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10:55 AM ET, December 6, 2016

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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.
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New York Times:
Why Does Donald Trump Lie About Voter Fraud?  —  The long-running Republican war against the right to vote has now gone national at the instigation of President-elect Donald Trump, who has promoted the lie that millions of illegal votes were cast in the presidential election.
Andrew Hanna / Politico:
Flynn under fire for fake news  —  As Donald Trump's national security adviser, retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn will have to advise the president of the veracity of foreign and domestic threats, separating those that require immediate policy action from propaganda or misinformation.
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Allan Smith / Business Insider:
Michael Flynn's son spars with Jake Tapper over fake ‘pizzagate’ story that led armed man to go to restaurant
German Lopez / Vox:
Pizzagate, the fake news conspiracy theory that led a gunman to DC's Comet Ping Pong, explained
Uri Friedman / The Atlantic:
‘Trump Has Already Created Lots of Chaos’  —  Shortly after news broke of Donald Trump's phone call with the head of Taiwan—the first direct communication between American and Taiwanese leaders in 37 years—one of the leading Chinese scholars of U.S.-China relations offered a stunning proposal …
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Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Message Sparks Anger in China  —  President-elect's Taiwan call, tweets signal his approach will be more adversarial  —  The verbal confrontation between President-elect Donald Trump and the Chinese government escalated on Monday, as China responded harshly to attacks by Mr. Trump on its economic and security positions.
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Trump's Taiwan call wasn't a blunder. It was brilliant.
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Pentagon buries evidence of $125 billion in bureaucratic waste  —  The Pentagon has buried an internal study that exposed $125 billion in administrative waste in its business operations amid fears Congress would use the findings as an excuse to slash the defense budget, according to interviews …
Eric Greitens / Facebook:
Tonight, my wife Sheena—the mother of my two boys, and the future First Lady of Missouri—was robbed at gunpoint not far from our home.  —  She is safe—but shaken.  We are grateful for the men and women of law enforcement.  Their response was swift and skilled, and we thank God for their presence tonight.
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Fox News:
Missouri governor-elect's wife robbed at gunpoint; three suspects arrested
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump: Cancel Boeing's Air Force One contract  —  President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday called for the cancellation of a Defense Department contract with Boeing to build the next generation of presidential aircraft, decrying the deal as too expensive.  —  “Boeing is building a brand …
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Donald Trump Tweets to ‘Cancel Order’ for New Air Force One Plane  —  Citing a multibillion-dollar price tag, President-elect Donald Trump today posted a tweet calling for the cancellation of what he said was Boeing's order for a new Air Force One jet.  —  “Boeing is building a brand …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Biden raises possibility of 2020 presidential bid  —  Vice President Biden on Monday raised the possibility of a presidential bid in 2020.  —  “I am going to run in 2020,” Biden told a group of reporters in the Capitol when asked about his political future.  “What the hell man, anyway.”
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Christine Wang / CNBC:
Joe Biden predicts he will run for president in 2020, adds that he is not yet ‘committed’
Discussion: AOL and The Root
CNN:
Joe Biden leaves the door open for a 2020 run
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
After Senate tribute, Vice President Biden jokes about 2020 run. Or maybe he was serious?
Detroit News:
Half of Detroit votes may be ineligible for recount  —  One-third of precincts in Wayne County could be disqualified from an unprecedented statewide recount of presidential election results because of problems with ballots.  —  Michigan's largest county voted overwhelmingly …
Office of Media Relations:
New GW Battleground Poll: Public Opinion of Trump Improves; Voters Don't Think He'll Build a Wall at Mexican Border  —  Public Sees Action on ‘Obamacare,’ Infrastructure, Taxes as Most Likely; Country Remains Deeply Divided  —  MEDIA CONTACTS:  —  Jason Shevrin: jshevrin@gwu.edu, 202-994-5631
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Office of Media Relations:
GW Battleground Poll
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
Matt Friedman / Politico:
Christie's approval hits record low; most say he should have been charged for Bridgegate  —  Gov. Chris Christie is just one point away from tying the record for worst approval rating of any New Jersey governor in memory.  —  And an overwhelming majority of New Jersey voters …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Eschaton
New York Post:
Kerry 'fesses up about Obama's ‘red line’  —  Secretary of State John Kerry told a painful truth on Sunday, admitting that President Obama's “red line” fiasco in Syria “cost us significantly” by leading other nations to see America as weak.  —  Obama drew the line in August 2012 …
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Trump's Carrier deal is wildly popular  —  Donald Trump's first major action as president-elect — the deal he and Vice President-elect Mike Pence struck last week with Carrier Corp. — is earning high marks from American voters, a new Politico/Morning Consult poll shows.
Discussion: Morning Consult and The Week
Bill McMorris / Washington Free Beacon:
SEIU Texas Declares Bankruptcy After Losing Millions to Company  —  The Texas chapter of one of the nation's most powerful unions filed for bankruptcy after losing a multi-million dollar lawsuit for its smear campaign against a Houston janitorial company.  —  A jury ordered Service Employees …
Discussion: Hot Air and Liberty Unyielding
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
Report buried Trump-related ‘hate crimes’ against white kids  —  MORE FROM:  —  At least 2,000 educators around the country reported racist slurs and other derogatory language leveled against white students in the first days after Donald Trump was elected president.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump's GOP takeover begins  —  Donald Trump's takeover of the Republican Party is underway.  —  His staffers are lining up to run for offices up and down the ballot.  Loyalists are looking to dislodge state party leaders who are perceived as insufficiently committed to the president-elect.
Discussion: Cincinnati.com and Raw Story
Sophia Tesfaye / Salon:
Deals with the devil: Vulnerable Senate Democrats rush to slam anti-Donald Trump plans  —  While many Democrats prepare to fight Trump, some facing re-election in 2018 are already willing to appease him  —  While congressional Democrats were certainly slow to come to grips with Donald Trump's election …
 
 
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
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Leonard B. Sand, Judge in Landmark Yonkers Segregation Case, Dies at 88
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Susan Page / USA Today:
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Freedom Caucus opposes GOP's Obamacare replacement plan
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Rush: If done right, a gigantic infrastructure stimulus could be popular and an economic boon
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