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6:30 AM ET, December 2, 2016

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Washington Post:
Shouting match erupts between Clinton and Trump aides  —  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The raw, lingering emotion of the 2016 presidential campaign erupted into a shouting match here Thursday as top strategists of Hillary Clinton's campaign accused their Republican counterparts of fueling and legitimizing racism to elect Donald Trump.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Campaign operatives blast Jeff Zucker over CNN coverage at Harvard event  —  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — CNN President Jeff Zucker was jeered and heckled by Republican presidential campaign operatives at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics' campaign managers conference on Wednesday evening …
Discussion: Vox and Media Matters for America
Rick Klein / ABC News:
Clinton, Trump Aides Angrily Clash at Election Forum  —  Top officials from the Trump and Clinton campaigns clashed angrily Thursday over questions of mandates and alleged associations with white supremacists — leaving a conference designed to draw lessons from the election turning at times into a shouting match over campaign tactics.
Discussion: Washington Post
Associated Press:
Tempers Flare, as Campaign Aides Assess Still-Raw 2016 Race
Discussion: ABC News
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Quote of the Day: There's No Such Thing as Facts Anymore
Discussion: Unqualified Offerings
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Trump has chosen retired Marine Gen. James Mattis for secretary of defense  —  President-elect Donald Trump has chosen retired Marine Gen. James N. Mattis to be secretary of defense, according to people familiar with the decision, nominating a former senior military officer who led operations across …
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New York Times:
James Mattis, Outspoken Ex-Marine, Is Trump's Choice as Defense Secretary  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump said on Thursday he had chosen James N. Mattis, a hard-charging retired general who led a Marine division to Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, to serve as his secretary of defense.
Timothy B. Lee / Vox:
The Carrier deal shows a big problem with Trump's approach to the presidency  —  This week, Donald Trump has been trumpeting an announcement by Carrier, which makes furnaces and air conditioners, that the company will be keeping about 800 jobs in the United States instead of moving them to Mexico.
Discussion: New York Magazine and Politico
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Ted Mann / Wall Street Journal:
Indiana Gives $7 Million in Tax Breaks to Keep Carrier Jobs
Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
Trump Cheered for Carrier Deal Even as Other Jobs Are Trimmed
PJ O'Keefe / WRTV-TV:
Call 6 Investigates Rafael Sanchez denied press credential to Carrier event
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
GOP in talks about helping insurers after ObamaCare repeal  —  Congressional Republicans are talking to health insurers about ways to prevent a collapse of the insurance market once they pass an ObamaCare repeal bill.  —  Republicans are planning to pass repeal legislation as soon as January …
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Associated Press:
Senate GOP Shies From Fight Over Medicare  —  Congressional Democrats are warning that Speaker Paul Ryan and President-elect Donald Trump are gunning for Medicare — and they are rubbing their hands in glee at the prospect of an epic political battle over the government's flagship health program that covers 57 million Americans.
Discussion: Politico
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.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Jack Holmes / Esquire:
A Trump Surrogate Drops the Mic: 'There's No Such Thing as Facts'  —  Finally, Scottie Nell Hughes spells it out for us.  —  Is there such a thing as truth?  The past 18 months posed this seemingly absurd question.  It's not whether something Donald Trump says is true, but about whether anyone even cares.
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Richard Drew / The Diane Rehm Show:
How Journalists Are Rethinking Their Role Under A Trump Presidency  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, foreground right center, in the middle of a media crush in the Trump Tower lobby in New York.  —  Guests  — Glenn Thrush senior political correspondent, POLITICO
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
USA Today:
White House: Obama supports registering women for military draft  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama supports requiring women to register for Selective Service when they turn 18 — becoming the first president to endorse universal draft registration since Jimmy Carter.
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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
White House Announces Support for Requiring Women to Register for Military Draft
Discussion: Associated Press and Jezebel
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Rep. Keith Ellison faces renewed scrutiny over past ties to Nation of Islam, defense of anti-Semitic figures  —  (CNN)Rep. Keith Ellison's past ties to the Nation of Islam and his defense of its anti-Semitic leader, Louis Farrakhan, are resurfacing as he campaigns to lead the Democratic National Committee.
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Julia Ioffe / Politico:
Russia accuses Ukraine of sabotaging Trump  —  A top Russian official is accusing the Ukrainian government of undermining Donald Trump's presidential campaign by trashing him on social media and disseminating dirt on one of his close associates.  —  A spokeswoman for Russia's Foreign Ministry …
Discussion: mid.ru and Mother Jones
Adrian Chen / New Yorker:
The Propaganda About Russian Propaganda  —  In late October, I received an e-mail from “The PropOrNot Team,” which described itself as a “newly-formed independent team of computer scientists, statisticians, national security professionals, journalists and political activists …
Joshua Stewart / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Rep. Darrell Issa sues Doug Applegate for libel  —  While ballots are still being processed, the current gap between the candidates appears greater than the number of uncounted votes, shoring up a victory for Issa barring any sort of unexpected and unusual development.
Clay Lepard / WNEP-TV:
Firefighters Fix Roof For Woman After Contractor Leaves Job Half-Finished … LAKE TOWNSHIP — Firefighters in Wayne County are being commended for their work, but not because of fighting a certain fire.  —  Diane Cron has lived on Maplewood Road near Hamlin for 21 years.
Discussion: WGN-TV and Fox 59
The Hill:
Trump basks in victory on ‘thank you tour’  —  The first stop in President-elect Donald Trump  —  's “thank you tour” quickly turned into a victory lap for the real estate magnate to revel in his surprising win and bash the naysayers that believed he had no shot at the White House.
Discussion: Instapundit
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Fox's Gutfeld: If Obama Took ‘Victory Lap’ Like Trump, ‘This Network Would Explode’  —  President-elect Donald Trump is embarking on a post-election “thank you” tour starting tonight, and Fox's The Five went back and forth about it earlier tonight.  —  Juan Williams said he hopes Trump focuses …
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
Grabien News RSS:
Flashback: Obama Mocks Trump for Promising to Keep Carrier Plant in U.S.  —  ‘Those jobs of the past are just not going to come back’  —  In June, President Obama participated in a PBS townhall and was asked about Trump's promise to keep Carrier's Indiana plant in the U.S. The townhall participant …
Kate Aurthur / BuzzFeed:
LGBT Couples Welcome On “Fixer Upper,” HGTV Says  —  The network says, “We don't discriminate against the LGBT community in any of our shows.”  —  An HGTV spokesperson said the network doesn't discriminate against the LGBT community after a BuzzFeed News report on Fixer Upper hosts Chip …
 
 
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Congress Passes New Iran Sanctions, Ignoring Obama Admin Threats
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump Says He ‘Had a Lot of Fun Fighting’ Hillary Clinton
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Associated Press:
The Latest: Stein Calls Trump's Recount Objection ‘Shameful’
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
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Vera Bergengruen / Press Association:
Supporters don't really care if Trump drains the swamp
Bob Egelko / San Francisco Chronicle:
SF judge explains why 66,000 arrest warrants were discarded
Discussion: Hot Air and Daily Wire
Emily Crockett / Vox:
A new wave of lawsuits could start undoing decades of damage to Roe v. Wade
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