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8:55 PM ET, November 14, 2016

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Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
3 Thoughts On Steve Bannon As White House ‘Chief Strategist’  —  So, in a not-unexpected move, Donald Trump has elevated former Breitbart News CEO Steve Bannon to chief strategist of the White House.  —  When I left Breitbart back in March, I accused Bannon of turning Breitbart News into Trump Pravda …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Praise for Reince Priebus is another sign of how we're lowering the bar for Trump  —  The extent to which Reince Priebus's appointment as White House chief of staff has been greeted in mainstream quarters as a reassuring sign that Donald Trump is going to govern the country in a responsible way is, itself, a disturbing sign.
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump's presidency will be like Donald Trump's campaign  —  There is no pivot.  —  On Friday, Donald Trump sat for an interview with the Wall Street Journal.  Among the questions: Did he think the rhetoric he used on the campaign trail had gone too far?  —  “No,” Trump said.  “I won.”
CBS News:
Trump team seeks top-secret security clearances for Trump's children  —  President-elect Donald Trump is potentially seeking top secret security clearances for his children, sources tell CBS News.  —  The Trump team has asked the White House to explore the possibility of getting his children the top secret security clearances.
Fatima Hussein / Indianapolis Star:
What's Mike Pence hiding in his emails?  —  Mike Pence wants his communications limited from public access.  Experts say this sets a “dangerous precedent.”  —  Now that the presidential campaign and most of the furor over Hillary Clinton's email scandal are behind us …
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Ronn Blitzer / Law News:
Now Mike Pence is Fighting to Keep His Emails Away From Public View
Discussion: AOL
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Pence pushes for email privacy
Discussion: RedState
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Gwen Ifill dead at age 61  —  Gwen Ifill, the longtime PBS news anchor who had served as a co-host of PBS's NewsHour and as moderator of “Washington Week,” has died after a battle with cancer, PBS has confirmed.  She was 61.  —  “It is with extremely heavy hearts that we must share …
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PBS NewsHour:
PBS NewsHour Co-anchor Gwen Ifill Dies at 61
Discussion: WBAY-TV, The Root and LGBTQ Nation
Michael Nunez / Gizmodo:
Facebook's Fight Against Fake News Was Undercut by Fear of Conservative Backlash  —  It's no secret that Facebook has a fake news problem.  Critics have accused the social network of allowing false and hoax news stories to run rampant, with some suggesting that Facebook contributed …
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Sheera Frenkel / BuzzFeed:
Renegade Facebook Employees Form Task Force To Battle Fake News  —  The group is hoping to challenge the position by CEO Mark Zuckerberg that the platform has no responsibility to address the issue following the election of Donald Trump.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook employees have formed …
Rehema Figueiredo / Daily Express:
Trump to bring back Churchill statue SHAMEFULLY removed from White House by Barack Obama  —  NIGEL FARAGE has revealed that Donald Trump will re-install a bust of Winston Churchill removed from the Oval Office by Barack Obama - in a clear sign of the friendship the new President wishes to foster with Britain.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Chris Kleponis / Talking Points Memo:   President Obama On Trump: 'I Don't Think He's Ideological'
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Critics See Stephen Bannon, Trump's Pick for Strategist, as Voice of Racism
Kate Bellows / The Cavalier Daily:
Professors ask Sullivan to stop quoting Jefferson  —  Many student groups believe Jefferson shouldn't be included in emails  —  Several groups on Grounds collaborated to write a letter to University President Teresa Sullivan against the inclusion of a Thomas Jefferson quote in her post-election email Nov. 9.
Yahoo! News:
EXCLUSIVE: White House expects Trump to uphold US treaties  —  The United States can be relied upon to uphold mutual defense treaties with its allies but a trans-Pacific trade deal now looks unlikely, National Security Advisor Susan Rice said Monday.  —  In her first public comments since …
Discussion: ABC News
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Margaret Chadbourn / ABC News:
Obama Says Despite Reservations, He Hopes Trump ‘Makes Things Better’
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Trump will honor NATO commitment, Obama says
Discussion: RedState and Associated Press
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Soros bands with donors to resist Trump, ‘take back power’  —  George Soros and other rich liberals who spent tens of millions of dollars trying to elect Hillary Clinton are gathering in Washington for a three-day, closed door meeting to retool the big-money left to fight back against Donald Trump.
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Kate Mather / Los Angeles Times:
LAPD will not help deport immigrants under Trump, chief says  —  Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said Monday that he did not intend to change the LAPD's approach to immigration enforcement, despite pledges by President-elect Donald Trump to toughen federal immigration laws and increase deportations.
Jatara McGee / WSAZ-TV:
Non-profit director and mayor under fire after First Lady Facebook post  —  CLAY COUNTY, W.Va (WSAZ) — Two Clay County women are under intense criticism after a Facebook post launched outrage on social media.  Screenshots of the post have been shared thousands of times.
Lauren Gill / Brooklyn Paper: Full:
[BOERUM HILL] Man punches woman in the face after argument about Trump at Boerum Hill bistro  —  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.  —  Brooklyn Paper  —  An apparent Donald Trump fan punched a lady in the face after the pair got into an argument about the outcome of the election …
Joe Concha / The Hill:
CBS News under fire for holding clip of Trump telling supporters not to attack minorities … CBS News is under fire for holding a videotaped clip from a Friday interview with President-elect Donald Trump  —  urging supporters not to attack minorities until a “60 Minutes” broadcast on Sunday night.
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Dem Strategist Mocks Trump Supporter Beat Up By Mob: ‘Oh My Goodness, Poor White People!’  —  Former press secretary to Bernie Sanders and Democratic strategist Symone Sanders mocked and dismissed a Donald Trump supporter who was beat up by a Chicago mob on CNN Monday because he was white.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Trump Slump Coming?  —  Let's be clear: Installing Donald Trump in the White House is an epic mistake.  In the long run, its consequences may well be apocalyptic, if only because we have probably lost our last, best chance to rein in runaway climate change.  —  But will the extent of the disaster become apparent right away?
 
 
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Rush Limbaugh:
Obama and Hillary Must Shut Down Their Riots: The Democrat Party's Illusion Is Shattered …
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Bob Dole: Anti-Trump protesters ‘young punks’
Discussion: alan.com
Josefa Velasquez / Politico:
Fearing Trump, two legislators press for update of state abortion law
Discussion: Raw Story
Nina Burleigh / Newsweek:
The presidential election was a referendum on gender and women lost
Discussion: naked capitalism
Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
VA drops plans to cover surgery for transgender vets
Discussion: RedState
Kimberly Dozier / The Daily Beast:
Trump Backer Pushes for New CIA ‘Enhanced Interrogation’
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Gary Shteyngart / New Yorker:
Aftermath: Sixteen Writers on Trump's America
Discussion: The Week
Jed Babbin / The American Spectator:
Action starts now on repealing Obamacare and replacing Justice Scalia in the face of Democrat filibustering.
Bloomberg:
Mnuchin Said to Be Top Treasury Pick Among Trump's Advisers
Discussion: Salon, Politico and Business Insider
Julieta Chiquillo / Dallas Morning News:
A man got a free Veterans Day meal at Chili's in Cedar Hill, then a manager took it away
Discussion: RedState
 

 
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
WGA East members working for PBS member stations reach a deal, averting a strike; the union says the deal expands protections to animation writers

 
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