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Bloomberg:
Russia Says It Was in Contact With Trump's Team During Campaign — Russia said it was in contact with President-elect Donald Trump's team during the U.S. election campaign, despite repeated denials by the Republican candidate's advisers that any links existed.
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Washington Post:
Moscow had contacts with Trump team during campaign, Russian diplomat says — MOSCOW — Russian government officials had contacts with members of Donald Trump's campaign team, a senior Russian diplomat said Thursday, in a disclosure that could reopen scrutiny over the Kremlin's role …
Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Chris Christie: Donald Trump and I haven't discussed a potential Cabinet role — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he and President-elect Donald Trump “have not talked about anything” related to a potential Cabinet appointment within the new administration.
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New York Times:
‘Not Our President’: Protests Spread After Donald Trump's Election — Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Manhattan on Wednesday night and converged on Trump Tower in Midtown to protest the election of Donald J. Trump as president. — Similar protests happened in several cities across …
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USA Today:
Thousands across the USA protest Trump victory
Thousands across the USA protest Trump victory
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
‘People Have to Die’: Anti-Trump Protester Calls For Violence on CNN
‘People Have to Die’: Anti-Trump Protester Calls For Violence on CNN
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ABC News:
Tens of Thousands Protest Trump Victory
Tens of Thousands Protest Trump Victory
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Vigils and protests swell across U.S. in wake of Trump victory
Vigils and protests swell across U.S. in wake of Trump victory
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Chicago Tribune, Talking Points Memo, The Root, Political Wire and EurActiv.com
Emma Whitford / Gothamist:
Trump Tower Is Now Heavily Fortified Behind Big Concrete Barriers
Trump Tower Is Now Heavily Fortified Behind Big Concrete Barriers
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Democrats face a power outage in Washington — and an identity crisis — The biggest stain on Barack Obama's political legacy may turn out to be the decimation of the Democratic Party on his watch. — The 2016 election has brought a moment of reckoning — and a new era to the party.
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
4 threats to the media under President Trump — President-elect Donald Trump said during the campaign that he was “running against the crooked media.” He referred to journalists as “dishonest,” “disgusting” and “scum.” But beyond the insults and the accusations of a conspiracy against him …
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Barbara Sprunt / NPR:
Here Is What Donald Trump Wants To Do In His First 100 Days — At the end of October, Donald Trump spoke in Gettysburg, Pa., and released a plan for his first 100 days in office. — The plan (below) outlines three main areas of focus: cleaning up Washington, including by imposing term limits on Congress …
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Lauren Hodges / NPR:
GOP Leaders Make Peace With Trump In Favor Of ‘Unified Republican Government’
GOP Leaders Make Peace With Trump In Favor Of ‘Unified Republican Government’
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell says GOP will quickly repeal Obamacare
McConnell says GOP will quickly repeal Obamacare
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John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
Secretary Of Education Ben Carson? Here's A List Of Potential Trump Cabinet Picks — President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has put together a who's who shortlist of Trump surrogates and advisers to take top positions in his administration next year, ranging from former …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump maps out a new administration to bring a seismic shift to Washington — Washington began its transition of power Wednesday as the ascendancy of President-elect Donald Trump promised a seismic shift in nearly every facet of the capital city, from military and executive agencies …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Priebus ‘in tears’ after Trump tapes were leaked: radio host
Priebus ‘in tears’ after Trump tapes were leaked: radio host
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Reihan Salam / Slate:
Trump Unbound — The president-elect owes hardly anyone. The number of people who'll be able to rein him in is vanishingly small. — Once Donald Trump takes office, he will be the most widely loathed president in modern American history. Yet he will also have far more room to maneuver than any of his recent predecessors.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
What A Difference 2 Percentage Points Makes — Here's the Electoral College map we're going to end up with, assuming that every uncalled state goes to the candidate leading in the vote count there as of 4 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday. There's a sea of red for President-elect Donald Trump.
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Max Read / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump Won Because of Facebook — A close and — to pundits, journalists, and Democrats — unexpected victory like Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's is always overdetermined, and no one particular thing pushed Trump over the edge on Tuesday night.
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Garrison Keillor / Washington Post:
Trump voters will not like what happens next — Garrison Keillor is an author and radio personality. — So he won. The nation takes a deep breath. Raw ego and proud illiteracy have won out, and a severely learning-disabled man with a real character problem will be president.
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The Week
Melia Robinson / Business Insider:
People in California are calling for a ‘Calexit’ from the US in the wake of Trump's win — “Calexit” is swiftly taking over social media. — After Donald Trump won the race to the White House, people across California took to social media Tuesday night to call for “Calexit,” recalling Brexit in its push to leave the union.
Cogan Schneier / Politico:
Trump poised to erase Obama policies — Prepare for an imperial presidency. — Donald Trump has pledged to “reform the entire regulatory code,” to “cancel immediately all illegal and overreaching executive orders,” and to place a “temporary moratorium on new agency regulations that are not compelled by Congress or public safety.”
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
America Elects a Bigot — Donald J. Trump is president-elect of the United States. Now there's a sentence I never thought I'd write. — Against all odds and against all forms of the establishment, he prevailed. He won, legitimately, including in many states that were thought to be safely blue.
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The Daily Beast:
Team Trump Struggling to Fill National Security Jobs — President-Elect Donald Trump is scrambling to line up senior officials to run the government's sprawling intelligence and homeland security bureaucracy. — Team Trump is struggling to fill numerous key slots or even attract many candidates …
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Fred Imbert / CNBC:
Dow closes up 250 points; financials surge after Trump election upset — CNBC's Bob Pisani looks at the day's market action. — U.S. stocks surged more than 1 percent Wednesday with financials and health care leading after Republican Donald Trump won the presidential election, defying market expectations for a Hillary Clinton win.
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Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
Dow hits all-time high after wild day of trading
Dow hits all-time high after wild day of trading
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