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11:20 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, 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, Hot Air and Raw Story

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, Political Wire, Washington Post and Patterico's Pontifications

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.

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

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 …

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: Chicago Boyz and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

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 …, American Thinker, Daily Kos, NPR, Jezebel, 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

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

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

Discussion: myfox8.com, Mediaite, Daily Kos, Washington Post, Fox News Insider, Mother Jones, The Gateway Pundit and CW39 NewsFix

WCMH-TV:

Suspect dead, 8 hospitalized 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.

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

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

Discussion: Fox News, New York Post, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, Associated Press, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, TheBlaze and Business Insider

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

Ted Cruz / National Review:
The Truth about Fidel and Raul

Discussion: TheBlaze, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Mediaite and ABC News

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

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: Washington Monthly, more at Mediagazer »

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

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

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.