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3:20 PM ET, December 4, 2016

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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
‘Hitting the Media is Always a Crutch For You Guys’: Chuck Todd Pushes Back Against Mike Pence  —  Towards the end of his interview with Vice-President-elect Mike Pence, Meet the Press host Chuck Todd wouldn't let Pence's swipe at the media pass without getting in a shot of his own.
Discussion: The Week
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Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Vice President-Elect Defends Trump's Unsubstantiated Claim of ‘Millions’ of Illegal Votes  —  Vice President-elect Mike Pence defended President-elect Donald Trump's recent tweet claiming without evidence that “millions” of fraudulent votes were cast in the 2016 election.
Discussion: Washington Post and Mediaite
John Whitesides / Reuters:
Trump to intervene to keep U.S. jobs at home on ‘day-by-day’ basis, Pence says  —  President-elect Donald Trump, fresh off a deal to keep nearly 1,000 U.S. jobs in the country, will decide whether to intervene with other companies to keep them from moving jobs overseas “on a day-by-day basis …
Discussion: alan.com and The Week
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 …
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: The Week, alan.com and AOL
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Fox News:
Why Trump was right to talk with Taiwan's president
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
Jane Perlez / New York Times:
Taiwan Call Gives China a Clue on What to Expect From Donald Trump
BBC:
Austria far-right candidate Norbert Hofer defeated in presidential poll  —  On Facebook, he described himself as “infinitely sad” and congratulated Alexander Van der Bellen, former head of the Greens, on his victory.  —  Although the post is ceremonial in Austria, the poll had been seen …
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Telegraph:
Live Austria election: Norbert Hofer concedes defeat as independent rival takes clear lead in the polls
Discussion: Israpundit
Associated Press:
AP: Jon Hunstman Jr. in late running for secretary of state  —  The Salt Lake Tribune) Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. jokes with students as he helped deliver teaching materials to Melody Francis' 4th grade classroom at Rose Park Elementary in association with Chevron's 2014 Fuel Your School Program, Wednesday, september 3, 2014.
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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.
Discussion: Hot Air and Outside the Beltway
New York Daily News:
‘Hero’ Muslim cop, her son harassed by bigot in Brooklyn who shouted ‘I will cut your throat’  —  A Muslim off-duty NYPD officer, hailed by the mayor as a hero, and her 16-year-old son became the city's latest hate crime victims Saturday when a bigot in Brooklyn yelled at them to “go back to your country,” police sources said.
Fox News:
Green Party switches strategy in Pennsylvania recount  —  Hours after a Green Party-backed campaign dropped its case in state courts they announce a change to their strategy to force a statewide recount of Pennsylvania's Nov. 8 presidential election, won by Republican Donald Trump …
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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.
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
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
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
Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Cheney To CNN's Barbara Starr: Trump Took Us To Point Where We Don't Need You Guys Anymore  —  Former Vice President Dick Cheney and Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta talk the new era of foreign policy under President-elect Donald Trump with CNN's Barbara Starr at the Reagan Library.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Petraeus on His Mishandling of Classified Information: ‘I Made a Serious 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
 
 
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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Vice President-Elect Mike Pence and Gen. David Petraeus
Discussion: The Guardian and CNN
Bloomberg:
Rouhani Urges Obama to Block Iran Sanctions Law Extension
Discussion: Reuters and The Week
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Fearing abandonment by Trump, CIA-backed rebels in Syria mull alternatives
Discussion: Booman Tribune
New York Post:
The real reason for New York City's traffic nightmare
Discussion: Instapundit
Fox News:
Defense Secretary Ash Carter says US, partners need to stay in Iraq after ISIS defeat
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
The Left's Doomed Effort to Coerce the Right
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Where Does Trump Get His News?
Discussion: alan.com and Mediaite
 Earlier Items: 
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Baldwin offers to stop ‘SNL’ impersonation if Trump releases taxes
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump: Companies that leave the US will face ‘retribution’
WCMH-TV:
Couple's house trashed, tagged with swastikas
Discussion: Raw Story and alan.com
Mattie Kahn / ELLE:
Bertolucci Admits He Conspired to Shoot a Non-Consensual Rape Scene in ‘Last Tango in Paris’
New York Times:
The Scourge of Racial Bias in New York State's Prisons
Hollywood Reporter:
Madonna Repeatedly Slams Donald Trump, Says She's “Ashamed to be an American” at Miami Fundraiser
Discussion: RedState, AOL and Althouse