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1:55 AM ET, November 19, 2016

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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.
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 …
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Selects Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General
Ari Berman / The Nation:
Jeff Sessions, Trump's Pick for Attorney General, Is a Fierce Opponent of Civil Rights
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
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
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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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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
Chicago Tribune:
Grandson of Congressman Danny Davis slain, 3 others hurt in city shootings  —  Chicago Tribune illustration  —  Deanese Williams-Harris, Rosemary Regina Sobol and Grace Wong Contact Reporters  —  The 15-year-old grandson of Congressman Danny Davis has been fatally shot in a home invasion, according to Davis and police.
Discussion: Q13 FOX News
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
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 …
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, Grist and The Week
Catherine Ho / Washington Post:
Lobbyists are still involved in Trump team, despite the president-elect's pledge to remove their influence  —  Lobbyists are continuing to advise Donald Trump's transition planning, despite the president-elect's pledge to rid the process of their involvement.
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Iraqis Welcome Trump's Stance on ISIS, but Fear It May Backfire  —  ERBIL, Iraq — Many Muslims in the Middle East have reacted with a mix of caution, suspicion and scorn to Donald J. Trump's election victory and his appointments of aides with hostile views toward Islam.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Citing Trump win, feds move to put immigration suit on ice  —  In one of the Justice Department's first moves triggered by Donald Trump's win in the presidential race, lawyers for the federal government are joining in a request to put on hold a lawsuit that blocked some of President Barack Obama's key executive actions on immigration.
Discussion: Washington Times, RedState and Hot Air
 
 
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Stephen B. Presser / Chicago Tribune:
Commentary: What American law professors forgot and what Trump knew
Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
Why a Minn. mom is suing her transgender teen and the clinic that gave her hormones
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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: Mediaite and Raw Story
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Nikki Haley: GOP can't forget immigrants, people of color
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Mother Jones:
Here's Evidence Steve Bannon Joined a Facebook Group That Posts Racist Rants and Obama Death Threats
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Cruz doesn't close door on Supreme Court seat
Discussion: Hot Air, RedState and Towleroad
 Earlier Items: 
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Dems hit new low in state legislatures
Discussion: neo-neocon and Politico
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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Jez Corden / Windows Central:
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Wall Street Journal:
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