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4:35 AM ET, November 29, 2016

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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.

Discussion: Mediaite, NPR, Politicus USA, alan.com, myfox8.com and Political Wire

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

Why I Support An Election Audit, Even Though It's Unlikely To Change The Outcome — Here at FiveThirtyEight, we've been skeptical of claims of irregularities in the presidential election. As we pointed out last week, there are no obvious statistical anomalies in the results in swing states based …

Discussion: Politico, Townhall.com, Daily Wire, Washington Post, CANNONFIRE, Liberal Values, Bearing Drift, CBS New York, New York Post, Washington Free Beacon and Hot Air

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

Wisconsin rejects hand recount mandate; Stein to sue — Madison — The Wisconsin Elections Commission set a timetable Monday for a recount of the presidential election but rejected a request to require a count by hand made by Green Party candidate Jill Stein, who quickly responded that she would sue.

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New York Post:

Trump debuts presidential hat — More On: — Donald Tramp swapped his “Make America Great Again” hat on Sunday for some new presidential headgear — proudly sporting another red lid, this time with the number 45 stitched into the side in a not-so-subtle swipe at ongoing recount efforts.

Discussion: New Yorker, The Week, Breitbart, Consortiumnews.com, Bloomberg, Washington Post, BizPac Review, Law News, Right Wing Watch, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Independent Journal Review, twitchy.com, The Guardian, Mediaite, Washington Free Beacon, Heat Street and Mashable

Philip Wegmann / Washington Examiner:
Pennsylvania State Department says Stein missed recount deadline

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and twitchy.com

Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Stein moves for Pennsylvania recount

Discussion: AOL, Hot Air, Business Insider and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Walker slams recount effort in Wisconsin

Discussion: EW.com, ABC News, TheBlaze, RedState and Mediaite

Philly.com:
Stein campaign files Pennsylvania recount suit

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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.

Jay Panandiker / The Lantern:
From the archives: Ohio State attacker featured in ‘Humans of Ohio State’

Discussion: twitchy.com, WCMH-TV, Mediaite, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, WREG-TV, TheBlaze, CBS Pittsburgh and neo-neocon

The Daily Beast:
Ohio State Attacker Described Himself as a ‘Scared’ Muslim

Discussion: The Liberty Zone, Associated Press, The Daily Caller, The Geller Report, The Columbus Dispatch, TalkLeft, Daily Wire, NO QUARTER USA NET and Questions and Observations

Associated Press:
TERRORISM SUSPECTED IN CAR-AND-KNIFE ATTACK AT OHIO STATE

USA Today:
Ohio State reports ‘active shooter’ on Columbus campus

Discussion: Daily Wire, Independent Journal Review, Rare, The Daily Caller and New York Magazine

CNN:
Active shooter reported at Ohio State University; 8 hospitalized, 1 critical

Washington Post:

Trump picks Congressman Tom Price as health and human services secretary … President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), an orthopedic surgeon who has been one of Capitol Hill's fiercest critics of President Obama's health care law, to be secretary of health and human services …

Discussion: Jezebel, AOL, The Daily Caller and The Week

Tamar Hallerman / Political Insider:

Sources: Tom Price close to being named top health official in Donald Trump's cabinet — Georgia Rep. Tom Price is expected to be named President-elect Donald Trump's secretary of health and human services as early as Tuesday, according to a dozen Republican operatives and political figures …

Discussion: Political Wire

Robert Pear / New York Times:
Tom Price, Obamacare Critic, Is Said to Be Trump's Choice for Health Secretary

Discussion: The Guardian and alan.com

Jonathan Gruber / New York Daily News: Trump's tricky operation: Fixing Obamacare is far more delicate than it seems, writes the law's architect

New York Times:

Challenging the Boss in Public? For Kellyanne Conway, It's Part of the Job — WASHINGTON — Kellyanne Conway, one of President-elect Donald J. Trump's senior advisers, was about to board a flight back to New York on Monday morning when she caught a glimpse of the headline crawling across television screens in the terminal.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Death and Taxes, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, BizPac Review, Talking Points Memo and Washington Post

Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump keeps eye on Romney for State Dept. despite scorn from some loyalists

Discussion: Hot Air, Politico, KTLA, New York Times and Talking Points Memo

U.S. ELECTIONS:
Trump drama rolls on: Disputes, falsehoods hit transition

Discussion: Balloon Juice

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

TMZ.com:

Melania Trump — Threatens Suit Over False Barron ‘Autism’ Video ... And Says Rosie O'Donnell Made it Worse — Melania Trump — Threatens Suit Over False Barron ‘Autism’ Video And Says Rosie Made it Worse — EXCLUSIVE — Melania Trump has hired a famous lawyer who is now threatening …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Heat Street, Raw Story, Rare, New Urban Legends and alan.com

Peter Schroeder / The Hill:

Issa declared winner after reelection battle — Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) was announced the winner of his reelection race by a razor-thin margin after nearly three weeks of the results being too close to call. — Issa fended off Marine Col. Doug Applegate (D), a political newcomer …

Discussion: sandiegouniontribune.com, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Washington Examiner

Associated Press:
California GOP Congressman Darrell Issa narrowly wins seat

Discussion: The Daily Caller, RedState and New York Times

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

The Definitive Source:

Writing about the ‘alt-right’ — Recent developments have put the so-called “alt-right” movement in the news. They highlight the need for clarity around use of the term and around some related terms, such as “white nationalism” and “white supremacism.”

Discussion: New York Times, alicublog, Media Matters for America, Politico, TheBlaze and Independent Journal Review

Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
AP: Avoid using ‘alt-right’ without context

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Vox Popoli

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: WAVY-TV

Delta News Hub:

CEO: Delta requires ‘civility on our planes’ — CEO Ed Bastian shared the memo below with all Delta employees today. — Internal Memo — To: Delta Colleagues Worldwide — From: Ed Bastian — Thank you for the amazing job you did running …

Discussion: Washington Post, Heat Street, New York Times, The Root, The Guardian, TheBlaze, Talking Points Memo and The Week

Sam Reisman / Mediaite:
Trump Voter Who Called Airplane Passengers ‘Hillary Bitches’ Banned from Delta

Discussion: KTLA, CW39 NewsFix and Drudge Retort

Burgess Everett / Politico:

GOP eyes best chance in years to defund Planned Parenthood — Congressional Republicans are aiming to cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood early next year, according to GOP sources on and off the Hill, as social conservatives press for a milestone win under Donald Trump's presidency …

Discussion: Hot Air and RedState

Travis Gettys / Raw Story:

‘I voted for Trump — so there’: White shopper melts down after black workers ask her to pay for bag — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — A shopper erupted in fury and claimed anti-white discrimination after she was asked to purchase a $1 reusable bag at a Chicago-area arts and crafts store.

Discussion: Death and Taxes and Hullabaloo

Lorraine Swanson / Chicago, IL Patch:
Angry Woman at Michaels Store Cries Discrimination for Being White, Voting Trump: Video

Discussion: TheBlaze, FOX31 Denver, KTLA, Politicus USA, Mediaite and Independent Journal Review

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.

Discussion: CNBC, Mashable, Politicus USA and Unqualified Offerings