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10:10 AM ET, December 3, 2016

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Emily Rauhala / Washington Post:
China blasts ‘petty’ Taiwan call with Trump  —  BEIJING — On Friday, President Xi Jinping told Henry Kissinger that he hoped for “stability” in U.S.-China ties under the new administration.  Nobody told Donald Trump.  —  The president-elect on Friday broke with four decades of diplomatic practice …
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Former Bush spokesman on Trump's Taiwan call: ‘China will go nuts’  —  Former George W. Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer tweeted that “China will go nuts” after President-elect Donald Trump  —  made a historic phone call to Taiwan on Friday.  —  “Uh-oh.  I wasn't even allowed to refer to the gvt ‘of’ Taiwan.
Nadia Tsao / Taipei Times:
Tsai-Trump telephone call scheduled  —  UNDOING CHEN SHUI-BIAN?  Experts said that the conversation could prompt the establishment of a direct communications channel and reduce misunderstandings  —  President Tsai Ing-wen () was to have a telephone conversation with US president-elect Donald …
New York Times:
How Trump's Calls to World Leaders Are Upsetting Decades of Diplomacy  —  Mr. Trump talks to the president of Taiwan, becoming the first U.S. president or president-elect to do so since 1979.  —  Why it matters  —  The call with President Tsai Ing-wen risks infuriating China …
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
China Warns Trump After His Controversial Call With Taiwan  —  China's foreign minister delivered a stark reminder to President-elect Trump Saturday.  There is only one Chinese government to talk to.  —  The statement from the foreign minister's office came after reports that Trump violated the …
The Hill:
GOP lawmakers praise Trump for Taiwan call  —  Republican lawmakers have praised president-elect Donald Trump  —  following the news that he spoke on the phone with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen.  —  Rep. Matt Salmon  —  (R-Ariz.) applauded Trump for “making a strong statement” with the historic conversation.
Discussion: The Guardian and Business Insider
Yahoo:
U.S. president-elect, in break with practice, speaks to Taiwan's leader
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Felipe Villamor / New York Times:
Rodrigo Duterte Says Donald Trump Endorses His Violent Antidrug Campaign
Discussion: Oliver Willis
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Trump's unusual phone call is great for his business, dangerous for America
Gov. Sarah Palin / Young Conservatives:
Sarah Palin: But... Wait... The Good Guys Won't Win With More Crony Capitalism  —  I am ecstatic for Carrier employees!  Their bosses just decided to keep shop onshore.  What a relief for hundreds of workers.  Merry Christmas Indiana!  We don't yet know terms of the public/private deal …
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Sarah Palin: Trump's Carrier deal is ‘crony capitalism’
Paulina Firozi / The Hill:   Palin slams Trump Carrier deal as ‘crony capitalism’
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Bergdahl asks Obama for pardon  —  Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive for five years and freed in an exchange for five Taliban prisoners, has asked President Obama to pardon him before leaving the White House.  —  A source told Fox News that Bergdahl wrote a letter to Obama thanking …
Discussion: Fox News and Hot Air
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Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
Bergdahl asks Obama to pardon him before Trump takes office
Discussion: TheBlaze and RedState
Charlie Savage / New York Times:   Bowe Bergdahl, Facing Desertion Trial, Asks Obama for Pardon
New York Times:
G.O.P. Plans Immediate Repeal of Health Law, Then a Delay  —  WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress plan to move almost immediately next month to repeal the Affordable Care Act, as President-elect Donald J. Trump promised.  But they also are likely to delay the effective date …
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Federal judge denies quick halt to recount  —  Madison — A federal judge Friday denied an emergency halt to the recount of the presidential vote in Wisconsin, allowing the process to continue until a Dec. 9 court hearing at least.  —  There is no need to halt the recount just yet …
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Thomas E. Ricks / New York Times:
The General Who Should Lead the Pentagon  —  Nominating a retired general to be secretary of defense is an unusual move in American politics.  Since just after World War II, when the Department of Defense was created, only one general has held the post.  That was George C. Marshall …
Benjamin Wermund / Politico:
Trump's education pick says reform can 'advance God's Kingdom'  —  The billionaire philanthropist whom Donald Trump has tapped to lead the Education Department once compared her work in education reform to a biblical battleground where she wants to “advance God's Kingdom.”
Candice Williams / Detroit News:
Prominent gay Republican said DeVos stood up for him  —  Greg McNeilly, political advisor to Betsy DeVos and a prominent gay Republican, spoke Friday of the incoming education secretary saying she stood up for him at a time when his sexual orientation wasn't widely known.
Philly.com:
Philly Clout: Turnpike manager rips his bosses in email minutes before retirement  —  FILE THIS ONE under: “Well, You Asked.”  —  Michael Stuban, a midlevel manager at the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, retired on Thanksgiving after a 35-year career that started in a tollbooth.
Discussion: CBS Pittsburgh
Barry Yeoman / New Republic:
The North Carolina GOP Has a New Suppression Tactic: Voter Defamation  —  As they challenge the results of a governor's race, the state's Republicans lay the groundwork for a Trump-era assault on voting rights.  —  My neighbor Lucia Foster was surprised when I emailed her on November 18.
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Atlantic
Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
CNN apologizes, disciplines producer after employee was caught on hot mic joking about Trump's plane crashing  —  CNN on Friday apologized after one of its producers was caught on a hot mic making a joke about President-elect Donald Trump's plane crashing.  —  “An unfortunate and inappropriate remark …
 
 
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Bart Jansen / USA Today:
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CNN:
Democrats want Russian hacking intelligence declassified
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Fox News:
Hampshire College returns US flag to full staff; president denies playing politics
Discussion: Mediaite
Mark Steyn / Steyn Online:
Make Kellogg's Gr-rr-rr-rr-rreat Again
Discussion: Power Line
Ben White / Politico:
Trump inherits Obama boom
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Carrie Sheffield / Salon:
Calling Jeff Sessions “racist” conveniently ignores the work he's done for Alabama's black community
The Hill:
Dean drops out of DNC chairmanship race
 Earlier Items: 
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Ark. lawmaker wants Clintons' names removed from Little Rock airport
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Pollster Says the Election Came Down to Five Counties
Discussion: Washington Post, Hullabaloo and Jezebel
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The post-truth world of the Trump administration is scarier than you think
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The 2016 Election Is a Disaster Without a Moral
 

 
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