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5:15 AM ET, November 15, 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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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Glenn Beck: Bannon has ‘clear tie’ to white nationalism  —  Conservative commentator Glenn Beck called President-elect Donald Trump  —  's choice for a top adviser a “nightmare” who has ties to the white nationalist movement.  —  “You know, if people really want to in the press …
Discussion: RedState and Business Insider
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Praise for Reince Priebus is another sign of how we're lowering the bar for Trump
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Trump's Choice of Stephen Bannon Is Nod to Anti-Washington Base
Ron Kampeas / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
ADL scorns Trump choice of Breitbart chief Stephen Bannon as top adviser
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 …
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Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Bans Fake News Sites From Using Its Advertising Network  —  Google made a similar move earlier Monday  —  Facebook Inc. on Monday banned fake news sites from using the company's advertising network to generate revenue, a Facebook spokesman said, following a similar move by its rival Alphabet Inc.'s Google
Discussion: Gizmodo and The Verge
Michael Nunez / Gizmodo:
Facebook's Fight Against Fake News Was Undercut by Fear of Conservative Backlash
Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:
THE MYTHS DEMOCRATS SWALLOWED THAT COST THEM THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION  —  THE SCOOP 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DEMOCRATIC PARTY  —  On Friday, I almost assaulted a fan of my work.  I was in the Philadelphia International Airport, and a man who recognized me from one of my appearances on a television news show approached.
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.
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'
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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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Short list emerges for RNC chair  —  Donald Trump's campaign manager and deputy campaign manager, Mitt Romney's niece, and a host of other GOP officials are all in the running to become the next chair of a Republican Party that is at the peak of its power.  —  Reince Priebus …
Discussion: New York Magazine
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.
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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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Pence pushes for email privacy
Discussion: RedState
Wall Street Journal:
Rudy Giuliani, John Bolton Are Leading Candidates for Next Secretary of State  —  Aides to President-elect Trump are focusing on former New York City mayor and former U.S. ambassador to U.N.  —  WASHINGTON—Aides to President-elect Donald Trump are focusing on former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani …
John R. Schindler / The New York Observer:
America's Emerging Nationalism Crisis  —  Progressives managed not to see the nose on their face  —  The election of Donald Trump as our next president heralds a new political epoch for the United States.  Whatever his shortcomings as a candidate, the Republican nominee, a political neophyte …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Putin and Trump Talk on Phone and Agree to Improve Ties, Kremlin Says  —  MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and President-elect Donald J. Trump spoke by telephone for the first time on Monday, agreeing to review what both consider the poor state of relations between the two countries …
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
House Speaker Paul Ryan's immigration policy is not “in the best interest of America,” says Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks.  —  Lawmakers are set to hold leadership elections this coming Tuesday.  Yet, in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, Brooks indicated that he is not sure whether …
Discussion: CNN
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How the Loyal Opposition Will Work in Trump's America
Mike Lux / The Huffington Post:
The Years of Living Dangerously  —  I have held off posting anything publicly on the election because with an event which combines this level of surprise with this traumatic a nightmare, I wanted to take some time to reflect, analyze, and hear what others were thinking before I rushed in and vomited my emotions all over my desktop.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Sessions leading choice for defense secretary  —  Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama is the leading contender for Donald Trump's secretary of defense, sources close to the transition say — a choice that would reward the president-elect's most outspoken congressional loyalist but offer few olive branches …
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.
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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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 …
 
 
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New York Times:
Donald Trump's Far-Flung Holdings Raise Potential for Conflicts of Interest
Esther Whieldon / Politico:
Steyer calls on Obama to ban offshore drilling in Arctic, Atlantic
Discussion: The Hill and Hot Air
Bloomberg:
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Monday in Pictures: The Epic Trumpening Supplemental
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Obama to team: You can mope for two weeks
Discussion: RedState
Rush Limbaugh:
Obama and Hillary Must Shut Down Their Riots: The Democrat Party's Illusion Is Shattered …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
 Earlier Items: 
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Bob Dole: Anti-Trump protesters ‘young punks’
Discussion: alan.com
Nina Burleigh / Newsweek:
The presidential election was a referendum on gender and women lost
Discussion: naked capitalism
Gary Shteyngart / New Yorker:
Aftermath: Sixteen Writers on Trump's America
Discussion: The Week
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Trump Slump Coming?
Discussion: Guardian and The Daily Caller
Joe Concha / The Hill:
CBS News under fire for holding clip of Trump telling supporters not to attack minorities