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'Real America' is its own bubble; He was minutes from retirement. But first, he blasted his bosses in a company-wide email.; Energy Dept. rejects Trump’s request to name climate change workers, who remain worried; Trump taps former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to head Energy Department he once vowed to abolish; 3 election stats liberals love that don’t mean as much as they seem; The Daily 202: Ayn Rand-acolyte Donald Trump stacks his cabinet with fellow objectivists; A Saudi woman tweeted a photo of herself without a hijab. Police have arrested her.; Star Wars isn’t political, says Disney chief responding to boycott by Trump supporters. He’s wrong.; Dispute over Russia reflects growing Republican resistance to Trump; New battlefield video shows how Russia’s elite KSO military unit is fighting in Syria; New York should seize Trump Tower; Trump picks ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state; Obama on the 'Daily Show': Voters should have cared more about Russia's meddling in the election; Pro-Assad forces execute dozens of civilians in sweep through rebel-held Aleppo, says U.N.; Trump team working to remove top NATO official; Trump is already antagonizing the intelligence community, and that's a problem   Most popular right now   Most Read 'Real America' is its own bubble It's condescending — and absurd — to suggest that a vote for Trump is a sign of wisdom. By Richard Cohen  •  Opinions  •  Read more » He was minutes from retirement. But first, he blasted his bosses in a company-wide email. The midlevel manager from the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission unleashed 35 years of frustration. By Peter Holley  •  Read more »   Energy Dept. rejects Trump’s request to name climate change workers, who remain worried The scientists and their colleagues at Energy know global warming is real. What they don't know is what Trump might do to those whose work has been in line with the science and the Obama administration, which has spoken about "the urgent imperatives of climate change." By Joe Davidson | Columnist  •  Read more »   Trump taps former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to head Energy Department he once vowed to abolish As a presidential candidate, Perry once vowed to eliminate the Energy Department. By Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   3 election stats liberals love that don’t mean as much as they seem Just because they sound good doesn't mean they mean anything. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   The Daily 202: Ayn Rand-acolyte Donald Trump stacks his cabinet with fellow objectivists Tillerson, Puzder, Pompeo and Trump himself cite Rand's work as a major influence By James Hohmann  •  Read more »   A Saudi woman tweeted a photo of herself without a hijab. Police have arrested her. Some are referring to her as the "Saudi Rosa Parks." By Samantha Schmidt  •  Read more »   Star Wars isn’t political, says Disney chief responding to boycott by Trump supporters. He’s wrong. "It is not a film that is, in any way, a political film," said Disney chief Bob Iger. By Ben Guarino  •  Read more »   Dispute over Russia reflects growing Republican resistance to Trump GOP lawmakers are starting to publicly challenge the president-elect on a range of domestic and foreign issues. By Karoun Demirjian  •  Read more »   Also Popular in Politics   Donald Trump is a ‘smart person’ in case you forgot Annotating The Donald. By Chris Cillizza  •  Read more » •   It’s easy to mock Mitt Romney. We should praise him. •   Trump risks war by turning the One China question into a bargaining chip •   Here’s why Donald Trump picked Rex Tillerson as secretary of state •   Trump says he will hand over control of businesses to sons before inauguration Also Popular in Opinions   There’s trouble ahead for Tillerson The blind leading the blind? By Jennifer Rubin  •  Read more » •   A call to arms from Attorney General Loretta Lynch •   Trump isn’t draining the swamp. He’s creating his own cesspool. •   Trump is assembling an anti-government. Did Russia help get him here? •   The swamp is deep, and here are five bipartisan ways to drain it Also Popular in Sports   The NFL's damning silence on a new case of underinflated footballs COLUMN | Commissioner Roger Goodell's inaction on the Giants' claims about Pittsburgh further exposes the absurdity of the league's Deflategate campaign against New England By Sally Jenkins  •  Read more » •   Redskins have little room for error over the next three games •   NFL Power Rankings — Week 15: Patriots, Chiefs rise after Cowboys stumble •   Jay Gruden can’t resist talking trash to Deion Sanders about a 30-year old completion •   Jim Harbaugh? Pete Carroll? Jon Gruden? The Rams think big in coaching search. Also Popular in National   ‘I cried all the way home': Terminally ill 5-year-old dies in Santa’s arms "He was more concerned with missing Christmas than he was of dying," Santa Eric Schmitt-Matzen said of the boy. By Travis M. Andrews  •  Read more » •   Pipeline 150 miles from Dakota Access protests leaks 176,000 gallons of oil •   Obama: President without briefings would be 'flying blind' •   Donald Trump once said Seth Meyers 'has no talent,' but, boy, has Trump been good for the comedian •   Police fatally shoot unarmed 73-year-old Calif. man who family said suffered from dementia ADVERTISEMENT   Also Popular in World •   U.S. intelligence officials say Russian hacks 'prioritized' Democrats •   ‘Breaking Bad’ fan tried to get rid of a body like Walter White — using a bathtub full of acid •   Iran, angered by US sanctions bill, considers atomic boats •   What is the Russian Order of Friendship, and why does Rex Tillerson have one? •   Israel finally receives the first of its $5 billion order of U.S.-made F-35 jets Also Popular in Business •   Scientists are frantically copying U.S. climate data, fearing it might vanish under Trump •   What the U.S. map should really look like •   Trump's pick for Secretary of State argued against one of the president-elect’s biggest promises •   There’s already a big problem with Trump’s "no new deals" pledge •   What Amazon’s private label men’s shirts might tell us about the company’s future Also Popular in Technology •   What Silicon Valley execs plan to tell Trump this week •   The FCC could soon be paralyzed in a partisan stalemate •   CBS and Viacom won’t be merging, after all •   1 in 25 Americans has faced or been threatened with ‘revenge porn’ •   Auction houses face off in website data scraping lawsuit Also Popular in Lifestyle •   When even Frosted Flakes are political, where does that leave us as a country? •   Will he be able to love his kids from different marriages equally? •   Former ‘Brady Bunch’ star fired from radio show after vulgar, homophobic rant •   A woman in a restaurant complained about my kids. 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