memeorandum: Trump Summons TV Figures for Private Meeting, and Lets Them Have It (New York Times)

11:20 AM ET, November 22, 2016

Top Items:

Donald Trump's media summit was a ‘f—ing firing squad’ — More On: — President-elect Donald Trump exploded at media bigs in an off-the-record Trump Tower powow on Monday, sources told The Post. — “It was like a f—ing firing squad,” said one source.

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.

Discussion: RedState, Deadspin and Vox Popoli

James Hohmann / Washington Post: The Daily 202: Rust Belt Dems broke for Trump because they thought Clinton cared more about bathrooms than jobs

New York Times:
Trump Summons TV Figures for Private Meeting, and Lets Them Have It

Discussion: JustOneMinute, MILO and LewRockwell, more at Mediagazer »

Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump Meeting The New York Times After All

Discussion: Politico

Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump asks for media ‘reset,’ but lashes out at execs

Discussion: NPR, Washington Post, Mediaite, The Week, Business Insider, The Gateway Pundit, Independent Journal Review and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »

Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Report: Trump meeting with media a ‘f—ing firing squad’

Discussion: Daily Kos, The Week, Mediaite, Balloon Juice, BizPac Review, Business Insider, Politicus USA, Instapundit and Hot Air

Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Trump is seeking to build a diverse administration, aides say

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Political Wire, Washington Monthly and Business Insider

Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
After meeting, Gabbard vows to work with Trump

Discussion: ABC News, Ron Paul Liberty Report, Politico, Hot Air and McClatchy Washington Bureau

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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Atlantic, Political Wire, Law News, Raw Story, New York Times and New York Magazine

New York Times:

Trump Reinstates New York Times Meeting While Pulling Back on Pursuing Case Against Clinton — President-elect Donald J. Trump canceled — then reinstated — a meeting with the “failing” New York Times on Tuesday afternoon, which shows that he is true to his word: He did tell the nation he wanted to keep us guessing.

Discussion: Politico, RedState, The Daily Caller, Patterico's Pontifications, Daily Kos, AOL, Political Wire, Jezebel, TheStreet.com, Mashable, Politicus USA, The Week, twitchy.com and Mediaite

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 …

Discussion: New York Magazine, WCMH-TV and Talking Points Memo

Erin McClam / CNNMoney:
Trump backs out of meeting with New York Times

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.

Discussion: The Hill, Washington Post, RedState, Independent Journal Review, Political Wire, theGrio, The Resurgent and The Atlantic

New York Daily News:
The Hail Mary pass that could deny Donald Trump the presidency: It's up to you, electors

Discussion: Balkinization and Instapundit

Daniel Lombroso / The Atlantic:

‘Hail Trump!’: White Nationalists Salute the President Elect — “Hail Trump, hail our people, hail victory!” — That's how Richard B. Spencer saluted more than 200 attendees on Saturday, gathered at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., for the annual conference …

New York Times:

Donald Trump Rages, at the Wrong Target — Millions of Americans are justifiably frightened by the tide of racism, anti-Semitism and xenophobia that has swept the country since the election of Donald Trump, whose campaign stoked these views and who named Stephen Bannon of Breitbart News his chief strategist in the White House.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Salon, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Balloon Juice, twitchy.com, Independent Journal Review, Jezebel, VDARE, Mediaite and No More Mister Nice Blog

ushmm.org:
MUSEUM CONDEMNS HATEFUL RHETORIC AT WHITE NATIONALIST CONFERENCE; CALLS ON THE NATION TO CONFRONT HATE SPEECH

Discussion: TheBlaze, Politicus USA and Politico

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.

