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8:45 PM ET, December 4, 2016

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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.
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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
NBC News:   MEET THE PRESS 12/04/16  —  CHUCK TODD:  —  This Sunday …
John Whitesides / Reuters:
Trump to intervene to keep U.S. jobs at home on ‘day-by-day’ basis, Pence says
Discussion: The Week
U.S. Army / army.mil:
Army will not grant easement for Dakota Access Pipeline crossing  —  Army POC: Moira Kelley (703) 614-3992, moira.l.kelley.civ@mail.mil  —  The Department of the Army will not approve an easement that would allow the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe in North Dakota …
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Trump slams China on Twitter  —  slammed China on Sunday, criticizing the country on Twitter for taxing U.S. products and for its aggression in the South China Sea.  —  “Did China ask us if it was OK to devalue their currency (making it hard for our companies to compete) …
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Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
China protests Trump call to Taiwan leader
Associated Press:
The Latest: Pence Shrugs off Questions on Taiwan Call
Discussion: Washington Post, Politico and The Week
Washington Post:
D.C. Police detain suspect with an assault rifle at Comet Ping Pong restaurant  —  D.C. Police responding Sunday to a report of a gunman at a popular pizza restaurant in Northwest Washington detained a man armed with an assault rifle, according to a police spokeswoman.
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Armed man arrested at DC pizzeria targeted by conspiracy theory  —  D.C. Police on Sunday detained a man armed with an assault rifle outside of a popular pizza restaurant that became the focus of internet conspiracy theories during the election.  —  According to the Washington Post …
Discussion: RedState
Reuters:
Italy PM Renzi facing big referendum defeat: exit polls  —  ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has lost a referendum on constitutional reform by a wide margin, exit polls and early projections showed on Sunday, throwing his future into doubt and opening the door to renewed political instability in Italy.
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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BBC:
Austria far-right candidate Norbert Hofer defeated in presidential poll
Telegraph:
Live Austria election: Norbert Hofer concedes defeat as independent rival takes clear lead in the polls
Discussion: Israpundit
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 …
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
It ain't over til it's over  —  Yesterday, in a post called “It's Over,” I noted that Jill Stein and her friends have withdrawn their state court suit which sought a recount of the Pennsylvania presidential vote.  But Team Stein hasn't quit, after all.  Instead, it has resorted to federal court.
Discussion: CNN, USA Today and The Root
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Fox News:
Green Party switches strategy in Pennsylvania recount
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.
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.
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
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
A Problem Like Keith Ellison  —  And the more serious question of the Muslim Brotherhood  —  Keith Ellison (or Keith E. Hakim, or Keith X. Ellison, or Keith Muhammad, etc.) is campaigning for office.  Not for the safe House seat he holds, but for the leadership of the Democratic party …
Discussion: CNN
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
‘Apolitical’ Petraeus says he did not vote in election  —  Retired Gen. David Petraeus said early Sunday that he does not vote and therefore did not cast a ballot for or against President-elect Donald Trump  —  “I don't vote, so that's an easy answer,” Petraeus told ABC's “This Week.”
Discussion: Political Wire
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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Petraeus on His Mishandling of Classified Information: ‘I Made a Serious Mistake’
Discussion: Politico and NBC News
 
 
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New York Times:
Business Since Birth: Trump's Children and the Tangle That Awaits
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Exclusive: Snowden says Petraeus disclosed ‘far more highly classified information than I ever did’
Discussion: Hot Air and Mediaite
James Barron / New York Times:
Not Sleeping Enough? Arianna Huffington Wants to Help
David Helvarg / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Is Florida's climate change model …
Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
In Mr. Pence's new D.C. neighborhood, not exactly the welcome wagon
Bloomberg:
Rouhani Urges Obama to Block Iran Sanctions Law Extension
Discussion: Reuters and The Week
 Earlier Items: 
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Fearing abandonment by Trump, CIA-backed rebels in Syria mull alternatives
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Fox News:
Defense Secretary Ash Carter says US, partners need to stay in Iraq after ISIS defeat
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Where Does Trump Get His News?
Discussion: Mediaite and alan.com
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump: Companies that leave the US will face ‘retribution’
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Lieberman: Dems won't win with slide to left
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and alan.com
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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