memeorandum: Trump asks ‘Hamilton’ cast who ‘harassed’ Mike Pence to apologize (Charles Ventura/USA Today)

1:30 PM ET, November 19, 2016

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‘Hamilton’ Had Some Unscripted Lines for Pence. Trump Wasn't Happy. — “Hamilton,” the hit Broadway musical about colonial rebels shaping the future of an unformed country, took an even more political turn at the end of its performance on Friday night. — With Vice President-elect Mike …

Deadspin:

Boo Mike Pence Whenever Possible — Tonight, Vice President-elect Mike Pence decided to take in a performance of Hamilton. But apparently, as soon as he walked in the theater, the only good Hamilton fans in the world started booing like crazy. This is the sound Mike Pence should hear every single time he leaves his house.

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Pat Saperstein / Variety:

Mike Pence Booed at ‘Hamilton’ Performance — Vice-president elect Mike Pence went to see the hip-hop musical “Hamilton” on Broadway Friday night, and the performance was disrupted when the audience wouldn't stop booing him. … Upon arrival at the Richard Rodgers Theater, he was loudly booed …

Anneta Konstantinides / Daily Mail:

Donald Trump claims Hamilton cast HARASSED VP-elect Mike Pence and demands they apologize after audience booed him during show — ‘We are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us, our planet, our children,’ he said

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Charles Ventura / USA Today:
Trump asks ‘Hamilton’ cast who ‘harassed’ Mike Pence to apologize

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Erin Corbett / Raw Story:
WATCH: Mike Pence booed at ‘Hamilton’ — and the internet loves it

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Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook:

A lot of you have asked what we're doing about misinformation, so I wanted to give an update. — The bottom line is: we take misinformation seriously. Our goal is to connect people with the stories they find most meaningful, and we know people want accurate information.

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Sarah Wheaton / Politico:

Obama loyalists plot Trump resistance — President Barack Obama told his most loyal operatives that they have 10 days to get over their grief. — They're already ahead of schedule. — In the past week, Obama alumni have planned gatherings at Glascott's Saloon in Chicago (an old campaign haunt) and The Winslow in New York.

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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:

Steve Bannon on Politics as War — The Trump adviser talks about the winning campaign and says the political attacks against him and Breitbart News are ‘just nonsense.’ — It's hard to think of Steve Bannon as a low-profile guy. He has garnered about as many headlines over the past week as Donald Trump—no small feat.

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NPR.org:
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Bannon: 'I'm not a white nationalist, I'm a nationalist'

Washington Post:

For foreign diplomats, Trump hotel is place to be — About 100 foreign diplomats, from Brazil to Turkey, gathered at the Trump International Hotel this week to sip Trump-branded champagne, dine on sliders and hear a sales pitch about the U.S. president-elect's newest hotel.

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New York Times:

Jeff Sessions as Attorney General: An Insult to Justice — In 1986, President Ronald Reagan nominated Jeff Sessions, then a United States attorney from Alabama, to be a federal judge. The Republican-controlled Senate rejected Mr. Sessions out of concern, based on devastating testimony by former colleagues, that he was a racist.

Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
In Alabama, Jeff Sessions Desegregated Schools and Got the Death Penalty for KKK Murderer

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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

Inside Chris Christie's fall from grace — Chris Christie, once one of the Republican Party's brightest stars, was virtually assured a position in a Donald Trump administration. As one of the first big-name politicians to endorse the Manhattan billionaire, the New Jersey governor had earned Trump's gratitude.

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Kristin Tate / The Hill:

The media needs to get off their ‘fake news’ false narrative — Democrats lost the presidential election because they nominated an unlikable, entrenched bureaucrat who was knee-deep in damning scandals. — But rather than take responsibility for this massive and embarrassing failure …

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Southern Poverty Law Center:

Incidents of Hateful Harassment Since Election Day Now Number 701 — This is the second update from the Southern Poverty Law Center's effort to collect reports of hateful incidents of harassment around the country. This report covers the full week (Wednesday Nov. 9 to Wednesday Nov. 16) since the presidential election.

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Economist:

Democrats on the brink — The American left is in danger of learning precisely the wrong lesson from defeat — AGHAST at the defection of millions who voted for Barack Obama in 2012 but for Donald Trump in 2016—notably working-class whites in the Midwest—the left wants the Democratic Party …

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Robert Costa / Washington Post:

Bob Woodson says he is being considered by Trump for housing post — Robert L. Woodson Sr., who heads the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise in Washington and advises House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) on poverty issues, said late Friday that he is under consideration to be secretary …

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Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Paul Ryan's Favorable Rating Edges Up to New High

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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Rep. Price clear favorite for Trump's HHS chief

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Joby Warrick / Washington Post:

Trump's security picks deepen Muslim worries about an anti-Islamic White House — News of President-elect Donald Trump's national security picks set off fresh tremors across the Islamic world on Friday as Middle Eastern allies and Muslim American groups prepared to face advisers …

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New York Times:
Iraqis Welcome Trump's Stance on ISIS, but Fear It May Backfire

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Steve Eder / New York Times:

Donald Trump Agrees to Pay $25 Million in Trump University Settlement — Donald J. Trump has reversed course and agreed to pay $25 million to settle a series of lawsuits stemming from his defunct for-profit education venture, Trump University, finally putting to rest fraud allegations by former students …