Discussion: CNBC and The Week, more at Mediagazer »

Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:

Reports: Trump Asked Brexit Architects To Oppose Wind Farms In Scotland — During a meeting with leaders of the Brexit movement following the election, Donald Trump asked them to push back against offshore wind farms like the one that can be seen from his golf course in Scotland …

Discussion: Balloon Juice and New York Magazine

New York Times:
With a Meeting, Trump Renewed a British Wind Farm Fight

Discussion: Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, No More Mister Nice Blog, Heat Street, Sputnik International, The Week, Raw Story, Politico and Jezebel

Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:

Pat McCrory Lost the North Carolina Governorship. Now He's Trying to Steal It. — North Carolina Republican Gov. Pat McCrory, champion of the country's most notorious anti-LGBTQ law, lost his bid for re-election on Nov. 8—at last count, by 7,448 votes. Yet nearly two weeks later, McCrory still refuses to concede.

Discussion: American Prospect, Heat Street, New York Magazine, Raleigh News & Observer, AOL, Daily Kos, Mother Jones, Pat McCrory for Governor and American Lens

Colin Campbell / Raleigh News & Observer:
Legislature could revisit election laws in wake of McCrory complaints, Moore says

Discussion: electionlawblog.org, Politico and Politicus USA

Jack Shafer / Politico:

Abolish the Office of the First Lady — Melania Trump has done the nation a great service by deciding to maintain Trump Tower as her full-time residence and not to move to the White House any time soon. But her resistance shouldn't stop there. Now is as good a time as any to eliminate …

Discussion: CNN, CNNMoney, Talking Points Memo and The Week

NBC News:

Kanye West Hospitalized After Tour Canceled: Sources — Kanye Cancels Tour After Trump/Race Rant 2:12 — Kanye West was under observation at a Los Angeles area hospital late Monday after the remaining dates of his national tour were abruptly canceled, multiple authorities familiar with the case told NBC News.

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, fox4kc.com, Jezebel, Independent Journal Review, FanSided, Fox 59, Mashable, CNN, WCMH-TV, NBC News, theGrio, Refinery29, New York Magazine and The Week

CNN:

Poll: Looking ahead to a Trump presidency, a majority sees change — Majorities think Trump will achieve several of the goals outlined during his campaign as top priorities — (CNN)Two weeks after Election Day, most Americans say President-elect Donald Trump will ultimately do a good job as president …

Discussion: Politico, RedState, Washington Times and Opinion Today

Thomas E. Ricks / Foreign Policy:

Mattis as defense secretary: What it means for us, for the military, and for Trump — I've known and admired General James Mattis (USMC, ret.) for years, and have written about him in a couple of books and in this blog. A few years ago, after Mattis was given the bum's rush into retirement …

Discussion: AOL

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.

Discussion: TIME and Common Dreams

Adam Liptak / New York Times:

Donald Trump's Business Dealings Test a Constitutional Limit — WASHINGTON — Not long after he took office, President Obama sought advice from the Justice Department about a potential conflict of interest involving a foreign government. He wanted to know whether he could accept the Nobel Peace Prize.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Bloomberg, Constitution Daily, NPR, NBC News, Washington Post, The Daily Caller and Balkinization

Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:

The secretive brain trust of Silicon Valley insiders who are helping Trump — Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel is putting together a brain trust of Silicon Valley insiders to share ideas with the transition team for President-elect Donald Trump. But he's having trouble finding takers.

Discussion: Raw Story

Katie J.M. Baker / BuzzFeed:

College Trump Supporters: “We're The New Counterculture” … A week after Donald Trump won the presidency, many students on the University of Delaware campus were still devastated. Professors at the blue-state public school where Vice President Joe Biden is an alumnus canceled classes …

Discussion: Raw Story

Scott W. Johnson / Weekly Standard:

The Trouble With Keith Ellison — He's a bad hombre. — In the aftermath of the election of Donald Trump and a Republican Congress, Minnesota representative Keith Ellison has emerged as a leading contender to chair the Democratic National Committee. Ellison resides on the far-left fringe of the Democratic party.

Discussion: Power Line, The Daily Caller, The Geller Report, Washington Free Beacon and The Daily Signal

Daily Mail:

REVEALED: Number of Hamilton stars haven't voted in YEARS despite clash with vice president-elect Mike Pence over his political persuasions — The statement, written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, said they were worried about Pence's new administration with president-elect Donald Trump

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Washington Free Beacon