President-elect Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin had their first phone call since the US election. Hours later…
Russia resumes Aleppo offensive hours after Putin and Trump talk https://t.co/Uinx0uCqd2 pic.twitter.com/dSSJe6Dfxz
— The Atlantic: Ideas (@TheAtlIdeas) November 15, 2016
Aleppo suffers third airstrike to hospital in a 24-hour period https://t.co/g2r35bPYCv pic.twitter.com/TOvba1GRtT
— Salon (@Salon) November 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/cjcmichel/status/798593770111414272
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WORLD
Meanwhile the transition process seems to be stalling.
One Democrat said Trump transition folks are asking Obama aides for recommendations of Republicans to hire https://t.co/IQWkSeP5TU
— Sam Stein (@samstein) November 16, 2016
GOP foreign policy elites are despondent over what they’re seeing from the Trump transition https://t.co/j4OaaJfeZI
— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) November 16, 2016
Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent Trump a letter, warning against choosing “Wall Street insiders” for top posts https://t.co/ALly7kNLc6 🔓
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) November 16, 2016
holy hell, lunatic Islamophobic conspiracy theorist Frank Gaffney is on the presidential transition team now https://t.co/CXXXqeGSss pic.twitter.com/ZSZ5zzb2nH
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) November 16, 2016
JUST IN: Trump team considering Cruz for AG: report https://t.co/OS9amrR5Vh pic.twitter.com/2T0HfC25Nj
— The Hill (@thehill) November 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/dangillmor/status/798716711021215744
This really is a must-read piece by @brianbeutler. https://t.co/JiibanSo8f
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) November 16, 2016
In Britain, meanwhile…
Just when No.10 insists it 'didn't recognise' comments in leaked memo on Brexit disarray Johnson comes to the rescue https://t.co/svkAGFR6aN
— Paul Lewis (@paullewismoney) November 15, 2016
Wednesday's Times front page:
‘Chaos’ and confusion over plans for Brexit#tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers pic.twitter.com/0Rl7a9XWPs— Nick Sutton (@suttonnick) November 15, 2016
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MEDIA
Was gonna write, again, about Facebook's refusal to admit it's a media company. No need now. Great via @WillOremus https://t.co/74z7hw8QaI
— Peter Kafka (@pkafka) November 16, 2016
Google will ban websites that host fake news from using its ad service https://t.co/QWRnBjg3Fu
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 15, 2016
"People read a headline and don't even check the content before they share it" – a fake news writer speaks outhttps://t.co/d1xn4IRvpc
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) November 15, 2016
Want to keep fake news out of your newsfeed? College professor creates list of sites to avoid https://t.co/4HJ3T30NfN pic.twitter.com/TZGalD3KaB
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) November 16, 2016
We premiere at 8 AM ET pic.twitter.com/uqm5prEk9W
— Keith Olbermann⌚️ (@KeithOlbermann) November 16, 2016
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SPORTS
Supercar-maker and F1 giant McLaren ousts Ron Dennis https://t.co/4oR6oBNQ97 pic.twitter.com/QWU4bAXbsJ
— Bloomberg (@business) November 15, 2016
The Overnight Note 