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2:50 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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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.
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Fight erupts among Democrats for control of party in crisis
Discussion: The Hayride
Burgess Everett / Politico:   Reid: Trump a ‘sexual predator who lost the popular vote’
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
DNC Staffer Screams At Donna Brazile For Helping Elect Donald Trump
Peter W. Stevenson / Washington Post:
‘Prediction professor’ who called Trump's big win also made another forecast: Trump will be impeached  —  Few prognosticators predicted a Donald Trump victory ahead of Tuesday night.  Polls showed Hillary Clinton comfortably ahead, and much of America (chiefly the media) …
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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.
New York Times:
Vice President-Elect Pence to Take Over Trump Transition Effort  —  WASHINGTON — Vice President-elect Mike Pence will take over the job of leading Donald J. Trump's transition effort, taking the helm from Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, as Mr. Trump moves to assemble a government …
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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Dean Baker / cepr.net:
Surviving the Age of Trump  —  I will claim no special insight into the politics that led to Trump's election Tuesday.  I was as surprised as anyone else when not just Florida and North Carolina, but also Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin started to turn red.  But that's history now.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
And Here We Go  —  Paul Ryan just announced that as part …
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 …
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Insurgent Trump taps GOP insiders, lobbyists for transition
New York Times:   Shake-Up at Donald Trump's Transition Team: Enter Mike Pence
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
Emily Smith / New York Post:
Chelsea Clinton being groomed to run for Congress  —  More On:  —  While some pundits are declaring the Clinton political dynasty dead, sources tell us that it is far from over.  Chelsea Clinton is being groomed for the New York seat held by Rep. Nita Lowey.
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.
Patrick Hussion / WYFF-TV:
Sen. Lindsey Graham offers thoughts on Supreme Court nominee … GREENVILLE, S.C. —  Sen. Lindsey Graham made a stop Friday in the Upstate.  —  Graham attended the Veterans Day ceremony at Greenville MemorialHospital and spoke with WYFF News 4's Patrick Hussion about the open seat on the Supreme Court.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Hard Choice for Mitch McConnell: End the Filibuster or Preserve Tradition
Discussion: New York Magazine and Daily Kos
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 …
USA Today:
Keep the Electoral College: Our view  —  Elections are confusing.  Learn what the Electoral College is in under a minute.  —  A national popular vote would bring its own set of problems.  —  With Hillary Clinton more than 300,000 votes ahead of President-elect Donald Trump in the popular vote count …
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
No, the Electoral College won't make Clinton president instead of Trump
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
If you have a preexisting health condition, don't even think about leaving your job  —  Job lock is back.  —  If President-elect Trump follows through on his campaign promises, millions of individuals—immigrants, religious minorities, people of color—face a very grim four years.
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation and KTLA
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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
Azadeh Ansari / CNN:
Anti-Trump protesters march for 3rd night; Portland police call it a ‘riot’  —  Trump tweets response to second day of protests  —  (CNN)Thousands protesting Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election took to the streets for a third night of demonstrations and vigils in several US cities.
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
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.”
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 Daily Caller, The Root and KTLA
Jessica Guynn / USA Today:
Facebook to stop ads that target, exclude races  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook says it will no longer allow advertisers to exclude specific racial and ethnic groups when placing ads related to housing, credit or employment.  —  “We are going to turn off, actually prohibit …
 
 
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The Huffington Post:
Hillary Clinton's Vaunted GOTV Operation May Have Turned Out Trump Voters
Anna Palmer / Politico:
Clinton campaign email: Comey letters threw the election to Trump
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
KKK to hold parade in North Carolina celebrating Trump victory
Discussion: RedState, Jezebel, Daily Kos and RT
Blanche Johnson / Fox News:
Pat Boone: Donald Trump's win is a slap in the face for Hollywood
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?
Bloomberg:
Trump's Original Four: The Staffers Behind His Historic Victory
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Freakout at General Mills
Discussion: Instapundit
 Earlier Items: 
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Rep. Gohmert: Congress will find the funds to pay for Trump's wall
Discussion: The Week
Karthick Ramakrishnan / Washington Post:
Trump got more votes from people of color than Romney did. Here's the data.
Adrienne Cutway / WKMG:
George Zimmerman used racial slur before being removed from bar, deputies say
Michael Kruse / Politico:
‘He Was Surprised as Anyone’  —  There's a tiny handful of people …
Discussion: Raw Story
Debbie Dingell / Washington Post:
I said Clinton was in trouble with the voters I represent. Democrats didn't listen.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Richard Gehr / Rolling Stone:
Leonard Cohen Dead at 82
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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