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12:45 PM ET, November 18, 2016

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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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New York Times:
Michael Flynn, Anti-Islamist Ex-General, Offered Security Post, Trump Aide Says  —  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 …
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.
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump poised to learn the Pottery Barn rule of governing  —  THE BIG IDEA:  —  A more apt reference, especially after Trump's inauguration, might be the Pottery Barn Rule.  Colin Powell popularized this doctrine in the foreign policy context.
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Trump chooses Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general, Rep. Mike Pompeo for CIA director  —  President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he plans to nominate Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) as attorney general and Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) as CIA director, the first selections to his Cabinet …
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.
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Trump picks conservative loyalists for attorney general, CIA  —  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump picked three conservative loyalists with hard-line views on immigration and counter-terrorism to lead his national security and law enforcement teams, including U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions …
Discussion: Hot Air and Talking Points Memo
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Michael Flynn, Trump's reported pick for national security adviser, sat in on intel briefings …
CNN:
Michael Flynn's son and chief of staff pushed conspiracy theories, obscene memes online
Discussion: Jezebel
Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post:
Jeff Sessions Was Deemed Too Racist To Be A Federal Judge.  He Might Become Trump's Attorney General.
Caleb Howe / RedState:
BREAKING: Trump Makes His Attorney General Pick!
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.
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Source: Trump nearing settlement in Trump University fraud cases
Discussion: Politico
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
The Independent:
Chaos, projectile shoes at Kanye show as he give pro-Trump speech  —  Kanye West has always been something of a provocateur and a nihilist, and is staunchly anti-political correctness.  Last night he stirred a maybe unprecedented level of controversy, however, declaring at a Saint Pablo Tour show …
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CNN:
Kanye West: I didn't vote but if I did, ‘I would have voted for Trump’
Mark Lilla / New York Times:
The End of Identity Liberalism  —  It is a truism that America has become a more diverse country.  It is also a beautiful thing to watch.  Visitors from other countries, particularly those having trouble incorporating different ethnic groups and faiths, are amazed that we manage to pull it off.
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 …
New York Times:
Mike Pompeo Is Said to Be Trump's Choice for C.I.A. Director  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump has selected Representative Mike Pompeo, a hawkish Republican from Kansas and a former Army officer, to lead the C.I.A., according to officials close to Mr. Trump's transition team.
Discussion: Common Dreams and Hit & Run
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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.
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.
Michael Gerstein / Detroit News:
Michigan electors cite threats over Trump vote  —  Michael Banerian wants to show that young adults still have faith in the political system, but he said his selection as one of Michigan's 16 Electoral College voters has prompted emails urging him to vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton and even threatening death.
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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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Dems hit new low in state legislatures
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
David Brock gathering donors to 'kick Donald Trump's ass'
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Resurgent
John Markoff / New York Times:
Automated Pro-Trump Bots Overwhelmed Pro-Clinton Messages, Researchers Say
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Political Wire
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The Right Way to Resist Trump
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Marginal REVOLUTION
George Takei / Washington Post:
George Takei: They interned my family. Don't let them do it to Muslims.
Brian Love / Reuters:
I'm no Clinton, French presidential favorite says
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Discussion: The Week
Jessica Schulberg / The Huffington Post:
John Bolton, Top Contender For Secretary Of State, Calls For Regime Change In Iran
Joseph R. Murray II / The Hill:
Memo to the LGBT community: Donald Trump is not your enemy
Discussion: The Atlantic, CBS Philly and The Nation
Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest:
Obama's Never-Ending Lecture Tour
Discussion: New York Times and TheBlaze
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
Discussion: Althouse
New York Times:
How Rudolph Giuliani, Possible Cabinet Pick, Made Millions as Ex-Mayor
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Reid: Clinton lost because of ‘Republican operative’ James Comey
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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