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5:50 PM ET, December 2, 2016

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David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
Even elite campaign aides still aren't sure why Donald Trump succeeded  —  Baffled at times and often bitter, more than two dozen of the country's top political operatives grappled with questions that have dominated American politics for 18 months: What explains Donald Trump's astonishing political success …
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Lewandowski: Times editor Dean Baquet ‘should be in jail’ for publishing Trump tax docs  —  Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump's first campaign manager, said Thursday that New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet “should be in jail” because the newspaper published parts of the president-elect's tax returns during the race.
Washington Post:
Shouting match erupts between Clinton and Trump aides
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Lewandowski: NY Times editor who published Trump tax records ‘should be in jail’
Discussion: alan.com
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump & Hillary Aides Tussle in ‘Goddamn Foodfight’ Screaming Match
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Trump allies try to freeze recount efforts  —  Allies of Donald Trump are trying to freeze recount efforts in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin — three states in which the president-elect narrowly beat Hillary Clinton — as they seek to preserve the legitimacy of Trump's win.
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Trump super PAC files federal lawsuit to block Wisconsin recount
Jake Horowitz / Mic:
Obama considering post-presidential digital media career, sources say  —  President Barack Obama has been discussing a post-presidential career in digital media and is considering launching his own media company, according to multiple sources who spoke on background because they were not authorized to speak for the president.
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
The letter from Carrier to its employees that Donald Trump doesn't want you to read  —  “It is not good news for everyone.”  —  On Thursday, President-elect Donald Trump traveled to the Carrier factory in Indianapolis, Indiana to tout the deal he helped orchestrate to keep about 800 manufacturing jobs …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Carrier Shakedown  —  Workers don't prosper when politicians force companies to make noneconomic decisions.  —  A giant flaw in President Obama's economic policy has been the politicized allocation of capital, from green energy to housing.  Donald Trump suffers from a similar …
Andrew Kaczynski / CNNMoney:
Trump Commerce pick signed pro-TPP letter, said jobs wouldn't come back from China
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Pence denied request to help Carrier in 2014
Discussion: TIME, Salon and Politico
Scott Jones / FTVLive:
CNN Crew Jokes about Donald Trump's Plane Crashing  —  CNN Correspondent Suzanne Malveaux was covering the Carrier press conference, that featured both Donald Trump and Mike Pence.  —  Carrier was able to negotiate huge tax breaks for their company, if they promised not to move all their jobs to Mexico.
Austin Wright / Politico:
Democrats could block Mattis nomination  —  Gen. James Mattis will need a supermajority to win confirmation from the Senate.  —  Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) will require a vote at a 60-vote threshold to allow Mattis to become the defense secretary, an aide said.
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Stanton S. Coerr / The Federalist:
I Served With James Mattis.  Here's What I Learned From Him  —  This article is slightly amended and reprinted, with permission, from The Strategy Bridge.  —  America knows Gen. James Mattis as a character, Mad Dog Mattis, the font of funny quotes and Chuck Norris-caliber memes.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Seduced and Betrayed by Donald Trump  —  Donald Trump won the Electoral College (though not the popular vote) on the strength of overwhelming support from working-class whites, who feel left behind by a changing economy and society.  And they're about to get their reward — the same reward that …
Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Employment Situation Summary  —  Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until USDL-16-2233 8:30 a.m. (EST) Friday, December 2, 2016  —  Technical information:  —  Household data: (202) 691-6378 * cpsinfo@bls.gov * www.bls.gov/cps
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Jeffrey Sparshott / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls Rose 178,000 in November; Unemployment Rate Falls to 4.6%
Linda Trischitta / Sun-Sentinel:
Dead man found inside SUV with pile of parking tickets on windshield  —  Sun Sentinel … For four days, city parking officers slapped tickets on an SUV parked three blocks from the Broward County Courthouse.  When Carolyn White noticed the pile of citations, she wondered what was going on.
Natalie DiBlasio / USA Today:
What's the most Instagrammed place in every state?  —  In a new world of photo sharing and filters, and as 2016 nears its end, USA Today put together a list of the most photographed places in every state pulled from Instagram data thanks to the app's 500 million users.  Angeli Kakade (@angelikakade) has the story.
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Former Special Forces Officer: Gen. ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis Left ‘My Men to Die’  —  A former Army Special Forces officer is accusing retired Marine General James Mattis, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be defense secretary, of “leaving my men to die” after they were hit by friendly fire in Afghanistan in 2001.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The 2016 Election Is a Disaster Without a Moral  —  Marge: The moral of the story is that a good deed is its own reward!  —  Bart: But we got a reward, the head is cool!  —  Marge: Well, then maybe the moral is, no good deed goes unrewarded.  —  Homer: Wait a minute! … Homer: Exactly!
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Wahlberg: Celebs should stop talking about politics  —  Mark Wahlberg has a message for Hollywood stars who get political: Zip it.  —  “A lot of celebrities did, do, and shouldn't,” Wahlberg said in an interview published this week on the military veterans news site Task & Purpose.
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Police: Men Screaming ‘Trump’ Try To Rip Off Woman's Hijab On NYC Subway  —  Three men physically attacked a Muslim teenager at a Manhattan subway stop on Thursday night while shouting the name of the President-elect, police told the New York Daily News.  —  Police said the unidentified 18 …
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump's Breezy Calls to World Leaders Leave Diplomats Aghast  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump inherited a complicated world when he won the election last month.  And that was before a series of freewheeling phone calls with foreign leaders that has unnerved diplomats at home and abroad.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
In nearly every swing state, voters preferred Hillary Clinton on the economy  —  Anonymous Twitter dog @nycsouthpaw made an interesting observation on Friday. … The driving narrative for the results of the November election has run contrary to that.  According to a broad swath …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The post-truth world of the Trump administration is scarier than you think  —  You may think you are prepared for a post-truth world, in which political appeals to emotion count for more than statements of verifiable fact.  —  But now it's time to cross another bridge — into a world without facts.
Melinda D. Anderson / The Atlantic:
What Is the Future of the Office for Civil Rights?  —  In the days after the presidential election, news outlets and thousands of educators reported increases in harassment, bullying, and intimidation of students based on race, ethnicity, religion, and gender identity.
Discussion: Instapundit
Gov. Sarah Palin / Young Conservatives:
Sarah Palin: But... Wait... The Good Guys Won't Win With More Crony Capitalism  —  I am ecstatic for Carrier employees!  Their bosses just decided to keep shop onshore.  What a relief for hundreds of workers.  Merry Christmas Indiana!  We don't yet know terms of the public/private deal …
Discussion: Political Wire and Politico
Michael McConnell / Hoover Institution:
A Question Of Prerogative  —  Next week the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom will hear arguments in the most important constitutional case in modern European history.  At issue is whether Prime Minister Theresa May has authority to exercise Britain's right to exit the European Union (EU) without a vote of Parliament.
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
The Economic Stupidity of the Carrier Bailout  —  It's not conservative, but rather a rejection of economic reality.  —  One particularly tough and indigestible nugget of talk-radio stupidity afflicting the guts of conservatism is the idea that there is some sort of fundamental difference between bribing …
 
