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12:55 PM ET, November 11, 2016

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Senator Harry Reid:
Reid Statement on the Election of Donald Trump  —  Washington, D.C. - Nevada Senator Harry Reid released the following statement about the election of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States:  —  “I have personally been on the ballot in Nevada for 26 elections …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:   Reid: Trump a ‘sexual predator who lost the popular vote’
Grubhub, Inc.:
Inclusion and Tolerance in the Workplace  —  This year's presidential election was undoubtedly divisive and left many of our employees feeling concerned.  In response, I wrote a company-wide email that was intended to advocate for inclusion and tolerance — regardless of political affiliation …
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Bryan Llenas / Fox News:
Boss tells pro-Trump employees to resign
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Thoughts for the Horrified  —  So what do we do now?  By “we” I mean all those left, center and even right who saw Donald Trump as the worst man ever to run for president and assumed that a strong majority of our fellow citizens would agree.  —  I'm not talking about rethinking political strategy.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The View From Trump Tower  —  If your social circles are like mine, you spent Tuesday night swapping miserable texts.  Not all, but many of my friends and family members were outraged, stunned, disgusted and devastated.  This is victory for white supremacy, people wrote, for misogyny, nativism and authoritarianism.
Discussion: Washington Post
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
DNC Staffer Screams At Donna Brazile For Helping Elect Donald Trump  —  Democrats' nerves are raw in Washington after Tuesday's stunning loss.  —  WASHINGTON On Thursday, Democratic Party officials held their first staff meeting since Hillary Clinton's stunning loss to Donald Trump in the presidential race.
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
SCOOP — SCHUMER backs ELLISON for DNC — TRUMP WORLD begins to float cabinet secretaries — SCHOCK indicted — TARGETED VICTORY splits in two — B'DAY: Tucker Bounds  —  Listen to Playbook in 90 Seconds http://bit.ly/2eP91e4 ... Subscribe on iTunes: http://apple.co/2f1856A  —  Happy Veterans Day.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Paul Ryan Says Medicare Privatization Is On  —  During the campaign, coverage of the issues was blotted out by coverage of Hillary Clinton's emails and Donald Trump's broad suite of sociopathic tendencies.  And of the issues that did receive any attention, a conspicuously missing …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
And Here We Go  —  Paul Ryan just announced that as part of repealing Obamacare he plans to phase out Medicare and replace it with private insurance for retirees.
Jennifer Senior / New York Times:
Review: Megyn Kelly Tells Tales Out of Fox News in Her Memoir, ‘Settle for More’  —  Even had there been no news in Megyn Kelly's new memoir, “Settle for More,” the book would have drawn a considerable audience.  Ms. Kelly, the 45-year-old anchor on Fox News, has emerged …
Asra Q. Nomani / Washington Post:
I'm a Muslim, a woman and an immigrant.  I voted for Trump.  —  Asra Q. Nomani is a former Wall Street Journal reporter and a co-founder of the Muslim Reform Movement.  She can be found on Twitter at @AsraNomani.  —  A lot is being said now about the “silent secret Trump supporters.”
Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton aides blame loss on everything but themselves  —  Sexism.  The media.  James Comey.  —  On a call with surrogates Thursday afternoon, top advisers John Podesta and Jennifer Palmieri pinned blame for Hillary Clinton's loss on a host of uncontrollable headwinds that ultimately felled …
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton aides blame FBI director, media for devastating loss
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Richard Gehr / Rolling Stone:
Leonard Cohen Dead at 82  —  Hugely influential singer and songwriter's work spanned five decades  —  Leonard Cohen, the hugely influential singer and songwriter whose work spanned five decades, died at the age of 82.  Cohen's label, Sony Music Canada, confirmed his death on the singer's Facebook page.
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Leonard Cohen / Facebook:
It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet …
Debbie Dingell / Washington Post:
I said Clinton was in trouble with the voters I represent.  Democrats didn't listen.  —  Debbie Dingell, a Democrat, represents Michigan's 12th Congressional District in the House.  —  I was the crazy one.  I predicted that Hillary Clinton was in trouble in Michigan during the Democratic primary.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Ken Belson / New York Times:
As Ratings Plummet, N.F.L. Considers Reducing Ads and Length of Games  —  N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Thursday that the league was looking at a variety of ways to shorten game broadcasts, including trimming some advertising, to keep the action moving.
Discussion: ProFootballTalk
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Trump Campaigned Against Lobbyists, but Now They're on His Transition Team  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump, who campaigned against the corrupt power of special interests, is filling his transition team with some of the very sort of people who he has complained have too much clout …
Discussion: Scripting News and Daily Kos
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Insurgent Trump taps GOP insiders, lobbyists for transition
Discussion: ABC News
Bloomberg:
Trump's Original Four: The Staffers Behind His Historic Victory  —  In a campaign littered with cast-aways, they survived.  —  JenniferJJacobs  —  kevcirilli  —  Only four of Donald Trump's original inner circle of senior staff have survived all the turmoil, at Trump's side …
Discussion: Political Wire
Adrienne Cutway / WKMG:
George Zimmerman used racial slur before being removed from bar, deputies say  —  Zimmerman involved in incident at Corona Cigar Company  —  SANFORD, Fla. - George Zimmerman yelled at a female employee, used racial slurs and was “belligerent” toward a deputy before being he was removed …
David Shortell / CNN:
Mayor: Database of undocumented New Yorkers could be deleted  —  Photos:  —  Donald Trump's rise  —  President-elect Donald Trump has been in the spotlight for years.  From developing real estate and producing and starring in TV shows, he became a celebrity long before winning the White House.
Discussion: New York Magazine and The Week
Lizzy Acker / Oregonian:
After Donald Trump victory, Oregonians submit ballot proposal to secede from the union  —  Two days after Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, two Portlanders have submitted a petition for a 2018 ballot initiative to have Oregon secede from the United States.
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Freakout at General Mills  —  To borrow from the classic '60's song: Freakout strikes deep/Into your life it will creep...especially if you're subject to the war waged by other means inside one of the multifarious institutions subservient to the reigning shibboleths and clichés that dictate so much of the way we live now.
Discussion: Instapundit
Chicago Tribune:
Bystanders yell anti-Trump taunts as man beaten after car crash  —  Social media video captures a West Side beating while onlookers shout about President-elect Donald Trump.  Nov. 10, 2016.  (Chicago Tribune)  —  A man shown in a viral video getting punched and kicked as a crowd yells …
Discussion: The Root and KFOR-TV
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Rep. Gohmert: Congress will find the funds to pay for Trump's wall  —  Congress should have no problem finding the money to pay for Donald Trump's proposed border wall once the president-elect is sworn in, Rep. Louie Gohmert said Friday morning.  —  The Texas Republican said Congress …
Discussion: The Week
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
No, the Electoral College won't make Clinton president instead of Trump  —  Donald Trump won Tuesday's presidential election.  But many liberals and progressives have begun clinging to one faint hope that he could still be stopped — through the Electoral College.
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Hard Choice for Mitch McConnell: End the Filibuster or Preserve Tradition  —  WASHINGTON — Before the election, it was clear that Democrats were looking at the very real prospect of scrapping the filibuster to keep Republicans from blocking the Supreme Court nominees of a President Hillary Clinton.
Karthick Ramakrishnan / Washington Post:
Trump got more votes from people of color than Romney did.  Here's the data.  —  Just as journalism is the first draft of history, exit polls let us take some first stabs at understanding public opinion.  On the matter of politics and race, Donald Trump's victory will provide plenty of fodder …
 
