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4:15 PM ET, December 6, 2016

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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump: Cancel Boeing's Air Force One contract  —  Donald Trump on Tuesday called for the cancellation of a Defense Department contract with Boeing to build the next generation of presidential aircraft, decrying the deal as too expensive.  —  “Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Boeing responds to Trump: Air Force One deal is for $170M  —  Boeing on Tuesday responded to President-elect Donald Trump  —  's criticism over the cost of a new Air Force One plane, saying the contract is actually for $170 million.  —  Trump earlier Tuesday tweeted that the deal was for …
Discussion: alan.com and Fox News Insider
Robert Reed / Chicago Tribune:
Boeing CEO waits for Trump's trade play  —  Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg, right, speaks Dec. 2, 2016, at an Illinois Manufacturers' Association luncheon at the J.W. Marriott Chicago hotel downtown.  Muilenburg argues that international trade is essential to the U.S. economy.  (Phil Velasquez / Chicago Tribune)
Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Sold All His Stockholdings in June, Transition Spokesman Says
Bloomberg:
Trump Says Boeing's Air Force One Order Should Be Canceled
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Did Donald Trump tank Boeing's stock because he was mad about a news article?
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Trump slammed as ‘diplomatic rookie’ by Chinese state media  —  Chinese state media warned the U.S. that “messing up China-U.S. relations won't help ‘make America great again,’” a direct response to President-elect Donald Trump  —  's call with Taiwan's president over the weekend.
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Brooke E. Seipel / The Hill:
Bob Dole's law firm was paid $20,000 per month by Taiwan
Discussion: alan.com
Megha Rajagopalan / BuzzFeed:   Bob Dole's Law Firm Was Paid $20,000 A Month To Lobby For Taiwan
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.
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Jennie Runevitch / WALV-TV:
USW: 730 union jobs saved in Carrier deal - not 1,100  —  Behind the numbers of the Carrier job deal  —  Carrier jobs details Carrier deal details Carrier deal details 6pm  —  INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - The Carrier deal, brokered by President-elect Donald Trump, may not have saved as many factory jobs …
Ned Resnikoff / ThinkProgress:
The details of the Carrier deal have finally been released. Trump exaggerated big league.
Discussion: Morning Consult and Politico
CNN:
Senate Dems, powerless to stop Trump nominees, regret ‘nuclear option’ power play  —  (CNN)Senate Democrats are eager to make Donald Trump pay a political price for nominating staunch conservatives to fill out his Cabinet, hoping to exact revenge for the GOP's stubborn opposition to President Barack Obama's nominees.
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Dems seek to quash quick Mattis confirmation
Discussion: BizPac Review and ABC News
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Secret Service advertised as hot ‘new amenity’ at Trump Tower  —  The U.S. Secret Service is the hot, new “amenity” in the Trump Tower, where desperate brokers are trying to lure well-heeled clients into the building on Fifth Avenue that has served as President-elect Donald Trump's home …
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 …
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John Wisely / Detroit Free Press:
Mismatched numbers in metro Detroit means precincts can't be recounted
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Daily Caller
Andrew Hanna / Politico:
Flynn under fire for fake news  —  As Donald Trump's national security adviser, retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn will have to advise the president of the veracity of foreign and domestic threats, separating those that require immediate policy action from propaganda or misinformation.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Electors take anti-Trump battle to court  —  Two presidential electors in Colorado are heading to court Tuesday to try and boost their extreme long-shot gambit to stop Donald Trump from officially being elected president when the Electoral College votes on Dec. 19.
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Christopher Suprun / New York Times:
Why I Will Not Cast My Electoral Vote for Donald Trump
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Top Dem super PAC launches anti-Trump war room  —  A top Democratic super PAC is launching a war room aimed at making President-elect Donald Trump  —  's life miserable as he prepares to enter the White House.  —  Liberal political operative David Brock, a close ally of former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton
Sarah Lazare / Alternet:
Paper Owned by Trump's Son-In-Law Runs Alarming Op-Ed Calling for FBI Crackdown on Anti-Trump Protests  —  From the outset, Jared Kushner's New York Observer has been an instrument of the Trump campaign.  —  The New York Observer, a right-wing newspaper owned by Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner …
Discussion: Raw Story
Fox News:
Missouri governor-elect's wife robbed at gunpoint; three suspects arrested  —  Three teenagers were in custody Monday night after the wife of Missouri Governor-elect Eric Greitens was robbed outside a St. Louis restaurant.  —  Greitens said in a statement that his wife Sheena was “safe …
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Louder With Crowder:
Tucker Carlson Drop Kicks Smug College Student Over Trump, Environment...  Ok college students, take a knee.  I know on campus, in your safe space, you hear a lot about Faux News or Fox Noise or whatever the kids are calling it these days.  You may even think you're smarter than Tucker Carlson …
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Democrats' Days of Rage and Denial  —  Their self-delusion in defeat is as predictable as a sunrise.  —  It's not often that “go die in a fire” is given as an option in an ultimatum, but Professor David Faris, writing in The Week, has urged congressional Democrats to grab a torch:
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
 
 
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 Earlier Items: 
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Todd VanDerWerff / Vox:
Donald Trump is turning his transition into a reality show, too. That's an ominous sign.
Neil Munro / Breitbart:
GOP Leadership to Delay Donald Trump's Election-Winning Priorities
Matt Friedman / Politico:
Christie's approval hits record low; most say he should have been charged for Bridgegate
Discussion: Vox, The Daily Caller, Jezebel and Eschaton
New York Post:
Kerry 'fesses up about Obama's ‘red line’
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Pentagon buries evidence of $125 billion in bureaucratic waste