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9:45 AM ET, November 29, 2016

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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
By picking Tom Price to lead HHS, Trump shows he's absolutely serious about dismantling Obamacare  —  Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Health and Human Services secretary, already has a plan for how to abolish Obamacare.  —  The Washington Post reported late Monday …
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Washington Post:
Trump picks Congressman Tom Price as health and human services secretary
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Trump names Rep. Tom Price as next HHS secretary
Discussion: Hot Air
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Rep. Tom Price officially tapped to lead Health and Human Services
Discussion: ABC News
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Announces He'll Nominate GOP Rep. Tom Price To Head HHS
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Week
Tamar Hallerman / Political Insider:
Sources: Tom Price close to being named top health official in Donald Trump's cabinet
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Conway plays the outside game  —  Kellyanne Conway's Sunday broadsides against Mitt Romney have exacerbated an increasingly strained relationship with Donald Trump and his senior advisers, including son-in-law Jared Kushner, according to more than a half-dozen sources involved in the transition efforts.
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U.S. ELECTIONS:
Trump drama rolls on: Disputes, falsehoods hit transition
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
War Is Peace.  Freedom Is Slavery.  Trump Won In A Landslide.  —  Donald Trump's campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway — perhaps seeking to push back on the increasing attention to Hillary Clinton's widening lead in the national popular vote — has been touting her boss's margin of victory in the Electoral College.
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New York Times:
Donald Trump's Lies About the Popular Vote  —  One big fear in the weeks leading up to the presidential election was that Donald Trump would try to delegitimize the results by claiming rampant voter fraud — a bogus specter he had raised throughout the campaign, particularly as his polling numbers got worse.
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: What Will The Recounts Show?
Discussion: The Hill and Associated Press
NBC News:
1 Suspect Dead, 9 in Hospital After Ohio State Car-and-Knife Attack  —  Officials: Attack appears to be planned 2:46  —  An Ohio State University student plowed into a campus crowd with a car, then jumped out and started stabbing people with a butcher knife before being shot dead by police Monday morning, officials said.
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Jay Panandiker / The Lantern:
From the archives: Ohio State attacker featured in ‘Humans of Ohio State’
Brian Ross / ABC News:
Officials Investigating Anti-US Facebook Rant Believed Linked to OSU Attacker
Associated Press:
TERRORISM SUSPECTED IN CAR-AND-KNIFE ATTACK AT OHIO STATE
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump's DC Hotel Is Weeks Away From Violating Its Government Lease  —  The President-elect's Trump International Hotel will present an immediate conflict of interest when he is sworn into office on January 20.  —  The 2013 lease the Trump Organization signed with the federal government …
Discussion: alan.com
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GovExec.com:
GSA's Trump Hotel Lease Debacle  —  As the clock ticks down towards President-elect Donald Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration, the window is rapidly closing on the General Services Administration's opportunity to extricate itself from the Trump Organization's lease of the historic Post Office Pavilion.
Discussion: The Week and Talking Points Memo
Cathy Young / The Hill:
‘Fake news’ isn't the problem — mainstream news with an agenda is  —  “Fake news” has been a big news story for the past week.  Hoaxes and fabrications hatched by clickbait-hungry websites — or, some reports say, by the Kremlin propaganda machine—have been blamed for Donald Trump  —  's election victory.
Tegna / WBIR-TV:
Wildfires forcing evacuations in Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge … GATLINBURG - 11 PM UPDATE: Motorists fleeing wildfires in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge packed roads in and out of the towns Monday night as flames and choking smoke driven by wind swept across the area.
Discussion: BizPac Review and WAVY-TV
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Philip Wegmann / Washington Examiner:
Pennsylvania State Department says Stein missed recount deadline  —  Jill Stein has everything she needs to launch a presidential recount.  She's got the cash, the grassroots fervor and the spotlight of an adoring media.  But there's one thing she needs to overturn Trump's victory: a calendar.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin rejects hand recount mandate; Stein to sue
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Why I Support An Election Audit, Even Though It's Unlikely To Change The Outcome
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Stein moves for Pennsylvania recount
Associated Press:
US investigating leak related to Petraeus case  —  David Petraeus testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington.  (AP) (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press.  All rights reserved.)  —  The Defense Department is conducting a leaks investigation related to the sex scandal that led to the resignation …
Discussion: RedState and alan.com
Sarah Larimer / Washington Post:
This airline passenger's pro-Trump rant was caught on video.  Now he's banned from Delta.  —  The video, shot aboard a Delta flight earlier this month, shows a man in a ball cap standing in the aisle of an airplane.  —  “We got some Hillary b—  on here?” the man shouts.  —  “Come on, baby!” he continues.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump tweets flag burning should be outlawed  —  Burning an American flag should be a crime, President-elect Donald Trump wrote on Twitter Tuesday morning, punishable by a forfeiture of U.S. citizenship or a year in jail.  —  “Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag - if they do …
Discussion: Washington Post, AOL and Althouse
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Donald Trump Flips Out Yet Again  —  I still wake up each morning thinking it can't really be true that Donald Trump will be president of the United States in less than eight weeks.  I mean, he's...he's—he's a willfully ignorant crackpot.  He's a ridiculous game show host.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
EXCLUSIVE: Majority expect Donald Trump to keep promises  —  A majority of Americans trust that President-elect Donald Trump  —  will fulfill his campaign promises on immigration and other issues, according to a new survey released to The Hill.  —  Sixty-four percent of registered voters polled …
Discussion: RedState
Noah Michelson / The Huffington Post:
Dear Trump Supporter Who Sent Me Hate Mail For Being A ‘Stupid Jewish Faggot’  —  As scary as it is to know that people like you exist, I refuse to be afraid of you.  —  Editorial Director, The Huffington Post Voices  —  I returned to work on Sunday to find three envelopes from you on my desk.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Understanding Colin Kaepernick
Discussion: Associated Press
Jimmy Carter / New York Times:
America Must Recognize Palestine
Discussion: Informed Comment and The Week
Alexa Ura / The Texas Tribune:
Texas to implement rules requiring burial or cremation of fetal remains
 Earlier Items: 
Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP eyes best chance in years to defund Planned Parenthood
Discussion: RedState and Hot Air
Toni Clarke / Reuters:
Wide-ranging U.S. health bill expected to sail through House vote
Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Trump's attempt to ‘drain the swamp’ will make matters worse in Washington
Discussion: Daily Kos
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Issa declared winner after reelection battle