 
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Andrew Reynolds / Washington Post:
The U.S. elected fewer openly LGBT legislators this cycle than last. Again.
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation and The Daily Beast
John Siciliano / Washington Examiner:
EPA rushing through regulations after Trump election
Discussion: RedState
Mike Rowe / Facebook:
Off The Wall  —  Hey Mike.  You've been very quiet.  Everything OK?
Associated Press:
John Kerry Lands In Antarctica, Highest US Official To Visit
Discussion: The Week
Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:
VIDEO: Anti-Trump rioters brawl — with each other!
Discussion: Daily Wire
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Kruse / Politico:
‘He Was Surprised as Anyone’  —  There's a tiny handful of people …
Discussion: Raw Story
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
‘Shame on You!’: CNN Panel Gets Heated Over Minorities' Fears of Trump
Discussion: Daily Wire and Raw Story
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Is This the Second Redemption?
Discussion: Washington Monthly and CityLab
Masha Gessen / The New York Review of Books:
Autocracy: Rules for Survival
Discussion: Hit & Run, DCist and Discourse.net
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
There Were No Purple* States On Tuesday
 

 
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is preparing to fire CEO Bob Bakish as soon as Monday, after he lost the trust of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video has a framework deal for NBA broadcast rights for at least a decade, starting in 2025-26; ESPN/ABC is expected to keep the finals

 
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