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Nadia Tsao / Taipei Times:
Tsai-Trump telephone call scheduled  —  UNDOING CHEN SHUI-BIAN?  Experts said that the conversation could prompt the establishment of a direct communications channel and reduce misunderstandings  —  President Tsai Ing-wen () was to have a telephone conversation with US president-elect Donald …
The Hill:
Trump makes history with phone call to Taiwan leader  —  spoke on the phone with Taiwan President Tsai Ying-wen, a conversation that breaks decades of U.S. protocol and risks a clash with China.  —  Trump's transition team confirmed late Friday that the president-elect had spoken by phone …
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Former Bush spokesman on Trump's Taiwan call: ‘China will go nuts’  —  Former George W. Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer tweeted that “China will go nuts” after President-elect Donald Trump  —  made a historic phone call to Taiwan on Friday.  —  “Uh-oh.  I wasn't even allowed to refer to the gvt ‘of’ Taiwan.
Discussion: alan.com and Mediaite
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Speaks With Taiwan's Leader, a Possible Affront to China
Discussion: CNN and The Geller Report
Bloomberg:   Trump Calls Taiwan Leader in Move Likely to Offend China
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 …
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Sarah Palin: Trump's Carrier deal is ‘crony capitalism’  —  Another conservative is calling “crony capitalism” on Donald Trump's deal with Carrier, albeit an unexpected one — Sarah Palin.  —  In an op-ed for the website Young Conservatives, the former Alaska governor allowed that the details behind …
Discussion: TheBlaze
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Carrier Shakedown
Daniel Marans / The Huffington Post:
Before Donald Trump Made A Deal With Carrier, He Sued It
Discussion: Law News and Joe.My.God.
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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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.
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Peter Sterne / Politico:
White House: President Obama ‘has no plans to enter the media business’
Discussion: TheBlaze, Hot Air and Mashable
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.
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Luis Martinez / ABC News:
Why There Is Civilian Control of the Military and When That Tradition Began
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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Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Robby Mook: Trump benefited from Russia ‘intervening in the election’
Discussion: Politicus USA
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Pollster Says the Election Came Down to Five Counties  —  Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, referred to her candidate's electoral win as a “landslide” earlier this week.  But the campaign's top pollster, veteran Tony Fabrizio said just five counties made the difference …
Discussion: Jezebel, Hullabaloo and Washington Post
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
In nearly every swing state, voters preferred Hillary Clinton on the economy
Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
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.
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!
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.
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%
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Amy Schumer Playing ‘Barbie’  —  Amy Schumer will play the title role in Barbie, the live action Sony Pictures film based on the venerable Mattel toyline.  The PG movie will begin production in the spring for a global summer 2018 tent pole bow, after Schumer puts her imprint on the script by Hillary Winston.
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.
Philly.com:
Philly Clout: Turnpike manager rips his bosses in email minutes before retirement  —  FILE THIS ONE under: “Well, You Asked.”  —  Michael Stuban, a midlevel manager at the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, retired on Thanksgiving after a 35-year career that started in a tollbooth.
Discussion: CBS Pittsburgh
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Bush Ethics Lawyer: Electors Shouldn't Vote For Trump With Current Conflicts (VIDEO)  —  A former ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush suggested in an interview Friday that the Electoral College should consider not voting for President-elect Trump if he doesn't move to address certain conflicts …
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 …
 
 
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