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New York Times:
Donald Trump Pivots to Economic and Domestic Policy Posts — With Thanksgiving approaching, the transition team is putting the last touches on President-elect Donald J. Trump's national security leadership even as Mr. Trump pivots to his domestic and economic policy cabinet posts.
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New York Post:
The real problem with the ‘Hamilton’ shout-out to Pence — Brandon Victor Dixon's remarks Friday night came from a good place. But they also yet again revealed the peculiar failure of liberal America to practice the empathy it preaches. — The actor who plays Aaron Burr in “Hamilton” …
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EW.com, CBS New York, LewRockwell and USA Today
Ben Brantley / New York Times:
‘Hamilton’ Duel: Addressing the President-Elect on His Own Blunt Terms
‘Hamilton’ Duel: Addressing the President-Elect on His Own Blunt Terms
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Hot Air, Daily Wire, Liberal Values, CNN, Politicus USA, New York's PIX11, Towleroad, The New Civil Rights Movement and Political Wire
New York Times:
Trump Turns Staid Process Into Spectacle as Aspirants Parade to His Door
Trump Turns Staid Process Into Spectacle as Aspirants Parade to His Door
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Washington Post, TalkLeft, Political Wire, ThinkProgress, NBC News, Daily Wire, ABC News, TheBlaze, Raw Story, CNBC, The Guardian, Mediaite, The Week, The Daily Caller, Althouse and Towleroad
Alex Swoyer / Breitbart:
Trump, Pence Attend Church, Hold 12 Meetings on Sunday Per Transition Team
Trump, Pence Attend Church, Hold 12 Meetings on Sunday Per Transition Team
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The Last Refuge
Joseph Goldstein / New York Times:
Alt-Right Exults in Donald Trump's Election With a Salute: ‘Heil Victory’ — WASHINGTON — By the time Richard B. Spencer, the leading ideologue of the alt-right movement and the final speaker of the night, rose to address a gathering of his followers on Saturday, the crowd was restless.
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ThinkProgress, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Mother Jones, more at Mediagazer »
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Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times:
Meet the new think tank in town: ‘Alt-right’ comes to Washington to influence Trump
Meet the new think tank in town: ‘Alt-right’ comes to Washington to influence Trump
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RedState
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
ST. LOUIS • A man being sought as a suspect in the shooting of a St. Louis police officer Sunday night was shot and killed in a shootout with police early Monday. — Undercover officers had found the suspect's car abandoned at a parking garage at Laclede's Landing, police said.
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Bearing Arms and The Gateway Pundit
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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Trump has a plan for government workers. They're not going to like it. — President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress are drawing up plans to take on the government bureaucracy they have long railed against, by eroding job protections and grinding down benefits …
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Political Wire
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama says he may take on Trump — President Barack Obama on Sunday started mapping out his vision of Democrats' path back—and all but pledged to be part of it himself. — In his fourth press conference in a week of sounding out to Americans and world leaders what he thinks …
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Instapundit
Anna Palmer / Politico:
Poll: Trump's popularity soars after election — Donald Trump's popularity is rising in the days since his election, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll of registered voters. — Forty-six percent of voters now have a very favorable or somewhat favorable opinion of the president-elect.
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Althouse
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
A scramble to assess the dangers of President-elect Donald Trump's global business empire — Turkey is a nation in crisis, scarred by government crackdowns following a failed coup attempt and on a potential collision course with the West. It is also home to a valuable revenue stream …
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The Week, Marginal REVOLUTION and The Guardian
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Joe Coscarelli / New York Times:
Kanye West Calls Out Beyoncé and Praises Trump in Onstage Tirade — Kanye West likened himself to Donald J. Trump at a concert on Saturday in California before tumbling into a 17-minute, free-associative speech addressing radio programmers, MTV, his friends and collaborators Jay Z and Beyoncé …
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Los Angeles Times and Heat Street
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump to live in White House — President-elect Donald Trump will live in the White House, he said Sunday, ending speculation about whether he might opt to stay in New York City and reside in Trump Tower or at one of his other properties. — His wife, Melania, and 10-year-old son, Barron …
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Political Wire
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Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
Melania and Barron Trump won't be moving to the White House
Melania and Barron Trump won't be moving to the White House
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Washington Post, WiredPen, The Moderate Voice, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Refinery29, New York Times, The Resurgent, Heat Street, NPR, The Week, The Real Deal New York, AOL, Independent Journal Review, Business Insider, Mashable, RedState, Politicus USA, New York Magazine, Mediaite, Outside the Beltway, BizPac Review, TheBlaze and Jezebel
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren fills the Democratic void — In the days since Hillary Clinton's stunning electoral defeat to Donald Trump, the vacuum she left atop the Democratic Party hasn't gone unfilled. — Elizabeth Warren has moved aggressively to occupy the space, a timely reminder to the party …
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Political Wire
John Bresnahan / Politico:
House GOP maps out ambitious start to Trump presidency — House Republican leaders, looking to jump-start Donald Trump's presidency, have already begun to map out an ambitious agenda for early next year. On the early to do-list, according to leadership insiders: repealing a host …
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TheBlaze
Jennifer Senior / New York Times:
Richard Rorty's 1998 Book Suggested Election 2016 Was Coming — Three days after the presidential election, an astute law professor tweeted a picture of three paragraphs, very slightly condensed, from Richard Rorty's “Achieving Our Country,” published in 1998.
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Political Wire
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Trump: Making America White Again — This may well be the beginning of the end: the early moments of a historical pivot point, when the slide of the republic into something untoward and unrecognizable still feels like a small collection of poor judgments and reversible decisions …
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The Guardian and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Johana Bhuiyan / Recode:
Self-driving car startup nuTonomy will begin testing its cars in Boston soon — NuTonomy is already running a commercial pilot program in Singapore. — NuTonomy, a self-driving car startup spun out of MIT and based in Cambridge, Mass., will soon begin testing its autonomous vehicles in Boston.
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Mashable