DON SURBER: “The media parrots Democratic Party talking points without embarrassment, which helped elect Obama president. But as those talking points corroded the credibility of the press, the parroting helped elect President Trump.”

JAYVEE: Suicide truck hits Egypt security post in Sinai, killing 10.

THE BEACON CENTER OFFERS A THREE-POINT PLAN for attacking poverty in Tennessee. School choice, occupational licensing reform, and criminal justice reform — looks solid to me.

IF YOU WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE, CALL WESTERN UNION: Stars snub fans with Donald Trump snits.

They better watch out. Trump might repeal the Hollywood Tax Cuts, or crack down on “Hollywood Accounting.”

UPDATE: From the comments: “This could have a different headline: ‘Hollywood Stars Remind Voters Why They Voted For Trump.'”

VIOLA DAVIS AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES: “There is no way that we can have someone in office who is not an extension of our belief system.”

You get used to it.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. Spicer: Media doesn’t treat Trump with respect, cheers on Democrats.

The media doesn’t treat President-elect Donald Trump with the proper respect, the man set to be the next White House spokesman said in an interview with The Hill.

Sean Spicer, a longtime GOP operative and strategist for the Republican National Committee, criticized a media landscape that he said mocked Trump even as it cheers on Democrats.

While he said the media seems to understand that Trump represents a larger movement after his presidential win, his remarks reflected longstanding antipathy on the part of the Trump team on how the businessman has been treated.

“There’s some positive aspects here and there, but largely it still continues to not treat him with the respect that he deserves,” Spicer said.

“I think for a lot of folks inside the beltway, and inside pundit-world, they don’t fully appreciate the understanding that he has of where the American people are,” Spicer continued. “They continue to mock him in ways, when it frankly just shows the lack of understanding of that they have of where the American people are and what they think.”

Spicer also criticized what he said are “countless examples” of the media cheering on Democrats.

“There are countless examples of the media engaging — overtly or covertly — cheering on Democrats and there’s no accountability. But it’s also not even frowned upon,” he said.

No, it’s cheered on by their fellow Democratic Party operatives with bylines.

THIS DEAL KEEPS GETTING WORSE ALL THE TIME: U.N. chief concerned Iran may have violated arms embargo.

The United Nations chief expressed concern to the Security Council that Iran may have violated an arms embargo by supplying weapons and missiles to Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah, according to a confidential report, seen by Reuters on Sunday.

The second bi-annual report, due to be discussed by the 15-member council on Jan. 18, also cites an accusation by France that an arms shipment seized in the northern Indian Ocean in March was from Iran and likely bound for Somalia or Yemen.

Most U.N. sanctions were lifted a year ago under a deal Iran made with Britain, France, Germany, China, Russia, the United States and the European Union to curb its nuclear program. But Iran is still subject to an arms embargo and other restrictions, which are not technically part of the nuclear agreement.

It’s easier to attempt and to get away with this kind of thing once you’re suddenly flush with cash.

EGADS! Republicans Would Repeal Obamacare In Precisely The Way They Accuse Democrats Of Enacting It.

The story that Obamacare opponents tell about its enactment is that backers conceived the health insurance proposal in secret, misled the public about its provisions, and passed it without thinking through the consequences.

That’s a totally accurate account ― of what Republicans are planning to do right now.

How dare they play by the Democrats’ rulebook.

OF COURSE NOT. THIS IS AN EFFORT TO BUY GENTRY VOTES: There is actually nothing for low-income students in Cuomo’s free-college plan.

SERIOUSNESS: Celebrity A-Listers Party At The White House Until Morning To Say Goodbye To Barack Obama.

LATE STAGE CORRUPTOCRACY: Illinois Is In A Death Spiral Thanks To The Democratic Machine. “The press remains complicit by missing the full scope of the crisis.” Well, that’s one of the ways they’re complicit.

RETAIL BLUES: The Limited Is Closing All 250 of Its Stores.

The retailer isn’t even making it online; last month it was reported that the company is likely headed for liquidation.

PURGE ON: Turkey may hold referendum on new constitution in early April.

Turkey may hold a referendum in the first week of April on a new constitution which would create an executive presidential system, handing incumbent President Tayyip Erdogan greater powers, Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli said on Monday.

Parliament’s general assembly is due to start debating the proposed constitutional changes later on Monday and work on the package is expected to be completed in 18-20 days, Canikli said in an interview with A Haber television.

The reform package is expected to be approved by parliament, in which the ruling AK Party has a strong majority, and would then go to a referendum.

The last remnants of Ataturk’s Republic will be swept away forever.

FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORMED: Young Obama Voter Says Race Relations Worse After 8 Years Of America’s First Black President.

STOP! IN THE NAME OF THE PRONOUN POLICE! “Queer Activist Arrested for Murder, Friend Insists He Goes By ‘They,’” and Berkeley newspaper updates story accordingly:

Berkeleyside, a local independent news outlet, rushed a story to the presses on Friday, but it had to issue an important correction. Reportedly, the suspected murderer would rather be called by the pronoun “they,” as opposed to “he.”

Facing murder charges is nothing compared to being “misgendered,” apparently. (A later update would clarify Gomez’s age at 22.)

Police have identified the wanted person as 24-year-old Pablo Gomez Jr. of North Hollywood. According to Gomez Jr.’s Facebook page, they are a UC Berkeley student who lives in Berkeley. [A friend contacted Berkeleyside after publication to say that Gomez Jr. uses the pronoun “they.” This story has been updated.]

As if this note were not enough, the article also included a correction statement at the bottom.

This story was updated after publication to reflect Gomez Jr.’s preferred pronoun, according to a friend who contacted Berkeleyside.

Time to update the Newspeak Dictionary again, comrade.