News
- Trump to nominate Carson to lead U.S. housing, urban policy by Elise Viebeck and Karoun Demirjian (Washington Post)
- Ben Carson nominated for housing secretary in Trump administration by Sabrina Siddiqui (The Guardian)
- Protesters celebrate as army halts Dakota pipeline work (Al Jazeera)
- Sec. John Kerry says Donald Trump did not contact State Dept. before making calls to world leaders by Jen Hayden (Daily Kos)
- Al Gore: climate change threat leaves ‘no time to despair’ over Trump victory by Oliver Milman (The Guardian)
- Michigan election recount must begin at noon on Monday, judge rules (The Guardian)
- Judge orders immediate start of Michigan recount by Paul Egan & Tresa Baldas (Detroit Free Press)
- Standing Rock protest: Companies attack Dakota Pipeline ruling (BBC)
- Trump attacks China in Twitter outburst (BBC)
- Democrats to give Trump Cabinet picks the Garland treatment by Burgess Everett and Elana Schor (Politico)
- Ben Carson Lived in Public Housing, but Critics Worry Over How He Will Lead It by Sheryl Gay Stolberg (NY Times)
- Ku Klux Klan Members Drive Through North Carolina Town To Hail Trump Victory (Huffington Post)
- Trump supports completion of Dakota Access Pipeline (Reuters)
- Trump has broad power to implement immigration policies: legal experts (Reuters)
- Donald Trump’s Taiwan call was all part of the plan, his transition team says by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Michigan recount begins, as Jill Stein’s legal battle moves to Pennsylvania by Scott Bauer (Salon)
- Trump advisor has pushed Clinton conspiracy theories by Matthew Rosenberg (The New York Times)
- The dangerous myth that Hillary Clinton ignored the working class by Derek Thompson (The Atlantic)
- Trump Defeated by Judge Who Orders Immediate Recount in Michigan by Steven Rosenfeld (AlterNet)
- Ben Carson, poverty fighter? by Russell Berman (The Atlantic)
- Donald Trump Reportedly Considering Fast Food CEO For Labor Secretary by Dave Jamieson (Huffington Post)
- Trump attacks China in twitter outburst (BBC News)
- North Carolina governor concedes election to Democratic opponent (Reuters)
- New York asks U.S. government for $35 million in Trump security costs (Reuters)
- Veterans at Standing Rock shock tribe members, beg forgiveness for war crimes against tribal nations by Jen Hayden (Daily Kos)
- First Republican ‘faithless elector’ announces intent to vote against Trump by Ed Pilkington (The Guardian)
- Al Gore meets Donald Trump and Ivanka for climate talks (BBC)
- A Utah Republican Is Challenging Trump More Effectively Than 99 Percent of Democrats by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
- US election: broken machines could throw Michigan recount into chaos by Sam Thielman (The Guardian)
- Rogue electors brief Clinton camp on anti-Trump plan by Kyle Cheney & Gabriel Debenedetti (Politico)
- Muslim woman pushed down NYC stairs, called “terrorist” (CBS News)
- Forgiveness Ceremony Unites Veterans And Natives At Standing Rock Casino by Jenna Amatulli (Huffington Post)
- Lessig, lawyers to offer support to anti-Trump electors by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
- Biden: ‘I’m not committing to not running’ in 2020 by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
Opinion
- Why Trump’s Carrier Deal Isn’t The Way To Save U.S. Jobs by Ben Casselman (FiveThirtyEight)
- Standing Rock is a modern-day Indian war. This time Indians are winning by Martin Lukacs (The Guardian)
- Will the Supreme Court Limit Gerrymandering? by Garrett Epps (The Atlantic)
- Democrats to give Trump Cabinet picks the Garland treatment by Burgess Everett and Elana Schor (Politico)
- Trevor Noah: Let’s Not Be Divided, Divided People Are Easier to Rule by Trevor Noah (NY Times)
- Donald Trump’s first big economic blunder: Beneath the noise and bluster, Carrier’s a disastrous deal by Bob Cesca (Salon)
- The Brexit treatment: Now Donald Trump voters are realizing they made a huge mistake by Jeremy Binckes (Salon)
- Trevor Noah didn’t “destroy” Tomi Lahren on The Daily Show. What he did was much better. by Caroline Framke (Vox)
- Hungary’s sharp rightward-turn is a warning to America by Susan Faludi (The Guardian)
- Trump Economic Plan Would Send U.S. Economy To Most Severe Recession Since Early 1980s by Nathan Vardi (Forbes)
- Trump’s Threat to the Constitution by Evan McMullin (NY Times)
- Trump’s Agents of Idiocracy by Charles M. Blow (NY Times)
- Sometimes there are more important goals than civility by Vann R. Newkirk II (The Atlantic)
- How to help working people (NY Times)
- The art of the scam by Paul Krugman (NY Times)
- The Dangerous Myth That Hillary Clinton Ignored the Working Class by Derek Thompson (The Atlantic)
- Everything’s fine: Republicans are whitewashing Donald Trump’s conflicts of interest by Matthew Rosza (Salon)
- Actually, Paul Ryan, the President’s Words Do Matter by Dahlia Lithwick & Robert L. Tsai (Slate)
- Is Paul Ryan Really Crazy Enough to Take on Medicare? by Jim Newell (Slate)
- Why the Companies Behind the Dakota Access Pipeline Don’t Think They’ve Lost by Daniel Gross (Slate)
- Bernie Sanders: TPP and Standing Rock victories show path to beating Trump by David Weigel (Washington Post)
- Step by step, Trump is assembling an administration far more conservative than his campaign by Evan Halper (LA Times)
- Are Jews White? by Emma Green (The Atlantic)
- Why I Will Not Cast My Electoral Vote For Donald Trump by Christopher Suprun (NY Times)
- Today We Launch the Injustice Boycott in Standing Rock, San Francisco, and New York City by Shaun King
- Fake News Is an Assault on the Very Principle of Truth Itself by Neal Gabler (AlterNet)
- With Eyes Wide Open: America Needs Self-Awareness by Peter Birkenhead (Huffington Post)