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11:55 AM ET, November 17, 2024

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J. Ann Selzer / Des Moines Register:
Pollster Ann Selzer ending election polling, moving ‘to other ventures and opportunities’  —  Public opinion polling has been my life's work.  I collected my first research data as a freshman in college, if you don't count a neighborhood poll I did at age 5.
NBC News:
Trump transition team compiling list of current and former U.S. military officers for possible courts-martial  —  All of the officers were involved in the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, which independent reviews have blamed on both the Trump and Biden administrations.
Joe Kucinski / Road & Track:
Tesla Has the Highest Fatal Accident Rate of All Auto Brands, Study Finds  —  Tesla vehicles suffer fatal accidents at a rate that's twice the industry average, according to a new report.  —  Tesla's vehicles have the highest fatal accident rate among all car brands in America …
Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world  —  In the wake of Trump's unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance  —  1 When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
David French / New York Times:
Donald Trump Is Already Starting to Fail  —  That was quick.  —  Donald Trump is planting the seeds of his own political demise.  The corrupt, incompetent and extremist men and women he's appointing to many of the most critical posts in his cabinet are direct threats to the well-being of the country …
Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Playbook: What's in store for Trump's DOJ  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  JUST POSTED — “The ‘team of vipers’ is back,” by Rachael Bade: “The last time CLIFF SIMS was this close to presidential power, he coined an indelible phrase …
Discussion: Raw Story
Stephen Starr / The Guardian:
Haitian immigrants flee Springfield, Ohio, in droves after Trump election win  —  City subjected to false rumors from Trump loses residents integral to community over mass deportation fears  —  From a tiny office behind a Haitian grocery store on Springfield's South Limestone Street …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive data: Trump's record pace for Cabinet picks … Biden and President Obama took almost 40 days.  President George W. Bush, slowed by the Bush-Gore litigation, took 50+.  — Marchick, lead author of the 2022 book, “The Peaceful Transfer of Power: An Oral History …
David Smith / The Guardian:
Trump's shock-and-awe approach to transition is both shocking and awful  —  This week a flurry of controversial and extremist picks for Trump's cabinet came at a hectic pace with a level of provocation that made heads spin  —  “Welcome back,” Joe Biden told Donald Trump, his predecessor and successor …
Erica Pandey / Axios:
Secret Trump voters have post-election coming out party  —  They're donning MAGA hats in cafes, celebrating on social media and flying Trump flags: Supporters of President-elect Trump in deep blue cities and states are no longer keeping it to themselves.
Sheera Frenkel / New York Times:
Election Reveals Right-Wing Shift of Social Media Platforms  —  If the election underscored anything about the internet, it was the ascendancy of social platforms for the right.  That puts Democrats at a disadvantage.  —  After Donald J. Trump won the election this month …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump's early moves show he wants to disrupt government and exact retribution  —  Eight years ago, Trump's transition got off to a slow and stumbling start.  This time, he is moving swiftly to fill key roles with loyal but controversial picks.  —  The opening phase of President-elect Donald …
Washington Post:
Trump picks fracking firm CEO Chris Wright to be energy secretary  —  The executive has taken a defiant approach to fighting climate change by attacking policies that call for shifting away from fossil fuels.
Discussion: ABC News and The Independent
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump taps fracking CEO Chris Wright for Energy secretary
Discussion: CNN, TPR and WHEC.com
Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
Trump taps oil executive Chris Wright as Energy secretary
 
 
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The White House:
Readout of President Joe Biden's Meeting with President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Evan Bush / NBC News:
Editor-in-chief of Scientific American steps down after anti-Trump comments
NBC News:
A majority of Senate Republicans doubt Matt Gaetz will be confirmed as attorney general, sources say
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Trump won. The celebrations started. Then the trouble began.
Discussion: Raw Story
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Jay Bhattacharya, an NIH critic, emerges as a top candidate to lead the agency
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit