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9:45 PM ET, November 27, 2016

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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.
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 …
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.
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Trump falsely claims ‘millions of people who voted illegally’ cost him popular vote
Discussion: NBC News
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's bogus claim that millions of people voted illegally for Hillary Clinton
Ted Cruz / National Review:
The Truth about Fidel and Raul  —  There is more than enough evidence to judge the Castros' legacy for what it is: the systematic exploitation and oppression of the Cuban people.  —  Two decades of “Castro-is-dead” rumors are finally at an end.  And the race is on to see which world leader …
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CBC News:
Fidel Castro was a dictator, Trudeau says
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
Washington Post:
George F. Will: Fidel Castro and dead utopianism
Discussion: Power Line
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 …
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 …
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Conway: Trump backers feel ‘betrayed’ by Romney consideration
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.
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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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)
 
 
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Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
The Butcher's Bill  —  Democratic losses in the age of Obama.
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Pretend Populism of Donald Trump
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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
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP senators wary of nuking filibuster
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
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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
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
 

 
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