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11:55 PM ET, November 18, 2016

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New York Times:
Donald Trump Selects Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump has selected Senator Jeff Sessions, a conservative from Alabama who became a close adviser after endorsing him early in his campaign, to be the attorney general of the United States …
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
10 things to know about Sen. Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump's pick for attorney general  —  In Donald Trump's world, most roads, it seems, lead back to Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), President-elect Trump's pick for attorney general.  —  After Sessions became one of the first members of Congress …
Ari Berman / The Nation:
Jeff Sessions, Trump's Pick for Attorney General, Is a Fierce Opponent of Civil Rights
Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
In Alabama, Jeff Sessions Desegregated Schools and Got the Death Penalty for KKK Murderer
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Can Democrats stop Jeff Sessions — or any Trump nominee? It would be almost unprecedented.
Discussion: ABC News, France 24, The Daily Signal and RT
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Nikki Haley: GOP can't forget immigrants, people of color
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Michael Wolff / Hollywood Reporter:
Ringside With Steve Bannon at Trump Tower as the President-Elect's Strategist Plots “An Entirely New Political Movement” (Exclusive)  —  “I'm not a white nationalist, I'm a nationalist.  I'm an economic nationalist,” Bannon tells THR media columnist Michael Wolff as the controversial Breitbart …
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Bannon: 'I'm not a white nationalist, I'm a nationalist'  —  Stephen Bannon, who will become President-elect Donald Trump  —  's chief strategist in the new administration, is embracing the “darkness” many see in his promotion and Trump's operation.  —  “Darkness is good,” he told the Hollywood Reporter.
Steve Eder / New York Times:
Donald Trump Agrees to Pay $25 Million in Trump University Settlement  —  Donald J. Trump has reversed course and agreed to pay $25 million to settle a series of lawsuits stemming from his defunct for-profit education venture, Trump University, finally putting to rest fraud allegations by former students …
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Kenneth Lovett / New York Daily News:
President-elect Donald Trump nearing settlement in Trump University fraud case
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Bob Woodson says he is being considered by Trump for housing post  —  Robert L. Woodson Sr., who heads the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise in Washington and advises House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) on poverty issues, said late Friday that he is under consideration to be secretary …
Discussion: Politico
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Rep. Price clear favorite for Trump's HHS chief  —  Rep. Tom Price has emerged as the clear front-runner to serve as Donald Trump's secretary of Health and Human Services, according to several Republican sources close to the transition team.  —  Price, a physician and an ardent opponent of Obamacare …
Discussion: RedState
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Paul Ryan's Favorable Rating Edges Up to New High
Discussion: Hot Air
miamiherald:
Man who yelled ‘Trump!’ in viral Starbucks video: ‘I had a bad day’  —  David Sanguesa said he was having a bad day.  —  But it seems Sanguesa has had many bad days.  Wednesday was just the latest.  That was the day he was captured on video angrily yelling “Trump!” and “I voted for Trump! …
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Alex Leininger / CNN:
Trump supporters launch #TrumpCup as a protest against Starbucks  —  (CNN)Donald Trump supporters have started asking for their Starbucks drinks under Trump's name as a movement against the coffee giant.  —  After a viral video showing a Trump supporter yelling at a barista gained traction on Wednesday …
Stephen B. Presser / Chicago Tribune:
Commentary: What American law professors forgot and what Trump knew  —  President-elect Donald Trump speaks during election night at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York on Nov. 9, 2016.  —  It was lonely being a Donald Trump supporter in the legal academy.
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Cruz doesn't close door on Supreme Court seat
Discussion: Hot Air, RedState and Towleroad
Emily Kirkpatrick / People.com:
'Designers Won't Dress the Trumps,' Source Says, as Sophie Theallet Writes Open Letter Refusing to Dress Melania  —  A week and a half after Donald Trump officially became America's new President-Elect, the reverberations of that decisions can still be felt far and wide.
Bloomberg:
California's Democrats Are Ready for Political War  —  “We're going to do everything in our power to protect our people and our values.”  —  James Nash , Esmé E Deprez  —  Subscribe Reprints  —  The Republicans are about to control Congress and the presidency for the first time in a decade …
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding
Jennifer Williams / Vox:
Mike Pompeo, Trump's pick for CIA director, could take the agency back to its darkest days  —  President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Republican Rep. Mike Pompeo of Kansas to head the Central Intelligence Agency, putting a hawkish lawmaker who favors brutally interrogating detainees and expanding …
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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Mike Pompeo, Sharp Critic of Hillary Clinton, Is Trump's Pick to Lead C.I.A.
Daily Mail:
Transition official says Trump will make Mike Huckabee ambassador to Israel and move U.S. embassy to Jerusalem: ‘Governor Huckabee is going to see it through’  — Huckabee is a two-time former White House hopeful and former governor of Arkansas; he met with Donald Trump on Friday afternoon
Deadspin:
Boo Mike Pence Whenever Possible  —  Tonight, Vice President-elect Mike Pence decided to take in a performance of Hamilton.  But apparently, as soon as he walked in the theater, the only good Hamilton fans in the world started booing like crazy.  This is the sound Mike Pence should hear every single time he leaves his house.
Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
AP: Obama Mentoring Trump On World Leadering  —  BERLIN (AP) — It's the last thing President Barack Obama ever expected he'd be doing in his final months in office: Coaching Donald Trump on how to be a world leader.  —  As the president-elect holes up in his skyscraper …
Discussion: Associated Press
Esther Whieldon / Politico:
Obama cuts Arctic waters from five-year drilling plan  —  President Barack Obama is throwing up roadblocks to Donald Trump's pledges to expand offshore drilling, with a new plan that will declare parts of the Arctic off-limits.  —  Obama's Interior Department on Friday issued …
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Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
On its way out, Obama administration moves to slam the door shut on Arctic drilling
Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Week and Grist
Darren Rovell / ABC News:
Autographed Trump Hats and Books Sold on His Website Were Signed by Machine  —  Throughout now-President-elect Donald Trump's presidential campaign, countless money was raised by offering signed items in exchange for a donation.  —  These items offered on his website, including signed hats …
 
 
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Catherine Ho / Washington Post:
Lobbyists are still involved in Trump team, despite the president-elect's pledge to remove their influence
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Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
Why a Minn. mom is suing her transgender teen and the clinic that gave her hormones
Discussion: RT, New York Magazine and KFOR-TV
New York Times:
Iraqis Welcome Trump's Stance on ISIS, but Fear It May Backfire
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Citing Trump win, feds move to put immigration suit on ice
Discussion: Washington Times, RedState and Hot Air
Erik Sandoval / WKMG:
Santa at Sanford mall replaced for saying Hillary Clinton on naughty list
Chris Arnold / NPR:
Federal Reserve Chair Throws Cold Water On Trump's Economic Plan
Discussion: USA Today, The Resurgent and EconLog
Jacob Bernstein / New York Times:
How Van Jones Became a Star of the 2016 Campaign
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Mother Jones:
Here's Evidence Steve Bannon Joined a Facebook Group That Posts Racist Rants and Obama Death Threats
 Earlier Items: 
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Dems hit new low in state legislatures
Discussion: Politico and neo-neocon
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Michael Flynn, Trump's reported pick for national security adviser, sat in on intel briefings …
Mark Lilla / New York Times:
The End of Identity Liberalism
 

 
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