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4:45 PM ET, November 15, 2016

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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Staff Shake-Up Slows Transition to Near Halt  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump's transition operation plunged into disarray on Tuesday with the abrupt resignation of Mike Rogers, who had handled national security matters, the second shake-up in a week on a team …
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NBC News:
Trump Transition Shake-Up Part of ‘Stalinesque Purge’ of Christie Loyalists  —  Trump Transition: Security Clearances Sought For Mostly D.C. Insiders 2:05  —  The Donald Trump transition, already off to slow start, bogged down further Tuesday with the abrupt resignation of former Congressman Mike Rogers …
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg.com:
Ex-Intelligence Chairman Rogers Leaves Trump Transition Team  —  Former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers left President-elect Donald Trump's transition team, days after Trump's surprise victory and a shakeup at the top of the team's organizational chart.
Jamie McIntyre / Washington Examiner:
Lost in transition: Team Trump a no-show at DoD  —  They are not feeling the love over at the Pentagon these days.  —  Under orders from the big boss to welcome the transition team from President-elect Trump with model efficiency and military precision, the armed services and civilian officials …
John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's Great Bait and Switch
Discussion: alan.com, Bloomberg.com and Mediaite
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump Transition Stalls as Kushner Said to Oust Christie Allies
Discussion: Politico and Vox
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Trump transition team changes described as ‘Stalinesque purge’ of Christie allies: report
Discussion: RedState and Reuters
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Breitbart News planning lawsuit against ‘major media company’  —  Breitbart News is preparing a lawsuit against a “major media company” over claims that it is a white nationalist website, it said in an exclusive statement to The Hill.  —  The website has been under intense scrutiny since President-elect Donald Trump
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New York Times:
‘Turn On the Hate’: Steve Bannon at the White House  —  Anyone holding out hope that Donald Trump would govern as a uniter — that the racism, sexism, anti-Semitism and nativism of his campaign were just poses to pick up votes — should think again.  —  In an ominous sign of what the Trump presidency …
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Carson not interested in serving in Trump administration  —  Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has told President-elect Donald Trump  —  that he isn't interested in serving as secretary of Health and Human Services, a Carson ally confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday.
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Raffi Williams / Circa:
Ridiculed during primaries, endorsed Trump anyway  —  Carson was seen as a favorite for the position — he was an early backer of Trump, he's a world-renowned physician and he has staunchly, consistently opposed Obamacare.  Whoever runs HHS will be tasked with dismantling the Affordable Care Act.
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Ben Carson Turns Down Cabinet Post in Trump Administration
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Ben Carson is unlikely to serve in Trump's Cabinet
Discussion: Guardian and Morning Consult
Sen. Rand Paul / Rare:
Rand Paul: Will Donald Trump betray voters by hiring John Bolton?  —  Article will continue after advertisement  —  Rumors are that Donald Trump might pick John Bolton for Secretary of State.  Heaven forbid.  —  One of the things I occasionally liked about the President-elect was his opposition to the Iraq war and regime change.
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Giuliani was paid advocate for shady Iranian dissident group
Discussion: New Century Times
The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Leaning Toward Extreme Militant John Bolton As Secretary Of State
Ben Weyl / Politico:
GOP and Trump put deficit on back burner  —  A serious case of fiscal amnesia may soon be sweeping the GOP.  —  For eight years, Republicans hammered President Barack Obama for exploding the national debt.  But now a GOP-led spending spree is coming, with Donald Trump riding to the White House …
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Erin Kelly / USA Today:
House Republicans unanimously back Paul Ryan for another term as speaker
Discussion: Politico, RedState, The Week and TheBlaze
Rob Bluey / The Daily Signal:
House GOP Weighs Proposal to Bring Back Earmarks
NBC News:
Republicans Re-Elect Paul Ryan as Speaker of the House
Discussion: CNBC, The Gateway Pundit and alan.com
Alexei Koseff / Sacramento Bee:
Colin Kaepernick has never registered to vote in any election  —  Colin Kaepernick raised eyebrows last week when he revealed that he did not vote in the presidential election amid a football season in which his protest of racial inequality gained national attention.  In fact, it would have been problematic if he had.
