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8:55 AM ET, November 17, 2016

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Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Son-in-Law Could Get Key White House Role  —  Real-estate developer Jared Kushner, husband of Ivanka Trump, mulls prospect of being senior adviser or special counsel  —  President-elect Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is poised to play a powerful position in Trump's presidency …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
In Trump's Washington, rival powers and whispers in the president's ear  —  The transformation of power in Washington begins at President-elect Donald Trump's ear.  —  There are the intimates: Steven K. Bannon, the controversial provocateur and keeper of Trump's populist, nationalist flame …
Discussion: Towleroad
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Team Makes Overtures to Democrats as Transition Push Ramps Up
Discussion: Political Wire and Mother Jones
Rush Limbaugh:
Trump Transition: Getting Set to Kick Ass
Justin Fishel / ABC News:
Trump Team Requests Security Clearance for Jared Kushner
Discussion: Associated Press and Politico
Matt Dixon / Politico:
Scott to visit Trump Tower on Thursday
Discussion: Florida Politics and ABC News
Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Biden reassures on Trump: ‘Everything will be in good hands’
Discussion: ABC News and The Atlantic
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Says Transition's Going ‘Smoothly,’ Disputing Disarray Reports
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Washington girds for role reversal on executive power  —  Washington's massive about-face on executive power is underway.  —  Donald Trump's election has triggered a whiplash-inducing role reversal in D.C. legal circles, as liberals who spent the past eight years defending President Barack Obama's use …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump's Muslim registry wouldn't be illegal, constitutional law experts say
Ben White / Politico:
Bankers celebrate dawn of Trump era  —  NEW YORK — Christmas has arrived early for Wall Street in the early days of the Donald Trump era.  —  A populist candidate who railed against shady financial interests on the campaign trail is now putting together an administration that looks like an investment banker's dream.
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Associated Press:   End Dodd-Frank? Unlikely, but Consumer Agency in Crosshairs
NBC News:
Hillary Clinton Makes First Public Appearance Since Conceding the Election  —  Hillary Clinton urges supporters to ‘stay engaged’ in first speech since election 2:35  —  Hillary Clinton, making an emotional plea, urged supporters “not to give up” and to “stay engaged” in politics at a charity gala in Washington D.C. Wednesday night.
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton, in first formal talk since conceding: ‘There is common ground to build upon’
Discussion: The Week
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Clinton to urge supporters to remain active in progressive politics
Discussion: Politico
Scott Alexander / Slate Star Codex:
You Are Still Crying Wolf  —  [Content warning: hate crimes, Trump, racism.  I have turned off comments to keep out bad people who might be attracted by this sort of thing.  Avoid sharing in places where this will attract the wrong kind of attention, as per your best judgment.
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
The Clinton Campaign Was Undone By Its Own Neglect And A Touch Of Arrogance, Staffers Say  —  In key battleground states, calls for help weren't taken seriously enough.  —  WASHINGTON In the closing weeks of the presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton's staff in key Midwest states sent out alarms to their headquarters in Brooklyn.
Discussion: Power Line and AOL
The Hill:
Dems recruiting New York rep to challenge Pelosi  —  A small group of frustrated House Democrats is agitating for big changes, trying to draft Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) to challenge Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for the top leadership spot in the next Congress, a handful of lawmakers familiar with the campaign told The Hill.
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Viral Fake Election News Outperformed Real News On Facebook In Final Months Of The US Election  —  A BuzzFeed News analysis found that top fake election news stories generated more total engagement on Facebook than top election stories from 19 major news outlets combined.  —  BuzzFeed Founding Editor, Canada
Katie Glueck / Politico:
GOP learning wrong lessons from Trump win, Republicans fear  —  Republican operatives spent four years warning that the party needed to diversify — or risk a blowout at the ballot box.  Donald Trump spent the campaign trafficking in divisive racial rhetoric — and he won anyway.
Michael McAuliff / The Huffington Post:
Key Republican Puts Dagger In Push To End Filibusters  —  Orrin Hatch, the most senior GOP senator, says it's vital to protect minority party rights.  —  WASHINGTON — Republicans hankering to end the filibuster so they can enact President-elect Donald Trump's agenda without interference …
Discussion: New York Magazine
John Carreyrou / Dow Jones Newswires:
The only reason I have taken so much time away from work to address this personally is because you are Mr. Shultz's grandson.  —  Tyler Shultz, now 26 years old, was among several Theranos employees who tried to voice concerns inside the company about what they saw as troubling practices …
New York Times:
As the Democrats Lick Their Wounds  —  Re “Where the Democrats Go From Here,” by Bernie Sanders (Op-Ed, Nov. 12): Senator Sanders may have “campaigned hard” for Hillary Clinton, as he put it, but he campaigned much harder against her in the primaries.  He was entitled to do that …
Discussion: Guardian, AOL, Truthdig and Vox
Ann Coulter / Townhall.com:
Literally Shaking  —  Until the nationwide protests of the last few days, I had no idea how bad the problem was, but our nation is drowning in drama queenery.  —  The immediate reaction of most celebrities to Trump's victory was: “THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR MY TAKE ON THE ELECTION!”
Jim Norman / Gallup:
Americans' Satisfaction With U.S. Makes a U-Turn  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' satisfaction with the way things are going in the U.S. plunged 10 percentage points in the aftermath of the presidential election — retreating from a decade high of 37% in the run-up to last Tuesday's vote.
Discussion: AOL
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Specter of Race Shadows Jeff Sessions, Potential Trump Nominee for Cabinet  —  WASHINGTON — In 1981, a Justice Department prosecutor from Washington stopped by to see Jeff Sessions, the United States attorney in Mobile, Ala., at the time.  The prosecutor, J. Gerald Hebert …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Senate Democrats' Surprising Strategy: Trying to Align With Trump  —  WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats, divided and struggling for a path from the electoral wilderness, are constructing an agenda to align with many proposals of President-elect Donald J. Trump that put him at odds with his own party.
Discussion: Political Wire
The White House:
President Obama Names Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom  —  WASHINGTON, DC - Today, President Barack Obama named 21 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.  The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation's highest civilian honor, presented to individuals …
Svenska Akademien:
Bob Dylan has decided not to come to Stockholm  —  Yesterday evening the Swedish Academy received a personal letter from Bob Dylan, in which he explained that due to pre-existing commitments, he is unable to travel to Stockholm in December and therefore will not attend the Nobel Prize Ceremony.
 
