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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump's baseless assertions of voter fraud called ‘stunning’ — Donald Trump on Sunday used the platform of the presidency to peddle a fringe conspiracy theory to justify his loss of the popular vote, claiming without evidence that millions of people voted illegally Nov. 8.
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump is now questioning the legitimacy of the election he won — “I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally,” Trump tweeted. — Donald Trump took some time off from staffing his White House and enjoying Thanksgiving to go on a series of Twitter rampages this weekend.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's bogus claim that millions of people voted illegally for Hillary Clinton — “In addition to winning the electoral college in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.” — Angered by demands for a recount in the three states …
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Media Helps Boost Donald Trump's False Claim That ‘Millions’ Voted Illegally
Media Helps Boost Donald Trump's False Claim That ‘Millions’ Voted Illegally
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Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Trump falsely claims ‘millions of people who voted illegally’ cost him popular vote
Trump falsely claims ‘millions of people who voted illegally’ cost him popular vote
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Stephanie Petit / People.com:
Donald Trump Falsely Claims He Won the Electoral College and Popular Vote by a ‘Landslide’
Donald Trump Falsely Claims He Won the Electoral College and Popular Vote by a ‘Landslide’
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Trump: ‘I won the popular vote if you deduct’ illegal votes
Trump: ‘I won the popular vote if you deduct’ illegal votes
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Associated Press:
THE LATEST: PRIEBUS SAYS CLINTON, TRUMP TEAMS ‘CUT A DEAL’ — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump's transition (all times EST): — Donald Trump's incoming chief of staff suggests Hillary Clinton is backing away from a deal worked out between the two presidential campaigns …
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Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Tug of War Delays Some of Donald Trump's Key Hires — Secretary of state choice slows the president elect's filling of other posts — PALM BEACH, Fla.—President-elect Donald Trump, coming off a steady two-week flow of personnel announcements for his nascent administration …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
GOP Rep. Collins: Romney is ‘a self-serving egomaniac’ — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a former GOP opponent of President-elect Donald Trump whose name has nonetheless been floated as a potential secretary of state, is “self-serving” and an “ego-maniac” according to New York Rep. Chris Collins.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Conway calls MSNBC report ‘sexist’
Conway calls MSNBC report ‘sexist’
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Seth Barrett Tillman / THE NEW REFORM CLUB:
How The Recounts Pose A Risk To Mike Pence — At American Thinker, Richard Baehr explains: … Richard Baehr, The Democrats' real strategy in launching recounts, American Thinker (Nov. 27, 2016), http://tinyurl.com/gllh85f. Baehr is right, but the Stein-Democrat recount strategy only works …
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Richard Baehr / American Thinker:
The Democrats' real strategy in launching recounts
The Democrats' real strategy in launching recounts
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Melissa Leon / The Daily Beast:
Mark Hamill Blasts Trump's Cabinet: 'It's a Who's-Who of Really Despicable People' — A week after Election Day, on the first Tuesday in America's new, uncertain reality, the man who once symbolized a rebellion's hope against a white supremacist empire is aghast.
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
What the alt-right actually wants from President Trump — The so-called “alt-right” is a loose online movement made up mostly, though not entirely, of white nationalists. They've gotten famous recently for being some of Donald Trump's earliest and most vocal backers, seeing …
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David Hookstead / The Daily Caller:
Fidel Castro Supporter Colin Kaepernick Greeted By Thunderous Boos In Miami [VIDEO] — Fidel Castro Supporter Colin Kaepernick Greeted By Thunderous Boos In Miami — Trump's Brutally Honest Castro Statement Proves He's No Obama — DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION | — MICHAEL BASTASCH
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David Caplan / ABC News:
Former Cuban Castaway Elian Gonzalez Remembers Fidel Castro as a Father Figure-Turned-Friend
Former Cuban Castaway Elian Gonzalez Remembers Fidel Castro as a Father Figure-Turned-Friend
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Ted Cruz / National Review:
The Truth about Fidel and Raul
The Truth about Fidel and Raul
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Shawn Boburg / Washington Post:
For Trump son-in-law and confidant Jared Kushner, a long history of fierce loyalty — Jared Kushner was just an undergrad at Harvard when politicians began receiving big-dollar campaign donations bearing his name. — In reality, the money was sent by his father, a powerful New Jersey real estate mogul.
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Heather Mac Donald / City Journal:
Democrats, Not Trump, Racialize Our Politics — A party obsessed with race won't have much luck reaching out to non-elite whites. — Politics and law — The Social Order — Democratic pundits are calling on their party to court working-class and non-coastal whites in the wake of this month's electoral rout.
Ashley Afonso / WWLP-TV:
Veterans protest flag removal at Hampshire College — AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) - At least 1,000 veterans gathered in Amherst this afternoon to protest the removal of the American flag at Hampshire College. 22News spoke to protesters about why they strongly disagreed with the college's decision.
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Combative, Populist Steve Bannon Found His Man in Donald Trump — When Julia Jones arrived at her office in Santa Monica at 8 a.m. — by Hollywood screenwriter standards, the crack of dawn — she found Stephen K. Bannon already at his desk, which was cluttered with takeout coffees.
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