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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Incoming national security adviser's son, who peddles conspiracies, has a government transition email — (CNN)The son of incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn, who Sunday night peddled a false conspiracy theory about a DC pizzeria, has an official government transition email address.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Stelter says Trump is a ‘conspiracy theorist’ — America is swearing in a conspiracy theorist as president next month, according to Brian Stelter. — “Yeah, President-elect Trump is many things,” the CNN media reporter and “Reliable Sources” host said in a segment Monday. “To his voters, he's a beloved figure.
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Political Wire and The Guardian
New York Times:
Criminal Complaint in Comet Ping Pong Shooting — The criminal complaint filed on Monday in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia charged Edgar M. Welch with firing a semi-automatic assault rifle inside Comet Ping Pong, a restaurant that had been the center of a fake news story involving Hillary Clinton.
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The Daily Caller
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Michael Flynn's tweet wasn't actually about #PizzaGate, but his son is now defending the baseless conspiracy theory
German Lopez / Vox:
Pizzagate, the fake news conspiracy theory that led a gunman to DC's Comet Ping Pong, explained
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New York Times, The Guardian, The Atlantic and Media Matters for America
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
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Washington Post, New York Magazine, Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
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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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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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 …
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Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:
Ivanka Trump to meet with Al Gore
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Why Pat McCrory Lost and What It Means in Trump's America — Pat McCrory's now official defeat in the race for Governor of North Carolina has real implications for the progressive movement nationally in the era of Trump. — The dominant reason given for McCrory's defeat will be the unpopularity of HB2 …
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Balloon Juice
Tegna / WCNC-TV:
Cooper extends lead over McCrory in recount
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BuzzFeed, Talking Points Memo, governor.nc.gov and RedState
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) concedes closely contested governor's race
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Washington Monthly and The Root
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 …
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Hot Air and Political Wire
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Christopher Suprun / New York Times:
Why I Will Not Cast My Electoral Vote for Donald Trump — Dallas — I am a Republican presidential elector, one of the 538 people asked to choose officially the president of the United States. Since the election people have asked me to change my vote based on policy disagreements with Donald J. Trump.
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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neo-neocon, RedState, Raw Story, Patterico's Pontifications and Politico
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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Talking Points Memo, alan.com and The Week
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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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Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Speaker Ryan's “strange bedfellows” partnership with Trump
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Washington Post, MSNBC, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze and CBS New York
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.
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RedState and Business Insider
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Top House Republican won't back Trump's tariff proposal
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Talking Points Memo
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump selling ‘official’ presidential hat for $40 — 's campaign is now selling an “official” presidential hat for $40 on the president-elect's website. — The hat comes in color options including white and red and says “USA” in large letters on the front.
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alan.com
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, Hot Air, Common Dreams and Occupy Democrats
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