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Senator Harry Reid:
Reid Statement on the Election of Donald Trump — Washington, D.C. - Nevada Senator Harry Reid released the following statement about the election of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States: — “I have personally been on the ballot in Nevada for 26 elections …
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Grubhub, Inc.:
Inclusion and Tolerance in the Workplace — This year's presidential election was undoubtedly divisive and left many of our employees feeling concerned. In response, I wrote a company-wide email that was intended to advocate for inclusion and tolerance — regardless of political affiliation …
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Bryan Llenas / Fox News:
Boss tells pro-Trump employees to resign — If you voted for Donald Trump, you may not feel welcomed at Grubhub. — The CEO of Grubhub, an online food delivery service, sent a company wide email Wednesday suggesting employees who agree with President-elect Donald Trump's behaviors and his campaign rhetoric should resign.
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
DNC Staffer Screams At Donna Brazile For Helping Elect Donald Trump — Democrats' nerves are raw in Washington after Tuesday's stunning loss. — WASHINGTON On Thursday, Democratic Party officials held their first staff meeting since Hillary Clinton's stunning loss to Donald Trump in the presidential race.
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
SCOOP — SCHUMER backs ELLISON for DNC — TRUMP WORLD begins to float cabinet secretaries — SCHOCK indicted — TARGETED VICTORY splits in two — B'DAY: Tucker Bounds — Listen to Playbook in 90 Seconds http://bit.ly/2eP91e4 ... Subscribe on iTunes: http://apple.co/2f1856A — Happy Veterans Day.
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The Huffington Post:
Congressman Keith Ellison Wants To Run The DNC
Congressman Keith Ellison Wants To Run The DNC
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Sanders backs Ellison for DNC chairman
Sanders backs Ellison for DNC chairman
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Paul Ryan Says Medicare Privatization Is On — During the campaign, coverage of the issues was blotted out by coverage of Hillary Clinton's emails and Donald Trump's broad suite of sociopathic tendencies. And of the issues that did receive any attention, a conspicuously missing …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
And Here We Go — Paul Ryan just announced that as part of repealing Obamacare he plans to phase out Medicare and replace it with private insurance for retirees.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Thoughts for the Horrified — So what do we do now? By “we” I mean all those left, center and even right who saw Donald Trump as the worst man ever to run for president and assumed that a strong majority of our fellow citizens would agree. — I'm not talking about rethinking political strategy.
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Jennifer Senior / New York Times:
Review: Megyn Kelly Tells Tales Out of Fox News in Her Memoir, ‘Settle for More’ — Even had there been no news in Megyn Kelly's new memoir, “Settle for More,” the book would have drawn a considerable audience. Ms. Kelly, the 45-year-old anchor on Fox News, has emerged …
Emily Smith / New York Post:
Chelsea Clinton being groomed to run for Congress — More On: — While some pundits are declaring the Clinton political dynasty dead, sources tell us that it is far from over. Chelsea Clinton is being groomed for the New York seat held by Rep. Nita Lowey.
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Richard Gehr / Rolling Stone:
Leonard Cohen Dead at 82 — Hugely influential singer and songwriter's work spanned five decades — Leonard Cohen, the hugely influential singer and songwriter whose work spanned five decades, died at the age of 82. Cohen's label, Sony Music Canada, confirmed his death on the singer's Facebook page.
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Larry Rohter / New York Times:
Leonard Cohen, Epic and Enigmatic Songwriter, Is Dead at 82
Leonard Cohen, Epic and Enigmatic Songwriter, Is Dead at 82
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton aides blame loss on everything but themselves — Sexism. The media. James Comey. — On a call with surrogates Thursday afternoon, top advisers John Podesta and Jennifer Palmieri pinned blame for Hillary Clinton's loss on a host of uncontrollable headwinds that ultimately felled …
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton aides blame FBI director, media for devastating loss
Clinton aides blame FBI director, media for devastating loss
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Debbie Dingell / Washington Post:
I said Clinton was in trouble with the voters I represent. Democrats didn't listen. — Debbie Dingell, a Democrat, represents Michigan's 12th Congressional District in the House. — I was the crazy one. I predicted that Hillary Clinton was in trouble in Michigan during the Democratic primary.
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Trump Campaigned Against Lobbyists, but Now They're on His Transition Team — WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump, who campaigned against the corrupt power of special interests, is filling his transition team with some of the very sort of people who he has complained have too much clout …
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Insurgent Trump taps GOP insiders, lobbyists for transition
Insurgent Trump taps GOP insiders, lobbyists for transition
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Bloomberg:
Trump's Original Four: The Staffers Behind His Historic Victory — In a campaign littered with cast-aways, they survived. — JenniferJJacobs — kevcirilli — Only four of Donald Trump's original inner circle of senior staff have survived all the turmoil, at Trump's side …
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Freakout at General Mills — To borrow from the classic '60's song: Freakout strikes deep/Into your life it will creep...especially if you're subject to the war waged by other means inside one of the multifarious institutions subservient to the reigning shibboleths and clichés that dictate so much of the way we live now.
Adrienne Cutway / WKMG:
George Zimmerman used racial slur before being removed from bar, deputies say — Zimmerman involved in incident at Corona Cigar Company — SANFORD, Fla. - George Zimmerman yelled at a female employee, used racial slurs and was “belligerent” toward a deputy before being he was removed …
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Lizzy Acker / Oregonian:
After Donald Trump victory, Oregonians submit ballot proposal to secede from the union — Two days after Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, two Portlanders have submitted a petition for a 2018 ballot initiative to have Oregon secede from the United States.
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Chicago Tribune:
Bystanders yell anti-Trump taunts as man beaten after car crash — Social media video captures a West Side beating while onlookers shout about President-elect Donald Trump. Nov. 10, 2016. (Chicago Tribune) — A man shown in a viral video getting punched and kicked as a crowd yells …
Ken Belson / New York Times:
As Ratings Plummet, N.F.L. Considers Reducing Ads and Length of Games — N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Thursday that the league was looking at a variety of ways to shorten game broadcasts, including trimming some advertising, to keep the action moving.
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
No, the Electoral College won't make Clinton president instead of Trump — Donald Trump won Tuesday's presidential election. But many liberals and progressives have begun clinging to one faint hope that he could still be stopped — through the Electoral College.
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David Shortell / CNN:
Mayor: Database of undocumented New Yorkers could be deleted — Photos: — Donald Trump's rise — President-elect Donald Trump has been in the spotlight for years. From developing real estate and producing and starring in TV shows, he became a celebrity long before winning the White House.
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CBS News:
Riot declared in Portland, Oregon amid new wave of anti-Trump demos — PORTLAND, Ore. — Another round of protests over Donald Trump's election hit many major cities across the country Thursday during the day and at night and, while most were peaceful, at least one turned violent and was officially dubbed a riot.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Rep. Gohmert: Congress will find the funds to pay for Trump's wall — Congress should have no problem finding the money to pay for Donald Trump's proposed border wall once the president-elect is sworn in, Rep. Louie Gohmert said Friday morning. — The Texas Republican said Congress …
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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Police: Student fabricated report she was beaten, robbed — BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana college student has acknowledged she fabricated a report that she was assaulted and robbed of her wallet and Muslim headscarf by two men, one of whom she described as wearing a white “Trump” hat, police said Thursday.
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Claire Taylor / The Advertiser:
BREAKING: Police say UL student made up robbery story
BREAKING: Police say UL student made up robbery story
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