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Guardian:
Michael Flynn said to be offered job of Trump national security adviser — Sources also say David Petraeus, the former CIA director who pleaded guilty to mishandling classified information, has entered the race for secretary of state — President-elect Donald Trump has offered the job …
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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 …
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Kelly O'Donnell / NBC News:
Power, Tension and the Purge: Inside the Trump Transition Turmoil — The first signs of the splintering of Donald Trump's fledgling transition team began at a morning meeting in Trump Tower last Thursday, when the president-elect wasn't even in the building.
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 …
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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Cruz tells friends he's interested in AG job — has told confidants he's interested in serving as attorney general in the Trump administration, according to two sources familiar with the conversations. — Speculation that the Texas senator could become attorney general began Tuesday after Cruz met President-elect Donald Trump
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Antonio José Vielma / CNBC:
Romney and Trump to discuss secretary of state position, NBC source says — In March, Mitt Romney called Donald Trump “a phony” and “a fraud” when discussing the then-candidate. — FACTBOX-Contenders for key jobs in Trump administration — 19 Mins Ago
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CNN:
First on CNN: Donald Trump, Mitt Romney to meet this weekend
First on CNN: Donald Trump, Mitt Romney to meet this weekend
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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
CNN's ‘Unprecedented’: Mike Lee flew to Florida to try and forge Rubio-Cruz alliance
CNN's ‘Unprecedented’: Mike Lee flew to Florida to try and forge Rubio-Cruz alliance
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Daily Wire and RedState
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.
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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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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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Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Lobbyists scoff at Trump's five-year ban — K Street quickly cast doubt on the effectiveness of Donald Trump's five-year lobbying ban on transition and administration officials, saying the rule would both deter top talent from joining Trump's team and expand the use of loopholes.
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Janice Min / Hollywood Reporter:
Songwriter Roundtable: Justin Timberlake, Sting, Alicia Keys and More Hitmakers on Gender Bias, Trump's “Hitler-Level” Rhetoric and Fears of a “Divided States of America” — The artists behind songs in this season's movies — also including Tori Amos, John Legend and Pharrell Williams …
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Associated Press:
Justice Thomas Calls Conservatives to Continue Scalia's Work — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says conservatives should make the work of the late Justice Antonin Scalia a “prologue” in the effort to limit the power of the courts and other branches of government.
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Associated Press:
APNEWSBREAK: US RELEASES HAITIANS COMING FROM MEXICO — SAN DIEGO (AP) — A surge in border crossings and a lack of immigration jail space have prompted the federal government to start releasing Haitian immigrants who have been entering the country in large numbers in recent months, backtracking on a pledge to jail the migrants.
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Bob Salera / National Republican Congressional …:
NRCC Endorses Nancy Pelosi for Minority Leader — WASHINGTON - With Nancy Pelosi facing a challenge within her own party after House Democrats' disastrous election results, the NRCC would like to offer its full support to the embattled former Speaker of the House.
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Pelosi faces new threats to her job
Pelosi faces new threats to her job
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
House GOP eying major Medicare overhaul in 2017 — The head of the House Budget Committee said Thursday that lawmakers are eying an overhaul of Medicare next year. — Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-Ga.) said he expects lawmakers to push forward with an overhaul …
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Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Rep. Tom Price Reveals Republicans Eyeing Medicare Overhaul In 2017
Rep. Tom Price Reveals Republicans Eyeing Medicare Overhaul In 2017
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New York Times and Occupy Democrats
Arizona Republic:
Flagstaff police officer placed on leave after violent video surfaces — Danny Paredes/Special for The Republic Wochit — A Flagstaff police officer has been placed on administrative leave after a video showing him punching a woman in the face surfaced Wednesday on Facebook, according to a police spokesman.
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Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
House Dems ask Obama to pardon ‘Dreamers’ — A group of House Democrats petitioned President Barack Obama — Thursday to pardon undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children for their immigration violations. — Democratic Reps. Zoe Lofgren and Lucille Roybal-Allard of California, and Luis Gutierrez
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump team planning ‘victory tour’ of states he won — President-elect Donald Trump will be embarking on a “victory tour” to the states he carried, a campaign aide told reporters Thursday. — “We're working on a victory tour now; it will happen in the next couple of weeks,” said George Gigicos …
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Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Trump camp calls for short-term spending bill despite Senate concerns … President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday made his first stamp on Congress, as House Republicans bowed to his wishes and announced plans to extend government funding through March, despite warnings from top GOP senators …
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CBS News:
Jon Stewart on why Donald Trump is a “repudiation of Republicans” — After Jon Stewart left “The Daily Show” last summer, much of the presidential campaign went on without his unique and satirical point of view. — He spoke with “CBS This Morning” co-host Charlie Rose Wednesday to discuss …
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘Get the f**k out’: Bigots mistake lupus patient's head covering for hijab and smash her car window — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — A California woman said that she received a threatening note and her car window was smashed all because her head covering was mistaken for a Muslim hijab.
Clay Waters / NewsBusters:
ESPN's Public Editor Agrees With Viewers That Network ‘Has Moved Leftward’ — ESPN Public Editor Jim Brady on Election Eve surveyed complaints that the sports network had gone overboard with liberal pieties, frustrating long-time watchers by injecting politics onto the playing field.
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Independent Journal Review, Daily Wire and Vox Popoli
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama won't call off anti-Trump protesters — President Obama won't try to call off protests against Donald Trump — , he said Thursday, ignoring pleas from the president-elect's advisers to denounce the nationwide demonstrations. — “I would not advise people who feel strongly …
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RedState, Washington Free Beacon and Little Green Footballs
Azi Paybarah / Politico:
Rangel, looking at ‘nightmare’ after Trump's win, reflects on Democrats' missteps — Back in 2014, when he asked voters to re-elect him to a 23rd and final term in Congress, U.S. Rep. Charlie Rangel said he wanted to “wrap” his career up with Barack Obama. — Now, soon to leave Washington for good …
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