 
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Joseph Serna / Los Angeles Times:
Fliers advertising ‘UCLA White Students Group’ removed from campus
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The Hill:
Ryan stops vote on bringing back earmarks
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Katie Mansfield / Daily Express:
Christians sentenced to 80 lashes by Sharia court for drinking communion wine
Discussion: The Geller Report and Jihad Watch
Henry Grabar / Slate:
The President-Elect Is Suing Washington, D.C., So His Luxury Hotel Can Pay Less in Taxes
Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
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Joe Carroll / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Permian's Wolfcamp formation called biggest shale oil field in U.S.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Next Slide  —  Former Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird …
Discussion: NBC News
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Bloomberg:
Trump Team Floats ‘Infrastructure Bank’ Derided by Campaign
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Yahoo! News:
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David Jesse / Detroit Free Press:
Jesse Jackson: Obama should pardon Hillary Clinton
The Intercept:
The NSA's Spy Hub in New York, Hidden in Plain Sight
Discussion: RT and emptywheel
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
The God That Failed  —  The 2000 election left a Democratic Party …
Jessica Shankleman / Bloomberg:
China Tells Trump That Climate Change Is No Hoax It Invented
Jessica Roy / Los Angeles Times:
Want to keep fake news out of your newsfeed? College professor creates list of sites to avoid
 

 
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