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12:15 PM ET, November 17, 2016

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Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
Facebook fake-news writer: ‘I think Donald Trump is in the White House because of me’  —  What do the Amish lobby, gay wedding vans and the ban of the national anthem have in common?  For starters, they're all make-believe — and invented by the same man.  —  Paul Horner, the 38-year-old impresario …
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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
NBC News:
The Great ‘Normalization’ Debate of 2016
Discussion: Daily Kos and Vox
NBC News:
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper Resigns  —  Director of National Intelligence James Clapper submitted his resignation Wednesday evening.  —  Clapper has said in interviews with NBC News over the last year that he was counting down the days to stepping down at the end of President Obama's final term in office.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and alan.com
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Bryan Bender / Politico:
National intelligence chief Clapper resigns  —  Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Thursday that he has submitted his resignation to President Barack Obama and will not stay on past the transition to Donald Trump.  —  Clapper offered the news during his opening statement …
Discussion: ABC News and Daily Kos
Nicole Gaouette / CNN:
Top US intelligence official: I submitted my resignation
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Spy chief James Clapper resigns
Discussion: Mother Jones
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Hoekstra: I'd take CIA director job if offered  —  Former Rep. Pete Hoekstra, an ex-chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Thursday that he would accept the job of CIA director if it were offered to him by President-elect Donald Trump.  —  “I'd take the job if Mr. Trump decided …
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Fox News:
Trump transition team announces five-year lobbying ban for appointees
Discussion: RedState and NBC News
Associated Press:
The Latest: Pence Departs GOP Huddle With Optimistic Words
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Team Makes Overtures to Democrats as Transition Push Ramps Up  —  President-elect meets with New York Mayor Bill de Blasio; support for public-works program signaled  —  President-elect Donald Trump is making overtures to Democrats as his transition efforts ramp up …
Discussion: Mother Jones and Political Wire
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Rick Perry considered for Energy Secretary: report
Discussion: RedState
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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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Surrogate: Japanese Internment Camps A ‘Precedent’ For Muslim Registry (VIDEO)
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.
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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Matt Dixon / Politico:
Scott to visit Trump Tower on Thursday
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Trump Favorability Up, but Trails Other Presidents-Elect  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Donald Trump's favorable rating has improved from 34% to 42% after his election as president.  While a majority in the U.S. still have an unfavorable view of him, his image is the best it has been since March 2011 when 43% viewed him positively.
Discussion: Vox, Politicus USA and Raw Story
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.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Sanders won't join Democratic Party  —  (I-Vt.) won't officially join the Democratic Party even though he was appointed to a leadership position within the Senate Democratic caucus this week.  —  “I was elected as an Independent and I will finish this term as an Independent,” …
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
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.
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.
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 …
Discussion: Unfogged
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, Truthdig, Slate and Vox
Jerry Iannelli / Miami New Times:
Video: Miami Man Screams “Trump!” at Black Starbucks Employee, Claims “White Discrimination”  —  Around 4:30 p.m. today, Jorge de Cárdenas was getting some work done in a Starbucks on South Dixie Highway near the University of Miami.  A group of people stood waiting in line at the counter for their coffee and snacks.
Katy Collin / Washington Post:
The electoral college badly distorts the vote.  And it's going to get worse.  —  Donald Trump won the United States presidency with 290 votes in the electoral college.  Hillary Clinton won the popular vote with 62,568,373 votes, as of Nov. 16, to President-elect Trump's 61,336,159.
Indianapolis Star:
Total abortion ban proposed in Indiana  —  An Indiana lawmaker plans to introduce a bill that would outlaw and criminalize all forms of abortion in Indiana.  —  State Rep. Curt Nisly said Wednesday he will file so-called “Protection at Conception” legislation when the General Assembly convenes in January.
Discussion: Raw Story and Fox 59
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 …
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.
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
The Democrats Won't Autopsy Their Own Corpse  —  The Democrats already know the cause of their utter electoral humiliation: all those flyover people who had voted for Obama last time were actually racists who demonstrated their racism by not voting for the tired old white lady too.
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Henry Grabar / Slate:
The President-Elect Is Suing Washington, D.C., So His Luxury Hotel Can Pay Less in Taxes  —  The president-elect is suing the nation's capital over hotel taxes.  —  Henry Grabar is a staff writer for Slate's Moneybox.  —  Lawyers for an LLC owned by Donald Trump and his children will try again …
 
 
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Sherrod Brown / New York Times:
When Work Loses Its Dignity
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The Hill:
Clinton: ‘All I wanted to do was just to curl up’ this past week
Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Cruz: Dems seem to be getting ‘nuttier and nuttier’
Discussion: RedState, Mediaite and Fox News Insider
The Hill:
Ryan stops vote on bringing back earmarks
Discussion: Hot Air and Instapundit
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Specter of Race Shadows Jeff Sessions, Potential Trump Nominee for Cabinet
Discussion: Law News and Raw Story
Ann Coulter / Townhall.com:
Literally Shaking  —  Until the nationwide protests …
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
The Clinton Campaign Was Undone By Its Own Neglect And A Touch Of Arrogance, Staffers Say
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