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7:50 PM ET, November 27, 2016

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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.
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump's false 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.
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Trump: ‘I won the popular vote if you deduct’ illegal votes  —  declared Sunday he would have won the popular vote if “illegal” votes were discounted.  —  “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,” Trump wrote on Twitter.
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Conway unloads on Romney  —  Appointing Mitt Romney as secretary of state would be viewed by many supporters of President-elect Donald Trump as a major betrayal, former Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told CNN on Sunday.  —  “It's just breathtaking in scope and intensity,” …
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump advisers hit Mitt  —  Top advisers to President-elect Donald Trump escalated their attacks on Mitt Romney on Sunday, catapulting their long-simmering frustrations on to TV news in an extraordinary public airing of grievances.  —  In a series of interviews on the Sunday political talk shows …
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Pretend Populism of Donald Trump  —  For a politician who won the White House by railing against the elites and demonizing the establishment, Donald Trump presented an odd argument for why Americans should believe, as he does, that his adviser Steve Bannon is no racist, anti-Semitic ally of the alt-right.
Discussion: The Mahablog
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Kellyanne Conway and Sen. Bernie Sanders  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ on November 27, 2016 and it will be updated.  —  MARTHA RADDATZ, ABC HOST: And for more now, let's turn to Republican senator and former presidential candidate, Ted Cruz of Texas.
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Ted Cruz / National Review:
The Truth about Fidel and Raul
David Caplan / ABC News:
Former Cuban Castaway Elian Gonzalez Remembers Fidel Castro as a Father Figure-Turned-Friend
Discussion: Associated Press and Law News
Michael J. Totten / City Journal:
The Last Communist City  —  A visit to the dystopian Havana that tourists never see
Discussion: RedState and Althouse
Greg Grandin / The Nation:
Fidel Castro, 1926-2016  —  The Cuban revolutionary almost outlasted 11 US presidents.
Washington Post:   George F. Will: Fidel Castro and dead utopianism
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Castro wanted nuclear war [UPDATED]
Discussion: National Review
Jonathan Bullington / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
In Bourbon Street mass shooting, here is what we know so far  —  One person is dead and nine others wounded after a Bourbon Street shooting early Sunday (Nov. 27), New Orleans police said.  The gunfire started shortly before 1:30 a.m. in the 100 block of Bourbon, between Canal and Iberville streets.
Ian Bogost / The Atlantic:
A Pocket Guide to the Robot Revolution … This therapeutic baby-seal robot makes eye contact and responds to a person's touch and speech.  —  Furby (1998)  —  A hamsterlike toy robot that could gradually learn to speak English.  Tens of millions of them were sold in the late '90s.  —  ASIMO (2000)
Katherine Lam / New York's PIX11:
Google fixes NYC Trump Tower name after changed to ‘Dump Tower’ on Google Maps  —  NEW YORK — Google has fixed Trump Tower's name after an unknown person changed the midtown building's label on Google Maps for several hours on Saturday.  —  A search for Trump Tower on Google Maps brought …
Lindsay Gibbs / ThinkProgress:
Trump is ignoring daily intelligence briefings, relying on ‘a number of sources’ instead  —  His spokeswoman thinks he is getting enough information through phone calls with world leaders.  —  Last week, the Washington Post reported that President-elect Donald Trump had only received …
Discussion: YouTube
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.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP senators wary of nuking filibuster  —  Senate Republicans are wary of making a historic move to nix the filibuster despite growing pressure from conservatives.  —  Roughly two weeks after Donald Trump  —  's White House win, GOP lawmakers are already facing calls to overhaul Senate rules …
 
 
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Fox News:
Reince Priebus on Trump's stance on Cuba, Cabinet picks; Rep. Tim Ryan on why he's challenging Nancy Pelosi
Discussion: New York Magazine and Althouse
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Pelosi challenger: Dems understand need for ‘new messenger’
CNN:
CNN/ORC poll: A nation divided, and is it ever
Discussion: The Daily Caller, RedState and The Week
Washington Post:
Reddit's CEO regrets trolling Trump supporters by secretly editing their posts
Discussion: Hot Air
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Hopes for a female president dashed, women take running for office into their own hands
Discussion: Balloon Juice and alan.com
 Earlier Items: 
Nick Juliano / Politico:
Obama's agencies push flurry of ‘midnight’ actions
Eric Sasson / New Republic:
The Liberal Response to Trump Is Devolving Into Outrage Porn
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Progressives without Power
Joy-Ann Reid / The Daily Beast:
Already Happening: Media Normalization of Trumpism
Discussion: The Talking Dog and Raw Story
Matt Viser / BostonGlobe.com:
A look at Steve Bannon and his years at Harvard Business School
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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