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• Dollar dips, stocks fall as Trumpflation trade pauses (Reuters)
• A profile of RenTec's Medallion fund: Inside a Moneymaking Machine Like No Other (BBG)
• Mattis, Christie, Giuliani in contention for top posts (Reuters)
• Paulson’s Big Long: A Bet on Trump Yields Power and Profit (BBG)
• Ex-PM Fillon is favorite to win French conservative presidential ticket (Reuters)
• In weekend of deliberation, Mattis favored for Trump Pentagon chief (Reuters)
• Citigroup Leads U.S. Banks Higher in Global Systemic Risk List (BBG)

In the latest in a series of protests against the North Dakota oil pipeline project, overnight an estimated 400 protesters clashed with police who fired tear gas at the scene of a similar confrontation last month. The protesters mounted the Backwater Bridge and attempted to force their way past police in what the Morton County Sheriff's Department initially described as an "ongoing riot." Protesters say the pipeline threatens water resources and sacred tribal lands.

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President Trump: :An American Perspective from Living in Norway, by Anonymous

Background – Moving and Living in Norway.

According to Hillary, I am a “deplorable.” I would like to share my story how this came about and what this election meant to me.

President-elect Donald Trump has announced plans to create “complete American energy independence” and ban Saudi Arabian oil from the U.S. market – and the Saudis have begun to panic. Imagine making the world’s largest oil exporter sweat it out. That’s exactly what Donald Trump is doing. The president-elect has said repeatedly that the U.S. needs to ban all oil imports from Saudi Arabia. During his campaign Trump vowed to secure U.S.

This summer, I told you that J.D. Vance was the man to listen to if you wanted to understand what was happening in contemporary American politics. Now, please hear me when I say that Ryszard Legutko is another critically important voice for our time.