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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
New Yorker profile: Flynn broke ‘stupid’ rules during Army career — Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn routinely broke rules and security measures during his career with the Army, he told The New Yorker for a new profile. — Flynn, Donald Trump — 's newly named national security adviser …
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Dana Priest / New Yorker:
The Disruptive Career of Michael Flynn, Trump's National-Security Adviser — The first time I met Michael Flynn, whom President-elect Donald Trump tapped last week to be his national-security adviser, he was wearing the Army's weekend uniform—a baggy polo shirt and khaki pants …
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Political Wire, Mother Jones, Washington Post and Israpundit
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Campaign: Stein has raised enough for Wisconsin recount — Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein has raised enough money for a recount in Wisconsin, her campaign said early Thursday. — Donations totaled at least $2.7 million in less than one day, according to a fundraising page on her web site.
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Washington Post, RedState, CNN, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Politico and RT
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Brandon Finnigan / BuzzFeed:
Why Trump Really Won Wisconsin And Pennsylvania
Why Trump Really Won Wisconsin And Pennsylvania
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Washington Post, The Root, The BRAD BLOG, Business Insider, Townhall.com, Consortiumnews.com, New York Magazine and New York Times
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Hacked or Not, Audit This Election (And All Future Ones)
Hacked or Not, Audit This Election (And All Future Ones)
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The Federalist and Al Jazeera English
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Trump to tap investor Wilbur Ross for Commerce secretary: reports — is expected to choose Wilbur Ross Jr. to become the next Commerce secretary. — Two senior-level Trump transition team sources told ABC News that Trump will select the billionaire, who is considered by many to be one of Trump's earliest supporters.
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Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg.com, Politico and ABC News
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Ylan Q. Mui / Washington Post:
Trump expected to tap billionaire investor Wilbur Ross for commerce secretary — Wilbur Ross, the billionaire investor considered the “king of bankruptcy” for buying beaten-down companies with the potential to deliver profits, is expected to be President-elect Donald Trump's choice for commerce secretary …
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Be That Obnoxious Conservative Uncle At Thanksgiving — Thanksgiving is a magical time when families gather together in a traditional celebration featuring gratitude, joyous fellowship, and the cruel mockery of insufferable millennial relatives. We are also seeing the rise of a new Thanksgiving tradition …
Colin Campbell / Raleigh News & Observer:
Republicans claim 43 voters are ineligible felons. Many of them aren't. — Larry Smith got an odd phone call last week: Someone had filed to throw out his vote, claiming he was a felon serving an active sentence. — Smith, who lives in Stokes County, is no felon.
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The Intercept and Vox
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Brexit leader Nigel Farage moving to the US: report — Brexit leader Nigel Farage is planning to move to the U.S., according to a new report. — The Times reported Thursday that Farage and his wife, Kirsten, are planning to leave the U.K. — Insiders told the newspaper that Farage …
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The Guardian, Sputnik International, Raw Story, Business Insider, Mashable, Eschaton and TheBlaze
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Trump to accept corporate donations for inauguration: report
Trump to accept corporate donations for inauguration: report
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New York Times
Joe Marusak / The Charlotte Observer:
Muslim kindergarten student assaulted by teacher at CMS elementary school, civil rights group claims — The nation's largest Muslim civil rights group called Wednesday for an investigation into what it said were assaults by a female teacher on a Muslim kindergarten student at a Charlotte-Mecklenburg elementary school.
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
No, Trump, We Can't Just Get Along — Donald Trump schlepped across town on Tuesday to meet with the publisher of The New York Times and some editors, columnists and reporters at the paper. — As The Times reported, Trump actually seemed to soften some of his positions:
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Trump's Christmas ornament flooded with bad Amazon reviews — 's $149 “Make America Great Again” hat Christmas ornament with bad reviews poking fun at the president-elect. — President-elect Donald Trump's campaign on Wednesday unveiled $149 “Make America Great Again” Christmas ornaments …
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RedState
Kathleen Gray / Detroit Free Press:
The numbers are in: Trump wins Michigan by 10,704 — In the closest race for president in Michigan's history, Republican Donald Trump is hanging on to a 10,704 vote win over Democrat Hillary Clinton. — The Michigan Secretary of State posted results Wednesday that were submitted …
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CNN, Scared Monkeys, The Daily Caller and Independent Journal Review
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
9/11 mastermind: Al Qaeda favors ‘immigration’ to defeat USA — The jailed architect of 9/11 revealed that al Qaeda's plan to kill the United States was not through military attacks but immigration and “outbreeding nonmuslims” who would use the legal system to install Sharia law, according to a blockbuster new book.
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Jihad Watch, VDARE and TheBlaze
Eran Sidis / Jerusalem Post:
Greece, Croatia to send planes to help Israel fight fires … Developing: 80,000 evacuated around Haifa; Shin Bet and Police investigating background, Police Chief says not all fires caused by arson. — Any of the fires currently sweeping across Israel that were lit by arsonists …
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Israpundit and The Geller Report
David Caplan / ABC News:
Dashcam Captures Attempted Ambush of Idaho Police Officer by Fugitive Hiding in Trunk — A police cruiser's dashcam caught an Idaho police officer fending off an ambush from a fugitive hiding in the trunk of his mother's car during a traffic stop Monday night.
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Independent Journal Review
Centers for Disease Control:
Abortion Surveillance — United States, 2013 — Tara C. Jatlaoui, MD1; Alexander Ewing, MPH1; Michele G. Mandel1; Katharine B. Simmons, MD1; Danielle B. Suchdev, MPH1; Denise J. Jamieson, MD1; Karen Pazol, PhD1 (View author affiliations) — Abstract — Problem/Condition: Since 1969 …
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RedState, New York Magazine, ABC News and LifeNews.com
Josh Dawsey / Wall Street Journal:
Mayor Bill de Blasio Releases Some Email Correspondence With Political Consultant — City Hall discloses thousands of pages of redacted emails between mayor, aides and Jonathan Rosen — New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration released late Wednesday thousands of pages of emails between …
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J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Emails Released by Mayor de Blasio's Office Detail Reliance on Outside ‘Agents’
Emails Released by Mayor de Blasio's Office Detail Reliance on Outside ‘Agents’
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Gothamist and CBS New York