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12:40 PM ET, November 21, 2016

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Top network executives, anchors meeting with Donald Trump Monday  —  Executives and anchors from the country's five biggest television networks are set to meet with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower on Monday afternoon.  —  The meeting was organized by Trump's campaign manager Kellyanne Conway …
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Kellyanne Conway to CNN anchor about Trump's tweeting: ‘Why do you care?’  —  A top aide to President-elect Donald Trump  —  is dismissing questions about Trump's tweeting, asking why a network news anchor would care.  —  “Why take it up?  Why take up ‘SNL’?  No president does that.  Why waste time?
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump to Spend Holiday in FLA, Pence in MS
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Conway on Trump's ‘Hamilton’ feud: 'Who is to say that he can't do that'
Discussion: Jezebel
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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Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg:   Trump Needs to Earn His Mandate
Jon Reid / Morning Consult:
Voters Say Trump's Children Should Work Outside Administration
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 …
Discussion: RedState and Political Wire
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Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times:
Meet the new think tank in town: ‘Alt-right’ comes to Washington to influence Trump
Discussion: RedState
A thought on the Hamilton storm of the:
A thought on the Hamilton storm of the weekend:  —  But let me first say that for the last 24 hours I have been focused on one thing, Blake's state championship game.  I didn't even hear about this fuss until lunch today.  Blake's game was a heart wrenching loss that came in overtime play last night.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
Low Marks for Major Players in 2016 Election - Including the Winner  —  Half of voters are happy Trump won; Democrats take a hard line  —  For most voters, the 2016 presidential campaign was one to forget.  Post-election evaluations of the way that the winning candidate, the parties …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Record-High 77% of Americans Perceive Nation as Divided  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Seventy-seven percent of Americans, a new high, believe the nation is divided on the most important values, while 21% believe it is united and in agreement.  Over the past 20+ years, the public has tended to perceive …
Discussion: Common Dreams and Opinion Today
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Record number of Americans think nation is divided
Discussion: RedState
Associated Press:
Cashing in BIGLY in Argentina!  —  Over the weekend, there were a flurry of stories about how Donald Trump and his family are already using the presidency to leverage his overseas businesses as well as his new DC hotel.  Well, now there's more.  This time in Argentina.  —  Here's the background.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
CNN:
Source: Democratic Rep. Gabbard meeting with Trump, talking top jobs in DC  —  Washington (CNN)Hawaii Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is meeting with President-elect Donald Trump and his transition team Monday for a possible top job in the new administration, a source said.
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Sanders Urges Supporters: Ditch Identity Politics And Embrace The Working Class  —  In a speech Sunday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) urged attendees to move away from “identity politics” and towards policies aimed at helping the working class.  —  Sanders spoke to a crowd …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Apple Abandons Development of Wireless Routers  —  Apple disbands its router division, reassigns engineers  —  Apple Inc. has disbanded its division that develops wireless routers, another move to try to sharpen the company's focus on consumer products that generate the bulk of its revenue …
Discussion: Engadget, Mashable and The Verge
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” …
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.
Discussion: The Week
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 …
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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Globe and Mail:
Monkey incident sparks clashes in southern Libyan city of Sabha, 16 dead  —  At least 16 people died and 50 were wounded in Libya in four days of clashes between rival factions in the southern city of Sabha, a health official said on Sunday.  —  According to residents and local reports …
Discussion: Jihad Watch and The Geller Report
Bloomberg:
French Thatcherite Upends 2017 Race Pledging to Shrink the State  —  Ex-PM knocks out former boss Sarkozy in surprise victory  —  Fillon to face rival Juppe in final primary vote Nov. 27  —  Former Prime Minister Francois Fillon, the new front-runner in France's 2017 presidential election …
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: How Tim Ryan decided to challenge his mentor, Nancy Pelosi, for Democratic leader  —  Tim Ryan, the Ohio congressman challenging Nancy Pelosi, campaigned intensely for Hillary Clinton in his Rust Belt district.  “He will gut you and he will walk over your cold dead body …
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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New York Post:
Donations to Clinton Foundation fell by 37 percent
Discussion: Daily Wire and LewRockwell
Kate Nocera / BuzzFeed:
“You Are Amazing!” Donald Trump Wrote To Harry Reid In 2010
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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Reince Priebus, Normalizer in Chief
Discussion: Discourse.net, The Week and Althouse
greatagain.gov:
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama Seeks to Fortify Iran Nuclear Deal
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Medicare For The Win
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Rebecca Flood / Daily Express:
Swedish government pays thousands to ISIS fighter despite living in Syria for a YEAR
Discussion: The Geller Report and Jihad Watch
Johana Bhuiyan / Recode:
Self-driving car startup nuTonomy will begin testing its cars in Boston soon
Discussion: Mashable
Jennifer Senior / New York Times:
Richard Rorty's 1998 Book Suggested Election 2016 Was Coming
Discussion: Political Wire
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Trump: Making America White Again
Joe Coscarelli / New York Times:
Kanye West Calls Out Beyoncé and Praises Trump in Onstage Tirade
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
As the NYT Tech Guild goes on strike, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas offers the AI company's services to the NYT to help ensure election coverage is available

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

William Earl / Variety:
Heretic's directors say they put a message in the credits that “no generative AI was used in the making of this film” to warn Hollywood about the danger of AI

 
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