For Trump critics, an ‘UnNaugural’ concert; The full transcript from the Trump transition team’s Tuesday call to reporters; Manchin to stay in the Senate despite Cabinet speculation; ‘We can’t have a situation where Flint is always next': How one Democrat got a GOP Congress to help his home town; The Daily 202: Ayn Rand-acolyte Donald Trump stacks his cabinet with fellow objectivists; After federal employee insurance website crashes, procrastinators get reprieve; Dispute over Russia reflects growing Republican resistance to Trump; Economists are like the rest of us. Their views on controversies line up with their ideologies.; Why the polls missed in 2016: Was it shy Trump supporters after all?; Energy Dept. rejects Trump’s request to name climate change workers, who remain worried; Trump has picked the most conservative EPA leader since 1981. This one will face much less resistance.;
 
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For Trump critics, an ‘UnNaugural’ concert
Md. state Sen. Cheryl Kagan created the Jan. 20 event to raise money for progressive causes and as an opportunity for “healing and inspiration.”
 
The full transcript from the Trump transition team’s Tuesday call to reporters
The daily update.
 
Manchin to stay in the Senate despite Cabinet speculation
The announcement supports reporting by The Post and other news outlets that Trump has picked former Texas governor Rick Perry as energy secretary.
 
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‘We can’t have a situation where Flint is always next': How one Democrat got a GOP Congress to help his home town
'I feel very strongly about places like Flint, poor communities, especially a lot of them which are majority-minority communities. They need somebody to speak up for them. That's what I do.'
 
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
 
After federal employee insurance website crashes, procrastinators get reprieve
Vision and dental benefits enrollment extended until midnight Wednesday after system failure at Monday's deadline, but changes have to be made by phone.
 
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.
 
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Economists are like the rest of us. Their views on controversies line up with their ideologies.
Those economists who insist on their impartiality should take a long, hard look in the mirror.
 
Why the polls missed in 2016: Was it shy Trump supporters after all?
There were enough voters for the GOP nominee in the surveys. They just didn't reveal themselves.
 
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.”
 
Trump has picked the most conservative EPA leader since 1981. This one will face much less resistance.
Political polarization makes Scott Pruitt's road much easier.
 
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