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10:10 AM ET, November 26, 2016

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Anthony DePalma / New York Times:

Fidel Castro, Cuban Revolutionary Who Defied U.S., Dies at 90 — Mr. Castro brought the Cold War to the Western Hemisphere, bedeviled 11 American presidents and briefly pushed the world to the brink of nuclear war. — Fidel Castro, the fiery apostle of revolution who brought the Cold War …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Jawa Report, Instapundit, Joe.My.God., New Urban Legends, Power Line, alan.com and Mother Jones

BBC:

Cuba's Fidel Castro, former president, dies aged 90 — Fidel Castro, Cuba's former president and leader of the Communist revolution, has died aged 90, state TV has announced. — It provided no further details. — Fidel Castro ruled Cuba as a one-party state for almost half a century …

Discussion: RedState, The Week, Heat Street, The Hill, Economist, Oliver Willis, The Gateway Pundit, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Boing Boing and The Daily Caller

Glenn Garvin / miamiherald:

Fidel Castro is dead — Fidel Castro, who towered over his Caribbean island for nearly five decades, a shaggy-bearded figure in combat fatigues whose long shadow spread across Latin America and the world, is dead at age 90. His brother Raul announcedthe death late Friday night.

Discussion: neo-neocon

Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:

Putin: Castro was a ‘reliable friend of Russia’ — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday offered his condolences to Cuba after the announcement of Fidel Castro's death at 90. — “The name of this outstanding statesman is considered to be a symbol of an era in the modern history of the world …

Discussion: alan.com

Talking Points Memo:

Fidel Castro Dead at 90 — HAVANA (AP) — Former President Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule, has died at age 90. — Castro's reign over the island-nation 90 miles …

Discussion: Daily Mail, ABC News, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Associated Press and bradford-delong.com

Washington Post:
Fidel Castro, Cuban dictator, dies at 90

Discussion: Hot Air

New York Times:
In Havana, Castro's Death Lays Bare a Generation Gap

Discussion: Althouse

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 …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, BizPac Review, The Week, EveryJoe, Power Line, Detroit News, Mediaite, TheBlaze, The Last Refuge, RedState, Political Wire and Atlanta Black Star

David E. Sanger / New York Times:

U.S. Officials Defend Integrity of Vote, Despite Hacking Fears — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said on Friday that despite Russian attempts to undermine the presidential election, it has concluded that the results “accurately reflect the will of the American people.”

Discussion: Political Wire, The Week and Business Insider

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.

Discussion: UPI, New Urban Legends, twitchy.com, The Verge, RT, The Daily Caller, NPR, Washington Post and Mashable

Michael Gerstein / Detroit News:

Mich. readies for presidential recount as cutoff looms — Lansing — Elections officials are preparing for a possible presidential election recount in Michigan that could begin as soon as next week, state Director of Elections Chris Thomas said Friday. — Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Election Updates, Prntly, Washington Times and New York Magazine

Rachel Stockman / Law News:
Jill Stein Can't ‘Guarantee’ Money Will Go to Recount, Changes $$$ Goal

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Historic recount will have to move quickly

Discussion: Political Wire

Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Green Party files for Wisconsin recount, audit

Discussion: Morning Call and Heat Street

Variety:

CORRECTED: CNN, RCN Deny Reports of Porn Airing on Channel in Boston … CNN and cable operator RCN are denying reports that 30 minutes of pornography aired on the channel designated for CNN in the Boston area on Thursday night. — According to online reports, subscribers of RCN cable …

Discussion: Red Alert Politics, RT, Fox News, MILO and TheBlaze, more at Mediagazer »

The Independent:
CNN denies airing 30 minutes of hardcore porn

Discussion: Breitbart, USA Today, RedState, The Geller Report, New Urban Legends, Fellowship of the Minds, New York Post, The Verge and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »

Juan Buis / The Next Web:
CNN may have accidentally broadcast 30 minutes of hardcore porn last night [Update: Probably not]

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Daily Caller, BizPac Review, RedState, Mashable, Sputnik International, International Business Times, AOL and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Paulina Firozi / The Hill:

Trump supporter calls passengers ‘Hillary b— es’ during rant on plane — supporter yelled at fellow passengers on a Delta flight on Tuesday night, calling some people “Hillary bitches.” — “Didn't take long to notice that I'm back in 'Merica...,” a Facebook user captioned the 45-second video.

Discussion: BuzzFeed, alan.com and RedState

Daily Mail:
‘We got some Hillary b****es on here?’ …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and The New Civil Rights Movement

Eric Chenoweth / Washington Post:

Americans keep looking away from the election's most alarming story — Eric Chenoweth is co-director of the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe. — In assessing Donald Trump's presidential victory, Americans continue to look away from this election's most alarming story …

Discussion: Hullabaloo

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.

Discussion: Daily Kos, Raw Story and Lawyers, Guns & Money

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 …

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:

Can the Democratic Party rise again? Yes — and here's the first big thing to watch. — If you care about whether the Democratic Party can rebuild itself anytime soon out of the smoking wreckage left behind by the disastrous 2016 elections, something very important is happening a lot sooner than you think.

Discussion: Balloon Juice

Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:

Trump's presidency, overseas business deals and relations with foreign governments could all become intertwined — Days after Donald Trump's election victory, a news agency in the former Soviet republic of Georgia reported that a long-stalled plan for a Trump-branded tower in a seaside Georgian resort town was now back on track.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Dan Evon / New Urban Legends:

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

Discussion: AOL, RedState, TheBlaze, The Hill and Boing Boing

WTTG-TV:

Domino's training reindeer to deliver pizzas in Japan — (FoxNews.com) - Domino's is taking a page out of Santa's book on efficient winter transportation. — The global pizza chain, which has already invested in high-tech delivery methods like autonomous robots, drones, “zero-click” …