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Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Trump draws sharp rebuke, concerns over newly appointed chief White House strategist Steven Bannon — President-elect Donald Trump's decision to appoint Stephen Bannon as his chief strategist in the White House has drawn a sharp rebuke from political strategists who see in Bannon …
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
5 takeaways on Trump's first 5 days — This is what winging it looks like, America. — Donald Trump is compulsively improvisational, and ran the most successful back-of-the-napkin operation in American political history, but the challenge confronting him is, by his own admission, nothing like anything anybody has ever faced.
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The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon's Dream: a Worldwide Ultra-Right — PARIS—Never mind that the French cable television report on Stephen Bannon made him look like one of the winos living on grates in Paris, or that it compared Bannon, Donald Trump's grizzled éminence grise and newly-named White House chief strategist …
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Kim Bellware / The Huffington Post:
A White Nationalist Is The New White House Chief Strategist
A White Nationalist Is The New White House Chief Strategist
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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
RNC Chair Priebus Is Leading Contender to be Trump's Chief of Staff
RNC Chair Priebus Is Leading Contender to be Trump's Chief of Staff
New York Times:
Donald Trump Picks Reince Priebus as Chief of Staff and Stephen Bannon as Strategist
Donald Trump Picks Reince Priebus as Chief of Staff and Stephen Bannon as Strategist
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Trump names white nationalist figure ‘Chief Strategist to the President’
Trump names white nationalist figure ‘Chief Strategist to the President’
Colin Dwyer / NPR:
Trump Taps Reince Priebus As Chief Of Staff, Steve Bannon As Chief Strategist
Trump Taps Reince Priebus As Chief Of Staff, Steve Bannon As Chief Strategist
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John Santucci / ABC News:
Trump Names Reince Priebus as Chief of Staff, Steve Bannon as Senior Adviser
Trump Names Reince Priebus as Chief of Staff, Steve Bannon as Senior Adviser
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CNN:
Trump picks Priebus as White House chief of staff, Bannon as top adviser
Trump picks Priebus as White House chief of staff, Bannon as top adviser
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Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
The real voices that aren't heard: Jill Lawrence — Our numbers are legion, but where we live has cost us two presidents and a Supreme Court majority. — Poor, poor pitiful flyover country. Never getting the attention or respect or economic consideration it deserves. Never having a president to call its own.
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Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Trump backs off promise of special prosecutor for Clinton — Sign-Up for our News & Politics Newsletter — WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump spent the weekend in Trump Tower in New York huddling with advisers. In an interview broadcast Sunday CBS “60 Minutes” …
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump says he's ‘fine’ with legalization of same-sex marriage — Donald Trump said he is “fine with” same-sex marriage but offered few specifics about his plans for the first 100 days of his administration during his first television interview since becoming the president-elect.
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Donald Trump Appears to Soften Stance on Immigration, but Not on Abortion
Donald Trump Appears to Soften Stance on Immigration, but Not on Abortion
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Susan Decker / Bloomberg:
Trump Says Same-Sex Marriage Is Settled Law, Abortion Isn't
Trump Says Same-Sex Marriage Is Settled Law, Abortion Isn't
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CBS News:
Trump talks to “60 Minutes” about same-sex marriage, abortion and the Supreme Court
Trump talks to “60 Minutes” about same-sex marriage, abortion and the Supreme Court
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
GOP President-Elect Donald Trump Says Same-Sex Marriage Is ‘Settled’ Law
GOP President-Elect Donald Trump Says Same-Sex Marriage Is ‘Settled’ Law
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Where now for the Democrats? — What happens to Democrats in the Trump era? — In the 1992 presidential election, after three straight terms of Republicans in the White House, Bill Clinton — successfully remade the Democrats into a party of political centrists to regain the support of so-called ‘Reagan Democrats.’
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Pulling Democrats Back to 'It's the Economy, Stupid'
Pulling Democrats Back to 'It's the Economy, Stupid'
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Zach Carter / The Huffington Post:
Harry Reid Endorses Keith Ellison For DNC Chair
Harry Reid Endorses Keith Ellison For DNC Chair
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Conway: Trump May Hold Special Session To Repeal O'care On Inauguration Day — Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said on Sunday that Trump has considered calling a special session of Congress on the day of his inauguration to repeal and replace Obamacare.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Ryan Plans to Phase Out Medicare in 2017
Ryan Plans to Phase Out Medicare in 2017
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Ryan Won't Say Whether Plan To Replace Obamacare Will Cover Free Birth Control (VIDEO)
Ryan Won't Say Whether Plan To Replace Obamacare Will Cover Free Birth Control (VIDEO)
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Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
President-elect Trump speaks to a divided country on 60 Minutes — What can we expect from a Trump presidency? 60 Minutes' Lesley Stahl finds some of his campaign issues were not meant to be taken literally, but as opening bids for negotiation — The following script is from “The 45th President,” which aired on Nov. 13, 2016.
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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
CNN's ‘Unprecedented’: Trump told Christie he didn't think he'd last past October 2015 — “They always had an understanding that the first one out would probably endorse the other,” the adviser said. — Washington (CNN)New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's February endorsement of Donald …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump camp mulls wrestling's McMahon for Commerce: report — 's transition team is considering former WWE CEO Linda McMahon for the president-elect's future secretary of Commerce, according to a new report. — NBC Connecticut said Sunday it confirmed McMahon's possible appointment …
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Kara Berg / Indianapolis Star:
Indiana church vandalized with slurs — St. David's Episcopal Church in Bean Blossom was vandalized sometime Saturday night. — Vandals painted tags on the walls, depicting a swastika, an anti-gay slur and “Heil Trump.” — The Rev. Kelsey Hutto, priest in charge at St. David's Episcopal Church …
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Is ‘Surprised’ To Hear Of Attacks On Minorities, Says ‘Stop It’ (VIDEO)
Trump Is ‘Surprised’ To Hear Of Attacks On Minorities, Says ‘Stop It’ (VIDEO)
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Megyn Kelly: Trump offered me gifts, hotel stays — Fox News host Megyn Kelly says Trump unsuccessfully tried to give her gifts during the presidential campaign in what she called his attempt to influence journalists by “work the refs.” — In her book, “Settle for More,” set for release on Tuesday …
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Traverse City Record-Eagle:
Confederate flag-flying officer suspended — Police chief to community: ‘I hear you’ — Michael Peters, a Traverse City police officer, drinks a beer after arriving with companions in a truck flying a Confederate flag at Friday's “Love Trumps Hate” rally at the Open Space in Traverse City, Michigan.
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Robert Spencer / Jihad Watch:
Sweden: Muslims brutally beat TV chef because he “looked like Mr. Trump” — Because, you know, Trump is supposedly going to victimize innocent Muslims, and so in protest of the possibility of that happening, innocent and peaceful Muslims are justified in victimizing innocent people. Got it?
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