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10:45 AM ET, November 23, 2016

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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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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Hillary Clinton urged to call for election vote recount in battleground states
Discussion: Fox News Insider and Israpundit
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
The Department of Justice is not going to conduct a vote audit based on your phoned-in outrage
Discussion: The Daily Caller and twitchy.com
Andy Shain / Post and Courier:
Gov. Nikki Haley picked to become UN ambassador, sources say … COLUMBIA — President-elect Donald Trump is picking South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to become his U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, The Post and Courier has learned.  —  The move, expected Wednesday …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Gov. Nikki Haley tapped to be Trump's U.N. ambassador  —  South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, a rising Republican star and daughter of Indian immigrants, has accepted President-elect Donald Trump's offer to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in the coming administration …
NBC News:
Gov. Nikki Haley Accepts Trump Offer to Be Ambassador to United Nations: Source  —  FROM NOV. 18: Trump Didn't Win on GOP Platform, He ‘Ran Against Both Parties,’ Haley Says 1:35  —  South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has accepted Donald Trump's offer to be his ambassador to the United Nations …
George Stephanopoulos / ABC News:
Trump Offers UN Ambassadorship to SC Gov. Nikki Haley
Discussion: TheBlaze, Hot Air and Heat Street
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump taps Nikki Haley to be UN ambassador
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Times:
Donald Trump's New York Times Interview: Full Transcript  —  Following is a transcript of President-elect Donald J. Trump's interview on Tuesday with reporters, editors and opinion columnists from The New York Times.  The transcription was prepared by Liam Stack, Jonah Engel Bromwich, Karen Workman and Tim Herrera of The Times.
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Demand for Love  —  I had just shaken the president-elect's normal-size hand and he was moving on to the next person when he wheeled around, took a half step back, touched my arm and looked me in the eye anew.  —  “I'm going to get you to write some good stuff about me,” Donald Trump said.
New York Times:
Trump, in Interview, Moderates Views but Defies Conventions  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump tempered on Tuesday 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.
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Trump again disavows alt-right, white supremacists
Robert O'Harrow Jr / Washington Post:
Trump adviser received salary from charity while steering Breitbart News  —  Donald Trump's chief White House strategist Stephen K. Bannon accepted $376,000 in pay over four years for working 30 hours a week at a tiny tax-exempt charity in Tallahassee while also serving as the hands-on executive chairman of Breitbart News Network.
Discussion: Raw Story
Oliver Milman / The Guardian:
Trump to scrap Nasa climate research in crackdown on ‘politicized science’  —  Nasa's Earth science division is set to be stripped of funding as the president-elect seeks to shift focus away from home in favor of deep space exploration  —  Donald Trump is poised to eliminate …
Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
Judge Suspends Rule Expanding Overtime for Millions of Workers  —  A federal judge in Texas issued a nationwide injunction on Tuesday against an Obama administration regulation expanding by millions the number of workers who would be eligible for time-and-a-half overtime pay.
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Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:
Texas judge blocks Obama administration's new overtime rule from taking effect
Conrad Black / New York Sun:
Its Defeat by Trump  —  As there is an incessant crescendo, still gaining in volume each week, about President Obama's “legacy,” I thought it appropriate to try to identify this legacy, which his supporters believe history will honor.  I have written here and elsewhere that …
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Politico editor resigns after publishing addresses of extremist leader  —  Michael Hirsh, an editor with Politico, has resigned from the company after publishing the home addresses of a white supremacist leader and encouraging people to go to his home.  —  Hirsh, who had been national editor …
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Jonah Bennett / The Daily Caller:
Politico Editor RESIGNS After Publishing Home Addresses Of Alt-Right Icon Richard Spencer …
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Poll: Obama's approval rating highest in seven years  —  President Barack Obama's approval rating is at a seven-year high, according to a CNN/ORC national poll released Wednesday.  —  Obama enjoys a post-election approval rating of 57 percent, his highest mark since September 2009, when his approval rating sat at 58 percent.
Discussion: Political Wire, alan.com and The Week
Jethro Mullen / CNNMoney:
Twitter accidentally suspends its own CEO's account  —  Twitter has been left red-faced after it briefly suspended its own CEO's account.  —  For a while late Tuesday, attempts to reach Jack Dorsey's profile produced an error message saying it had been suspended.
Hope Hodge Seck / Military.com:
Corps Wants to Put Silencers on a Whole Infantry Battalion  —  In a series of experiments this year, units from 2nd Marine Division will be silencing every element of an infantry battalion — from M4 rifles to .50 caliber machine guns.  —  The commanding general of 2nd Marine Division …
Discussion: Bearing Arms and Instapundit
TMZ.com:
Kanye West — Dr. Says He Tried to Assault Staff ... Warned of Violence Against Cops  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Kanye West's personal physician is the one who called 911, warning the dispatcher Kanye was not violent but would become violent when police arrived to help him.
Daniel Halper / New York Post:
Key adviser claims Elton John will play at Trump's inauguration  —  Elton John will perform at Donald Trump's inauguration, claimed a key adviser, who championed the billionaire as the first president ever to enter the White House with a “pro-gay rights” stance.
Veronique De Rugy / National Review:
Freedom of Association for Me, but Not for Thee  —  Last week, fashion designer Sophie Theallet announed she would refuse to sell or donate clothes to the next first lady, Melania Trump.  In an open letter, Theallet explained: … Good for Theallet for appreciating the greatness of America …
Katy O'Donnell / Politico:
Trump gets to pick his own auditor  —  President-elect Donald Trump will soon be able to appoint a new director of the agency auditing his taxes, a potential political minefield after his writeoffs and his refusal to release his returns were repeatedly questioned in the campaign.
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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New York Times:
Democrats' Leadership Fight Pits West Wing Against Left Wing
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Inside Trump's freewheeling vetting operation
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Wall Street Journal:
Retired General James Mattis Seen as Leading Candidate for Defense Secretary
Al Weaver / Washington Examiner:
Dems wonder if ‘identity politics’ did them in
Discussion: Hot Air
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Trump's supposed ‘Muslim registry’ is just more fake news
Discussion: Infowars
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Dems Can't Afford to Say Yes to Trump
Discussion: Hullabaloo
 Earlier Items: 
Kyle Arnold / Orlando Sentinel:
Sanford mall Santa reassigned after putting Hillary on naughty list
Discussion: New York Magazine
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Gingrich: Romney, Trump not compatible on foreign policy
Discussion: The Week
Edmund Kozak / LifeZette:
CNN Guest Drops ‘N’ Word in Live, On-Air Smear of Bannon
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
WNDU-TV:
Notre Dame football team placed on academic probation; 2012, 2013 wins vacated
 

 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports Q3 digital subscribers hit 260K, for 11.9M in total, digital ad revenue rose 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic turned its first profit

Porter Anderson / Publishing Perspectives:
PEN America: 10,046 school books bans across 29 states were recorded from July 2023 to June 2024, up ~200% YoY; Florida had 4,500+ bans and Iowa had 3,600+ bans

Ross Raihala / Twin Cities:
Q&A with Aaron Rupar on leaving Vox to start Public Notice on Substack, watching ~400 Trump rallies to share clips with his 989K followers on X, and more

 
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