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9:30 AM ET, December 3, 2016

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Emily Rauhala / Washington Post:
China blasts ‘petty’ Taiwan call with Trump  —  BEIJING — On Friday, President Xi Jinping told Henry Kissinger that he hoped for “stability” in U.S.-China ties under the new administration.  Nobody told Donald Trump.  —  The president-elect on Friday broke with four decades of diplomatic practice …
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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.
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 …
CNN:
Trump risks showdown with China after call with Taiwan  —  (CNN)President-elect Donald Trump spoke with the President of Taiwan Friday, according to a statement from his transition team, in a move that threatens to trigger a diplomatic showdown with China.  —  “President-elect Trump spoke …
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Trump's unusual phone call is great for his business, dangerous for America
The Hill:
GOP lawmakers praise Trump for Taiwan call
Discussion: The Guardian and Business Insider
Felipe Villamor / New York Times:
Rodrigo Duterte Says Donald Trump Endorses His Violent Antidrug Campaign
Discussion: Oliver Willis
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 …
Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Palin slams Trump Carrier deal as ‘crony capitalism’
Discussion: Rare
New York Times:
G.O.P. Plans Immediate Repeal of Health Law, Then a Delay  —  WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress plan to move almost immediately next month to repeal the Affordable Care Act, as President-elect Donald J. Trump promised.  But they also are likely to delay the effective date …
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Federal judge denies quick halt to recount  —  Madison — A federal judge Friday denied an emergency halt to the recount of the presidential vote in Wisconsin, allowing the process to continue until a Dec. 9 court hearing at least.  —  There is no need to halt the recount just yet …
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Bergdahl asks Obama for pardon  —  Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive for five years and freed in an exchange for five Taliban prisoners, has asked President Obama to pardon him before leaving the White House.  —  A source told Fox News that Bergdahl wrote a letter to Obama thanking …
Discussion: Fox News and Hot Air
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Bowe Bergdahl, Facing Desertion Trial, Asks Obama for Pardon
Benjamin Wermund / Politico:
Trump's education pick says reform can 'advance God's Kingdom'  —  The billionaire philanthropist whom Donald Trump has tapped to lead the Education Department once compared her work in education reform to a biblical battleground where she wants to “advance God's Kingdom.”
Candice Williams / Detroit News:
Prominent gay Republican said DeVos stood up for him  —  Greg McNeilly, political advisor to Betsy DeVos and a prominent gay Republican, spoke Friday of the incoming education secretary saying she stood up for him at a time when his sexual orientation wasn't widely known.
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
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.
Thomas E. Ricks / New York Times:
The General Who Should Lead the Pentagon  —  Nominating a retired general to be secretary of defense is an unusual move in American politics.  Since just after World War II, when the Department of Defense was created, only one general has held the post.  That was George C. Marshall …
CNN:
Democrats want Russian hacking intelligence declassified  — The call to release the information came in a short letter to President Obama released by seven Democratic senators  —  Washington (CNN)Democratic senators are pressing the Obama administration to more forthrightly state …
Discussion: Central Maine and CANNONFIRE
Mark Steyn / Steyn Online:
Make Kellogg's Gr-rr-rr-rr-rreat Again  —  Last weekend's Castro droologies reminded us that, for Justin Trudeau and too many others, mass-murdering dictators are kind of a turn-on, a geopolitical S&M fetish - as long as it's millions of distant, disposable Third World types making up the M end of the deal.
Discussion: Power Line
New York Times:
How Trump's Calls to World Leaders Are Upsetting Decades of Diplomacy  —  Mr. Trump talks to the president of Taiwan, becoming the first U.S. president or president-elect to do so since 1979.  —  Why it matters  —  The call with President Tsai Ing-wen risks infuriating China …
Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
CNN apologizes, disciplines producer after employee was caught on hot mic joking about Trump's plane crashing  —  CNN on Friday apologized after one of its producers was caught on a hot mic making a joke about President-elect Donald Trump's plane crashing.  —  “An unfortunate and inappropriate remark …
Discussion: AOL, The Last Refuge and twitchy.com
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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!
 
 
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Barry Yeoman / New Republic:
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Fox News:
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Ben White / Politico:
Trump inherits Obama boom
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Carrie Sheffield / Salon:
Calling Jeff Sessions “racist” conveniently ignores the work he's done for Alabama's black community
David French / National Review:
For a ‘Peaceful’ Group, Black Lives Matter Sure Does Love Cop Killers and Murderous Dictators
Discussion: Mother Jones and Power Line
The Hill:
Dean drops out of DNC chairmanship race
 Earlier Items: 
Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed:
GOP Congressman Says Trump Team Has Given “Assurances” On Religious Freedom Measure
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Daniel Marans / The Huffington Post:
Before Donald Trump Made A Deal With Carrier, He Sued It
Discussion: Law News and Joe.My.God.
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Ark. lawmaker wants Clintons' names removed from Little Rock airport
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Pollster Says the Election Came Down to Five Counties
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Washington Post and Jezebel
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The post-truth world of the Trump administration is scarier than you think