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5:45 PM ET, November 29, 2016

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U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly of Indiana:
Donnelly Announces He Will Oppose Nomination of Tom Price for HHS Secretary, Cites Medicare Privatization  —  Senator has been staunch supporter of Medicare and vocal opponent of efforts to end Medicare as we know it  —  Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly announced …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
How Many People Just Voted Themselves Out of Health Care?  (Updated) (Updated again) (And again)  —  My original update was right!  Screwed up dates.  So it's back to around 5 1/2 million Trump chumps.  —  As Greg Sargent points out, the choice of Tom Price for HHS probably means the death of Obamacare.
Discussion: Raw Story
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
By picking Tom Price to lead HHS, Trump shows he's absolutely serious about dismantling Obamacare  —  Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), President-elect Donald Trump's pick for health and human services secretary, already has a plan for how to abolish Obamacare.  —  The Washington Post reported late Monday …
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Here's how Trump's HHS pick wants to replace Obamacare
Discussion: Townhall.com and Instapundit
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Trump names Rep. Tom Price as next HHS secretary
David Dayen / The Nation:
Donald Trump Is Coming for Your Medicare
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Obamacare is probably toast. And a lot of poor, white Trump voters will get hurt by it.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and CBS Miami
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Dem senator: I'll ‘beat the hell out of you’ for burning flag  —  (D-W.Va.) lashed out at flag burning on Tuesday after President-elect Donald Trump  —  raised the issue.  —  “It's a First Amendment right, but you do it in front of me, I'm going to beat the hell out of you,” Manchin said, according to a Roll Call reporter.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump calls for jailing, revoking citizenship of flag-burners  —  Burning an American flag should be a crime, President-elect Donald Trump wrote on Twitter Tuesday morning, punishable by a forfeiture of U.S. citizenship or a year in jail.  —  “Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell pushes back at Trump on flag-burning comments  —  (R-Ky.) is taking issue with President-elect Donald Trump  —  's suggestion that flag burners go to jail or lose their citizenship.  —  “The Supreme Court has held that that activity is a protected First Amendment right,” McConnell told reporters on Tuesday.
Discussion: Political Wire
USA Today:
Trump denounces flag burning
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Elaine Chao expected to be Trump's transportation secretary  —  Former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao is set to be announced later Tuesday as President-elect Donald Trump's choice to head the Department of Transportation, multiple sources familiar with the decision confirmed Tuesday morning.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Former VP Dan Quayle Visits Trump Tower
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
Susan Page / USA Today:
Gingrich calls Trump tweet about vote fraud a big mistake  —  WASHINGTON — Former House speaker Newt Gingrich calls Donald Trump a potentially transformative president.  But he shouldn't have sent out that tweet alleging election fraud.  —  In an interview Tuesday with Capital Download …
Southern Poverty Law Center:
Ten Days After: Harassment and Intimidation in the Aftermath of the Election  —  Just a week before the November 8th election, attackers set a church in Greenville, Mississippi, on fire.  The historically black church was targeted in what authorities believe was an act of voter intimidation …
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Amanda Taub / New York Times:
How Stable Are Democracies?  ‘Warning Signs Are Flashing Red’  —  WASHINGTON — Yascha Mounk is used to being the most pessimistic person in the room.  Mr. Mounk, a lecturer in government at Harvard, has spent the past few years challenging one of the bedrock assumptions of Western politics …
Jamie Satterfield / Knoxville News-Sentinel:
Next Slide  —  More than 14,000 people had been evacuated from Gatlinburg alone, with hundreds of them seeking refuge in emergency shelters.  —  Beason and Hensley, who arrived in East Tennessee a month ago from Mississippi and were staying at the Bedrock Motel, said they left …
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AJ Vicens / Mother Jones:
The Republican Governor of North Carolina Has Finally Run Out of Options  —  The North Carolina State Board of Elections on Monday night dismissed the bulk of Republican Gov. Pat McCrory's ballot challenges in the disputed governor's race.  Their ruling, along with a vote difference …
Alice Miranda Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Republicans block program to register 2 million Illinois voters  —  A vote to override the governor's veto narrowly failed.  —  On Tuesday, the Illinois General Assembly narrowly voted to uphold the governor's veto of a bill that would have automatically registered two million voters across the state.
Discussion: Chicago Sun Times
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump's ‘Thank You Tour’ Said to Start in Ohio on Thursday  —  Aide says the lap through swing states isn't victory tour  —  Republican credited rallies for win over Hillary Clinton  —  President-elect Donald Trump will begin a “Thank You Tour” on Thursday in Cincinnati …
The Independent:
Concerns have been raised by protestors on social media, who claim that people are arriving at the Standing Rock demonstration for the “cultural experience” and treating it like Burning Man festival.  —  Protestor Alicia Smith wrote on Facebook: “On my way back from the camps.
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Deadline for Wisconsin Recount Payment Looming  —  The next deadline that has to be met in order for a vote recount to take place in Wisconsin is set for this afternoon, when the two third-party candidates who are pushing for the recount of the general election votes have to submit payment.
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Gingrich: Jill Stein represents ‘nut wing of American politics’
Discussion: Political Wire and ABC News
JJ Gallagher / ABC News:
‘GMA’ Exclusive: Husband of Sherri Papini Speaks Out About His Family's Ordeal  —  The husband of a Sherri Papini, a California mom who went missing for three weeks after allegedly being kidnapped while out for a jog, is speaking out about his family's ordeal in an exclusive statement to “Good Morning America.”
Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:
BET founder says Trump is not a racist, and stocks are right to rally post-election  —  Democratic media mogul Bob Johnson, who met with President-elect Donald Trump earlier this month, told CNBC on Tuesday the post-election rally in the stock market has been a reaction to having a businessman in the White House.
GovExec.com:
GSA's Trump Hotel Lease Debacle  —  As the clock ticks down towards President-elect Donald Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration, the window is rapidly closing on the General Services Administration's opportunity to extricate itself from the Trump Organization's lease of the historic Post Office Pavilion.
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Future of the American Center  —  Over the past few decades, party loyalty has been the defining feature of national politics.  Especially in the House but even in the Senate, members deferred to their party leaders.  Congress as a whole deferred to the presidency.
 
 
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Ben Brody / Bloomberg:
Treasury Contender Allison: Meeting Trump ‘Like a Job Interview’
Discussion: New York Times
CNBC:
New York Times subscription growth soars tenfold, adding 132,000, after Trump's win
Elana Schor / Politico:
Graham challenges Trump to prove claims of voter fraud
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
CNN Anchor: Americans Should Wear Hijabs To Show Solidarity With Fearful Muslims [VIDEO]
Addy Baird / Politico:
4 elected officials arrested at Fight for $15 rally
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Abortion foes plot wave of legislation in the states
Discussion: Hot Air, Real Clear Politics and Feeds
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
House GOP leader: Repeal ObamaCare now, replace it later
Discussion: RedState
 Earlier Items: 
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump and Bloomberg seek to bury the hatchet in lengthy phone call
Discussion: Political Wire
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Grassley wants hearing on Trump AG before inauguration
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
House Dems brace for Wednesday's secret ballot
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Former Utah Governor Huntsman Considers U.S. Senate Run in 2018
Discussion: Politico and Outside the Beltway
New York Times:
Donald Trump's Lies About the Popular Vote
Cathy Young / The Hill:
‘Fake news’ isn't the problem — mainstream news with an agenda is
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Shadowproof