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Jill Abramson | The Clintons Turned the Democratic Party Over to Donors. Can It Recover? 

Jill Abramson, Guardian UK 
Abramson writes: "While the pundit class all said the Republican party was being torn apart by this election, it is the Democratic party that is in tatters. Now it must be rebuilt." 
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Trump Team Asks State Department to Name Those Working on Gender Equality 
Bill Chappell, NPR 
Chappell writes: "President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has asked the State Department to list its workers who focus on gender equality and ending violence against women, in what's being seen as an echo of an earlier request for the Energy Department to list employees who work on climate change." 
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Met With Trump to "Engage" on Gigantic Corporate Tax Cut 
Jon Schwarz, The Intercept 
Schwarz writes: "Apple wants a huge tax cut, and Trump has promised to deliver one that would save the company about $40 billion to $50 billion." 
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Department of Environmental Quality Investigating New Water Leak From Duke Coal Ash Basin 
Nick Ochsner, WBTV 
Ochsner writes: "The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality is investigating a newly-discovered leak from a corrugated metal pipe connected to a coal ash basin at the Allen Steam Station." 
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