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9:05 AM ET, December 6, 2016

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Christopher Suprun / New York Times:
Why I Will Not Cast My Electoral Vote for Donald Trump  —  Dallas — I am a Republican presidential elector, one of the 538 people asked to choose officially the president of the United States.  Since the election people have asked me to change my vote based on policy disagreements with Donald J. Trump.
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New York Times:
Why Does Donald Trump Lie About Voter Fraud?  —  The long-running Republican war against the right to vote has now gone national at the instigation of President-elect Donald Trump, who has promoted the lie that millions of illegal votes were cast in the presidential election.
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:   Republican Texas elector won't vote for Trump
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Rogue electors brief Clinton camp on anti-Trump plan
Discussion: Infowars, Hot Air and Political Wire
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Pentagon buries evidence of $125 billion in bureaucratic waste  —  The Pentagon has buried an internal study that exposed $125 billion in administrative waste in its business operations amid fears Congress would use the findings as an excuse to slash the defense budget, according to interviews …
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Message Sparks Anger in China  —  President-elect's Taiwan call, tweets signal his approach will be more adversarial  —  The verbal confrontation between President-elect Donald Trump and the Chinese government escalated on Monday, as China responded harshly to attacks by Mr. Trump on its economic and security positions.
Discussion: Washington Post and The Hill
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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Trump transition official is active on white nationalist social media platform  —  Michael Flynn Jr. hopes to get his father, Trump's pick for national security adviser, to switch to Gab.  —  Michael Flynn Jr.—the son of Trump's pick for national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn …
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Incoming national security adviser's son, who peddles conspiracies, has a government transition email
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Fake news, real violence: ‘Pizzagate’ and the consequences of an Internet echo chamber
Discussion: Power Line and Politico
German Lopez / Vox:
Pizzagate, the fake news conspiracy theory that led a gunman to DC's Comet Ping Pong, explained
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Stelter says Trump is a ‘conspiracy theorist’
Discussion: Vox
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Biden raises possibility of 2020 presidential bid  —  Vice President Biden on Monday raised the possibility of a presidential bid in 2020.  —  “I am going to run in 2020,” Biden told a group of reporters in the Capitol when asked about his political future.  “What the hell man, anyway.”
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Christine Wang / CNBC:
Joe Biden predicts he will run for president in 2020, adds that he is not yet ‘committed’  —  Vice President Joe Biden told a small group of reporters Monday that he may run for president in 2020.  —  “Yeah, I am.  I am going to run in 2020,” Biden said when asked if he would run for office again.
Discussion: AOL
CNN:
Joe Biden leaves the door open for a 2020 run
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Freedom Caucus opposes GOP's Obamacare replacement plan  —  The Republican congressman who made his name as the instigator of John Boehner's ouster last year was set to take the reins of the House Freedom Caucus on Monday night.  —  And first up on Rep. Mark Meadows' to-do list …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Rush: If done right, a gigantic infrastructure stimulus could be popular and an economic boon  —  Via the Blaze.  If you're surprised by this, you need to go back to what he said in September about Ivanka Trump's maternity leave plan. … We've spent 35 years having the “big government versus small government” fight.
Discussion: TheBlaze, Instapundit and Rush Limbaugh
Tal Kopan / CNN:
Donald Trump meets with Al Gore on climate change  — Republicans are critical of the scientific consensus that human activities are exacerbating global climate change  —  Washington (CNN)President-elect Donald Trump met on Monday with Al Gore — one of the most vocal advocates of fighting climate change.
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David Wright / CNN:
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner plan move to DC
Detroit News:
Half of Detroit votes may be ineligible for recount  —  One-third of precincts in Wayne County could be disqualified from an unprecedented statewide recount of presidential election results because of problems with ballots.  —  Michigan's largest county voted overwhelmingly …
Stephanie Land / Washington Post:
Trump's election stole my desire to look for a partner  —  In August, I went on six dates in one week.  I had decided that I was ready to look for a partner.  Enough of this dating unavailable men a half-decade younger than me.  They'd never seriously consider a relationship with me, my two children and our needy dog.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Why Pat McCrory Lost and What It Means in Trump's America  —  Pat McCrory's now official defeat in the race for Governor of North Carolina has real implications for the progressive movement nationally in the era of Trump.  —  The dominant reason given for McCrory's defeat will be the unpopularity of HB2 …
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Trump's Carrier deal is wildly popular  —  Donald Trump's first major action as president-elect — the deal he and Vice President-elect Mike Pence struck last week with Carrier Corp. — is earning high marks from American voters, a new Politico/Morning Consult poll shows.
Discussion: The Week and Morning Consult
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
Report buried Trump-related ‘hate crimes’ against white kids  —  MORE FROM:  —  At least 2,000 educators around the country reported racist slurs and other derogatory language leveled against white students in the first days after Donald Trump was elected president.
Office of Media Relations:
GW Battleground Poll  —  President-elect Donald Trump and His Proposed Policies  —  Donald Trump's public image has notably improved since winning the presidency in November, according to the latest George Washington University Battleground Poll.  Read the full press release.  —  Previous Editions
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump's GOP takeover begins  —  Donald Trump's takeover of the Republican Party is underway.  —  His staffers are lining up to run for offices up and down the ballot.  Loyalists are looking to dislodge state party leaders who are perceived as insufficiently committed to the president-elect.
Discussion: Cincinnati.com and Raw Story
Sophia Tesfaye / Salon:
Deals with the devil: Vulnerable Senate Democrats rush to slam anti-Donald Trump plans  —  While many Democrats prepare to fight Trump, some facing re-election in 2018 are already willing to appease him  —  While congressional Democrats were certainly slow to come to grips with Donald Trump's election …
 
 
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Obama to warn against waterboarding as Trump prepares for office
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Leonard B. Sand, Judge in Landmark Yonkers Segregation Case, Dies at 88
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Exclusive: Tony Blair sees dangerous times ahead for Western democracies
Jeremy Roebuck / Philly.com:
Cosby loses bid to block prosecutors from using his deposition at sex-assault trial
Discussion: The Root
 Earlier Items: 
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
In Dakota Access pipeline controversy, Obama's ties to tribes played pivotal role
Discussion: ABC News
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Allen West meets Pence, Flynn at Trump Tower
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judicial Watch asks judge to release videos in Clinton email case
Discussion: Hullabaloo
New York Times:
Criminal Complaint in Comet Ping Pong Shooting
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Gen. John Kelly seen as leading contender for DHS
Discussion: Political Wire and TheBlaze
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump selling ‘official’ presidential hat for $40
Megan Brilley / fox4kc.com:
Woman with incurable disease faces backlash from Social Security after Royals fans raise money to get her to a game
Discussion: Fox 59 and Raw Story
 

 
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