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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump Foundation admits to violating ban on ‘self-dealing,’ new filing to IRS shows — President-elect Donald Trump's charitable foundation has admitted to the IRS that it violated a legal prohibition against “self-dealing,” which bars nonprofit leaders from using their charity's money to help themselves …
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Daniel Victor / New York Times:
Donald Trump at The New York Times: Live on Twitter — Trump gets asked about his commitment to first amendment, says, “I think you'll be happy.” — Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 22, 2016 — Open up the libel laws? Trump says someone told him, “You know, YOU might be sued a lot more.' I said …
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Trump, at New York Times Meeting, Is Cordial and Critical — The strained relationship between Donald J. Trump and The New York Times took an odd path on Tuesday when a planned meeting between the president-elect and the newspaper was abruptly canceled by Mr. Trump and then quickly rescheduled.
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Seems to Retreat on Some Promises — President-elect Donald J. Trump retreated on Tuesday from some of his most extreme campaign promises, dropping his vow to jail Hillary Clinton, expressing doubt about the value of torturing terrorism suspects and pledging to have an open mind about climate change.
New York Times:
Trump Inches Toward Naming Domestic Cabinet Members — Earlier Today: The New York Times had an exclusive interview with Donald Trump. See how it unfolded on our live-blog. — President-elect Donald J. Trump is moving toward choosing his domestic policy team, suggesting …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Democratic presidential electors revolt against Trump — At least a half-dozen Democratic electors have signed onto an attempt to block Donald Trump from winning an Electoral College majority, an effort designed not only to deny Trump the presidency but also to undermine the legitimacy of the institution.
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Activists Urge Clinton Campaign to Challenge Election Results in 3 Swing States — Hillary Clinton is being urged by a group of prominent computer scientists and election lawyers to call for a recount in three swing states won by Donald Trump, New York has learned.
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Report: Presidential electors planning to undermine Electoral College
Report: Presidential electors planning to undermine Electoral College
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USA Today, Independent Journal Review, RedState and Politico
Jonah Bennett / The Daily Caller:
Politico Editor RESIGNS After Publishing Home Addresses Of Alt-Right Icon Richard Spencer, Advocating For ‘Baseball Bats’ — National editor at Politico Michael Hirsh resigned after publishing the home addresses of alt-right figurehead Richard Spencer Tuesday morning and advocating for serious violence.
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Steven Bertoni / Forbes:
Exclusive Interview: How Jared Kushner Won Trump The White House — It's been one week since Donald Trump pulled off the biggest upset in modern political history, and his headquarters at Trump Tower in New York City is a 58-story, onyx-glassed lightning rod. Barricades, TV trucks and protesters frame a fortified Fifth Avenue.
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Tamerra Griffin / BuzzFeed:
Draft Washington Post Column Claimed Trump Said He Was “Sexually Attracted” To His Teenage Daughter — The line appeared in a draft of Richard Cohen's syndicated column, but vanished prior to publication. — Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen wrote that President-elect Donald Trump once asked …
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Alana Abramson / ABC News:
Jared Kushner Defends Steve Bannon in Interview, Calls Him an ‘Incredible Zionist’
Jared Kushner Defends Steve Bannon in Interview, Calls Him an ‘Incredible Zionist’
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
Donald Trump Personally Blasts the Press — The fantasy of the normalization of Donald Trump—the idea that a demagogic candidate would somehow be transformed into a statesman of poise and deliberation after his Election Day victory—should now be a distant memory, an illusion shattered.
