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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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Los Angeles Times:
Trump replaces Christie with Pence as head of transition team amid bumpy first steps to the White House — Vice President-elect Mike Pence, left, was named Friday to replace New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as the head of Donald Trump's transition team. (Alex Brandon / Association Press)
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Eschaton
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
Trump transition website lifts passages from nonpartisan nonprofit
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Raw Story and Washington Post
New York Times:
Vice President-Elect Pence to Take Over Trump Transition Effort
Vice President-Elect Pence to Take Over Trump Transition Effort
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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 …
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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.
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Wall Street Journal
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.
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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The Independent:
Donald Trump has said that he might not repeal Obamacare, perhaps his biggest campaign promise.
Donald Trump has said that he might not repeal Obamacare, perhaps his biggest campaign promise.
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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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Mediaite, Business Insider, Politico and AOL
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.
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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Nick Cumming-Bruce / New York Times:
ISIS Is Massacring Mosul Civilians as Troops Advance, U.N. Says — GENEVA — Islamic State militants have summarily killed scores of civilians in the Iraqi city of Mosul in recent days, sometimes using children as executioners, and have used chemical agents against Iraqi and Kurdish troops, United Nations officials said on Friday.
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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 …
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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” …
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Blazing Cat Fur and Jihad Watch
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.
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Taylor Marsh
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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Little Green Footballs
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.
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 …
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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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 …
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Balloon Juice
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.
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Balkinization
Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Hit & Run:
There Is No Violent Hate-Crimewave in 'Trump's America' — See an update to this post below. — Let's get this out of the way: there's no doubt that Donald Trump's policies may pose a direct threat to certain classes of American people. But in the wake of his Tuesday night election …
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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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Orcinus, New York Times and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Newsalert
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 …