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5:40 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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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump Building Team of Racists  —  Donald Trump's presidential campaign bludgeoned modern norms about the acceptability of racism.  The candidate proposed a religious test for immigrants, and called a federal judge unfit on the grounds of his heritage.
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
10 things to know about Sen. Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump's pick for attorney general  —  In Donald Trump's world, most roads, it seems, lead back to Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), President-elect Trump's pick for attorney general.  —  After Sessions became one of the first members of Congress …
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 …
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:
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 …
New York Times:
Mike Pompeo Is Trump's Choice as 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., his transition team said Friday.  —  Mr. Pompeo, who has served …
Ari Berman / The Nation:
Jeff Sessions, Trump's Pick for Attorney General, Is a Fierce Opponent of Civil Rights
James Hohmann / Washington Post:   The Daily 202: Trump poised to learn the Pottery Barn rule of governing
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Can Democrats stop Jeff Sessions — or any Trump nominee? It would be almost unprecedented.
Discussion: RT and Independent Journal Review
Michael Wolff / Hollywood Reporter:
Ringside With Steve Bannon at Trump Tower as the President-Elect's Strategist Plots “An Entirely New Political Movement” (Exclusive)  —  “I'm not a white nationalist, I'm a nationalist.  I'm an economic nationalist,” Bannon tells THR media columnist Michael Wolff as the controversial Breitbart …
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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ag.ny.gov:
Statement By A.G. Schneiderman On $25 Million Settlement Agreement Reached In Trump University Case  —  News from Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman  —  New York City Press Office / 212-416-8060  —  STATEMENT BY A.G. SCHNEIDERMAN ON $25 MILLION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REACHED IN TRUMP UNIVERSITY CASE
Steve Eder / New York Times:   Donald Trump Agrees to Pay $25 Million in Trump University Settlement
Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
Trump University agrees to settle lawsuit for $25 million, NY AG announces
Discussion: Law News and Infowars
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Alex Leininger / CNN:
Trump supporters launch #TrumpCup as a protest against Starbucks  —  (CNN)Donald Trump supporters have started asking for their Starbucks drinks under Trump's name as a movement against the coffee giant.  —  After a viral video showing a Trump supporter yelling at a barista gained traction on Wednesday …
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Trump fans take his name to Starbucks
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
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.
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Cruz doesn't close door on Supreme Court seat
Discussion: RedState and Hot Air
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Obama Suggests Meeting With Trump Wasn't All It Was Cracked Up To Be  —  President Barack Obama acknowledged in a New Yorker profile published online Thursday that his first meeting with Donald Trump may not have actually lived up to its sunny official description.
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Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest:   Obama's Never-Ending Lecture Tour
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.
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.
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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.
Erik Sandoval / WKMG:
Santa at Sanford mall replaced for saying Hillary Clinton on naughty list  —  Oviedo mother reports incident to Seminole Towne Center  —  SANFORD, Fla. - A Santa Claus at Seminole Towne Center in Sanford has been removed from his duties after an Oviedo woman claimed that he told her child Hillary Clinton was on his naughty list.
Discussion: alan.com
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.
 
 
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Chris Arnold / NPR:
Federal Reserve Chair Throws Cold Water On Trump's Economic Plan
Discussion: alan.com and EconLog
Daily Mail:
Transition official says Trump will make Mike Huckabee ambassador to Israel and move U.S. embassy …
Jacob Bernstein / New York Times:
How Van Jones Became a Star of the 2016 Campaign
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Nikki Haley: GOP can't forget immigrants, people of color
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Mother Jones:
Here's Evidence Steve Bannon Joined a Facebook Group That Posts Racist Rants and Obama Death Threats
Chris Norwood / Anniston Star:
Talladega police officer fired for sharing racist posts on Facebook
Discussion: Mediaite and The Root
 Earlier Items: 
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Washington Republican proposes charging protestors with ‘economic terrorism’
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Dems hit new low in state legislatures
Discussion: Politico and neo-neocon
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Michael Flynn, Trump's reported pick for national security adviser, sat in on intel briefings …
The Independent:
Chaos, projectile shoes at Kanye show as he give pro-Trump speech
Luigi Zingales / New York Times:
The Right Way to Resist Trump
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Democrats' Real Turnout Problem
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks
 
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