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: What Trump Told Obama  —  NOTABLES  —OBAMA SAYS TRUMP TOLD HIM HE WOULD SUPPORT NATO: President Obama said yesterday that President-elect Donald Trump told him personally that he would maintain a strong “commitment” to NATO — after the real estate mogul threatened to abandon the alliance during the campaign.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama, grappling with Trump's win, takes the long view
Discussion: ABC News
Charles Ventura / USA Today:
Trump didn't request top secret clearance for his kids: official
Tegna / KGW-TV:
More than half of arrested anti-Trump protesters didn't vote in Oregon … Portland, Ore.—More than half of the anti-Trump protesters arrested in Portland didn't vote in Oregon, according to state election records.  —  At least sixty-nine demonstrators either didn't turn in a ballot or weren't registered to vote in the state.
Adam Gabbatt / Guardian:
Trump's name to be removed from New York buildings to appeal to renters  —  Owner of Upper West Side ‘Trump Place’ buildings, developed by the businessman, aims for ‘more neutral building identity’  —  Donald Trump's name will be permanently removed from a series of New York City buildings on Wednesday …
Discussion: New York Times and The Week
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Katie Ferrell / WCMH-TV:
OSU Protester tackled while demonstrating against Pres. elect Trump  —  COLUMBUS (WCMH) — The suspect accused of tackling a speaker at an anti-trump protest at Ohio State Monday night was in court this morning.  —  The suspect OSU student Shane Michael Stanton, 24, was given a $2,500 bond while being arraigned Tuesday.
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Considering Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theorist For Top Nat Sec Role  —  Donald Trump is considering naming anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist Clare Lopez as his deputy national security adviser, according to a list of possible appointees the Daily Caller published Tuesday.
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Michelle Fields / The Huffington Post:
Trump Reportedly Considering Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theorist For Deputy National Security Adviser
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
Rick Hampson / USA Today:
Exclusive: Fox anchor Megyn Kelly describes scary, bullying ‘Year of Trump’  —  NEW YORK — Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly said she thinks Donald Trump was agitated before the first GOP primary debate not because he'd learned she was going to confront him about his insulting descriptions of women …
John Bresnahan / Politico:
House Democrats delay leadership elections in blow to Pelosi  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi agreed Tuesday morning to delay Democratic leadership elections until after Thanksgiving following an outcry from several dozen members who said they needed more time to assess last week's devastating election.
Abi Wilkinson / Guardian:
We need to talk about the online radicalisation of young, white men  —  With the appointment of Breitbart News's chair to Trump's staff we need to be clear about the links between misogyny, racism and neofascism on alt-right websites  —  Become a Guardian supporter or make a contribution
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Tom Price being considered for HHS secretary
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
Elizabeth Warren Criticizes Donald Trump Over Lobbyists in Transition Team
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Cafe Hayek
Morning Call:
After assaulting girlfriend at Sands, man sues casino, says he's a victim
Discussion: New York Magazine, Law News and Jezebel
Lisa Roberson / Chronicle-Telegram:
Victim gives searing statement as Fine receives 12-year sentence
 Earlier Items: 
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
The merger of the Trump administration and the Trump Organization took 6 days
Joe DiSipio / The Hill:
Rob Reiner: Trump represents last ‘battle of the Civil War’
Discussion: Raw Story
Eduardo Porter / New York Times:
Trump Campaign's Easy Answers Confront Hard Reality
Discussion: Daily Kos and Business Insider
Alvin Chang / Vox:
I looked at 2 years of front pages.  Trump's Muslim ban got far less attention than Clinton's emails.
Lu Wang / Bloomberg:
Trump Tech Meltdown Hits Fourth Day With Amazon Cut by $35 Billion
Discussion: Don Surber
Lindsey Bever / Washington Post:
‘Ape in heels’: W.Va. officials under fire after racist comments about Michelle Obama
 

 
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
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