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New York Times:
Donald Trump Selects Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump has selected Senator Jeff Sessions, a conservative from Alabama who became a close adviser after endorsing him early in his campaign, to be the attorney general of the United States …
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Bloomberg:
Jeff Sessions Said to Be Trump's Pick for Attorney General  —  Alabama lawmaker was an early and ardent Trump supporter  —  Sessions was also under consideration for Defense secretary  —  President-elect Donald Trump has settled on Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general, according to two people familiar with the matter.
New York Times:
Trump Is Said to Offer National Security Post to Michael Flynn, Retired General  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump has offered the post of national security adviser to Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, potentially putting a retired intelligence officer who believes Islamist militancy poses …
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Trump chooses Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general, Rep. Mike Pompeo for CIA director, people close to the transition say  —  President-elect Donald Trump has offered the position of attorney general to Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and the position of CIA director to Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) …
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Trump selects candidates for CIA, attorney general: transition  —  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has tapped three conservative loyalists and Army veterans to lead his national security and law enforcement teams, including Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general and Representative Mike Pompeo …
Discussion: Business Insider and Guardian
CBS News:
Donald Trump offers Jeff Sessions attorney general post  —  President-elect Trump has offered Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions the post of attorney general, sources directly involved in the selection process tell CBS News.  —  The choice of Sessions to be the nation's top prosecutor is sure to be controversial.
Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post:
Jeff Sessions Was Deemed Too Racist To Be A Federal Judge.  He Might Become Trump's Attorney General.  —  He allegedly joked that he only took issue with KKK's drug use and referred to civil rights groups as “un-American.”  —  Senior Justice Reporter, The Huffington Post
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump poised to learn the Pottery Barn rule of governing
Discussion: Politico
CNN:
Trump picks Sessions for attorney general
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog and Hot Air
Caleb Howe / RedState:
BREAKING: Trump Makes His Attorney General Pick!
Jim Tankersley / Washington Post:
Trump just took credit for stopping Ford from moving a plant to Mexico.  But it wasn't planning to.  —  President-elect Donald Trump claimed credit on Thursday for keeping a Ford plant in Kentucky from moving to Mexico.  But the company never planned to move the entire plant, only one of its production lines.
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Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Donald Trump Takes Credit for Helping to Save a Ford Plant That Wasn't Closing  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump claimed credit on Thursday night for persuading Ford to keep an automaking plant in Kentucky rather than moving it to Mexico.  The only wrinkle: Ford was not actually planning to move the plant.
David Shepardson / Reuters:
Ford tells Trump no Lincoln SUV production going to Mexico
Discussion: Vox and Politico
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Obama's Days of Reckoning … The morning after Donald Trump was elected President of the United States, Barack Obama summoned staff members to the Oval Office.  Some were fairly junior and had never been in the room before.  They were sombre, hollowed out, some fighting tears …
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Democrats' Real Turnout Problem  —  Barack Obama's two victories created the impression of a strong wind at the back of the Democratic Party.  Its constituencies — the young, the nonwhite, the college educated — were not only growing but were also voting in increasing numbers.
Kenneth Lovett / New York Daily News:
President-elect Donald Trump nearing settlement in Trump University fraud case  —  ALBANY — In a complete turnaround from his previous position, President-elect Donald Trump is nearing a settlement of the fraud cases brought in New York and California involving his now defunct for-profit Trump University, the Daily News has learned.
Discussion: TheBlaze, Raw Story and Guardian
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Ivanka Trump, Expected To Run Father's Business, Also Met With Japanese Prime Minister  —  A CNN reporter deleted a tweet on Thursday evening that included a picture of President-elect Donald Trump's meeting with Japan's prime minister — but not before several people noticed that it showed that Trump's daughter Ivanka was in the room.
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CNN:
Michael Flynn's son and chief of staff pushed conspiracy theories, obscene memes online  —  Who is Michael Flynn? Story highlights  — Michael G. Flynn regularly shares conspiracy theories, expletive-filled posts, and racially insensitive sentiments on social media.
