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5:25 PM ET, December 5, 2016

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Elana Schor / Politico:
Democrats to give Trump Cabinet picks the Garland treatment  —  Senate Democrats are preparing to put Donald Trump's Cabinet picks through a grinding confirmation process, weighing delay tactics that could eat up weeks of the Senate calendar and hamper his first 100 days in office.
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
GOP wagers Americans don't care about Trump's conflicts  —  Republicans see the same ethically challenged complications lurking in Donald Trump's business portfolio that Democrats are squawking about.  They just think Americans don't care about these entanglements anymore.
Juan Williams / The Hill:
McConnell won big by blocking Obama  —  Drumroll, please....  The winner of my 2016 award for the top member of Congress is Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell  —  (R-Ky.).  —  Yes, you read that right.  —  A Democrat feels compelled to honor McConnell.  —  Let me explain.
David Wright / CNN:
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner plan move to DC  — Kushner is expected to play a significant role in the new Trump administration, while Ivanka Trump may take a lead role in managing her father's sprawling business interests  —  (CNN)Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner …
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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Al Gore has ‘extremely interesting’ meeting with Trump  —  Climate change activist and former vice president Al Gore  —  had what he described as a “very productive” meeting with President-elect Donald Trump  —  Monday.  —  Aides for Trump's transition team said earlier Monday …
Discussion: ABC News
Tal Kopan / CNN:
Donald Trump meets with Al Gore on climate change  — Republicans are critical of the scientific consensus that human activities are exacerbating global climate change  —  Washington (CNN)President-elect Donald Trump met on Monday with Al Gore — one of the most vocal advocates of fighting climate change.
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Tegna / WCNC-TV:
Cooper extends lead over McCrory in recount … DURHAM, N.C. - Democratic challenger Roy Cooper's lead over incumbent Governor Pat McCrory has grown, according to partial recount results released by the Durham County Board of Elections.  —  After recounting 52,833 ballots …
Kevin Robillard / Politico:   McCrory concedes in North Carolina
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) concedes closely contested governor's race
Discussion: The Root
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Michael Flynn's tweet wasn't actually about #PizzaGate, but his son is now defending the baseless conspiracy theory  —  This post has been updated.  —  There are so many fake tales floating around about the 2016 election that they appear to be getting confused for one another.
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Incoming national security adviser's son, who peddles conspiracies, has a government transition email
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Stelter says Trump is a ‘conspiracy theorist’
Discussion: Political Wire and The Guardian
German Lopez / Vox:
Pizzagate, the fake news conspiracy theory that led a gunman to DC's Comet Ping Pong, explained
Politico:
Incoming national security adviser's son spreads fake news about D.C. pizza shop
Nathan McDermott / CNN:
Trump adviser on Taiwan call: 'If China doesn't like it, screw ‘em’  —  President-elect Trump slams China on Twitter_00013714.jpg  —  (CNN)Stephen Moore, an economic adviser to Donald Trump, defended the President-elect's recent call with the president of Taiwan, saying in a local radio interview that he didn't care if it upset China.
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Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest:   What the Taiwan Call Means
Evan McMullin / New York Times:
Trump's Threat to the Constitution  —  WASHINGTON — On July 7, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Donald J. Trump, met privately with House Republicans near the Capitol.  I was present as chief policy director of the House Republican Conference.
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Trump's Agents of Idiocracy
Discussion: Raw Story
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
In an anti-recount filing, Trump's lawyers say the election was ‘not tainted by fraud or mistake’  —  Three leading Republicans were asked over the weekend whether or not they agreed with Donald Trump's tweeted assertion that millions of voters had cast illegal ballots (part of Trump's effort to rebut his popular vote loss).
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Joy-Ann Reid / The Daily Beast:   The Best Way to Stop Trump Is at the Local Level
Detroit Free Press:
Judge orders immediate start of Michigan recount  —  UPDATE: Clerks scrambling to start Michigan recount by noon Monday  —  A federal judge early Monday morning ordered a recount of Michigan's presidential ballots to begin at noon on Monday, and for the state to “assemble necessary staff …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Stein Explains Recount Push Outside Trump Tower
Discussion: Politico
Theo Keith / FOX6Now.com:
Presidential recount: Counting complete in 6 counties; results have barely changed
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Mistrial declared in case of South Carolina officer who shot Walter Scott after traffic stop
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Rogue electors brief Clinton camp on anti-Trump plan  —  Advocates of the long-shot bid to turn the Electoral College against Donald Trump have been in contact with close allies of Hillary Clinton, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions, but the Clinton camp …
Discussion: Hot Air and Political Wire
Scott Wong / The Hill:
GOP leader declines to back Trump tariff plan  —  House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Monday declined to support President-elect Donald Trump  —  's proposed 35 percent tariff on companies that leave the U.S., warning it could spark a trade war.
Discussion: RedState
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Top House Republican won't back Trump's tariff proposal
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Trump Chooses Ben Carson to Lead HUD  —  Ben Carson, who took Donald J. Trump on a tour of blighted neighborhoods in Detroit during the presidential campaign, including his boyhood home, has been chosen by Mr. Trump to oversee one of the government's main efforts to lift American cities …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Ben Carson Lived in Public Housing, but Critics Worry Over How He Will Lead It
Business Wire:
Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco Logistics Partners Respond to the Statement from the Department of the Army  —  DALLAS & NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (NYSE: ETP) and Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. (NYSE: SXL) announced that the Administration's statement today …
 
 
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Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Republicans look to make it easier to install Mattis as defense secretary
Discussion: Morning Consult
Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
U.S. court puts Obamacare case on hold until Trump takes office
Discussion: Hot Air
Herb Jackson / NorthJersey.com:
Gottheimer: Garrett won't talk about transition
Hadas Gold / Politico:
How Donald Trump and ‘Morning Joe’ made up
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Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
Dancing with insanity  —  One-hundred and thirty-four House …
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
The war on ‘fake news’ is all about censoring real news
Discussion: Instapundit and Clayton Cramer
Jeffrey Rosen / New York Times:
States' Rights for the Left
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