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Nomi Prins | Trump's Bait and Switch: How to Swamp Washington and Double-Cross Your Supporters Big Time 
President-elect Donald Trump. (photo: Getty) 
Nomi Prins, TomDispatch 
Prins writes: "Given his cabinet picks so far, it's reasonable to assume that The Donald finds hanging out with anyone who isn't a billionaire (or at least a multimillionaire) a drag." 
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Rebecca Solnit With Jill Stein: US Election Recount Is Vital to Reform Our Broken Voting System 
Rebecca Solnit, Guardian UK 
Solnit writes: "If the recount reveals he didn't - well, the biggest upset in American political history could be around the corner. People assert it's unlikely, but things we call unlikely happen routinely, which we forget, because after the Berlin Wall falls or some planes crash into a couple of skyscrapers, it all looks perfectly likely in hindsight." 
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Trump's Labor Department Appointment Sends a Blow to Minimum Wage Fight 
Amanda Becker and Robert Iafolla, Reuters 
Excerpt: "President-elect Donald Trump will name fast-food executive Andy Puzder to head the U.S. Department of Labor, according to a source familiar with the matter, in an appointment likely to antagonize organized labor." 
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"America Belongs to White Men," Alt-Right Founder Says 
Robert Mackey, The Intercept 
Mackey writes: "There were no Nazi salutes this time, at least. But Richard Spencer, the white supremacist Trump supporter trying to make racism cool by rebranding it 'alt-right,' gave another rabble-rousing speech on Tuesday night, this time at Texas A&M University." 
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'Arrest Kissinger': War Criminal to Talk at Nobel Peace Forum 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "A petition asks why Norway is still punishing Edward Snowden for leaking revealing security documents while letting a war criminal scot free." 
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Snowden Docs Show UK Intelligence Called Israel 'True Threat' to Middle East 
Haaretz and JTA 
Excerpt: "A 2008 document, leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden, says the British were concerned about Israel's stance on Iran. GCHQ also spied on Israeli diplomats, and defense firms." 
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Leonardo DiCaprio Meets With Donald Trump to Talk Green Jobs 
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch 
Chow writes: "Leonardo DiCaprio and Terry Tamminen, the CEO of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (LDF), met with Donald Trump and his advisors including daughter Ivanka Trump on Wednesday at Trump Tower in New York to discuss how green jobs can revitalize the economy." 
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