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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
Trump 'hasn't given a lot of thought' to jailing Clinton
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Okay With Keeping Parts Of Obamacare Despite Calling It ‘Disaster’
Trump Okay With Keeping Parts Of Obamacare Despite Calling It ‘Disaster’
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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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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David Brooks / New York Times:
The View From Trump Tower
The View From Trump Tower
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Thoughts for the Horrified
Thoughts for the Horrified
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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 …
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Pence to take over Trump's transition effort from Christie — President-elect Donald Trump has shaken up his transition team just days after winning the White House, announcing that he is replacing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie with Vice President-elect Mike Pence at the helm of the effort …
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Donors and lobbyists already shaping Trump's ‘drain the swamp’ administration
Donors and lobbyists already shaping Trump's ‘drain the swamp’ administration
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RT
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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Asra Q. Nomani / Washington Post:
I'm a Muslim, a woman and an immigrant. I voted for Trump.
I'm a Muslim, a woman and an immigrant. I voted for Trump.
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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New York Times and Orcinus
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.
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The Huffington Post:
Hillary Clinton's Vaunted GOTV Operation May Have Turned Out Trump Voters — A focus on big data over people may have backfired. — Former Senior Adviser at Bernie 2016 and Coauthor of “Rules For Revolutionaries: How Big Organizing Can Change Everything”
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Jane Sanders: ‘Absolutely’ Bernie could have beat Trump
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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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 …
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:
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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 …
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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.
Geoff Earle / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Huma breaks down and weeps openly as she returns to campaign headquarters where she and her aides ran doomed bid to elect Hillary Clinton — Hillary Clinton's closest aide Huma Abedin wept in the street as she approached the failed campaign's headquarters in Brooklyn
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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.
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