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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, Politico, Raw Story 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, Townhall.com, The BRAD BLOG and New York Magazine
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 Business Insider
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
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
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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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.
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
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
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
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
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
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