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12:30 PM ET, November 25, 2016

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Lawrence Lessig / Washington Post:
The Constitution lets the electoral college choose the winner.  They should choose Clinton.  —  Lawrence Lessig is a professor at Harvard Law School and the author of “Republic, Lost: Version 2.0.” In 2015, he was a candidate in the Democratic presidential primary.
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Report: Trump team wants Romney to apologize  —  Fox News is reporting that Donald Trump  —  's transition team wants Mitt Romney to publicly apologize for railing against the president-elect during the campaign.  —  According to Mediaite, a transition official told Fox's Ed Henry …
Discussion: RedState and Joe.My.God.
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New York Times:
Republicans Divided Between Romney and Giuliani for Secretary of State  —  WASHINGTON — Rival factions of Republicans are locked in an increasingly caustic and public battle to influence President-elect Donald J. Trump's choice for secretary of state, leaving a prominent hole …
J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:   REPORT: Mitt Romney May Be Forced to Publicly Apologize to Trump in Exchange For Sec of State Bid
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Russia tells U.S. to get out of the way in Syria  —  If the U.S. won't fight terrorists in Syria, it should stop getting in the way, said Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry.  —  Konashenkov was responding to the U.S. State Department's calls to other countries …
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New York Times:
One by One, ISIS Social Media Experts Are Killed as Result of F.B.I. Program
Discussion: The Geller Report
Thomas Gibbons-Neff / Washington Post:
First U.S. service member killed in Syria fighting the Islamic State
Discussion: The Daily Caller and NPR
Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
Russian propaganda effort helped spread ‘fake news’ during election, experts say  —  The flood of “fake news” this election season got support from a sophisticated Russian propaganda campaign that created and spread misleading articles online with the goal of punishing Democrat Hillary Clinton …
Anita Gates / New York Times:
Florence Henderson, Upbeat Mom of ‘The Brady Bunch,’ Dies at 82  —  Florence Henderson, who began her career as an ingénue soprano in stage musicals in the 1950s but made a more lasting impression on television, as the perky 1970s sitcom mom on “The Brady Bunch,” died Thursday.  She was 82.
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Ruairí Arrieta-Kenna / Politico:
Steve Bannon's First Pick For President  —  Steve Bannon thought he had found his perfect presidential candidate.  This person was “an outsider,” someone who was “not part of the political establishment,” “not for sale,” with “an ‘America First’ foreign policy approach” and “a ‘Drain the Swamp’ mentality about Washington, DC.”
James Rosen / miamiherald:
Since his election win, Trump has talked to Putin more than any other world leader  —  WASHINGTON  —  In the scarcely two weeks since Donald Trump's surprise victory over Hillary Clinton, he and Russian President Vladimir Putin have spoken at least twice by phone.  —  Their aides have had additional contacts.
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Electoral College must reject Trump unless he sells his business, top lawyers for Bush and Obama say  —  Ethics lawyers for the last two presidents are in agreement.  —  Members of the Electoral College should not make Donald Trump the next president unless he sells his companies and puts …
Discussion: Business Insider
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
Trump Tower security may take over 2 floors — and cost millions  —  More On:  —  The Secret Service is in negotiations with the Trump Organization to take over two vacant floors in the gilded 68-story Fifth Avenue tower, law enforcement sources told The Post.
Cory Bennett / Politico:
Trump inspires scramble on spying powers  —  Tech and civil liberties advocates are imploring the Obama administration to rein in the government's massive surveillance apparatus before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, fearful he will carry out his campaign promises to register Muslims …
Discussion: Political Wire and CANNONFIRE
CNN:
Dylann Roof competent to stand trial, judge rules  —  (CNN)Dylann Roof is competent to stand trial, a federal judge ruled Friday.  —  In his order, U.S. District Judge Richard Mark Gergel said he was sealing a document detailing the factual reasons behind his finding.
Discussion: The Root
Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
Pence reportedly takes lead on Carrier negotiations  —  is mainly handling the Trump administration's negotiations to keep a Carrier air conditioning plant in Indianapolis, according to a Friday report from CNBC.  —  Carrier announced earlier this year it would move the factory to Monterrey …
Discussion: RedState
 
 
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Laurence Norman / Wall Street Journal:
U.S., Western Allies Push Iran on New Measures to Bolster Nuclear Deal
Myriah Towner / Daily Mail:
BLACK FRIDAY INTERNET SALES MAY REACH $8.4 BILLION
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Associated Press:
Reno Police investigating after deadly Walmart shooting
Discussion: Independent Journal Review and NPR
CBS Philly:
1 Shot Dead, Another Wounded Outside of South Jersey Mall On Black Friday
Discussion: The Guardian and Mediaite
Kelly J. Baker / New York Times:
White-Collar Supremacy  —  Tallahassee, Fla. — Richard B. Spencer …
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Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
House GOP Business-Tax Plan Upends U.S. Policy, Bares Corporate Fault Lines
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Laura Hughes / Telegraph:
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Sarah Knapton / Climate Depot:
Antarctic Sea Ice Has Not Shrunk In 100 Years
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Massachusetts college won't fly US flag on campus
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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Financial Times:
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