memeorandum: ‘Hamilton’ Duel: Addressing the President-Elect on His Own Blunt Terms (Ben Brantley/New York Times)

8:05 PM ET, November 20, 2016

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Isabel Vincent / New York Post:

Melania and Barron Trump won't be moving to the White House — More On: — Future First Lady Melania Trump and son Barron will not be moving to the White House after Donald Trump's inauguration in January, The Post has learned. — The president-elect's 46-year-old wife and their 10-year-old son …

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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump to live in White House

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Alan Henry / BroadwayWorld.com:

Trump Supporter Shouts Profanities And Interrupts HAMILTON In Chicago — As reported by BroadwayWorld, Friday night Vice President-Elect Mike Pence attended a performance of Hamilton on Broadway, where he was met with disdain from audience members. Following the curtain call …

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Ben Brantley / New York Times:

‘Hamilton’ Duel: Addressing the President-Elect on His Own Blunt Terms — “The theater must always be a safe and special place.” — When I read that Donald J. Trump had tweeted those words on Saturday morning, my gut response was to wish that the great American playwright Edward Albee …

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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill: Pence: I 'wasn't offended' by Hamilton message

Christopher Rosen / EW.com:
DONALD TRUMP DELETES HAMILTON TWEET

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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:

Christie re-emerges after his falling out with Trump. But is he back on the inside? — He was in. And then he was out. And now, he's — well, it's hard to tell exactly where New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie stands in the intrigue-filled orbit of those who surround the president-elect of the United States.

Alex Swoyer / Breitbart:
Trump, Pence Attend Church, Hold 12 Meetings on Sunday Per Transition Team

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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump Considers Wilbur Ross for Commerce Post

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New York Times:
Trump Lavishes Praise on General as He Nears National Security Picks

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Bill Chappell / NPR:

Ret. Army Gen. Jack Keane Says He Declined Offer To Be Defense Secretary — President-elect Donald Trump asked him to serve as secretary of defense, retired four-star general Jack Keane tells NPR's Rachel Martin — but Keane declined the offer, citing personal reasons.

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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:

Jack Keane declined offer to be Defense secretary: report — Retired four-star Army Gen. Jack Keane said he was offered the position of secretary of Defense in Donald Trump — 's administration, but declined, NPR reported. — “I was asked to serve, but I'm not able to,” Keane told NPR.

Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:

How Fake News Goes Viral: A Case Study — Fake News Goes Viral: A Case Study — How a misinformed Twitter post the night after the election fueled a nationwide conspiracy theory and became a talking point for a world leader — even as it was being proved false. — THE UPSHOT

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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:

Rob Reiner Calls Out Jared Kushner: 'He's Turning His Back on His Religion and His Heritage' — In June of last year, then Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump received his first—and one of his only—endorsements from a publication. It came courtesy of The Daily Stormer, a neo-Nazi and white supremacist website.

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David Caplan / ABC News:

Hillary Clinton's Popular Vote Lead Over Donald Trump Now Exceeds 1.5 Million Votes — It's been nearly two weeks since the November 8 general election, but the results have not remained static as ballots continue to be counted. — While the number of votes for both president-elect Donald …

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Byron York / Washington Examiner:

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is Democrats' nightmare — President-elect Trump's transition team knew that nominating Jeff Sessions for Attorney General would set off controversy. Democrats and their allies in the press have at key times in the past called Sessions a racist …

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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:

Michael Flynn, on trip to Russia, said ‘who knows’ whether Syria gas attack was a ‘false flag’ — (CNN)During a 2015 trip to Russia, Donald Trump's pick to be national security adviser, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, said he didn't know whether the 2013 sarin gas attack in Syria was conducted …

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David Edwards / Raw Story:

Reince Priebus laughably claims Trump's ‘Muslim registry’ is not ‘based on religion’ — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Future White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus struggled on Sunday to defend Donald Trump's campaign promise to create a registry of Muslims.

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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Reince Priebus Dismisses Controversy Over Sessions: ‘He Will Be Confirmed’

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Matthew Belloni / Hollywood Reporter:

Donald Trump Meeting Ari Emanuel in New Jersey — The president-elect's former agent is said to be hoping to discuss some of Trump's initial appointments. — Is the president-elect soliciting help from his former Hollywood agent in selecting a cabinet? — Ari Emanuel, the co-CEO …

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CNN:

San Antonio officer shot to death during traffic stop — (CNN)A San Antonio police officer was shot to death during a traffic stop Sunday in what the department's chief described as a targeted killing similar to recent police shootings in Dallas, Texas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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ABC News:

‘This Week’ Transcript: Reince Priebus and Sen. Chuck Schumer — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ on November 20, 2016 and it will be updated. — MARTHA RADDATZ: I asked newly elected Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer what he was thinking as he watched election night unfold.

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