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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Dark days for Obama's White House — President Obama on Thursday will welcome Donald Trump — to the White House, beginning a transition of power that is pure anguish for many in the Democratic Party. — The meeting, which seemed improbable just 72 hours ago, will likely stand …
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Carol E. Lee / Wall Street Journal:
President Obama, Donald Trump Meet at White House to Begin Transition — Trump says he respects Obama, will seek his counsel while in office — WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama hosted President-elect Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday for a meeting intended to signal to Americans …
CNN:
Trump calls Obama ‘a very good man’ after historic White House meeting — Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama welcomed President-elect Donald Trump to the White House Thursday, as both men put past antagonisms aside in a time honored ritual epitomizing the peaceful transfer of political power.
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is dead, Schumer tells labor leaders — The Senate's soon-to-be-top Democrat told labor leaders Thursday that the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the trade deal at the center of President Obama's “pivot” to strengthen ties with key Asian allies, will not be ratified by Congress.
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
4 threats to the media under President Trump
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
President Obama's Long History of Insulting Donald Trump
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump maps out a new administration to bring a seismic shift to Washington
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump and Obama Hold Cordial 90-Minute Meeting in Oval Office
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Trump campaign staff redirects, then restores, mention of Muslim ban from website — President-elect Donald Trump's campaign staff temporarily redirected the webpage detailing his controversial proposal to temporarily ban Muslim immigration into the United States, one of the most divisive …
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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 …
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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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Eli Watkins / CNN:
How Gary Johnson and Jill Stein helped elect Donald Trump — Washington (CNN)Neither Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson nor the Green Party's Jill Stein managed to make a dent in the Electoral College, but they did post a significant enough showing in several states arguably to help elect Donald Trump.
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New York Times:
The Electoral College Is Hated by Many. So Why Does It Endure? — In November 2000, as the Florida recount gripped the nation, a newly elected Democratic senator from New York took a break from an upstate victory tour to address the possibility that Al Gore could wind up winning the popular vote but losing the presidential election.
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Laura Italiano / New York Post:
The one scenario that could still get Hillary into the White House
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John R. Koza / The Hill:
States can kill Electoral College — here's how to empower popular vote
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Aaron Sorkin / Vanity Fair:
Read the Letter Aaron Sorkin Wrote His Daughter After Donald Trump Was Elected President — The Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Social Network and mastermind behind The West Wing reacts to Donald Trump being elected the 45th president of the United States in a moving letter written …
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Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton lost. Bernie Sanders could have won. — We chose the wrong candidate. — Donald Trump's stunning victory is less surprising when we remember a simple fact: Hillary Clinton is a deeply unpopular politician. She won a hotly contested primary victory against a uniquely popular candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders.
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Matthew Weaver / Guardian:
Bernie Sanders: Donald Trump harnessed anti-establishment anger
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Wall Street Journal:
Protests Against Donald Trump Spread Across the U.S. — Demonstrators chant slogans against president-elect; protests held in cities including New York, San Francisco, Boston, Washington, Austin, Chicago, Seattle and Portland — Thousands of protesters packed the area around Trump Tower …
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
‘People Have to Die’: Anti-Trump Protester Calls For Violence on CNN
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John Binder / Breitbart:
‘Die Whites Die’: Anti-Trump Rioters Vandalize NOLA Monuments
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Bloomberg:
Trump's Data Team Saw a Different America—and They Were Right — The president-elect's analysts picked up disturbances others weren't seeing—the beginning of the storm that would deliver Trump to the White House. — Subscribe Reprints — Nobody saw it coming. Not the media.
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Heather Timmons / Quartz:
A rash of racist attacks have broken out in the US after Donald Trump's victory — In his acceptance speech on Nov. 9, US president-elect Donald J. Trump made a pledge of unity, promising to be a leader for “all Americans.” — But some of his supporters have not heard that message.
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Tim Alberta / National Review:
UPDATED: Obama 2012 Would've Beaten Trump 2016 — UPDATE: Mea Culpa. — Here's what happened: I used the New York Times vote-record database for the numbers in this post. This was a matter of convenience; I had already been using the NYT database because of its excellent interactive feature …
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
National recall after Newsweek misfires with Clinton cover … A national recall went out Wednesday for the special “Madame President” issue of Newsweek that was prematurely shipped to stores and newsstands across the country. — At the same time, the publisher of the magazine will rush the …
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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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Erick-Woods Erickson / New York Times:
Erick Erickson: Eating Crow on Donald Trump — Atlanta — Donald J. Trump will be the next president of the United States. I got it absolutely wrong. I have been writing since February that he would not win. The great paradox of this election for me is that I never saw …
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Numbers / Pew Research Center:
A Divided and Pessimistic Electorate — Voters skeptical of progress in many areas - even jobs - since 2008 — Beyond their disagreements over specific policy issues, voters who supported President-elect Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton also differed over the seriousness of a wide array …
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
ObamaCare sign-ups surge post-election — 's presidential election victory marked the strongest day of ObamaCare signups in this year's open enrollment period so far. — More than 100,000 people selected plans through HealthCare.gov on Wednesday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced.
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Leslie Knope / Vox:
A letter to America from Leslie Knope, regarding Donald Trump — Amidst the confusion, and despair, and disbelief, it was suggested to me by a very close friend of mine (I won't say her name to protect her identity) (Ann. It was Ann) that perhaps a few people would enjoy hearing my thoughts on this election.
CBS News:
Commentary: The unbearable smugness of the press — The mood in the Washington press corps is bleak, and deservedly so. — It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that, with a few exceptions, we were all tacitly or explicitly #WithHer, which has led to a certain anguish in the face of Donald Trump's victory.
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
The Choice Confronting the Supreme Court's Chief Justice — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. got lucky on Tuesday. — Maybe. — Donald J. Trump's victory saved the chief justice from irrelevance. A President Hillary Clinton nomination would have filled the current Supreme Court vacancy …
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Joseph Serna / Los Angeles Times:
Muslim and Latino students in California are targeted following Trump's election — Thousands of high school and college students march to Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley to protest the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president. (Associated Press) — A Muslim college student in San Diego …
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