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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 …
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Eric Walsh / Reuters:
Green Party files for vote recount in Wisconsin: state election commission
Green Party files for vote recount in Wisconsin: state election commission
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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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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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New York Times and New York Magazine
Daily Mail:
Trump transition aides mull asking Mitt Romney to issue public APOLOGY for calling Trump 'phony …
Trump transition aides mull asking Mitt Romney to issue public APOLOGY for calling Trump 'phony …
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Vox Popoli and alan.com
Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:
Trump Picks White House Counsel
J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
REPORT: Mitt Romney May Be Forced to Publicly Apologize to Trump in Exchange For Sec of State Bid
REPORT: Mitt Romney May Be Forced to Publicly Apologize to Trump in Exchange For Sec of State Bid
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Boing Boing and Washington Times
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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The Independent:
CNN denies airing 30 minutes of hardcore porn — CNN denied airing 30 minutes of inappropriate content on Thursday night after initially blaming local cable television provider RCN for the mishap, the network clarified on Friday. “The RCN cable operator in Boston aired inappropriate content …
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Mediaite, New Urban Legends and New York Post
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.
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Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
Trump taps KT McFarland for deputy national security adviser
Trump taps KT McFarland for deputy national security adviser
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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.
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 …
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
A Battle to Change Medicare Is Brewing, Whether Trump Wants It or Not
A Battle to Change Medicare Is Brewing, Whether Trump Wants It or Not
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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.
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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 …
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Political Wire and Mediaite
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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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Russia tells U.S. to get out of the way in Syria
Russia tells U.S. to get out of the way in Syria
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New York Times and Sputnik International
Madeline Schmitt / KRQE-TV:
Picture captures person accosting woman wearing hijab at Smith's — ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) - It was an unpleasant experience for Smith's shoppers in Albuquerque Wednesday morning, particularly for a woman wearing a hijab, when another customer accosted her.
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Raw Story and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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 …
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Daily Kos, Outside the Beltway and Business Insider
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 …
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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.