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5:55 PM ET, November 23, 2016

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Chad Livengood / Detroit News:
Trump picks Betsy DeVos for education secretary post  —  Lansing — President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said he intends to appoint West Michigan GOP mega donor and philanthropist Betsy DeVos to be his education secretary, putting an ardent supporter of school choice in charge of the nation's education policy.
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Philissa Cramer / Chalkbeat:
What a Betsy DeVos appointment can tell us about Trump's education plans  —  Update: President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Michigan philanthropist Betsy DeVos to be his education secretary.  —  DeVos, an advocate for school vouchers, has chaired the Michigan Republican party and played …
New York Times:
Trump Diversifies Cabinet; Picks Nikki Haley and Betsy DeVos  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump named two prominent Republican women to cabinet posts on Wednesday, recruiting Betsy DeVos, a prominent Republican philanthropist and educational activist, as education secretary …
Mother Jones:
They beat Big Labor in its own backyard. Next up: your state?
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Elizabeth Chuck / NBC News:
Trump Selects Charter School Advocate Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary
Discussion: Towleroad, The Guardian and NBC News
Emma Brown / Washington Post:
Trump picks billionaire Betsy DeVos, school voucher advocate, as education secretary
Discussion: Vox and Diane Ravitch's blog
New York Times:
Donald Trump's New York Times Interview: Full Transcript  —  Following is a transcript of President-elect Donald J. Trump's interview on Tuesday with reporters, editors and opinion columnists from The New York Times.  The transcription was prepared by Liam Stack, Jonah Engel Bromwich, Karen Workman and Tim Herrera of The Times.
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Oliver Milman / The Guardian:
Trump to scrap Nasa climate research in crackdown on ‘politicized science’  —  Nasa's Earth science division is set to be stripped of funding as the president-elect seeks to shift focus away from home in favor of deep space exploration  —  Donald Trump is poised to eliminate …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Trump offers housing secretary job to man who wants to gut law banning housing discrimination  —  It would be a bonanza for banks if he succeeds.  —  Remember Dr. Ben Carson, the genius brain surgeon who spent most of his presidential campaign acting as a living demonstration of why great success …
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J. Alex Halderman:
Want to Know if the Election was Hacked?  Look at the Ballots  —  You may have read at NYMag that I've been in discussions with the Clinton campaign about whether it might wish to seek recounts in critical states.  That article, which includes somebody else's description of my views …
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Leonard Greene / New York Daily News:
Election results may have been hacked in three swing states Trump won, activists want Clinton to seek recount
Andy Shain / Post and Courier:
Gov. Nikki Haley picked to become UN ambassador, sources say … COLUMBIA — President-elect Donald Trump is picking South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to become his U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, The Post and Courier has learned.  —  The move, expected Wednesday …
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Jay Solomon / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Jr. Held Talks on Syria With Russia Supporters  —  Disclosure of the Paris meetings in October could heighten focus on the president-elect's desire to cooperate with the Kremlin  —  WASHINGTON—Donald Trump's eldest son, emerging as a potential envoy for the president-elect …
Katie Hall / Austin American-Statesman:
Burnet County judge apologizes for ‘time for a tree and a rope’ comment  —  The top elected official in Burnet County commented on Facebook that it is “time for a tree and a rope” in a post regarding the arrest of the man suspected of killing San Antonio police Det.
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Daniel Halper / New York Post:
Key adviser claims Elton John will play at Trump's inauguration  —  Elton John will perform at Donald Trump's inauguration, claimed a key adviser, who championed the billionaire as the first president ever to enter the White House with a “pro-gay rights” stance.
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:   No, Elton John Will Not Perform at the Trump Inauguration
Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Former Sanders Spokeswoman: “We Don't Need White People Leading The Democratic Party”  —  Symone Sanders, former spokeswoman for the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, appeared on CNN Wednesday afternoon to weigh in on the future of the DNC and the Democratic party.
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New York Times:
Democrats' Leadership Fight Pits West Wing Against Left Wing
Brent Griffiths / Politico:
Gingrich: Kushner may need nepotism waiver  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich voiced support for the idea that President-elect Donald Trump could tap his son-in-law to revamp peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians.  But he cautioned that a decades-old nepotism law could require Trump get a waiver for Jared Kushner.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Fox News:
Gingrich: ‘I can think of 20 other people’ better suited for secretary of state than Romney
Discussion: The Hill, neo-neocon, Hot Air and TheBlaze
Robert O'Harrow Jr / Washington Post:
Trump adviser received salary from charity while steering Breitbart News  —  Donald Trump's chief White House strategist Stephen K. Bannon accepted $376,000 in pay over four years for working 30 hours a week at a tiny tax-exempt charity in Tallahassee while also serving as the hands-on executive chairman of Breitbart News Network.
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Robert De Niro changes tune on Trump  —  Robert De Niro is striking a more diplomatic tone regarding President-elect Donald Trump  —  , whom he previously said he'd like to “punch ... in the face.”  —  “I would only say that we're all hoping, waiting and hoping, that he will lead the country …
Charleston Gazette-Mail:
Police: East End shooter said ‘another piece of trash off the street’ … The 62-year-old man accused of shooting and killing an unarmed teenager on Charleston's East End Monday night was not allowed to have a gun, because of a previous domestic violence conviction.
Discussion: AOL and The Root
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Demand for Love  —  I had just shaken the president-elect's normal-size hand and he was moving on to the next person when he wheeled around, took a half step back, touched my arm and looked me in the eye anew.  —  “I'm going to get you to write some good stuff about me,” Donald Trump said.
Christiane Amanpour / CNN:
Journalism faces an ‘existential crisis’ in Trump era  —  CNN's chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour has been awarded the Committee to Project Journalists' Burton Benjamin Memorial Award for “extraordinary and sustained achievement in the cause of press freedom.”
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Stuck in an uncomfortable talk about politics this Thanksgiving?  There's a hotline to help.  —  There is that famous old saying that one should never discuss politics or religion at the dinner table.  But an organization created to help white people talk to other whites about race is urging the opposite approach this Thanksgiving.
Discussion: USA Today, Hot Air and RedState
 
 
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Eileen Buckley / WBFO:
County lawmaker calls for ban on conversion therapy
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Towleroad
New York Post:
Man accused of trying to push commuter onto tracks for being white
Discussion: Fox News Insider and Mediaite
Ian Kullgren / Politico:
Obama appears to take shot at Trump during turkey pardon
Discussion: Vox
Patricia Laya / Bloomberg:
Consumer Sentiment in U.S. Jumps After Trump Election Victory
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Sanders: Difficult to discuss ‘serious issues’ in current media
 Earlier Items: 
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Scarborough: Obama came in as ‘Black Jesus’
Discussion: RedState and Hot Air
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Raises Prospect of Keeping Ties to His Firms
Bloomberg:
Ex-BB&T CEO Allison Said to Be in Running for Treasury Chief
Discussion: Hit & Run
Tim LaPira / Washington Post:
Trump's lobbying ban might actually make corruption worse
Discussion: Daily Kos
Hope Hodge Seck / Military.com:
Corps Wants to Put Silencers on a Whole Infantry Battalion
Discussion: Instapundit
Conrad Black / New York Sun:
Its Defeat by Trump