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1. National Security Agency Said to Use Manhattan Tower as Listening Post 

   High probability. 

   
   

   
   
2. 

   Nonprofits Opposed to Trump’s Ideology See a Surge in Donations 

    Trump must be taken at his word.

3. Toyota Agrees to $3.4 Billion Settlement in Corrosion Case 

   Toyota knew better.  

   These are not the trucks I would like to own.

4. Regulator Tightens Control Over Wells Fargo 

   Wells Fargo has suffered a fiduciary failure. 

   
   

5. Report Spurs CUNY to End Its Contracts With Outside Lobbyists 

   CUNY has been doing what it should. 

   
   

   
   
6. 

   Harsher Security Tactics? Obama Left Door Ajar, and Donald Trump Is Knocking 

   Trump must change the law first. 

   Civilians are not subject to military law.

   
   

   
   
7. 

   Bernie Sanders Says Donald Trump Must Be Held Accountable 

   Pointless political babble. 

   
   

   
   
8. 

   The Neediest Cases

   4 Years After Hurricane Sandy, 2 Households Still Wait to Go Home 

   Buy them out will not work.  

   Governments must deliver on their promises.  

   
   
9. 

   Q AND A

   What to See in Hawaii? Ask Auli’i Cravalho of Disney’s ‘Moana’ 

   I agree.  

   Go with the intention of living there.  

   
   

   
   
10. 

    Taking Note

    A Wave of Harassment After Trump’s Victory 

    It is not a surprise.

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U.S.

‘Hamilton’ Had Some Unscripted Lines for Pence. Trump Wasn’t Happy.

By CHRISTOPHER MELE and PATRICK HEALY | Nov 19th 2016

With Vice President-elect Mike Pence attending the show, the cast used the opportunity to make a statement emphasizing the need for the new presidential administration to work on behalf of all Americans.

THEATER; POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton#Secretary_of_the_Treasury

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U.S.

Jeff Sessions, as Attorney General, Could Overhaul Department He’s Skewered

By ERIC LICHTBLAU | Nov 18th 2016

The Alabama senator was a Justice Department prosecutor for almost 15 years, and would likely seek wholesale changes if he returns as attorney general.

UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT 

"Today, Mr. Sessions has a growing list of gripes about how the Obama administration has run his old department, from its “breathtaking” stance on immigration to its “shameful” refusal to defend a federal ban on gay marriage."

3

U.S.

Donald Trump’s Son-in-Law, Jared Kushner, Tests Legal Path to White House Job

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and MAGGIE HABERMAN | Nov 17th 2016

Such a move could violate federal anti-nepotism law and risk legal challenges and political backlash.

APPOINTMENTS AND EXECUTIVE CHANGES; UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT; ETHICS AND OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT 

Would he improve the Cabinet?

4

U.S.

Ivanka Trump’s Presence at Meeting With Japan’s Leader Raises Questions

By ERIC LIPTON | Nov 18th 2016

Ms. Trump’s attendance at the meeting again raised the issue of potential conflicts of interest between Donald J. Trump’s politics and his family’s business ventures.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST 

Trump will have the court he wants.

5

World

Iraqis Welcome Trump’s Stance on ISIS, but Fear It May Backfire

By TIM ARANGO, FALIH HASSAN and ANNE BARNARD | Nov 18th 2016

There is hope among Muslims that Donald J. Trump will be more forceful in combating extremists, but also fear that his efforts will be turned against him.

The government of Iraq is a client state.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Client_state

6

Opinion

The Right Way to Resist Trump

By LUIGI ZINGALES | Nov 18th 2016

The Berlusconi years in Italy provide a blueprint to thwart a Trump dynasty.

UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT 

This is smart but still bad advice.

The populist programs offered by Donald Trump are betrayals by method.

Debt is not a problem until interest rates rise.

Raising interest rates in a low growth economy will start a deflationary spiral.

7

Opinion

The End of Identity Liberalism

By MARK LILLA | Nov 18th 2016

Our fixation on diversity cost us this election — and more.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2016; LIBERALISM (US POLITICS); RACE AND ETHNICITY; HOMOSEXUALITY AND BISEXUALITY 

Wrong.

Labor must be explicitly included.

8

U.S.

