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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 …
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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 …
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Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Trump, Romney have ‘far-reaching conversation’ at meeting — Donald Trump met with Mitt Romney Saturday afternoon, one of a flurry of meetings the president-elect is holding at his New Jersey golf course. — Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, said he and the president-elect had a …
Tara Golshan / Vox:
Hamilton's cast reminded Pence that inclusivity is an American value. Trump wants an apology.
Hamilton's cast reminded Pence that inclusivity is an American value. Trump wants an apology.
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Charles Ventura / USA Today:
Trump asks ‘Hamilton’ cast who ‘harassed’ Mike Pence to apologize
Trump asks ‘Hamilton’ cast who ‘harassed’ Mike Pence to apologize
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Anneta Konstantinides / Daily Mail:
Donald Trump claims Hamilton cast HARASSED VP-elect Mike Pence and demands they apologize …
Donald Trump claims Hamilton cast HARASSED VP-elect Mike Pence and demands they apologize …
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Erin Corbett / Raw Story:
WATCH: Mike Pence booed at ‘Hamilton’ — and the internet loves it
WATCH: Mike Pence booed at ‘Hamilton’ — and the internet loves it
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Deadspin:
Boo Mike Pence Whenever Possible
Boo Mike Pence Whenever Possible
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Pat Saperstein / Variety:
Mike Pence Booed at ‘Hamilton’ Performance
Mike Pence Booed at ‘Hamilton’ Performance
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Pentagon and intelligence community chiefs have urged Obama to remove the head of the NSA — The heads of the Pentagon and the nation's intelligence community have recommended to President Obama that the director of the National Security Agency, Adm. Michael S. Rogers, be removed.
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Phil Stewart / Reuters:
Senior U.S. officials recommend removal of NSA director: sources — The heads of the Pentagon and the U.S. intelligence community have recommended to President Barack Obama that the director of the National Security Agency, Admiral Michael Rogers, be removed from his position, sources familiar with the matter said on Saturday.
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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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Brent Griffiths / Politico:
Trump to meet with Christie on Sunday
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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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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Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
McCain: If Trump Begins Waterboarding He'll Be In Court In ‘A New York Minute’ — Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said Saturday that he will will push back against President-elect Donald Trump if he tries to implement waterboarding or torture. — Speaking at the Halifax International Security Forum …
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Laura Bult / New York Daily News:
Protesters in Washington D.C. clash with white nationalists at conference celebrating ‘year of Donald Trump’ (WARNING: GRAPHIC) … A white nationalist conference held at a federal building in Washington, D.C., in celebration of “the year of Donald Trump” ignited violent clashes between protesters …
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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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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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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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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.
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