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12:30 AM ET, November 20, 2016

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Lindsey Sullivan / Broadway.com:
Exclusive!  Brandon Victor Dixon on the Hamilton Fam's Speech for Mike Pence: ‘I Hope He Remembers Us’  —  Hamilton is already the revolutionary hit heard round the world, but at the November 18th evening performance, history truly had its eyes on this cast.
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Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Trump, Romney have ‘far-reaching conversation’ at meeting
New York Times:
High in Tower, Trump Reads, Tweets and Plans
Tara Golshan / Vox:
Hamilton's cast reminded Pence that inclusivity is an American value. Trump wants an apology.
New York Post:
VP-elect Mike Pence booed at ‘Hamilton’
Discussion: The Geller Report and Infowars
Charles Ventura / USA Today:
Trump asks ‘Hamilton’ cast who ‘harassed’ Mike Pence to apologize
New York Times:
Donald Trump Pauses Transition Work to Meet with Indian Business Partners  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump met in the last week in his office at Trump Tower with three Indian business partners who are building a Trump-branded luxury apartment complex south of Mumbai …
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Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Trump meets with Indian business partners after vow to step away from company  —  reportedly met this week at Trump Tower with three Indian business partners, raising fresh questions about a separation between the Trump's business and future work in the White House.
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
Discussion: The Last Refuge
Yahoo:
Trump opponents try to beat him at the Electoral College  —  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Grassroots campaigns have sprung up around the country to try to persuade members of the Electoral College to do something that has never been done in American history — deny the presidency to the clear Election Day winner.
Michael Crowley / Politico:
McCain warns Trump on torture, waterboarding  —  Republican Sen. John McCain issued a fiery warning to President-elect Donald Trump on the subject of torture Saturday.  —  “I don't give a damn what the president of the United States wants to do.  We will not waterboard,” …
Discussion: Raw Story and Associated Press
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Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
McCain: If Trump Begins Waterboarding He'll Be In Court In ‘A New York Minute’
Discussion: alan.com
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Donald Trump, America's first independent president  —  Viewed through any conventional lens, President-elect Donald Trump's candidacy was improbable from start to finish.  Today, two things about his victory seem to be in sharper focus: one, that Trump's victory might best be understood …
The Daily Beast:
‘Mad Dog’ Mattis Front Runner for DOD  —  The retired 4-star Marine Corps general who memorably said “it's fun to shoot some people” is a leading candidate to become Team Trump's Secretary of Defense.  —  Teams of lawyers on Capitol Hill wrestled on Friday with how to allow retired 4-star …
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Federal judge at citizenship ceremony: If you don't like Trump, then leave  —  A federal judge this week said at a U.S. citizenship ceremony that anyone unhappy with President-elect Donald Trump  —  should go to a different country.  —  “I can assure you that whether you voted …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Joe.My.God.
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Tom Schoenberg / Bloomberg:
Trump's Pick for Attorney General Scoffed at ‘Too Big to Fail’  —  Sessions's remarks on BP probe hint at approach to companies  —  ‘I was taught, if they violated the law, you charge them’  —  Senator Jeff Sessions, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general …
Discussion: Politico and The Week
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Fox News' Eric Bolling talking to Trump team about Commerce gig  —  Fox News host Eric Bolling has discussed the possibility of taking a position in Donald Trump's administration, two sources with knowledge of the discussions tell POLITICO.  —  The position being discussed is in the Department of Commerce …
Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite and TheBlaze
Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Students Burst Into Laughter When Corey Lewandowski Says ‘Mexico Will Pay for the Wall’  —  During a Q&A session following a speech at the Oxford Union this week, former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was confronted by one questioner over her belief that Donald Trump is a bigot and liar, and his answer led to mocking laughter.
Discussion: Raw Story and New Century Times
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.
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
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Brent Griffiths / Politico:   Trump to meet with Christie on Sunday
 
 
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New York Times:
Constitutional Restrictions on Foreign Gifts Don't Apply to Presidents
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Dem: Trump should consider Clinton for UN ambassador
Wjtv / WKRG-TV:
‘Make America Great Again’ billboard features Bloody Sunday
Discussion: AOL, The Root and WSPA-TV
Sputnik International:
Poll Finds Disunity in EU Ranks, ‘Things Are Going in the Wrong Direction’
Discussion: Infowars
Alex Harris / miamiherald:
Octopus in the parking garage is climate change's canary in the coal mine
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Michael Smith / Gallup:
Image of Democratic Party More Positive Than GOP
Discussion: alan.com and Politicus USA
Economist:
Democrats on the brink  —  The American left is in danger …
Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Obama loyalists plot Trump resistance
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Steve Bannon on Politics as War
Discussion: Politico
Kristin Tate / The Hill:
The media needs to get off their ‘fake news’ false narrative
Discussion: Politicus USA
Washington Post:
For foreign diplomats, Trump hotel is place to be
 

 
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