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5:25 PM ET, November 12, 2016

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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.
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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 …
Discussion: Common Dreams
Stephen L. Carter / Bloomberg:
Trump and the Fall of Liberalism  —  Let's be frank.  After this week's electoral explosion, liberalism faces years in the wilderness.  It's not just that the president-elect is Donald Trump.  It's that a Democratic Party that as recently as Monday imagined it had forged …
Kurtis Lee / Los Angeles Times:
Is a Muslim from the Midwest set to take over the Democratic National Committee?
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Bernie's empire strikes back
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton blames Comey letters for defeat  —  Hillary Clinton pinned the blame for her defeat on FBI Director James Comey's letters about her email arrangement in a conference call with her top campaign contributors on Saturday afternoon.  —  Speaking with Democrats who raised over $100,000 …
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Blames F.B.I. Director for Election Loss  —  Hillary Clinton on Saturday cast blame for her surprise election loss on the announcement by the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, days before the election that he had revived the inquiry into her use of a private email server.
Discussion: Reuters, Jezebel, Refinery29 and Politico
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton blames one Comey letter for stopping momentum and the other for turning out Trump voters
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” …
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
New York Times: We blew it on Trump  —  MORE FROM:  —  The Gray Lady feels the agony of political defeat — in her reputation and in her wallet.  —  After taking a beating almost as brutal as Hillary Clinton's, the New York Times on Friday made an extraordinary appeal to its readers to stand by her.
Discussion: Don Surber, TheBlaze and BizPac Review
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump team rivalries spark infighting  —  The bitter infighting that plagued Donald Trump's campaign during the Republican presidential primary is starting to spill over into his team's efforts to establish an administration and political operation, according to more than half a dozen sources familiar with the planning efforts.
Discussion: AOL and WHNT-TV
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ABC News:
Michael Moore Blasts Donald Trump as ‘Illegitimate President’ as He Tours Trump Tower  —  Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore called Donald Trump an “illegitimate president” while making an unexpected appearance at Trump Tower ahead of a protest slated to take place there in New York City today.
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 …
Discussion: Maggie's Farm
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Tea Party leader shoots down RNC chair as Trump's chief of staff  —  A prominent Tea Party leader is warning Donald Trump not to choose RNC chair Reince Priebus as his White House chief of staff.  —  Reacting to reports that Trump is considering Priebus as one of his top two choices …
Discussion: CNN, Politico and RedState
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 …
Associated Press:
Trump relies on Washington insiders to build administration  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump elicited wild cheers on the campaign trail by pledging to “drain the swamp” in Washington, but the president-elect's transition team is populated largely with creatures of the capital …
Discussion: Mother Jones
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Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times:   How Letting Bankers Off the Hook May Have Tipped the Election
Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
After Trump Win, Parallel Path Is Seen for Marine Le Pen of France's Far Right  —  HÉNIN-BEAUMONT, France — It was a moment of intense French patriotism on a sunny Friday, Armistice Day.  A band blared “La Marseillaise,” the national anthem.  Shouts of “Vive la France!” filled the chilly November air.
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
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.
Roque Planas / The Huffington Post:
Democrats Hoping ‘Trump Effect’ Would Drive Latino Turnout Neglected Engagement Work  —  “It was just pitiful.”  —  On Sept. 5, 2014, Democratic National Committee leaders received a proposal for a plan to boost the Hispanic voter turnout rate using direct mail, phone calls, radio ads and news media appearances.
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.
 
 
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Frankie Taggart / Yahoo:
‘Depressed’ De Niro backs anti-Trump protests
Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
House Democrats work to quell post-election anger with leaders
Discussion: Hot Air
Tony Pugh / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Voter suppression laws likely tipped the scales for Trump, civil rights groups say
Discussion: Washington Post
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Milwaukee elections head says voter ID law hurt city's turnout
Discussion: Associated Press and VoteRiders
Masha Gessen / The New York Review of Books:
Autocracy: Rules for Survival
Sarah Dean / Daily Mail:
Grandmother, 72, who was raped by a 17-year-old asylum seeker after helping him out of a canal …
 Earlier Items: 
Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
Can Trump Save Their Jobs? They're Counting on It
Washington Post:
Anti-Trump protesters take to the streets in many cities for a third night
Toronto Star:
Markham principal apologizes for ‘discriminatory’ Facebook posts
Discussion: Blazing Cat Fur and Jihad Watch
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Trump and advisers hedge on major pledges, including Obamacare and the wall
Discussion: Guardian and Balloon Juice
Clive Crook / Bloomberg:
Revenge of the Deplorables
 

 
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