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2:50 PM ET, November 19, 2016

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New York Times:
‘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 …
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Tara Golshan / Vox:
Hamilton's cast reminded Pence that inclusivity is an American value.  Trump wants an apology.  —  This time it's not Megyn Kelly, the bereaved father of an Army captain, or a former Miss Universe contestant.  No, Donald Trump's latest Twitter feud is with the cast of Hamilton — the Broadway musical that has taken the world by storm.
New York Times:
High in Tower, Trump Reads, Tweets and Plans  —  Donald J. Trump sits high in Trump Tower in New York, spending hours on the phone with friends, television personalities and donors to ask if they know people to recommend for his cabinet.  —  He joins a daily morning transition meeting …
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
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.
Charles Ventura / USA Today:
Trump asks ‘Hamilton’ cast who ‘harassed’ Mike Pence to apologize
Pat Saperstein / Variety:
Mike Pence Booed at ‘Hamilton’ Performance
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.
Discussion: RedState and New Jersey Online
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Brent Griffiths / Politico:   Trump to meet with Christie on Sunday
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Bob Woodson says he is being considered by Trump for housing post
Discussion: AOL and Politico
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.
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.
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 …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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.
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.
Discussion: Politico
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NPR.org:
'We're Not Going Away': Alt-Right Leader On Voice In Trump Administration
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Bannon: 'I'm not a white nationalist, I'm a nationalist'
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.
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Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
In Alabama, Jeff Sessions Desegregated Schools and Got the Death Penalty for KKK Murderer
Ronald A. Klain / Washington Post:
Trump's big infrastructure plan?  It's a trap.  —  Ronald A. Klain served as assistant to President Obama and oversaw the team implementing the American Recovery and Renewal Act from 2009-2011.  He was an adviser to Hillary Clinton in the 2016 campaign.  The views expressed here are solely his own.
Chicago Tribune:
Teen grandson of U.S. Rep. Danny Davis shot dead in Englewood over gym shoes  —  Jovan Wilson, 15-year-old grandson of Rep. Danny Davis and son of Stacey Wilson, was shot and killed Nov. 18, 2016, in his home in Englewood.  (Alyssa Pointer / Chicago Tribune)
Discussion: USA Today, AOL, Law News and The Week
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Chicago Tribune:
Grandson of Congressman Danny Davis slain, 3 others hurt in city shootings
Discussion: Fox 59 and Q13 FOX News
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.
New York Times:
With National Security Choices, Trump Builds Team to Bulldoze Status Quo  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump's remarkable appointments on Friday served notice that he not only intends to reverse eight years of liberal domestic policies but also overturn decades of bipartisan consensus …
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Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Trump's security picks deepen Muslim worries about an anti-Islamic White House
Michael Smith / Gallup:
Image of Democratic Party More Positive Than GOP  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans continue to view the Democratic Party more favorably than the Republican Party, with little evident change after the election that saw the GOP win the White House and keep control of both houses of Congress.
Discussion: alan.com and Politicus USA
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Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Paul Ryan's Favorable Rating Edges Up to New High
Discussion: Hot Air
 
 
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Tegna / KHOU-TV:
Federal judge: 'If you don't like [Trump], you should go to another country'
Discussion: RedState, RT and CBS DC
Alex Harris / miamiherald:
Octopus in the parking garage is climate change's canary in the coal mine
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Obama halts amnesty push in court, bows to incoming Trump administration
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Breitbart may need to reveal business structure to secure Capitol Hill press credentials
The Hill:
Blue-collar voters launch hand grenade into Washington
 Earlier Items: 
Kristin Tate / The Hill:
The media needs to get off their ‘fake news’ false narrative
Discussion: Infowars, Recode and Politicus USA
Catherine Ho / Washington Post:
Lobbyists are still involved in Trump team, despite the president-elect's pledge to remove their influence
Discussion: Raw Story
Stephen B. Presser / Chicago Tribune:
Commentary: What American law professors forgot and what Trump knew
Darren Rovell / ABC News:
Autographed Trump Hats and Books Sold on His Website Were Signed by Machine
Bloomberg:
California's Democrats Are Ready for Political War
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding
 

 
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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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