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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.
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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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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.”
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
The cracks are already starting to show between Donald Trump and Republicans — President-elect Donald Trump and establishment Republicans did not really get along during the campaign. The last time we counted, earlier this fall, we calculated that House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) …
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CNN:
White nationalists see advocate in Steve Bannon who will hold Trump to his campaign promises
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Reid plans to keep up anti-Trump barrage
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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Trump, Putin agree in phone call to improve ‘unsatisfactory’ relations between their countries, Kremlin says
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Chris Kleponis / Talking Points Memo:
President Obama On Trump: 'I Don't Think He's Ideological' — President Barack Obama told reporters Monday that he believes President-elect Donald Trump is coming to the White House with a more flexible outlook on policy than his predecessors. — “He is coming to this office with fewer set hard …
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Trump will honor NATO commitment, Obama says — President-elect Donald Trump is committed to NATO, President Barack Obama said Monday. — Trump, the Republican president-elect whose unexpected victory last week shocked other world leaders, was often critical of NATO on the campaign trail, going so far as to call it “obsolete.”
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Rehema Figueiredo / Daily Express:
Trump to bring back Churchill statue SHAMEFULLY removed from White House by Barack Obama
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Margaret Chadbourn / ABC News:
Obama Says Despite Reservations, He Hopes Trump ‘Makes Things Better’
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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
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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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Eyder Peralta / NPR:
Gwen Ifill, Host Of ‘Washington Week’ And ‘PBS NewsHour,’ Dies
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PBS NewsHour Co-anchor Gwen Ifill Dies at 61
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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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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Rep. Ellison formally announces run for DNC chair
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Tim Ryan weighs challenge to Pelosi as Democrats reel
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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.
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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 …
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.
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.
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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.
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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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Jed Babbin / The American Spectator:
Action starts now on repealing Obamacare and replacing Justice Scalia in the face of Democrat filibustering. — If you're puzzled by the conflict between the Democrats' proclamations that they're willing to give President-elect Trump a chance and the many riots against Trump taking place every night since the election, don't be.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Democrats look to exploit Trump divisions with GOP Congress
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New York Times:
Trump Speaks to Presidents of Russia and China — They were accused by detractors of being bosom buddies, in cahoots over underhanded efforts to rig the American election — accusations candidate Trump denied. Now, President-elect Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia have spoken.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
FBI: Hate crimes against Muslims in U.S. jump 67 percent in 2015
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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.
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