Donald Trump Agrees to Pay $25 Million in Trump University Settlement

By STEVE EDER | Nov 18th 2016

Former students said they were cheated out of thousands of dollars in tuition, and one of the cases was set to go before a jury in 10 days.

SUITS AND LITIGATION (CIVIL) 

A cost of doing business.

9

U.S.

Mike Pompeo, Sharp Critic of Hillary Clinton, Is Trump’s Pick to Lead C.I.A.

By MARK MAZZETTI | Nov 18th 2016

Mr. Pompeo, a congressman from Kansas, gained prominence for his role in the House investigation into the 2012 attacks on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.

UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT; APPOINTMENTS AND EXECUTIVE CHANGES 

A disaster for the agency.  

Faith can have no place in the political analysis of foreign governments. 

"Black" operations must remain hidden.

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Opinion

A 12-Step Program for Responding to President-Elect Trump

By NICHOLAS KRISTOF | Nov 17th 2016

Are you traumatized by the election of Donald Trump? Here’s the program for you.

UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT; PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2016 

Please do not get caught.

Mobs kill.

11

U.S.

The Two Americas of 2016

By TIM WALLACE | Nov 16th 2016 

I hope it is fiction.

12

U.S.

Donald Trump Takes Credit for Helping to Save a Ford Plant That Wasn’t Closing

By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM | Nov 18th 2016

Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter that he had helped keep a plant in Kentucky. Although Ford had planned to move some work to Mexico, it had intended to keep the factory open.

AUTOMOBILES; FACTORIES AND MANUFACTURING 

Spread the word. 

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U.S.

Donald Trump’s Team Shows Few Signs of Post-Election Moderation

By ERIC LIPTON, CHARLIE SAVAGE and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT | Nov 18th 2016

The choices of Jeff Sessions as attorney general, Mike Pompeo as C.I.A. director and Michael T. Flynn as national security adviser display a decidedly conservative bent.

The secretary of defense needs his old title: Secretary of War.

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U.S.

Michael Flynn, Anti-Islamist Ex-General, Offered Security Post, Trump Aide Says

By MATTHEW ROSENBERG and MAGGIE HABERMAN | Nov 17th 2016

The move could put a retired intelligence officer who believes Islamist militancy poses an existential threat in one of the most powerful roles in shaping military and foreign policy.

UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES DEFENSE AND MILITARY FORCES; UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 

yes

15

World

Pope Francis’ Race Against Time to Reshape the Church

By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, ADAM PEARCE and SERGIO PEÇANHA | Nov 18th 2016

Can the 79-year-old pontiff appoint enough like-minded cardinals to ensure that his vision of the Roman Catholic Church will endure after he dies?

He will try.  
The Irish will not like it.

16

U.S.

Donald Trump Is Choosing His Cabinet. Here’s the Latest Shortlist.

By THE NEW YORK TIMES | Nov 12th 2016

A list of possibilities for key posts in the new administration.

His choices will not please me.

17

Science

Drilling Into the Chicxulub Crater, Ground Zero of the Dinosaur Extinction

By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR | Nov 17th 2016

By studying hills that formed after an asteroid struck the Yucatán Peninsula, researchers found that materials deep in Earth’s crust were brought toward the surface.

ASTEROIDS; GEOLOGY 

There are other astroblemes.  

here are several in Chile that are copper rich.

There is one in central Quebec that shows on google maps.

There is a suspicion that Hudson's Bay may be one.

A literature review seems in order.

18

Opinion

The Medicare Killers

By PAUL KRUGMAN | Nov 18th 2016

Candidate Trump promised to protect entitlements, but President-elect Trump apparently has different plans.

HEALTH INSURANCE AND MANAGED CARE; UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT 

I hope the program will prove deadly for Trump power.

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U.S.

Trump Turns to His Right Flank to Fill National Security Posts

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Nov 18th 2016

The president-elect on Friday tapped loyalists who reflect the hard-line views of his campaign, though he is also expected to meet with critics such as Mitt Romney.

UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT; APPOINTMENTS AND EXECUTIVE CHANGES 

Trump must be taken at his word. 

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Opinion

The Man Who Would Not Be President

By ROGER COHEN | Nov 18th 2016

Trump, Bannon and the looming apocalypse.

Closer to fact than pleases me.
I don't like my imaginings.

"At long last have you no sense of decency?"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_N._Welch


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