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6:15 PM ET, November 22, 2016

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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 …
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.
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.
New York Times:
Decision to Pull Back on Case Against Clinton Provokes Backlash  —  The apparent decision by President-elect Donald J. Trump not to pursue charges against Hillary Clinton may be provoking a backlash in the ardently conservative corners of the electorate that propelled his victory.
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.
Clare Foran / The Atlantic:
‘An Erosion of Democratic Norms in America’  —  In the aftermath of the presidential election, Donald Trump has publicly criticized protesters and “the crooked media.”  He appears unconcerned with past precedent as he interacts with foreign leaders, and has dismissed concerns …
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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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Report: Presidential electors planning to undermine Electoral College
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 …
Alana Abramson / ABC News:
Jared Kushner Defends Steve Bannon in Interview, Calls Him an ‘Incredible Zionist’
Discussion: Politico
ThinkProgress:
ThinkProgress will no longer describe racists as ‘alt-right’  —  A note from the ThinkProgress editors.  —  You can learn everything you need to know about the “alt-right” by looking at the man who popularized its name.  Credit goes to Richard Spencer, head of the white supremacist National …
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Brent Griffiths / Politico:
Trump disavows the alt-right
Discussion: RedState
New York Times:
Donald Trump Rages, at the Wrong Target
Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Post
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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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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ABC News:
House Republican Criticizes Donald Trump Over Potential Business Conflicts of Interest
Discussion: Politico
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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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Daily Wire
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
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.
Discussion: RedState, Business Insider and Hot Air
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Poll: Majority of voters want Trump to delete Twitter account  —  A majority of voters want President-elect Donald Trump  —  to delete his Twitter account, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday.  —  Fifty-nine percent say that the incoming president should shut …
CBS Sacramento:
Controversial Equality Lesson Upsets Sutter Middle School Student  —  FOLSOM (CBS13) — Parents of a Sutter Middle School teen filed a formal complaint with the district claiming a teacher used racially charged and inappropriate language in a lesson plan.  —  “One of the kids raised their hand …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Root
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 …
Discussion: AOL, New York Post and RedState
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 …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Democrats will hold firm against Paul Ryan's Medicare plan, Pelosi vows  —  Democrats are wandering around in the wilderness once again, shut out of power in Washington after losing a close, hard-fought presidential battle.  The last time this happened, after the 2004 elections …
 
 
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
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Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
Washington Won't Have Last Word on Climate Change
Discussion: Business Insider
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
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Paul R. La Monica / CNNMoney:
Stunning! Dow hits new high of 19,000 as Trump rally continues
Discussion: New York Magazine
Louis Nelson / Politico:
White House confirms Obama has held more talks with Trump
Discussion: Political Wire
Victoria Stroup / Campus Reform:
Message mocking Trump trauma investigated as ‘hate crime’
Discussion: Infowars and MILO
Virginia Hale / Breitbart:
Migrants Burn Down Hall: 'There's Not Enough Nutella and Gummibears!'
Discussion: Jihad Watch and The Geller Report
Thomas E. Ricks / Foreign Policy:
Mattis as defense secretary: What it means for us, for the military, and for Trump
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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