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1:35 PM ET, November 12, 2016

Top Items:

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: New York Magazine, Politicus USA, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Business Insider, Washington Free Beacon, AOL and Mediaite

Los Angeles Times:
Trump replaces Christie with Pence as head of transition team amid bumpy first steps to the White House

Discussion: Eschaton

greatagain.gov:
President-Elect Donald J. Trump Announces New Implementation Phase of Presidential Transition Team

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Guardian, Bloomberg and CBS San Francisco

Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times: After Election, Commander in Chief Soothes White House Workers

Nancy Scola / Politico:
Trump transition website lifts passages from nonpartisan nonprofit

Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Seething liberals vow revolution in Democratic Party — The Republican civil war was supposed start this week. — Instead, a ferocious struggle has erupted on the left over the smoldering remains of the Democratic Party. — Liberals are seething over the election and talking about launching a Tea Party-style revolt.

Discussion: Business Insider, CNBC and The Week, more at Mediagazer »

Daniel Strauss / Politico:

Bernie's empire strikes back — The revolution is back in business. — Supporters of Bernie Sanders' failed presidential bid are seizing on Democratic disarray at the national level to launch a wave of challenges to Democratic Party leaders in the states.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal

Victor Davis Hanson / Hoover Institution:

Why Trump Won — Throughout the course of the 2016 election, the conventional groupthink was that the renegade Donald Trump had irrevocably torn apart the Republican Party. His base populism supposedly sandbagged more experienced and electable Republican candidates, who were bewildered that a …

Bernie Sanders / New York Times:

Where the Democrats Go From Here — Millions of Americans registered a protest vote on Tuesday, expressing their fierce opposition to an economic and political system that puts wealthy and corporate interests over their own. I strongly supported Hillary Clinton, campaigned hard on her behalf …

Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times:

How Letting Bankers Off the Hook May Have Tipped the Election — There are many facets to the populist, anti-establishment anger that swept Donald J. Trump into the White House in Tuesday's election. A crucial element fueling the rage, in my view, was this: Not one high-ranking executive …

Fox News:

New York Times publisher vows to ‘rededicate’ paper to reporting honestly — Pedestrians wait for cabs across the street from The New York Times in New York. (AP) — The publisher of The New York Times penned a letter to readers Friday promising that the paper would “reflect” …

Discussion: New York Post, Heat Street and New York Times

eenews.net:

Tears, angst as workforce braces for Trump takeover — U.S. EPA employees were in tears. Worried Energy Department staffers were offered counseling. Some federal employees were so depressed, they took time off. Others might retire early. — And some employees are in downright panic mode …

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, BizPac Review and MichelleMalkin.com

Abby Phillip / Washington Post:

A series of strategic mistakes likely sealed Clinton's fate — Just days before the election, after weeks believing that Michigan was safely blue, the pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC Priorities USA polled voters there — only to discover that it was a one-point race.

Ross Douthat / New York Times:

You Must Serve Trump — Of all the conservatives who opposed Donald Trump during his campaign for the presidency, his most vehement opponents were the men and women who had served in past Republican administrations, and particularly in the departments of state and of defense.

Discussion: Balkinization

Melissa Rohlin / MySanAntonio.com:

Gregg Popovich uncensored: Full transcript of thoughts on Donald Trump — Gregg Popovich said Friday that he's sick to his stomach that Donald Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States. — Popovich said that it reflects the bigotry of many Americans, something he said disgusts him.

Discussion: Deadspin, Balloon Juice and Discourse.net

Toronto Star:

Markham principal apologizes for ‘discriminatory’ Facebook posts — The principal of Sir Wilfrid Laurier Public School says she “has learned a number of lessons” after an investigation into her social media posts. — A Markham elementary school principal has apologized for her “discriminatory” …

Discussion: Blazing Cat Fur and Jihad Watch

Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:

Can Trump Save Their Jobs? They're Counting on It — INDIANAPOLIS — By the time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series for the first time in 108 years this month, Paul Roell was already asleep. He did not stay up to see Barack Obama win the presidency in 2008, or watch in 2000 as the margin …

Amanda Coyne / Greenville News:

Graham suggests Cruz for Supreme Court, hopes for infrastructure repair bill in Trump's first 100 days — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said in January that choosing between Sen. Ted Cruz and Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination was “like choosing between getting shot or poisoned.”

Discussion: RedState, Outside the Beltway, TheBlaze and Politico

CBS News:

Trump to keep some Obamacare, says Clintons gracious — President-elect Donald Trump says he will keep parts of Obamacare in his first post-election television interview on Sunday's 60 Minutes at 7 p.m. ET/PT — President-elect Donald Trump says he will not throw out all parts …

Discussion: Washington Post, Talking Points Memo and New York Times

CNN:

Civilians shot, bodies hung from poles in Mosul, Iraqi sources say — Battle for Mosul: From clinic to combat hospital — Irbil, Iraq (CNN)As fighting continued in and around Mosul on Friday, civilians caught in crossfire have a stark choice: whether to flee or stay huddled inside their homes.

Discussion: The Week and Daily Kos

Nick Cumming-Bruce / New York Times:
ISIS Is Massacring Mosul Civilians as Troops Advance, U.N. Says

Discussion: The Week and The Daily Caller

Masha Gessen / The New York Review of Books:

Autocracy: Rules for Survival — “Thank you, my friends. Thank you. Thank you. We have lost. We have lost, and this is the last day of my political career, so I will say what must be said. We are standing at the edge of the abyss. Our political system, our society …

Discussion: Blue Virginia, Advocate and The Stranger …

Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:

Trump and advisers hedge on major pledges, including Obamacare and the wall — President-elect Donald Trump and key advisers in recent days have backed away from some of the most sweeping pledges that the Republican candidate made on the campaign trail, suggesting that his administration …

Discussion: Balloon Juice

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.

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.