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Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Son-in-Law Could Get Key White House Role — Real-estate developer Jared Kushner, husband of Ivanka Trump, mulls prospect of being senior adviser or special counsel — President-elect Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is poised to play a powerful position in Trump's presidency …
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Trump's Team Makes Overtures to Democrats as Transition Push Ramps Up — President-elect meets with New York Mayor Bill de Blasio; support for public-works program signaled — President-elect Donald Trump is making overtures to Democrats as his transition efforts ramp up …
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Mother Jones and Political Wire
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Hoekstra: I'd take CIA director job if offered
Hoekstra: I'd take CIA director job if offered
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Washington Post, Mediaite and ABC News
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Rick Perry considered for Energy Secretary: report
Rick Perry considered for Energy Secretary: report
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RedState
Alistair Bell / Reuters:
Confusion over Trump's first talks with foreign leader
Confusion over Trump's first talks with foreign leader
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CNN, New York Times, Quartz, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, The Week, Balloon Juice, Politicus USA and Shakesville
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Says Transition's Going ‘Smoothly,’ Disputing Disarray Reports
Trump Says Transition's Going ‘Smoothly,’ Disputing Disarray Reports
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Matt Dixon / Politico:
Scott to visit Trump Tower on Thursday
Scott to visit Trump Tower on Thursday
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Jared Kushner weighing White House role
Jared Kushner weighing White House role
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New Century Times, ABC News and New York Times
Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
Facebook fake-news writer: ‘I think Donald Trump is in the White House because of me’ — What do the Amish lobby, gay wedding vans and the ban of the national anthem have in common? For starters, they're all make-believe — and invented by the same man. — Paul Horner, the 38-year-old impresario …
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Talking Points Memo, CNNMoney, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, The Week, The Big Picture, Business Insider, Big Think, Unfogged, Politico and Techdirt, more at Mediagazer »
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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Viral Fake Election News Outperformed Real News On Facebook In Final Months Of The US Election — A BuzzFeed News analysis found that top fake election news stories generated more total engagement on Facebook than top election stories from 19 major news outlets combined. — BuzzFeed Founding Editor, Canada
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NBC News:
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper Resigns — Director of National Intelligence James Clapper submitted his resignation Wednesday evening. — Clapper has said in interviews with NBC News over the last year that he was counting down the days to stepping down at the end of President Obama's final term in office.
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Nicole Gaouette / CNN:
Top US intelligence official: I submitted my resignation
Top US intelligence official: I submitted my resignation
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Gizmodo, The Week and Washington Free Beacon
Scott Alexander / Slate Star Codex:
You Are Still Crying Wolf — [Content warning: hate crimes, Trump, racism. I have turned off comments to keep out bad people who might be attracted by this sort of thing. Avoid sharing in places where this will attract the wrong kind of attention, as per your best judgment.
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Washington Post, The American Conservative and Samizdata
Bloomberg:
Yellen Says Interest Rate Hike Could Come ‘Relatively Soon’ — Fed chief reiterates that rate increases will be ‘gradual’ — She makes no mention of impact of potential Trump policies — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen signaled the U.S. central bank is close to lifting interest rates …
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New York Times, Forbes and Daily Wire
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Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
U.S. inflation, labor market data bolster Fed December rate hike
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Trump Favorability Up, but Trails Other Presidents-Elect — PRINCETON, N.J. — Donald Trump's favorable rating has improved from 34% to 42% after his election as president. While a majority in the U.S. still have an unfavorable view of him, his image is the best it has been since March 2011 when 43% viewed him positively.
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Politicus USA and Raw Story
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Sanders won't join Democratic Party — (I-Vt.) won't officially join the Democratic Party even though he was appointed to a leadership position within the Senate Democratic caucus this week. — “I was elected as an Independent and I will finish this term as an Independent,” …
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Politico and Political Wire
James Rothwell / Telegraph:
FBI's decision to reopen Clinton email probe enabled Donald Trump to win election, says former aide Corey Lewandowski — The FBI's controversial decision to re-examine Hillary Clinton's emails enabled Donald Trump to win the election, his former campaign manager has claimed.
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Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Mother Jones, Mediaite, Raw Story and The Week
NBC News:
Hillary Clinton Makes First Public Appearance Since Conceding the Election — Hillary Clinton urges supporters to ‘stay engaged’ in first speech since election 2:35 — Hillary Clinton, making an emotional plea, urged supporters “not to give up” and to “stay engaged” in politics at a charity gala in Washington D.C. Wednesday night.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Washington girds for role reversal on executive power — Washington's massive about-face on executive power is underway. — Donald Trump's election has triggered a whiplash-inducing role reversal in D.C. legal circles, as liberals who spent the past eight years defending President Barack Obama's use …
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Balkinization and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Surrogate: Japanese Internment Camps A ‘Precedent’ For Muslim Registry (VIDEO) — One of Donald Trump surrogate's claimed Wednesday that the forced internment of Japanese Americans during World War II provided a “precedent” for the next administration creating a registry of Muslims living in the United States.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump's Muslim registry wouldn't be illegal, constitutional law experts say
Trump's Muslim registry wouldn't be illegal, constitutional law experts say
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Guardian, New York Magazine, ThinkProgress, Jezebel, NBC News, Fox News Insider and Washington Post
New York Times:
As the Democrats Lick Their Wounds — Re “Where the Democrats Go From Here,” by Bernie Sanders (Op-Ed, Nov. 12): Senator Sanders may have “campaigned hard” for Hillary Clinton, as he put it, but he campaigned much harder against her in the primaries. He was entitled to do that …
Katie Glueck / Politico:
GOP learning wrong lessons from Trump win, Republicans fear — Republican operatives spent four years warning that the party needed to diversify — or risk a blowout at the ballot box. Donald Trump spent the campaign trafficking in divisive racial rhetoric — and he won anyway.
Ben White / Politico:
Bankers celebrate dawn of Trump era — NEW YORK — Christmas has arrived early for Wall Street in the early days of the Donald Trump era. — A populist candidate who railed against shady financial interests on the campaign trail is now putting together an administration that looks like an investment banker's dream.
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Washington Post and Associated Press
Kara Swisher / Recode:
AOL lays off 500 employees in restructuring with focus on mobile, data and video — There will be more changes to come next year if deal to buy Yahoo is completed — AOL will announce layoffs of five percent of its staff today, with 500 employees expected to lose their jobs.
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Deadline, more at Mediagazer »
Craig Jarvis / Raleigh News & Observer:
McCrory team: Election protests filed in 12 counties — Gov. Pat McCrory's campaign team announced Wednesday evening that election protests are being filed in 11 more counties, further clouding the outcome of a close race in which the Republican governor trails.
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ThinkProgress, The Progressive Pulse, News, Indy Week, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Hot Air
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
The Democrats Won't Autopsy Their Own Corpse — The Democrats already know the cause of their utter electoral humiliation: all those flyover people who had voted for Obama last time were actually racists who demonstrated their racism by not voting for the tired old white lady too.
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JustOneMinute
Indianapolis Star:
Total abortion ban proposed in Indiana — An Indiana lawmaker plans to introduce a bill that would outlaw and criminalize all forms of abortion in Indiana. — State Rep. Curt Nisly said Wednesday he will file so-called “Protection at Conception” legislation when the General Assembly convenes in January.
Michael McAuliff / The Huffington Post:
Key Republican Puts Dagger In Push To End Filibusters — Orrin Hatch, the most senior GOP senator, says it's vital to protect minority party rights. — WASHINGTON — Republicans hankering to end the filibuster so they can enact President-elect Donald Trump's agenda without interference …
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Hot Air and New York Magazine