memeorandum: Van Jones: “Hope For the Best, Expect and Prepare For the Worst” (Clara Jeffery/Mother Jones)

12:20 PM ET, November 14, 2016

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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 …

Discussion: The Hill, Fox News, NPR, alicublog, No More Mister Nice Blog, Politico, The Week and Mediaite

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, Media Matters for America, Booman Tribune, CANNONFIRE, Raw Story, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Outside the Beltway

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.

Discussion: Associated Press

Kim Bellware / The Huffington Post:

A White Nationalist Is The New White House Chief Strategist — Steve Bannon, who stoked the flames of alt-right fury while running Breitbart News, is headed to the presidential inner circle. — Steve Bannon, the Breitbart News Network executive chairman known for having white nationalist views …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Gothamist, Media Matters for America, Raw Story, BizPac Review, Occupy Democrats, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Daily Kos, BuzzFeed, The Times of Israel, twitchy.com, ThinkProgress and The New Civil Rights Movement

New York Times:
Donald Trump Picks Reince Priebus as Chief of Staff and Stephen Bannon as Strategist

Discussion: greatagain.gov, ThinkProgress, USA Today, Media Matters for America, Mediaite, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Politico, Guardian, Daily Kos, The Week, Washington Post, NPR, The Verge, Media Matters for America, Reuters, New Century Times, Patterico's Pontifications and alan.com

New York Times:
Breitbart, Reveling in Trump's Election, Gains a Voice in His White House

Discussion: Politico, Washington Post, Common Dreams and Daily Kos, more at Mediagazer »

Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
RNC Chair Priebus Is Leading Contender to be Trump's Chief of Staff

Discussion: Vox, Washington Post, Business Insider Australia, Guardian, Deadspin, Occupy Democrats, Hot Air, The Week, The Daily Caller, New York Magazine, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, Joe.My.God., Mediaite and Politico, more at Mediagazer »

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.

Discussion: Vox, Washington Post, RedState, AOL, Deadline, Independent Journal Review, Hot Air, Washington Free Beacon, Hit & Run, Althouse, New York Magazine, New York Times, The Verge, The Week, Business Insider, twitchy.com and CBS Dallas, more at Mediagazer »

Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Trump backs off promise of special prosecutor for Clinton

Discussion: RedState

Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Is ‘Surprised’ To Hear Of Attacks On Minorities, Says ‘Stop It’ (VIDEO)

Discussion: The Huffington Post, New Century Times, New York Magazine and USA Today

Clemence Michallon / Daily Mail:
'I'm going to be a daughter': Ivanka Trump denies she will be part of her father's administration …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News

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.

Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump says he's ‘fine’ with legalization of same-sex marriage

Discussion: Vox, AOL, Townhall.com, Advocate and Joe.My.God.

Susan Decker / Bloomberg:
Trump Says Same-Sex Marriage Is Settled Law, Abortion Isn't

Discussion: ABC News, Guardian and New York Magazine

Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Donald Trump Appears to Soften Stance on Immigration, but Not on Abortion

Discussion: JustOneMinute, RT, AOL, The Week, Politicus USA, Mediaite, Joe.My.God., New Century Times, Washington Post, Guardian, The New Civil Rights Movement, TheBlaze, alan.com and CNNMoney

Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
GOP President-Elect Donald Trump Says Same-Sex Marriage Is ‘Settled’ Law

Discussion: AOL, Vox and The Daily Caller

CBS News:
Trump talks to “60 Minutes” about same-sex marriage, abortion and the Supreme Court

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Common Dreams, The New Civil Rights Movement and ABC News

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.’

Discussion: Politico

Clara Jeffery / Mother Jones:

Van Jones: “Hope For the Best, Expect and Prepare For the Worst” — Throughout the election, CNN commentator Van Jones has been a leading voice for progressivism, a smart critic of failings within the Democratic Party, and unflinching tribune of the bigotry exhibited by the Trump campaign.

Discussion: Raw Story

Zach Carter / The Huffington Post:
Harry Reid Endorses Keith Ellison For DNC Chair

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Talking Points Memo, Real Clear Politics and ABC News

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 …

Discussion: RedState and Joe.My.God.

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 …

Discussion: Mendham-Chester, NJ Patch, RedState, Mediaite, TheBlaze, The Week and New York Post

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.

Discussion: Vox, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, The Daily Caller, Politico, New York Magazine and ThinkProgress

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Ryan Plans to Phase Out Medicare in 2017

Discussion: Hullabaloo and Balloon Juice

Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Ryan Won't Say Whether Plan To Replace Obamacare Will Cover Free Birth Control (VIDEO)

Discussion: The Week

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.

Discussion: Washington Post, Guardian, WREG-TV, The Root, CBS Pittsburgh, Law News, Associated Press and Fox 59

Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:

Tolerant educators exile Trump voters from campus: Glenn Reynolds — With puppies, Play-doh and coloring books, safe spaces and therapy sessions turn universities into a joke. — One of the more amusing bits of fallout from last week's election has been the safe-space response of many colleges …

Discussion: ProfessorBainbridge.com and The College Fix

Philip Bump / Washington Post:

Google's top news link for ‘final election results’ goes to a fake news site with false numbers — If you head to Google to learn the final results of the presidential election, the search engine helpfully walks through the final electoral vote tallies and number of seats won by each party in the House and Senate.

Discussion: New York Magazine and Business Insider, more at Mediagazer »

David Edwards / Raw Story:

‘Trump Nation — whites only’: Trump fans deface Maryland church for reaching out to Hispanics — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — A predominately-immigrant church in Maryland was defaced with racist graffiti over the weekend by fans of President-elect Donald Trump.

Discussion: WJLA-TV