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Shouting match erupts between Clinton and Trump aides — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The raw, lingering emotion of the 2016 presidential campaign erupted into a shouting match here Thursday as top strategists of Hillary Clinton's campaign accused their Republican counterparts of fueling and legitimizing racism to elect Donald Trump.
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Trump & Hillary Aides Tussle in ‘Goddamn Foodfight’ Screaming Match — CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts—The Trump era is upon us, and senior aides and key operatives of the long, brutal 2016 presidential campaigns gathered this week at Harvard University for a two-day conference of talking, eating, and drinking away their feelings.
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Kellyanne Conway Dodges Question on Trump's Claim That ‘Millions’ Voted Illegally — President-elect Donald Trump's senior adviser Kellyanne Conway dodged answering whether Trump's unsubstantiated claim that “millions” voted illegally is true when she appeared on ABC's “Good Morning America” this morning.
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Politico and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Campaign operatives blast Jeff Zucker over CNN coverage at Harvard event
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Quote of the Day: There's No Such Thing as Facts Anymore
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Clinton, Trump Aides Angrily Clash at Election Forum
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Washington Post and Hot Air


Chris Christie's Hopes for R.N.C. Job Dim, but Economic Numbers Give Trump-Pence a Head Start — President-elect Donald J. Trump is back at Trump Tower as his team takes shape. — He will meet with Senator Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, a Democrat who seems interested in a job in Mr. Trump's cabinet …
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Payrolls rise solidly; jobless rate at nine-year low — U.S. employers boosted hiring in November and the unemployment rate dropped to a more than nine-year low of 4.6 percent, making it almost certain that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates later this month.
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ThinkProgress and Hot Air


Employment Situation Summary
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Wall Street Journal, Economic Policy Institute, NPR and The Daily Caller

Nonfarm payrolls add 178K vs. 175K est.; unemployment rate 4.6% vs. 4.9% est.
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Trump's Breezy Calls to World Leaders Leave Diplomats Aghast — WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump inherited a complicated world when he won the election last month. And that was before a series of freewheeling phone calls with foreign leaders that has unnerved diplomats at home and abroad.
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Political Wire and Taylor Marsh


Trump Exults in Victory and Mocks Critics at Cincinnati Rally — The president-elect began a victory tour in a state he won — Rally followed tour of Indiana factory he kept from closing — President-elect Donald Trump exulted in his surprise victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton …
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Donald Trump Promises to Usher In New ‘Industrial Revolution’ in Ohio Rally
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Clinton and Trump voters have differing expectations of recount
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Hot Air and twitchy.com

Paul Ryan: I've discussed Constitution ‘extensively’ with Trump — House Speaker Paul Ryan and President-elect Donald Trump have discussed the Constitution “extensively” in their almost daily conversations. — In an excerpt of a “60 Minutes” interview to air Sunday, Ryan was asked whether …
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Pence denied request to help Carrier in 2014 — reportedly refused to help Carrier in 2014 when he denied a request from the company to veto a bill rolling back Indiana's energy efficiency program. — Carrier's parent company, United Technologies Corp. - along with GE, Johnson Controls and Honeywell …
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The Carrier deal shows a big problem with Trump's approach to the presidency
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Trump's Carrier deal is right out of Putin's playbook
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New York Times, ThinkProgress and Salon

Trump has chosen retired Marine Gen. James Mattis for secretary of defense — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen retired Marine Gen. James N. Mattis to be secretary of defense, according to people familiar with the decision, nominating a former senior military officer who led operations across …
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CNN commentator Scottie Nell Hughes: Facts no longer exist — In an interview on “The Diane Rehm Show,” Donald Trump supporter and CNN political commentator Scottie Nell Hughes declared the end of facts. Or, in her own words: “There's no such thing, unfortunately, anymore of facts.”
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How Journalists Are Rethinking Their Role Under A Trump Presidency
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A Trump Surrogate Drops the Mic: 'There's No Such Thing as Facts'
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Decline of America's white population accelerating, study finds — A rapidly aging white population and fast-growing younger minority groups are speeding demographic changes across the nation, hastening a political divide likely to have long-term ramifications.
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Obamacare RIP: Republicans Finally Have a Plan — Two days after the election, President-elect Donald Trump met with outgoing president Barack Obama to start planning the transition. Until then, the Republican successor to the White House had adamantly insisted that the Affordable Care Act …
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GOP in talks about helping insurers after ObamaCare repeal
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Washington Monthly, Talking Points Memo and Politicus USA


The Economic Stupidity of the Carrier Bailout — It's not conservative, but rather a rejection of economic reality. — One particularly tough and indigestible nugget of talk-radio stupidity afflicting the guts of conservatism is the idea that there is some sort of fundamental difference between bribing …


Van Jones: Dems ‘have a problem with elitism’ … Democratic political commentator Van Jones says his party comes across as elitist and condescending to voters. — “Everybody knows we have a problem with elitism,” he said on ABC's “The View” Thursday. — “Liberals and Democrats …
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Mediaite


The ultimate symbol of Trump Derangement Syndrome? — We may have found the perfect example of the madness gripping progressives and even some conservatives in the wake of Donald Trump's election as president. If I were a screenwriter, I could not come up with a more emblematic scene …
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ADL: Newly uncovered remarks by Keith Ellison are ‘disturbing and disqualifying’ — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) says it has new doubts about Keith Ellison as the next chairman of the Democratic National Party. In a press release published Thursday the ADL cited new information in the form …
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White House: Obama supports registering women for military draft — WASHINGTON — President Obama supports requiring women to register for Selective Service when they turn 18 — becoming the first president to endorse universal draft registration since Jimmy Carter.
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White House Announces Support for Requiring Women to Register for Military Draft
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Trump to announce ‘almost all’ Cabinet picks next week — President-elect Donald Trump suggested he will reveal “almost all” of his remaining Cabinet choices next week. — Trump announced his nominee for defense secretary, retired Marine Gen. James Mattis, at a thank-you rally Thursday in Cincinnati.
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Political Wire
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