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12:50 AM ET, November 12, 2016

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New York Times:
Donald Trump Prepares for White House Move, but His Tower May Still Beckon  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump won the White House with an outsider's populist promise to “drain the swamp” of Washington.  —  Now, as he prepares to assume the presidency, an open question remains about the capital …
Discussion: Business Insider
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New York Times:
Vice President-Elect Pence to Take Over Trump Transition Effort  —  WASHINGTON — Vice President-elect Mike Pence will take over the job of leading Donald J. Trump's transition effort, taking the helm from Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, as Mr. Trump moves to assemble a government …
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
After Election, Commander in Chief Soothes White House Workers  —  There has been weeping at West Wing staff meetings and a series of presidential pep talks, a tear-jerker of a Rose Garden gathering and anguished conversations about what will happen to President Obama's legacy and the job prospects of his aides.
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Pence to take over Trump's transition effort from Christie
Discussion: Politicus USA
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Trump Campaigned Against Lobbyists, but Now They're on His Transition Team
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Willing to Keep Parts of Health Law  —  President-elect hints at possible compromise after vows to repeal the Affordable Care Act  —  NEW YORK—President-elect Donald Trump said that, after conferring with President Barack Obama, he would consider leaving in place certain parts …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump 'hasn't given a lot of thought' to jailing Clinton
Discussion: Business Insider and AOL
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Okay With Keeping Parts Of Obamacare Despite Calling It ‘Disaster’
Discussion: CNBC
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Corey Lewandowski resigns from CNN  —  Corey Lewandowski, the controversial Donald Trump campaign manager turned CNN commentator, resigned from CNN on Friday afternoon.  —  The resignation is effective immediately.  A CNN spokeswoman confirmed that Lewandowski is no longer serving as a contributor to the network.
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Lindsey Ellefson / Mediaite:
Following Trump Victory, Corey Lewandowski Quits CNN
Discussion: Raw Story, Politico and TheBlaze
David Plouffe / New York Times:
What I Got Wrong About the Election  —  Like many people around the world, I expected a comfortable Hillary Clinton victory on Tuesday.  But I'm not a random pundit when it comes to understanding presidential races and the electorate — I managed one Obama presidential campaign and oversaw another from the White House.
Peter W. Stevenson / Washington Post:
‘Prediction professor’ who called Trump's big win also made another forecast: Trump will be impeached  —  Few prognosticators predicted a Donald Trump victory ahead of Tuesday night.  Polls showed Hillary Clinton comfortably ahead, and much of America (chiefly the media) …
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Jim Norman / Gallup:
Trump Victory Surprises Americans; Four in 10 Afraid
Discussion: Hot Air and Politicus USA
David Brooks / New York Times:
The View From Trump Tower
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Why FiveThirtyEight Gave Trump A Better Chance Than Almost Anyone Else  —  Based on what most of us would have thought possible a year or two ago, the election of Donald Trump was one of the most shocking events in American political history.  But it shouldn't have been that much of a surprise based …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and ESPN
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Christian Datoc / The Daily Caller:
Muslim, Democrat Woman Voted For Trump — Silences CNN Host With Her Explanation For Why She Did It [VIDEO]  —  Asra Nomani is a Muslim, liberal-leaning woman who voted for Donald Trump in the presidential election, and on Friday she explained to CNN's Carol Costello why she did it.  —  WATCH:
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The U.S. Media Is Completely Unprepared to Cover a Trump Presidency  —  Saddam Hussein was allied with al-Qaeda, and helped finance the 9/11 terrorist attacks.  The Hussein regime had sought uranium from Niger.  Iraq had obtained aluminum tubes to be used to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons.
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 …
Southern Poverty Law Center:
Over 200 Incidents of Hateful Harassment and Intimidation Since Election Day  —  Reports of hateful intimidation and harassment erupted across social media networks in the wake of the presidential election Tuesday night.  —  Pulling from news reports, social media, and direct submissions …
Nancy Scola / Politico:
Trump transition website lifts passages from nonpartisan nonprofit  —  President-elect Donald Trump's official government website, GreatAgain.gov, lifts the work of a nonprofit organization that provides research on presidential transitions, with some passages being duplicated whole-cloth.
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Theda Skocpol Responds to Judis  —  Theda Skocpol responds to John Judis's article on why Trump won ...  John, your piece is an elegant example of a genre of post-election autopsy that works no better, I fear, than those polling models.  —  You offer speculative interpretations of exit poll responses …
Azadeh Ansari / CNN:
Anti-Trump protesters march for 3rd night; Portland police call it a ‘riot’  —  Trump tweets response to second day of protests  —  (CNN)Thousands protesting Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election took to the streets for a third night of demonstrations and vigils in several US cities.
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USA Today:
Anti-Trump protests, some violent, erupt for 3rd night nationwide
Clive Crook / Bloomberg:
Revenge of the Deplorables  —  President Trump.  A handful of syllables still hard to get one's mind around.  How on earth did this happen?  —  There's no single reason.  Any number of factors were involved, and it wouldn't have taken much for things to have turned out differently.
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Donors and lobbyists already shaping Trump's ‘drain the swamp’ administration  —  The chant echoed through Donald Trump's boisterous rallies leading up to Election Day: “Drain the swamp!  Drain the swamp!  Drain the swamp!”  —  “We are fighting for every citizen that believes that government …
Discussion: RT
Douglas Ernst / Washington Times:
Podesta: Hillary Clinton lost because media gave Donald Trump ‘a pass’  —  Hillary Clinton's inner circle gathered for an autopsy of her failed presidential campaign and concluded that media bias in favor of Donald Trump contributed to his historic win.  —  A political postmortem …
Mark Dent / Billy Penn:
‘N—er Lynching’ group text shocks Penn freshmen  —  Penn students and staff are in an uproar after black freshmen students were added to a GroupMe group titled “Nigger Lynching.”  —  Student Calvary Rogers posted on Facebook about the group earlier today:
Ellen Mitchell / Politico:
Defense lobbyists deluged in wake of Trump victory  —  Defense lobbyists are getting a flood of calls from longtime clients and new prospects eager to take advantage of a potential military buildup under President-elect Donald Trump — but also fearful he will spark a trade war and jeopardize their lucrative arms deals.
Discussion: New Century Times
Elias Groll / Foreign Policy:
When Trump Takes Control of the Justice Department, Be Afraid  —  America's litigious president-elect is about to run the world's most fearsome legal agency.  —  As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump threatened to sue those who crossed him: the scores of women who accused him of sexual assault …
Discussion: Fox News and Liberal Values
 
