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Michael Moore / Facebook:
A Personal Appeal to the Republican Members of the Electoral College from Michael Moore — Dear Republican Electors: — Ok, if you've read this far, knowing that it's me, Michael Moore, writing to you -\-\ well, thank you for having an open mind and the willingness to listen to someone you don't agree with.
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
The Anti-Trump Electoral College Effort Is Only The Beginning — WASHINGTON — The battle over Monday's Electoral College vote is the beginning, not the end. A larger campaign to undermine the legitimacy — and constitutionality — of Donald Trump's presidency is likely just getting underway.
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The Portland Press Herald:
Maine Electoral College elector says he will cast his ballot for Sanders — David Bright, a longtime Democratic activist, will not support Sec. Hillary Clinton in today's Electoral College vote. — AUGUSTA - One of Maine's four Electoral College electors said Monday he was voting …
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The Hill, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and No More Mister Nice Blog
Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Plurality Wants Popular Vote Over Electoral College
Plurality Wants Popular Vote Over Electoral College
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Politicus USA, The Hill and Hot Air
CBS News:
Electoral College: State-by-state voting schedule
Electoral College: State-by-state voting schedule
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Outside the Beltway, RedState and Heat Street
David Bright / Facebook:
Love it or hate it, here's the statement I'll issue after the Electoral college vote today.
Love it or hate it, here's the statement I'll issue after the Electoral college vote today.
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ThinkProgress, The Daily Caller, Hot Air and Philly.com
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
The electoral college is poised to pick Trump, despite push to dump him
The electoral college is poised to pick Trump, despite push to dump him
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Voters show little support for Electoral College revolt
Voters show little support for Electoral College revolt
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Associated Press:
Official: Russia's Ambassador To Turkey Dead After Gunman Attack — MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's ambassador to Turkey has died after being shot in Ankara, according to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman. — A gunman opened fire on Russia's ambassador to Turkey at a photo exhibition on Monday.
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Isil Sariyuce / CNN:
Russia's ambassador to Turkey shot in Ankara, state media reports
Russia's ambassador to Turkey shot in Ankara, state media reports
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Chris kitching / Mirror.co.uk:
CAMERAS CAPTURE MOMENT RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR SHOT DEAD IN TURKEY
CAMERAS CAPTURE MOMENT RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR SHOT DEAD IN TURKEY
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The First Street Journal and Vox Popoli
Roland Oliphant / Telegraph:
Watch | The moment Russia's ambassador to Turkey is shot dead
Watch | The moment Russia's ambassador to Turkey is shot dead
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Hit & Run and The Right Scoop
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Trump private security force ‘playing with fire’ — GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — President-elect Donald Trump has continued employing a private security and intelligence team at his victory rallies, and he is expected to keep at least some members of the team after he becomes president, according to people familiar with the plans.
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Scott Detrow / NPR:
To Rehabilitate Democratic Party, Obama Plans To ‘Coach’ Young Talent — President Obama sees a role for himself in rebuilding the Democratic Party after he leaves office — coach. — “What I am interested in is just developing a whole new generation of talent,” Obama told NPR's Steve Inskeep …
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NPR:
Transcript And Video: NPR's Exit Interview With President Obama
Transcript And Video: NPR's Exit Interview With President Obama
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New York Magazine, The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo, The Point, Politico and Washington Times
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Time to face reality, Obama — Trump is going to be president
Allen Cone / UPI:
Obama warns Trump not to overuse executive orders
Obama warns Trump not to overuse executive orders
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Hit & Run and Washington Free Beacon
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Bill Clinton: Trump knows how to get ‘angry, white men to vote for him’ — President-elect Donald Trump “doesn't know much,” former President Bill Clinton told a local newspaper earlier this month, but “one thing he does know is how to get angry, white men to vote for him.”
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
POLITICO/MORNING CONSULT poll: Electoral College shouldn't reject Trump …
POLITICO/MORNING CONSULT poll: Electoral College shouldn't reject Trump …
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Independent Journal Review, The Hill, Mediaite and The Daily Caller
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
How Republics End — Many people are reacting to the rise of Trumpism and nativist movements in Europe by reading history — specifically, the history of the 1930s. And they are right to do so. It takes willful blindness not to see the parallels between the rise of fascism and our current political nightmare.
Buck Ryan / Lexington Herald-Leader:
UK prof: Singing a Beach Boys' tune got me punished for ‘sexual misconduct’ — The University of Kentucky has punished me in a “sexual misconduct” case, in part, for singing a Beach Boys tune covered by Alvin and the Chipmunks. — Under Administrative Regulation 6:1, Discrimination and Harassment …
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Title IX is ‘bureaucratic sex creep’ gone wild: Glenn Reynolds
Title IX is ‘bureaucratic sex creep’ gone wild: Glenn Reynolds
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Hit & Run and Instapundit
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
Merrick Garland Will Be On The Bench — But Not The Supreme Court — In January — President Obama announces Judge Merrick Garland as his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court on March 16. — Judge Merrick Garland will not be joining the US Supreme Court after months of Senate inaction on the nomination.
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The Charlotte Observer:
Gov. Pat McCrory calls for special legislative session to repeal HB2 — Following a surprise move by the Charlotte City Council, Gov. Pat McCrory said Monday he would call a special session to consider repeal of House Bill 2. — The governor's statement came in a rapidly unfolding series …
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Anthony Faiola / Washington Post:
In Poland, a window on what happens when populists come to power — WARSAW — The Law and Justice Party rode to power on a pledge to drain the swamp of Polish politics and roll back the legacy of the previous administration. One year later, its patriotic revolution, the party proclaims …
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New York Times, No More Mister Nice Blog and Jezebel
Michael Wines / New York Times:
All This Talk of Voter Fraud? Across U.S., Officials Found Next to None — After all the allegations of rampant voter fraud and claims that millions had voted illegally, the people who supervised the general election last month in states around the nation have been adding up how many credible reports of fraud they actually received.
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
The Terrifying Aftermath of Hillary's Election Victory — In the midst of our joyous celebrations, and as we savor the delicious schadenfreude left in the wake of Hillary's humiliating rejection by normal Americans, it's easy to forget that there is a much darker timeline where things could have gone very differently . . .
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Trump advisers spar over new political arm — Donald Trump's top advisers are jousting over control of the new political group they are forming to help press the president-elect's agenda, as rival camps have formed with repercussions for who ends up as senior staff at the White House.
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