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2:25 PM ET, November 15, 2016

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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Staff Shake-Up Slows Transition to Near Halt  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump's transition operation plunged into disarray on Tuesday with the abrupt resignation of Mike Rogers, who had handled national security matters, the second shake-up in a week on a team …
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NBC News:
Trump Transition Shake-Up Part of ‘Stalinesque Purge’ of Christie Loyalists  —  Trump Transition: Security Clearances Sought For Mostly D.C. Insiders 2:05  —  The Donald Trump transition, already off to slow start, bogged down further Tuesday with the abrupt resignation of former Congressman Mike Rogers …
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg.com:
Ex-Intelligence Chairman Rogers Leaves Trump Transition Team  —  Former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers left President-elect Donald Trump's transition team, days after Trump's surprise victory and a shakeup at the top of the team's organizational chart.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's Great Bait and Switch  —  In her gracious concession speech last Wednesday, Hillary Clinton said of her victorious opponent, Donald Trump, “We owe him an open mind and a chance to lead.”  That's an admirable sentiment, but it doesn't mean we can ignore how the President-elect puts together a government.
Discussion: alan.com, Bloomberg.com and Mediaite
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump Transition Stalls as Kushner Said to Oust Christie Allies
Discussion: Vox and Politico
New York Times:
‘Turn On the Hate’: Steve Bannon at the White House  —  Anyone holding out hope that Donald Trump would govern as a uniter — that the racism, sexism, anti-Semitism and nativism of his campaign were just poses to pick up votes — should think again.  —  In an ominous sign of what the Trump presidency …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Breitbart News planning lawsuit against ‘major media company’  —  Breitbart News is preparing a lawsuit against a “major media company” over claims that it is a white nationalist website, it said in an exclusive statement to The Hill.  —  The website has been under intense scrutiny since President-elect Donald Trump
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
KKK, American Nazi Party praise Trump's hiring of Bannon
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Carson not interested in serving in Trump administration  —  Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has told President-elect Donald Trump  —  that he isn't interested in serving as secretary of Health and Human Services, a Carson ally confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday.
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Raffi Williams / Circa:
Ridiculed during primaries, endorsed Trump anyway  —  Carson was seen as a favorite for the position — he was an early backer of Trump, he's a world-renowned physician and he has staunchly, consistently opposed Obamacare.  Whoever runs HHS will be tasked with dismantling the Affordable Care Act.
The Daily Beast:   Report: Ben Carson Turns Down Trump Cabinet Role
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Ben Carson Turns Down Cabinet Post in Trump Administration
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: What Trump Told Obama  —  NOTABLES  —OBAMA SAYS TRUMP TOLD HIM HE WOULD SUPPORT NATO: President Obama said yesterday that President-elect Donald Trump told him personally that he would maintain a strong “commitment” to NATO — after the real estate mogul threatened to abandon the alliance during the campaign.
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CBS News:
Trump team seeks top-secret security clearances for Trump's children
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama, grappling with Trump's win, takes the long view
Discussion: ABC News
Tegna / KGW-TV:
More than half of arrested anti-Trump protesters didn't vote in Oregon … Portland, Ore.—More than half of the anti-Trump protesters arrested in Portland didn't vote in Oregon, according to state election records.  —  At least sixty-nine demonstrators either didn't turn in a ballot or weren't registered to vote in the state.
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Sen. Rand Paul / Rare:
Rand Paul: Will Donald Trump betray voters by hiring John Bolton?  —  Article will continue after advertisement  —  Rumors are that Donald Trump might pick John Bolton for Secretary of State.  Heaven forbid.  —  One of the things I occasionally liked about the President-elect was his opposition to the Iraq war and regime change.
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Wall Street Journal:
Rudy Giuliani, John Bolton Are Leading Candidates for Next Secretary of State
Lindsey Bever / Washington Post:
‘Ape in heels’: W.Va. officials under fire after racist comments about Michelle Obama  —  The mayor of a tiny town in West Virginia has apologized and the director of a local, government-funded nonprofit has been removed from her position following a firestorm over racist comments about Michelle Obama.
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Considering Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theorist For Top Nat Sec Role  —  Donald Trump is considering naming anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist Clare Lopez as his deputy national security adviser, according to a list of possible appointees the Daily Caller published Tuesday.
Discussion: alan.com
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Michelle Fields / The Huffington Post:
Trump Reportedly Considering Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theorist For Deputy National Security Adviser
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
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
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Sheera Frenkel / BuzzFeed:
Renegade Facebook Employees Form Task Force To Battle Fake News
Ben Weyl / Politico:
GOP and Trump put deficit on back burner  —  A serious case of fiscal amnesia may soon be sweeping the GOP.  —  For eight years, Republicans hammered President Barack Obama for exploding the national debt.  But now a GOP-led spending spree is coming, with Donald Trump riding to the White House …
Rick Hampson / USA Today:
Exclusive: Fox anchor Megyn Kelly describes scary, bullying ‘Year of Trump’  —  NEW YORK — Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly said she thinks Donald Trump was agitated before the first GOP primary debate not because he'd learned she was going to confront him about his insulting descriptions of women …
Joe DiSipio / The Hill:
Rob Reiner: Trump represents last ‘battle of the Civil War’  —  The last shots of the Civil War rang out in 1865, but director Rob Reiner believes the election of Donald Trump  —  represents the final gasp in the war among the states.  —  “The way I look at it, if you are trying to take an overview …
Discussion: Raw Story
Abi Wilkinson / Guardian:
We need to talk about the online radicalisation of young, white men  —  With the appointment of Breitbart News's chair to Trump's staff we need to be clear about the links between misogyny, racism and neofascism on alt-right websites  —  Become a Guardian supporter or make a contribution
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
Daniel Greenfield / Front Page Magazine:
Pro-Israel Artist Threatened With 5 Years in Jail for Anti-Terror Posters at GMU  —  It's not a story out of the Soviet Union though Oleg Atbashian, an artist, activist and commentator, had gotten in trouble for defying the authorities there too.  —  “Back in my Soviet dissident days …
 
