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11:50 AM ET, November 28, 2016

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CNBC:

Trump ‘furious’ over Kellyanne Conway comments on Sunday shows about Romney: Sources — Two sources at the top of the Donald Trump transition team confirmed to MSNBC that they spoke to the president-elect today and that Donald Trump was “furious” at Kellyanne Conway's comments Sunday suggesting Trump …

Discussion: CNN, NBC News, Politicus USA, New York Magazine, Political Wire and Associated Press

Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:

Conway calls MSNBC report ‘sexist’ … Donald Trump — 's top aide, Kellyanne Conway, on Monday slammed an MSNBC report that said the president-elect was “furious” over comments she made Sunday about Mitt Romney. — Conway called the reporting “sexist” and said she could have any job she wants, according to MSNBC.

Discussion: Business Insider, Jezebel, Hot Air, Raw Story and The Week

Jonathan Swan / The Hill:

Trump to meet again with Romney amid State talks — is meeting with Mitt Romney again on Tuesday, amid an ongoing brawl within his inner circle about the 2012 GOP nominee's suitability to be secretary of State. — Along with Romney, whose meeting was revealed in a transition team conference call …

Discussion: Political Wire

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 …

Discussion: Politico, Washington Post, Political Wire and Patterico's Pontifications

Fox News:

Priebus: Trump will void Cuba deal unless Castro regime moves to concessions — President-elect Donald Trump will keep his campaign promise to void a 2014 deal that improves diplomacy and commerce between the U.S. and Cuba, incoming White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said Sunday …

Discussion: New York Post, Hit & Run, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, CNN and Politico

Louis Nelson / Politico:
GOP Rep. Collins: Romney is ‘a self-serving egomaniac’

Discussion: Hot Air

Associated Press:
THE LATEST: PRIEBUS SAYS CLINTON, TRUMP TEAMS ‘CUT A DEAL’

Discussion: Associated Press, The Gateway Pundit and ABC News

CNN:
STATE OF THE UNION

Discussion: Politicus USA, Jezebel, Politico and Daily Kos

WCMH-TV:

Suspect dead, 9 injured following active shooter situation on Ohio State campus — COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Police confirm the suspect involved in an active shooter situation on the campus of The Ohio State University is now dead. Nine victims are currently being treated.

Richard Baehr / American Thinker:

The Democrats' real strategy in launching recounts — The recount in Wisconsin, and the coming ones in Michigan and Pennsylvania will not change the outcomes in any of the states. No recount ever changes thousands of votes. I do not think that is the purpose.

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Chicago Boyz

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 …

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Media Helps Boost Donald Trump's False Claim That ‘Millions’ Voted Illegally — Newsrooms are still coming to grips with a soon-to-be-president able to distract and distort on Twitter. — NEW YORK On Sunday afternoon, Politico editorial director for digital Blake Hounshell rightly pointed …

Discussion: Washington Post and The Verge, more at Mediagazer »

Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's bogus claim that millions of people voted illegally for Hillary Clinton

Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump's baseless assertions of voter fraud called ‘stunning’

Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story, Hit & Run, Hot Air, The Moderate Voice, ABC News, The Talking Dog, The Root, AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog …, Daily Kos, NPR, Jezebel, American Thinker, The Daily Beast, The Week, Law News, BuzzFeed and BizPac Review

Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump is now questioning the legitimacy of the election he won

Discussion: Washington Post, Politico, Jezebel, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, CANNONFIRE, CBS New York, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Independent Journal Review, Deadline, The Great American Movement, Mashable, RedState, Fox News Insider and Mediaite

Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Trump falsely claims ‘millions of people who voted illegally’ cost him popular vote

Discussion: Mediaite, Daily Kos, Washington Post, Fox News Insider, Mother Jones and The Gateway Pundit

Stephanie Petit / People.com:
Donald Trump Falsely Claims He Won the Electoral College and Popular Vote by a ‘Landslide’

Bloomberg:

Trump Walks Business-Politics Tightrope on Cuba After Castro — Backlash possible from companies if he keeps campaign pledges — Priebus reiterates message that the U.S. needs a ‘better deal’ — The death of Cuba's Fidel Castro offers an early glimpse at how U.S. President-elect Donald …

Discussion: Politico and The Week

David Hookstead / The Daily Caller:
Fidel Castro Supporter Colin Kaepernick Greeted By Thunderous Boos In Miami [VIDEO]

Discussion: Breitbart, Infowars, Scared Monkeys and Daily Wire

Jessica Hopper / ABC News:
Ted Cruz: No U.S. Officials Should Attend Fidel Castro's Funeral

Discussion: New York Post, Talking Points Memo, Washington Times, Associated Press, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, TheBlaze and Business Insider

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 …

Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:

Jared Kushner Told Christie Ally Behind Bridgegate That Scheme Was ‘Badass’ — Donald Trump's son-in-law once praised a former ally of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) for plotting the 2013 Bridgegate scandal. — In a Dec. 7, 2013 email obtained by the Washington Post …

Discussion: Raw Story

Shawn Boburg / Washington Post:
For Trump son-in-law and confidant Jared Kushner, a long history of fierce loyalty

Discussion: Mediaite, Political Wire, Politico, The Week and Talking Points Memo

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Why Corruption Matters — Remember all the news reports suggesting, without evidence, that the Clinton Foundation's fund-raising created conflicts of interest? Well, now the man who benefited from all that innuendo is on his way to the White House. And he's already giving us an object lesson …

Discussion: Daily Kos

John R. Schindler / The New York Observer:

The Kremlin Didn't Sink Hillary—Obama Did — Democratic panic about Russian disinformation neglects to mention that it was the White House that refused to stop it — The liberal conniption about alleged Russian “hacking” of our election has reached a boiling point.

Discussion: RedState and Washington Monthly, more at Mediagazer »

Kevin Cirilli / Bloomberg:

Trump to Meet Petraeus as State Dept. Fight Continues — Meeting comes after outcry among Trump aides over Mitt Romney — Petraeus shared classified information in extramarital affair — President-elect Donald Trump is considering retired General David Petraeus to be secretary of state …

Discussion: Political Wire and The Week

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.