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4:20 PM ET, November 30, 2016

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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Trump considering Goldman Sachs president for top post  —  President-elect Donald Trump is considering Goldman Sachs President Gary Cohn for a senior administration job, possibly as director of the Office of Management and Budget, several sources close to the situation said on Wednesday.
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Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Romney and Giuliani make the final 4 cut for Trump's secretary of state finalists
Discussion: Political Wire and ABC News
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Why is Mitt Romney doing this?  —  Mitt Romney has huddled twice with President-elect Donald Trump in the past two weeks.  And both times, it looked super awkward.  —  Here's meeting 1, when Romney traveled to the Trump National golf club in New Jersey to talk about the prospect of serving as Trump's secretary of state:
Discussion: Rare
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump's takeover of the GOP is now complete  —  The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights  —  For Republicans fearful of a Donald Trump presidency, Mitt Romney was their voice and conscience.  The GOP's 2012 presidential nominee became the unyielding face of the resistance to the party's 2016 nominee.
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump Said to Continue Auditions for Secretary of State
Discussion: Politico and Business Insider
New York Times:
Mr. Trump, Meet the Constitution  —  When Donald Trump, hand on the Bible on Jan. 20, swears to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, we the people will have good reason to doubt he knows what he's talking about.  Consider what he tweeted out on Tuesday:
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump had a different take on flag burning when he visited David Letterman last year  —  President-elect Donald Trump, who on Tuesday suggested jailing or stripping the citizenship of those who burn the American flag, offered a different view less than six months before joining the presidential race.
Discussion: CNN, CBS Boston and FITSNews
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Protesters burn flag outside Trump's New York hotel
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi holds onto leadership  —  House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday fended off a challenge to her long leadership reign, defeating Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) in a closed-door vote prompted largely by Donald Trump  —  's unlikely ascension to the White House.
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Lisa Boothe / Washington Examiner:   The Democratic Party enters the wilderness
Jann S. Wenner / Rolling Stone:
The Day After: Obama on His Legacy, Trump's Win and the Path Forward  —  In an interview conducted the day after the election, the commander in chief reflected on the stunning results and how he'll spend his time post-White House.  Pete Souza/The White House
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Jake Swearingen / New York Magazine:
Starting January 20, Donald Trump Can Send Unblockable Mass Text Messages to the Entire Nation  —  You've probably, at some point, gotten a text alert on your phone about some nasty weather, an Amber Alert about a missing child, or even a (very poorly worded) alert about police looking for a criminal.
Discussion: alan.com, AOL and Mashable
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Joan E. Solsman / CNET:
Trump will get power to text all Americans  —  Donald Trump, president-elect of the US and Twitter aficionado, will be able to send unblockable mobile alerts to all Americans starting January 20.  —  Mobile  —  President-elect Donald Trump will have access to a system that can send unblockable texts …
Discussion: Raw Story
The Charlotte Observer:
Charlotte police officer will not face charges in shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott  —  No charges will be brought against Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer Brentley Vinson in the September shooting death of a man in University City, District Attorney Andrew Murray announced Wednesday.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House downplays Trump Carrier announcement  —  The White House on Wednesday scoffed at President-elect Donald Trump  —  's agreement to keep 1,000 manufacturing jobs in Indiana, saying it does not come close to President Obama's “high standard” for creating similar jobs.
Discussion: Politicus USA and alan.com
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:   Bob Dylan skips White House event
Lloyd Sowers / FOX13news:
Veteran's home vandalized, torched  —  PLANT CITY (FOX 13) - There are lots of questions surrounding a fire that gutted a home on Johnson Street in Plant City overnight.  —  Along with heavy damage, anti-Trump graffiti was sprayed on the house, inside and out.
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Michael Paluska / WFTS:
Veteran's home set on fire, vandalized, investigators find anti-Trump graffiti racial slurs on walls
Discussion: WCMH-TV and Raw Story
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Anti-Trump forces launch attack on Electoral College  —  Anti-Trump forces are preparing an unprecedented assault on the Electoral College, marked by a wave of lawsuits and an intensive lobbying effort aimed at persuading 37 Republican electors to vote for a candidate other than Donald Trump.
Breitbart:
DumpKelloggs: Breakfast Brand Blacklists Breitbart, Declares Hate for 45,000,000 Readers  —  Kellogg Co. announced on Tuesday its decision to pull ads from conservative media giant Breitbart.com because its 45,000,000 monthly conservative readers are not “aligned with our values as a company.”
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Gordon Corera / BBC:
CIA chief warns Trump: Scrapping Iran deal ‘height of folly’  —  The director of the CIA has warned US President-elect Donald Trump that ending the Iran nuclear deal would be “disastrous” and “the height of folly”.  —  In a BBC interview, John Brennan also advised the new president to be wary …
Knoxville News-Sentinel:
Next Slide  —  “We were like this is unreal, this is unbelievable,” McCord said.  “When we had both fully read it, we looked at each other — and I will never forget this moment — we both burst into tears.  I was ghost white, and we just prayed.  There was nothing else to do.
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
McAuliffe upbeat about working with Trump, says Clinton is done with politics  —  RICHMOND — Gov. Terry McAuliffe was upbeat Wednesday about Virginia's prospects for landing the new FBI headquarters building under the incoming Trump administration — despite the governor's ties to Hillary Clinton …
Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
Sarah Palin Under Consideration for VA Secretary  —  Sarah Palin is under consideration for secretary of veterans affairs, a close Palin aide and a top Donald Trump transition official tell ABC News.  —  The Palin aide tells ABC News that in “recent days,” Palin told Trump transition officials …
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Cooper's Lead In NC Guv Race Has Surpassed Threshold For Recount  —  Democratic North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper's lead over the state's governor, Pat McCrory, has now surpassed 10,000 votes, the threshold for requesting a recount, though the vote tally is not yet finalized.
 
 
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Kathleen Gray / Detroit Free Press:
Presidential recount request expected later today
Kevin Stankiewicz / Washington Post:
I interviewed the Ohio State attacker on the first day of school.  It felt important.  Now it's chilling.
Discussion: Mediaite
Ali Breland / The Hill:
Tech groups reach out to Trump
Discussion: RedState
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Trump announces he will leave business ‘in total’ — leaving open how he will avoid conflicts of interest
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Facebook has cut off Prisma's Live Video access
Josh Mitchell / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. to Forgive at Least $108 Billion in Student Debt in Coming Years
Discussion: AOL and RedState
Max Fisher / New York Times:
French Election Hints at a European Shift Toward Russia
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Millions Of People Are Having An Easier Time Paying Medical Bills
Discussion: The Guardian
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20 Tennessee co-workers to split $420M Powerball jackpot
Discussion: AOL
Bill Gertz / Washington Free Beacon:
Air Force: HypersonicMissiles From China, Russia Pose Growing Danger to U.S.
Andrea Peterson / Washington Post:
U.S. border agents stopped journalist from entry and took his phones
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The case for normalizing Trump
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Trump's conservative dream team
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