72,888 to have a cup of coffee with Ivanka Trump. But for the bargain price of $1 million, you can spend day one of the Trump administration enjoying a private reception with the new president, followed...More »]>Margaret Hartmanndonald trumppoliticskleptocracyearly and oftenhttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/trump-family-finds-new-ways-to-monetize-the-presidency.html#comments<![CDATA[New Jersey Lawmakers Won’t Let Christie Strike Book Deal, Get ‘Revenge’ on Press]>http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/new-jersey-lawmakers-wont-let-christie-strike-book-deal.html?mid=full-rss-dihttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/new-jersey-lawmakers-wont-let-christie-strike-book-deal.htmlTue, 20 Dec 2016 06:14:02 GMT

    First Chris Christie got cut out of the Trump transition team, and now New Jersey lawmakers won’t even let him console himself by implementing some Trumpian moves at home. On Monday night, Republican and Democratic lawmakers killed legislation that would have let the governor profit from a book deal while...More »]>Margaret Hartmannchris christiejesus christieearly and oftenpoliticsnew jerseyhttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/new-jersey-lawmakers-wont-let-christie-strike-book-deal.html#comments<![CDATA[Donald Trump Turns to Always-Wrong Pseudo-Economist Lawrence Kudlow]>http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/trump-turns-to-always-wrong-pseudo-economist-lawrence-kudlow.html?mid=full-rss-dihttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/trump-turns-to-always-wrong-pseudo-economist-lawrence-kudlow.htmlMon, 19 Dec 2016 01:53:54 GMT

    Distasteful or even alarming though he may be, Donald Trump has presented a tantalizing possibility of a Republican who would take “a wrecking ball to many of his adopted party’s orthodoxies, proposing a vision of right-wing politics far more mercantilist, nationalist and statist than anything we’ve seen from the post-Reagan,...More »]>Jonathan Chaitthe national interestpoliticslawrence kudlowdonald trumptax cutshttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/trump-turns-to-always-wrong-pseudo-economist-lawrence-kudlow.html#comments<![CDATA[Report: Many National Security Council Staffers Looking to Leave Over Concerns About Michael Flynn]>http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/report-nsc-facing-staff-exodus-over-michael-flynn.html?mid=full-rss-dihttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/report-nsc-facing-staff-exodus-over-michael-flynn.htmlSun, 18 Dec 2016 23:51:49 GMT

    An unusually high number of junior-level civil servants in the U.S. National Security Council are looking for other jobs over concerns about President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, according to current and former officials who spoke with The Guardian....More »]>Chas Dannerdonald trumpmichael flynnnational security councilpoliticstrump transitionhttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/report-nsc-facing-staff-exodus-over-michael-flynn.html#comments<![CDATA[Last-Minute Push to Sway Electoral College Voters Intensifies]>http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/final-push-to-sway-electoral-college-voters-intensifies.html?mid=full-rss-dihttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/final-push-to-sway-electoral-college-voters-intensifies.htmlSun, 18 Dec 2016 21:01:13 GMT

    On the eve of Monday’s meetings of the Electoral College to select America’s next president, the pressure on hundreds of Electoral College voters from pro and anti-Trump forces has only intensified. One Arizona elector told the Washington Post that she has been receiving 50 letters and 3,000...More »]>Chas Dannerfaithless electorsearly and oftenhillary clintondonald trumppoliticselectoral collegehttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/final-push-to-sway-electoral-college-voters-intensifies.html#comments<![CDATA[Poll: More Than Half of Republicans Incorrectly Believe Trump Won the Popular Vote]>http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/poll-half-of-republicans-believe-trump-won-popular-vote.html?mid=full-rss-dihttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/poll-half-of-republicans-believe-trump-won-popular-vote.htmlSun, 18 Dec 2016 18:13:34 GMT

