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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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New York Times:
Mike Pence Saw ‘Hamilton.’ The Cast Had Something to Say. — “Hamilton,” the hit Broadway musical about colonial rebels shaping the future of an unformed country, took an even more political turn during its performance on Friday night. — With Vice President-elect Mike Pence attending the show …
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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 …
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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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NPR.org:
'We're Not Going Away': Alt-Right Leader On Voice In Trump Administration — Stephen Bannon, Donald Trump's incoming White House chief strategist, used to run the website Breitbart, which he called “the platform for the alt-right.” The alt-right has been associated with racism, anti-Semitism and misogyny.
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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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Michael Wolff / Hollywood Reporter:
Ringside With Steve Bannon at Trump Tower as the President-Elect's Strategist Plots …
Ringside With Steve Bannon at Trump Tower as the President-Elect's Strategist Plots …
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Bannon: 'I'm not a white nationalist, I'm a nationalist'
Bannon: 'I'm not a white nationalist, I'm a nationalist'
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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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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 …
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ag.ny.gov:
Statement By A.G. Schneiderman On $25 Million Settlement Agreement Reached In Trump University Case
Statement By A.G. Schneiderman On $25 Million Settlement Agreement Reached In Trump University Case
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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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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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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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The Hill:
Blue-collar voters launch hand grenade into Washington — The so-called blue Midwest firewall crumbled. The heartland launched a hand grenade into Washington, D.C. — Donald Trump — won the presidential election by winning traditionally blue-collar workers in Democratic Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
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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Jennifer Williams / Vox:
Mike Pompeo, Trump's pick for CIA director, could take the agency back to its darkest days
Mike Pompeo, Trump's pick for CIA director, could take the agency back to its darkest days
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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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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Breitbart may need to reveal business structure to secure Capitol Hill press credentials — On Friday Breitbart News appeared before the Standing Committee of the Senate Press Gallery in order to secure permanent Capitol Hill credentials. But while the act may seem mundane …
Stephen B. Presser / Chicago Tribune:
Commentary: What American law professors forgot and what Trump knew — President-elect Donald Trump speaks during election night at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York on Nov. 9, 2016. — It was lonely being a Donald Trump supporter in the legal academy.
Chicago Tribune:
Grandson of Congressman Danny Davis slain, 3 others hurt in city shootings — Chicago Tribune illustration — Deanese Williams-Harris, Rosemary Regina Sobol and Grace Wong Contact Reporters — The 15-year-old grandson of Congressman Danny Davis has been fatally shot in a home invasion, according to Davis and police.
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miamiherald:
Man who yelled ‘Trump!’ in viral Starbucks video: ‘I had a bad day’ — David Sanguesa said he was having a bad day. — But it seems Sanguesa has had many bad days. Wednesday was just the latest. That was the day he was captured on video angrily yelling “Trump!” and “I voted for Trump! …
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