 
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Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Amy Schumer Playing ‘Barbie’
Discussion: LAist and New York Magazine
Bloomberg:
A Better Way to Help U.S. Victims of Free Trade
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RTÉ:
Medicinal cannabis bill passed by Dáil without vote
Discussion: Infowars and Daily Mail
Reuters:
Snoop Dogg slams Colin Kaepernick for Castro praise, says choose between football, revolution
Discussion: Hit & Run
Alissa Wilkinson / Vox:
Advent, explained  —  From chocolate calendars to wreaths in church …
Liz Sawyer / Star Tribune:
Mall of America welcomes its first black Santa
 Earlier Items: 
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Facebook exec: “We resisted having standards” on fake news. “That was wrong.”
Discussion: Business Insider
Alison Daye / CNN:
Young cancer victim's wish to ‘blow stuff up’ comes true
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Scarborough: Trump considering Exxon CEO for secretary of State
Discussion: Common Dreams and Hullabaloo
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Donald Trump makes surprise call to Al Sharpton
Discussion: Rare
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Decline of America's white population accelerating, study finds
Discussion: AOL
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Kellyanne Conway Dodges Question on Trump's Claim That ‘Millions’ Voted Illegally
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Van Jones: Dems ‘have a problem with elitism’
Discussion: Mediaite
 

 
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