David Wright / CNN:
Trump aide Kellyanne Conway: No plan to pursue charges against Clinton — (CNN)President-elect Donald Trump's administration will not pursue further investigations of Hillary Clinton related to her private email server or the Clinton Foundation, Trump's former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said Tuesday …
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
‘BROKEN PROMISE’: Breitbart Isn't Happy About Trump's Decision Not to Charge Clinton
‘BROKEN PROMISE’: Breitbart Isn't Happy About Trump's Decision Not to Charge Clinton
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Daniel Halper / New York Post:
Trump won't pursue charges against Clinton
Trump won't pursue charges against Clinton
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Donald Trump says that if the president does it, it's not illegal — Keep on draining that swamp. — Since Election Day, President-elect Donald Trump encouraged foreign diplomats to stay at his hotels, pressed British politicians to oppose a wind farm that could block the view from his golf course …
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Facebook Said to Create Censorship Tool to Get Back Into China — SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, has cultivated relationships with China's leaders, including President Xi Jinping. He has paid multiple visits to the country to meet its top internet executives.
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Reuters:
Judge blocks Obama rule extending overtime pay to 4.2 million workers — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked an Obama administration rule to extend mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million workers from taking effect, imperiling one of the outgoing president's signature achievements for boosting wages.
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The Week and Independent Journal Review
RADAR:
Hamilton Hypocrites! PROOF Cast Members Who Slammed Mike Pence Don't Vote — Election records reveal the truth about their patriotism. — Cast members for the hit Broadway show Hamilton had no problem mouthing off to Vice President-Elect Mike Pence, but RadarOnline.com has learned …
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Mike Rowe / Facebook:
THE PLAY IS THE THING! — “I'll have grounds more relative than this …
THE PLAY IS THE THING! — “I'll have grounds more relative than this …
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Independent Journal Review and The Federalist
CBS Detroit:
Report: Driver Asked Kids ‘Are You Ready To Die’ Before Crashing Bus In Chattanooga — CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WWJ/AP) - Parents of some of the children who survived a deadly school bus crash in Chattanooga are starting to shed some light on the moments leading up to the crash, which killed five kids and injured more than 20 others.
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Rust Belt Dems broke for Trump because they thought Clinton cared more about bathrooms than jobs — THE BIG IDEA: — YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio—Back in May, the longtime chairman of the Mahoning County Democratic Party sent a private memo to leaders in Hillary Clinton's campaign warning …
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New York Daily News:
NYC woman may lose arm after hit with grenade at Dakota Access pipeline protest site — The sobbing father of a Dakota Access Pipleline protester described Tuesday how his daughter's arm was torn to pieces by a concussion grenade tossed at the unarmed woman.
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Gary Shteyngart / New Yorker:
Living in Trump's Soviet Union — I grew up in a dystopia—will I have to die in one, too? — When my parents lived in the Soviet Union, having a Jewish-looking “physiognomy,” as it was called, proved a daily liability. Standing in line for eggs or milk or ham, one could feel the gaze …
Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
Major Advertising Technology Company Bars Breitbart News for Hate Speech — AppNexus takes a stand as bigger rivals, Google and Facebook, face scrutiny over their handling of ‘fake news’ — AppNexus Inc., a major advertising technology provider, has barred Breitbart News from using …
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Jessica Wick / Facebook:
11/20/16. — So. Today I met Hillary Clinton. This was a surprise and I can't imagine meeting anyone else who looms as large. I wasn't as eloquent as I'd have liked to be. I didn't want to take her & her family out of their day together. I also didn't want to cry …
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Ben Guarino / Washington Post:
‘Suicide bomber’ squirrel hospitalizes Chicago politician who spoke out against squirrels — Howard Brookins Jr., the alderman for Chicago's 21st ward, had publicly spoken out about a toothy menace plaguing the city's garbage carts: urban squirrels, which in Brookins's view were “aggressive …
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Wall Street Journal:
Mitt Romney Leads Donald Trump's Picks for Secretary of State — President-elect leans toward the former governor but advisers' tug of war delays decision — President-elect Donald Trump is leaning toward asking former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to be his secretary of state, according to people familiar with the deliberations.
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RedState, Business Insider and Hot Air
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Democrats won the most votes in the election. They should act like it. — Democrats need to be an opposition party, not a minority party. — More Americans voted for Hillary Clinton than for Donald Trump. More Americans voted for Democratic Senate candidates than for Republican Senate candidates.
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