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6:15 PM ET, November 25, 2016

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Rachel Stockman / Law News:
Jill Stein Can't ‘Guarantee’ Money Will Go to Recount, Changes $$$ Goal  —  Before you donate to Green Party candidate Jill Stein's effort to demand a recount in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, you may want to read the fine print on her website.  So far, she has raised $4.8 million …
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama urged Clinton to concede on election night  —  to persuade her to concede the White House on election night, according to a forthcoming book on Clinton's defeat.  —  Authors Amie Parnes, The Hill's senior White House correspondent, and Jonathan Allen cite three Clintonworld sources familiar …
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Green Party files for Wisconsin recount, audit
Discussion: Heat Street
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Historic recount will have to move quickly
Discussion: Political Wire
Juan Buis / The Next Web:
CNN may have accidentally broadcast 30 minutes of hardcore porn last night [Update: Probably not]  —  We all mess up every now and then — and that's totally okay.  But someone is probably getting fired for this mistake.  —  Last night at 11PM EST, some unsuspecting viewers getting ready …
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Mary-Ann Russon / International Business Times:
Oops!  CNN's Boston TV channel accidentally broadcasts 30 minutes of hardcore porn  —  Cable provider RCN accidentally broadcast 30 minutes of pornography on a live CNN TV channel in Boston.  —  CNN accidentally broadcast 30 minutes of hardcore pornography to bemused viewers in Boston …
The Independent:
CNN denies airing 30 minutes of hardcore porn
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 …
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J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
REPORT: Mitt Romney May Be Forced to Publicly Apologize to Trump in Exchange For Sec of State Bid
Reuters:
Trump turns to Washington lawyer to navigate legal, ethics issues  —  President-elect Donald Trump on Friday chose Washington insider Donald McGahn to be his White House counsel, giving him the job of untangling potential conflicts of interest that the New York businessman's presidency may present.
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Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:   Trump Picks White House Counsel
Reuters:   Trump names Don McGahn as White House Counsel - transition official
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.
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.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump taps K.T. McFarland to be deputy national security adviser  —  Donald Trump has selected K.T. McFarland to be his deputy national security adviser, the president-elect's transition team announced.  —  McFarland, a Fox News analyst, served as an official in the Reagan White House.
Discussion: Breitbart, Washington Post and The Week
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Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
Trump taps KT McFarland for deputy national security adviser
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and RedState
Annie Karni / Politico:
Ingraham wants to be more than just Trump's flack  —  Laura Ingraham doesn't want to be just another flack.  —  The popular conservative radio talk show host is willing to accept the position of White House press secretary in Donald Trump's administration, but she wants a bigger title …
Discussion: Political Wire and Mediaite
Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Top Dem Says GOP Efforts To Overhaul Medicare Will Fail: ‘Make Our Day’  —  Minority leader-elect Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released a defiant statement on Friday in response to reports that Congressional Republicans plan to shift Medicare towards a more privatized system now that the GOP controls …
Arizona Republic:
Grandma's accidental Thanksgiving invite makes for memorable meal  —  Jamal Hinton, 17, spent part of Thanksgiving with Wanda Dench of Mesa.  The grandmother accidentally texted Jamal with a Thanksgiving invitation and when she realized the mistake, she invited him to come for dinner anyway.
Katrin Bennhold / New York Times:
In Scotland, Trump Built a Wall.  Then He Sent Residents the Bill.  —  BALMEDIE, Scotland — President-elect Donald J. Trump has already built a wall — not on the border with Mexico, but on the border of his exclusive golf course in northeastern Scotland, blocking the sea view of local residents who refused to sell their homes.
Discussion: Mediaite and Politico
Paige Lavender / The Huffington Post:
Noam Chomsky: People Who Didn't Vote For Clinton To Block Trump Made A ‘Bad Mistake’  —  “I didn't like Clinton at all, but her positions are much better than Trump's on every issue I can think of.”  —  Noam Chomsky, the renowned scholar and MIT professor emeritus, said people who didn't vote …
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
President-elect Donald Trump plans to meet with Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke as he continues to vet possible candidates for his administration.  —  Trump transition team officials confirmed that the president-elect would meet with Clarke on Monday, after he returns to Trump Tower …
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 …
Washington Times:
Author dies after diagnosing himself with ‘Post-Trump Stress Disorder’  —  Acclaimed author Jeff Gillenkirk died of a heart attack this week, two days after publication of his final article, “The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder.”  —  Gillenkirk, 67, suffered the heart attack Tuesday …
Jim Smith / Butler Eagle Online:
Police say dad apparently overdoses with son in car  —  A 13-year-old boy jumped from the back seat of a car that went out of control in a Butler shopping plaza Thanksgiving morning when his father suffered an apparent heroin overdose, authorities said.  —  Neither the boy nor his father …
Discussion: Raw Story and CBS Pittsburgh
 
 
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Kentaro Hamada / Reuters:
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Madeline Schmitt / KRQE-TV:
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Kimberly Hefling / Politico:
Trump's education secretary pick supported anti-gay causes
Roy S. Johnson / al.com:
Regions employee ‘no longer with the company’ after comments about Obama, family
Discussion: Raw Story and theGrio
Martin Evans / Telegraph:
British benefits payments used to fund Paris and Brussels attack suspects' campaign of terror, court hears
Discussion: The Geller Report and Jihad Watch
Alisa Odenheimer / Bloomberg:
Israel Accepts Egypt, Jordan Firefighting Help as Suspects Held
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Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
Trump Stock In Dakota Access Oil Pipeline Raises Questions
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Trump inspires scramble on spying powers
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