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12:20 PM ET, December 4, 2016

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Polina Devitt / Reuters:
Putin says Trump clever, will understand new responsibilities  —  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is a clever man and will quickly understand his new responsibilities, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with NTV TV.  —  Putin has spoken previously of his hope …
Discussion: AOL, The Week and alan.com
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Fox News:
Why Trump was right to talk with Taiwan's president  —  China and the Washington foreign policy establishment thought they could tell President-elect Donald Trump whom he can and cannot speak with on the phone.  They thought wrong.  —  On Friday, Trump received a congratulatory call …
Associated Press:
The Latest: Pence Shrugs off Questions on Taiwan Call
Discussion: Politico
Nicola Smith / The Guardian:
Trump's Taiwan phone call preceded by hotel development inquiry
Discussion: Mediaite, Occupy Democrats and BuzzFeed
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Company Has No Plans to Invest in Taiwan, Aides Say
Discussion: The Daily Signal
Scott Adams' Blog:
Scott Adams' Blog
Discussion: neo-neocon, Talking Points Memo and CNN
Stan Collender / Forbes:
You Heard It Here First: Trump May Not Propose A Budget Next Year  —  The Trump administration is seriously thinking about not submitting a budget to Congress next year .  —  Although the Congressional Budget Act requires the president to submit the fiscal 2018 budget to Congress between January 2 …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
CBS Pittsburgh:
Green Party Drops Statewide Pennsylvania Recount  —  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP/KDKA) - Green Party-backed voters dropped a court case Saturday night that had sought to force a statewide recount of Pennsylvania's Nov. 8 presidential election, won by Republican Donald Trump, in what Green Party …
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Steve Eder / New York Times:
Jill Stein's Pennsylvania Recount Effort Is Dealt a Major Setback
Discussion: The Verge
Caitlin McCabe / Philly.com:
Jill Stein campaign drops recount effort in Pa.
The Eagle:   The Latest: Green Party drops statewide Pennsylvania recount
Bloomberg:
Trump Takes ‘Thank-You Tour’ to Wealthy Donor's Costume Ball  —  President-elect pays respects to billionaire Robert Mercer  —  Trump comes as himself at ‘Villains and Heroes’ gathering  —  President-elect Donald Trump took a break from the blue-collar Midwestern rallies of his …
Discussion: TMZ.com
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Trump attends lavish costume party  —  arrived for an upscale costume party Saturday night on Long Island, according to pool reports.  —  Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway shared a photo of herself alongside Trump while wearing a Superwoman costume for the “Heroes and Villains” themed party, tweeting, “Honoring the ultimate hero.”
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Lieberman: Dems won't win with slide to left  —  Former Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) argues the Democratic Party will not win elections if the liberal wing of the party takes over.  —  “Here is my fear about the future of the Democratic Party.  In a way, relatively speaking, Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and alan.com
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump: Companies that leave the US will face ‘retribution’  —  on Sunday warned that businesses planning to leave the U.S. will face consequences.  —  The president-elect tweeted that his administration will “substantially reduce taxes and regulations on businesses.”
Discussion: alan.com
Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Petraeus on His Mishandling of Classified Information: ‘I Made a Mistake’  —  David Petraeus, a former general and CIA director, responded to reported concerns of some Republican senators about his possible nomination for secretary of state by acknowledging he “made a serious mistake” …
Discussion: Politico
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Fearing abandonment by Trump, CIA-backed rebels in Syria mull alternatives  —  Three years after the CIA began secretly shipping lethal aid to rebels fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, battlefield losses and fears that a Donald Trump administration will abandon them have left tens …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
In Mr. Pence's new D.C. neighborhood, not exactly the welcome wagon  —  In the affluent Washington neighborhood of Chevy Chase, the tinsel, poinsettias and Christmas trees are competing for attention this holiday season with an unusual house decoration: gay pride rainbow flags.
Discussion: alan.com
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
AP: Huntsman among secretary of State possibilities  —  is reportedly open to expanding his short list of candidates for secretary of State to include former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman.  —  Huntsman was one of the possibilities reported by The Associated Press on Saturday night, citing a source close to the Trump transition.
Mattie Kahn / ELLE:
Bertolucci Admits He Conspired to Shoot a Non-Consensual Rape Scene in ‘Last Tango in Paris’  —  The director said he didn't tell star Maria Schneider because he “wanted her reaction as a girl not as an actress.”  —  CONTENT NOTICE: This article contains disturbing stories of rape and assault.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Deadline
 
 
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Fox News:
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Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
The Left's Doomed Effort to Coerce the Right
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Where Does Trump Get His News?
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WCMH-TV:
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New York Times:
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Hollywood Reporter:
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Discussion: RedState, AOL and Althouse
New York Times:
In Trump's Security Pick, Michael Flynn, ‘Sharp Elbows’ and No Dissent
Brad King:
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Filing: Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav's 2023 compensation package was worth $49.7M, up 26.5% from the year prior, with $23.1M in stock awards

Ruth La Ferla / New York Times:
Graydon Carter opens a physical store called Air Mail Newsstand in NYC, as an extension of his digital newsletter Air Mail, selling books, magazines, and more

Lola Fadulu / New York Times:
Nicholas Welker, leader of a white supremacist group who admitted to posting a death threat against a Brooklyn journalist, is sentenced to 44 months in prison
 
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