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12:45 AM ET, December 5, 2016

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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Trump's Taiwan phone call was long planned, say people who were involved  —  Donald Trump's protocol-breaking telephone call with Taiwan's leader was an intentionally provocative move that establishes the incoming president as a break with the past, according to interviews with people involved in the planning.
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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) …
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
China protests Trump call to Taiwan leader
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 …
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 …
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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
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
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, The Root and RedState
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Rick Noack / Washington Post:
Trying to imitate Trump's victory, Italy's Beppe Grillo could help throw Europe into crisis  —  When Beppe Grillo started to make headlines at the leader of Italy's biggest protest party more than six years ago, it was hard to avoid the puns.  A comedian turned politician, Grillo was laughed at and branded a “clown.”
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Reuters:
Italy PM Renzi facing big referendum defeat: exit polls
Discussion: Vox Popoli
BBC:
Austria far-right candidate Norbert Hofer defeated in presidential poll
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.
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
A fitting end: Castro's hearse breaks down  —  The vehicle carrying Fidel Castro's remains during his funeral parade broke down yesterday.  Soldiers had to push it through the streets.  —  How symbolic!  What could be more fitting, given the broken down nature of the antique Cuban state produced by Castro?
Discussion: The American Mirror
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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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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.
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 …
CBS News:
Face the Nation Transcript December 4, 2016: Priebus, Gingrich, Pelosi, Panetta  —  JOHN DICKERSON, CBS HOST: Today on FACE THE NATION: The Trump transition train rolls on.  President-elect Donald Trump took a break from hiring to kick off a thank you tour in his favorite battleground state.
Discussion: RedState and Althouse
 
 
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Ryan: Trump understands there's a Constitution
Discussion: RedState
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
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
A Problem Like Keith Ellison
Discussion: CNN
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
‘Apolitical’ Petraeus says he did not vote in election
Discussion: Political Wire
 Earlier Items: 
Telegraph:
Live Austria election: Norbert Hofer concedes defeat as independent rival takes clear lead in the polls
Discussion: Israpundit
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
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Fearing abandonment by Trump, CIA-backed rebels in Syria mull alternatives
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Where Does Trump Get His News?
Discussion: Mediaite and alan.com
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Lieberman: Dems won't win with slide to left
 

 
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