    Even though Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in the 2016 election by 2.8 million votes and counting, a new poll indicates that more than half of Republicans believe it was, in fact, President-elect Donald Trump who won the popular vote. The Qualtrics poll, published on Sunday More »]>Chas Dannerearly and oftenhillary clintondonald trumppoliticspopular voteelectoral collegehttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/poll-half-of-republicans-believe-trump-won-popular-vote.html#comments<![CDATA[China Will Return Seized Research Drone, but Now Trump Just Wants Them to Keep It]>http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/china-says-it-will-return-seized-research-drone-to-u-s.html?mid=full-rss-dihttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/china-says-it-will-return-seized-research-drone-to-u-s.htmlSun, 18 Dec 2016 14:01:00 GMT

    China has agreed to return a U.S. underwater research drone which it had seized in international waters on Thursday. “Upon confirming that the device was a US underwater drone, the Chinese side decided to transfer it to the US side in an appropriate manner,” a spokesperson for the...More »]>Chas Dannerinternational affairsdonald trumpinternational politicschinapoliticstaiwanhttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/china-says-it-will-return-seized-research-drone-to-u-s.html#comments<![CDATA[Trump Nominates a Fiscal Megahawk to Direct the Federal Budget]>http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/trump-nominates-a-fiscal-mega-hawk-to-direct-federal-budget.html?mid=full-rss-dihttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/trump-nominates-a-fiscal-mega-hawk-to-direct-federal-budget.htmlSun, 18 Dec 2016 00:27:11 GMT

    President-elect Donald Trump announced on Saturday that Tea Party congressman Mick Mulvaney will be his nominee for director of the Office of Management and Budget. The 49-year-old Mulvaney, the co-founder of the notorious House Freedom Caucus and one of the biggest fiscal hawks in the Republican Party, is...More »]>Chas Dannerearly and oftenmick mulvaneydonald trumptrump transitionoffice of management and budgetpoliticsgophttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/trump-nominates-a-fiscal-mega-hawk-to-direct-federal-budget.html#comments<![CDATA[Charles Schumer Is Leading Democrats to Their Doom, Continued]>http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/sen-schumer-is-leading-democrats-to-their-doom-continued.html?mid=full-rss-dihttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/sen-schumer-is-leading-democrats-to-their-doom-continued.htmlFri, 16 Dec 2016 19:23:48 GMT

    There are good, sound reasons why Democrats in Congress might want to cut some deals with Donald Trump. Maybe they can persuade him to stay in the Paris climate accords, or to preserve Obamacare with some tolerable revisions, in which case giving him bipartisan cover might be worthwhile. But Charles...More »]>Jonathan Chaitthe national interestpoliticsdonald trumpcharles schumerhttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/sen-schumer-is-leading-democrats-to-their-doom-continued.html#comments<![CDATA[The Scariest Thing About Trump’s Presidency So Far Is Michael Flynn and His Team of Nutters]>http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/scariest-thing-about-trump-michael-flynns-team-of-nutters.html?mid=full-rss-dihttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/scariest-thing-about-trump-michael-flynns-team-of-nutters.htmlFri, 16 Dec 2016 17:41:01 GMT

    The most frightening aspect of the looming Donald Trump presidency is not so much the likely outcomes, many of which are horrifying, as the unlikely ones. Running the federal government of the world’s most powerful country is hard, and many things can go wrong. Full control of government is about...More »]>Jonathan Chaitmichael flynn jr.the national interestk.t. mcfarlanddonald trumpmonica crowleymichael flynnpoliticshttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/scariest-thing-about-trump-michael-flynns-team-of-nutters.html#comments<![CDATA[Obama Promises to ‘Take Action’ Against Russia for Election Meddling]>http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/obama-vows-to-take-action-against-russia-for-hacking.html?mid=full-rss-dihttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/obama-vows-to-take-action-against-russia-for-hacking.htmlFri, 16 Dec 2016 11:40:37 GMT

