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During a Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics conference, rival Republican operatives had a chance to voice their displeasure at CNN's head honcho Jeff Zucker, for his over the top coverage of Donald Trump.

There's a lot to unpack in this Morning Joe clip, I mean, we could focus exclusively on Joe Scarborough's fixation with the term, "lap dog,"

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There is a forum held at Harvard's Institute of Politics after every election these days in which media and campaign professionals sit down with Kennedy School of Government students to write a "first draft of history." The assumption is that everyone will play nice, and generally that is what happens. Attendees suspend their personal animosity in an effort to tell campaign stories and reflect on the past election from a contemporary yet emotionally calm perspective. Читать дальше...

Trump's former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway had trouble double talking her way out of answering whether Trump's tweet that he would have won the popular vote if millions of illegal votes were cast without any evidence to back up his claims.

Gergen didn't mince words last night on CNN, as Trump's victory lap last night in Cincinnati met with scorn and derision from the CNN contributor.

Many of the most die-hard Trump supporters have seen the light that the rest of America saw so clearly. Draining the swamp was actually the last thing on Donald's to-do list. Steve Mnuchin, predatory lender and hedge-fund billionaire is his actual pick for Secretary of the Treasury? Oh dear. The draining of the swamp has revealed a very thick layer of scum. And now people are noticing their health insurance might be at risk?

It's sometimes fun to visit conservative websites, particularly when they are set to eat their own, and so soon!

A celebrity narcissist needs constant attention and the loving adoration of his fans so Trump is lining up a few venues to do a post election victory tour and Fox News' Greg Gutfeld admitted that Murdoch's Fox News network heads would have exploded if Obama had done the same thing.

So the very first Congressman to endorse Donald Trump back in the primaries is now the House Liason to the Trump Transition, which apparently means speaking convincingly of full approval in whatever Trump wants. And when Rep. Chris Collins is questioned about Trump's total flip-flop on "draining the swamp" - actually hiring Goldman Sachs employees to run our economy again? Let's not look to the past, let's look to the future! 4% GDP growth! Perfect trade deals that make every American rich! Читать дальше...

Murrmurrs: Obama has the most effective approach to the dreadful prospect of President Trump.

The Real Thank You Tour. Watch, and enjoy. Happy holidays.

Open Thread below...

Out of all the so called Paisley Underground bands of the mid 80's Green On Red was, to my ears, the band that encapsulated the seedy and creepy underbelly of modern folklore in sound better than others at the time.

Donald Trump separated himself out from all of the other Republicans in the field by promising not only to save Medicare and Social Security, but not to change them.

Jamie Raskin is one of our winning Blue America candidates, and he just delivered a barnburner of a speech -- just what we need to be energized -- last night at an appearance with Elizabeth Warren. Via New Republic:

Indy reporter Rafael Sánchez has been covering the Carrier layoffs since February of this year when they were first announced. He traveled to Mexico to illustrate how no American could afford to live on the $3 per day paycheck Carrier would pay plant workers there, and he has aggressively covered their decision to ship jobs out.

In today's episode of "Who Will Cable News Defend," Anderson Cooper took up arms for Steven Mnuchin, facing off with formidable Senator Elizabeth Warren.

I can't tell you precisely what's going to replace Obamacare after Republicans repeal it, but I know it's going to be cruel and inadequate. Millions of people are going to lose insurance, or find themselves with coverage that's far worse than what they have now.

During a panel on Diane Rehm's show, Trump surrogate and right-wing propagandist Scottie Nell Hughes declared facts to be as dead as fossils in the ground.