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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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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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Rmagney / The Wisconsin Elections Commission:
Wisconsin Elections Commission Receives Two Presidential Election Recount Petitions — MADISON, WI - The Wisconsin Elections Commission today received two recount petitions from the Jill Stein for President Campaign and from Rocky Roque De La Fuente, Administrator Michael Haas announced.
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Historic recount will have to move quickly — Wisconsin will begin a historic presidential recount next week and the state could risk losing its ability to have its 10 electoral votes counted if it doesn't meet key deadlines next month. — Hitting a Dec. 13 deadline could be particularly tricky …
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Political Wire
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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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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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 …
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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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Trump transition aides mull asking Mitt Romney to issue public APOLOGY for calling Trump 'phony …
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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
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
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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 …
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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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Ivanka Trump Said If Donald Trump Wasn't Her Father, She Would ‘Mace’ Him? — A quote purportedly from Donald Trump's daughter actually seems to have originated in a comedy bit. — CLAIM: Ivanka Trump said that she would “mace” her “father” during an appearance on a talk show. — FALSE
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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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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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.
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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
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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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No, Russian Agents Are Not Behind Every Piece of Fake News You See — One of the themes that has emerged during the controversy over “fake news” and its role in the election of Donald Trump is the idea that Russian agents of various kinds helped hack the process by fueling this barrage of false news.
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Harold Pollack / The Reality-Based Community:
The Democrats' biggest mistakes — Over Twitter, Kevin Drum asked me to identify the Democrats' three biggest mistakes. … I have mixed feelings about answering that question. When a comprehensively dishonorable and unfit demagogue ascends to the presidency, all the traditional gatekeepers …
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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