 
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Josh Dawsey / Wall Street Journal:
Bloomberg Adviser Kevin Sheekey Considers a New York City Mayoral Bid
Joshua Rhett Miller / New York Post:
Assassination threats against Trump flood Twitter
New York Daily News:
Black Lives Matter anti-bullying activist charged with assaulting 74-year-old Trump supporter
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Root
William Mauldin / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Administration Gives Up on Pacific Trade Deal
Discussion: Infowars
John Judis / Talking Points Memo:
Why Trump Won - And Clinton Lost - And What It Could Mean for the Country and the Parties
Amanda Winkle / WJAX:
Investigation underway after 2 racist signs posted above water fountains at First Coast High School
Discussion: Law News, Raw Story and The Root
 Earlier Items: 
Daniel Payne / The Federalist:
Dear Lefties: If You Don't ‘Feel Safe,’ You Can Always Buy Some Guns
Geoff Earle / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Huma breaks down and weeps openly as she returns to campaign headquarters …
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Freakout at Princeton  —  From a letter by a Princeton student to the Daily Princetonian:
The Huffington Post:
Hillary Clinton's Vaunted GOTV Operation May Have Turned Out Trump Voters
Discussion: Townhall.com and Hot Air
Patrick Hussion / WYFF-TV:
Sen. Lindsey Graham offers thoughts on Supreme Court nominee
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Blanche Johnson / Fox News:
Pat Boone: Donald Trump's win is a slap in the face for Hollywood
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
SCOOP — SCHUMER backs ELLISON for DNC — TRUMP WORLD begins to float cabinet secretaries …
Emily Smith / New York Post:
Chelsea Clinton being groomed to run for Congress
 

 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

The New York Times Company:
The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021

Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the Agora Center for Research, a Ugandan newsroom sitting between activism and investigative reporting, posting its work on various social media sites

 
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