    Yesterday on Twitter, Donald Trump responded to reports that the CIA believes Russia leaked Democratic officials’ emails in an attempt to help Trump win the election by lying on Twitter about the fact that complaints about Russian hacking came up before the election:

    There have been legitimate questions...More »]>Margaret Hartmannearly and oftenrussiapoliticshttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/obama-vows-to-take-action-against-russia-for-hacking.html#comments<![CDATA[What Democrats Can Learn From the Tea Party]>http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/what-democrats-can-learn-from-the-tea-party.html?mid=full-rss-dihttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/what-democrats-can-learn-from-the-tea-party.htmlThu, 15 Dec 2016 21:30:55 GMT

    Since Donald Trump was elected, progressives have engaged in a protracted online debate about how to best fight back. It’s been a panicked, somewhat disorganized conversation — everyone knows there’s a coming onslaught of conservative policies, but not everyone is in agreement about how best to resist them. There have...More »]>Jesse Singaldonald trumppoliticshttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/what-democrats-can-learn-from-the-tea-party.html#comments<![CDATA[Donald Trump Denies Thing That 66 Million People Watched With Their Own Eyes As It Happened]>http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/trump-denies-thing-that-66-million-people-saw-happen.html?mid=full-rss-dihttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/trump-denies-thing-that-66-million-people-saw-happen.htmlThu, 15 Dec 2016 15:04:13 GMT

    When presented with the hair-raising evidence that Russian intelligence carried out a successful plan to pick the government of the United States, a principled president-elect would respond with horror and a determination to expose the attack and prevent any recurrence. An unprincipled president-elect would try to make the story disappear...More »]>Jonathan Chaitthe national interestpoliticsdonald trumphttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/trump-denies-thing-that-66-million-people-saw-happen.html#comments<![CDATA[Why Conservatives Were Wrong About Why Republicans Like Trump]>http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/why-conservatives-missed-why-republicans-like-trump.html?mid=full-rss-dihttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/why-conservatives-missed-why-republicans-like-trump.htmlThu, 15 Dec 2016 14:04:09 GMT

    Donald Trump’s intellectual critics on the left and on the right have long viewed him in roughly similar terms — as an ignorant, authoritarian demagogue — but have disagreed on the intellectual tradition from which he has sprung. Anti-Trump conservatives have depicted him as a non-ideological figure, or even a...More »]>Jonathan Chaitthe national interestpoliticskevin williamsondonald trumpayn randhttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/why-conservatives-missed-why-republicans-like-trump.html#comments<![CDATA[If Putin Was Personally Involved in Election Meddling, How Can the U.S. Respond?]>http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/how-can-u-s-respond-to-putins-alleged-election-meddling.html?mid=full-rss-dihttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/how-can-u-s-respond-to-putins-alleged-election-meddling.htmlThu, 15 Dec 2016 11:13:12 GMT

    As if Republicans needed any more reason to rethink their newfound affection for Vladimir Putin, a new report says U.S. intelligence officials now believe with a “high level of confidence” that the Russian president was personally involved in efforts to influence the U.S. election.

    Two senior officials More »]>Margaret Hartmannearly and oftenvladimir putinpoliticshttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/how-can-u-s-respond-to-putins-alleged-election-meddling.html#comments<![CDATA[North Carolina GOP Makes Brazen Attempt to Curb Power of Incoming Democratic Governor]>http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/n-carolina-gop-tries-to-curb-power-of-new-dem-governor.html?mid=full-rss-dihttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/n-carolina-gop-tries-to-curb-power-of-new-dem-governor.htmlThu, 15 Dec 2016 07:59:24 GMT

    After Republican North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory lost his reelection bid by a few thousand votes on November 8, he claimed that there was widespread voter fraud in the state, dragging out the contest for nearly a month. Even GOP-controlled county election boards dismissed most of the complaints...More »]>Margaret Hartmannearly and oftennorth carolinapoliticshttp://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/n-carolina-gop-tries-to-curb-power-of-new-dem-governor.html#comments