 
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Lisa Roberson / Chronicle-Telegram:
Victim gives searing statement as Fine receives 12-year sentence
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
The merger of the Trump administration and the Trump Organization took 6 days
Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Giuliani took money from Qatar, Venezuela, Iranian exiles
Discussion: New York Times and The Week
Eduardo Porter / New York Times:
Trump Campaign's Easy Answers Confront Hard Reality
Discussion: Daily Kos and Business Insider
Rob Bluey / The Daily Signal:
House GOP Weighs Proposal to Bring Back Earmarks
Matthew DeFour / madison.com:
At least 590 provisional ballots cast last week because voters lacked valid ID
Discussion: ThinkProgress and WISC-TV
Alvin Chang / Vox:
I looked at 2 years of front pages.  Trump's Muslim ban got far less attention than Clinton's emails.
New York Times:
Secret Backdoor in Some U.S. Phones Sent Data to China, Analysts Say
Discussion: Boing Boing and The Verge
 Earlier Items: 
Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Sessions, Now Up For AG, Once Rejected From Judgeship For Racist Remarks
Discussion: alan.com
Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr / New York Times:
A Poll Tax by Another Name
Discussion: twitchy.com
Fred Fleitz / National Review:
Yes, Trump's Going to Dump the Iran Deal
Discussion: Power Line
Lu Wang / Bloomberg:
Trump Tech Meltdown Hits Fourth Day With Amazon Cut by $35 Billion
Discussion: Don Surber
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Clinton to make first post-election public appearance Wednesday
Discussion: Bloomberg.com
Tal Kopan / CNN:
Trump transition memo: Trade reform begins Day 1
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Washington Post Newsroom Rankled By ‘Offensive’ Election Night Party Stunt
 

 
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