Luigi Zingales / New York Times:
The Right Way to Resist Trump  —  Five years ago, I warned about the risk of a Donald J. Trump presidency.  Most people laughed.  They thought it inconceivable.  —  I was not particularly prescient; I come from Italy, and I had already seen this movie, starring Silvio Berlusconi …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Marginal REVOLUTION
Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP could nuke filibuster for Supreme Court nominees  —  Top Senate Republicans are drawing a hard line on the Supreme Court, guaranteeing that no matter what tactics Democrats deploy, they will be forced to swallow Donald Trump's imminent nominee to the high court.
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
Brian Love / Reuters:
I'm no Clinton, French presidential favorite says  —  PARIS (Reuters) - The man opinion pollsters tip to become France's next president said on Friday it would be an error to compare him to Hillary Clinton, who was widely expected to become U.S. president but lost to Donald Trump.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Joseph R. Murray II / The Hill:
Memo to the LGBT community: Donald Trump is not your enemy  —  had no sooner delivered his victory speech and my Facebook page — LGBTrump (the largest gays for Trump Facebook page) — was inundated with messages from LGBT Americans fearful that the president-elect would take away their rights.
Discussion: The Atlantic, CBS Philly and The Nation
Wall Street Journal:
The Trump Family Political Business  —  The left is already teeing this up as a daily target.  Answer: liquidate.  —  One reason 60 million voters elected Donald Trump is because he promised to change Washington's culture of self-dealing, and if he wants to succeed he's going to have to make a sacrifice and lead by example.
Discussion: The Week
CNN:
Kanye West: I didn't vote but if I did, ‘I would have voted for Trump’  —  (CNN)Could this be a very early campaign stunt?  —  Hip hop superstar Kanye West, who famously declared his intention to run for President in 2020, told a shocked audience in California that he didn't cast a vote …
Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest:
Obama's Never-Ending Lecture Tour  —  President Obama, who has done less for Europe than any American president since Calvin Coolidge, cannot stop telling Europeans what to do.  As he sets out on his final European tour as president, with his political party back home in a state of near collapse …
Discussion: New York Times and TheBlaze
New York Times:
How Rudolph Giuliani, Possible Cabinet Pick, Made Millions as Ex-Mayor  —  WASHINGTON — It was a golden year for Rudolph W. Giuliani, a mad dash that would take him to 11 countries on four continents, and by the time 2006 was done, earn him $16 million — a princely sum compared with the $7,000 …
Tobias Salinger / New York Daily News:
‘Me, Myself and My Killfie’ study shows India has suffered nearly 60% of the world's 127 selfie deaths  —  India has lost 25 more people than every other country in the world combined to deaths caused by selfies, according to a new study.  —  At least 127 people worldwide have died since March 2014 …
Discussion: Althouse
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Reid: Clinton lost because of ‘Republican operative’ James Comey  —  on Thursday blasted FBI Director James Comey, accusing him of being a “Republican operative” who caused Hillary Clinton  —  “It's easy to second-guess what Hillary did.  I love Hillary Clinton, I am sorry she lost.
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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John Markoff / New York Times:
Automated Pro-Trump Bots Overwhelmed Pro-Clinton Messages, Researchers Say
Discussion: Political Wire and CANNONFIRE
George Takei / Washington Post:
George Takei: They interned my family. Don't let them do it to Muslims.
Discussion: Boing Boing and Raw Story
Jessica Schulberg / The Huffington Post:
John Bolton, Top Contender For Secretary Of State, Calls For Regime Change In Iran
Bloomberg:
Pence Tells House GOP to Get Ready for Sweeping Legislation
Discussion: Vox Popoli and Mashable
Associated Press:
Justice Thomas Calls Conservatives to Continue Scalia's Work
Discussion: Politico
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
APNEWSBREAK: US RELEASES HAITIANS COMING FROM MEXICO
Adolfo Flores / BuzzFeed:
Cal State University System Vows To Not Help Deport Undocumented Students
Discussion: New York Times
Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Lobbyists scoff at Trump's five-year ban
Azi Paybarah / Politico:
Rangel, looking at ‘nightmare’ after Trump's win, reflects on Democrats' missteps
Discussion: Hot Air
David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘Get the f**k out’: Bigots mistake lupus patient's head covering for hijab and smash her car window
 

 
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