HUFFPOST HILL - First They Came For Immigrants, And I Said Nothing, Because I Wanted An Exclusive With Reince

Today we read a chyron that described Steve Bannon as the “ultimate outsider,” which makes Trump’s putative top strategist sound more like a guy who is ready to shake up Pittsburgh’s molecular gastronomy scene and less like a guy who wants to put our grandfather on a train. Unless we’re misreading the situation, the left’s response to Trump thus far has been “protest in urban areas, wear safety pins and cry while watching ‘The West Wing,’” so we should probably all gird ourselves for the next eight years. And searches for “fascism” and “xenophobia” spiked after Tuesday’s election. We’re not surprised; we’ve been alarmed by search queries since reading about the popularity of “what if gf pregnert.” This is HUFFPOST HILL for Monday, November 14th, 2016:  

VERY GROUCHY MAN CONSIDERED FOR JOB - Jessica Schulberg and Ryan Grim: “President-elect Donald Trump is leaning toward naming as secretary of state John Bolton, a bellicose enemy of Russia and Iran who is among the most hawkish members of the Republican foreign policy community, according to two sources familiar with Trump’s thinking. Bolton is the former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, but served less than two years, as Democrats banded together to block his long-term appointment. His time there was marked by a rapid uptick in anti-American sentiment among the global diplomatic community, and Bolton remains one of the most disliked foreign policy operators on the world stage. One source said that Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker still had an outside chance of winning the position, if he made a play for it and enough Republicans rallied to his side. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Rudy Giuliani is also under consideration for the post.” [HuffPost]