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David Remnick / New Yorker:
An American Tragedy — The election of Donald Trump to the Presidency is nothing less than a tragedy for the American republic, a tragedy for the Constitution, and a triumph for the forces, at home and abroad, of nativism, authoritarianism, misogyny, and racism.
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Tami Luhby / CNN:
How Hillary Clinton lost
How Hillary Clinton lost
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Guardian, Washington Post, New York Magazine, Heat Street, Hit & Run, Vox and RedState
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
The Shock Heard 'Round the World
The Shock Heard 'Round the World
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Politico, more at Mediagazer »
Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Obama phones Trump, offers White House invitation — WASHINGTON — President Obama called President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday morning to congratulate him on his election victory and invite him to the White House on Thursday to discuss “the smooth transition of power,” the White House said.
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CNN, Politico, The Root, Daily Wire and Daily Kos
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
It's now on America's institutions — and the Republican Party — to check Donald Trump
It's now on America's institutions — and the Republican Party — to check Donald Trump
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Politico, No More Mister Nice Blog, ABC News and Reuters
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Kasich Congratulates Trump, Mothballs Speech On Future Of GOP
Kasich Congratulates Trump, Mothballs Speech On Future Of GOP
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Infowars, True Pundit and Mail&Guardian
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Obama ‘Rooting’ for Trump's Success in Uniting Country
Obama ‘Rooting’ for Trump's Success in Uniting Country
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Politico, New York Magazine, Associated Press and Joe.My.God.
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Meet Trump's Cabinet-in-waiting — President-elect Donald Trump does not have the traditional cadre of Washington insiders and donors to build out his Cabinet, but his transition team has spent the past several months quietly building a short list of industry titans and conservative activists …
CBS News:
CBS News Exit Polls: How Donald Trump won the U.S. presidency — Many observers thought this presidential election would be decided by Donald Trump's polarizing rhetoric, his history of behavior toward women and his questionable qualifications for the office.
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
How Trump Won — The places that feel most left behind …
How Trump Won — The places that feel most left behind …
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Washington Post, Hullabaloo and Vox
Andrew Schwartz / Fox News:
Fox News general election exit poll summary
Fox News general election exit poll summary
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Reuters, CNN, NPR, Daily Wire, Hot Air and Billy Penn
Alison Kodjak / NPR:
Trump Can Kill Obamacare With Or Without Help From Congress — President-elect Donald Trump has promised over and over in recent months that he will repeal and replace Obamacare when he reaches the White House. — “Obamacare is a disaster. You know it. We all know it,” Trump said at a debate last month.
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TheStreet.com, STAT and Instapundit
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Is Elected President in Stunning Repudiation of the Establishment — Donald John Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States on Tuesday in a stunning culmination of an explosive, populist and polarizing campaign that took relentless aim at the institutions and long-held ideals of American democracy.
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Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
ACLU to Trump: ‘See you in court’ — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is warning President-elect Donald Trump — that it will “see him in court,” threatening to use its “full firepower” if he tries to follow through on controversial campaign promises on immigration, torture and other issues.
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RedState, Business Insider, Law News, Washington Times and Joe.My.God.
Bill Chappell / NPR:
Shades Of 2000? Clinton Surpasses Trump In Popular Vote Tally — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton finds herself on the wrong end of an electoral split, moving ahead in the popular vote but losing to President-elect Donald Trump in the electoral college, according to the latest numbers emerging Wednesday.
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FiveThirtyEight, HBR.org, Mediaite, RedState, Hullabaloo, Mashable and The Stranger …
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Paul Krugman Comment / New York Times:
Paul Krugman: The Economic Fallout — It really does now look like President Donald J. Trump, and markets are plunging. When might we expect them to recover? — Frankly, I find it hard to care much, even though this is my specialty. The disaster for America and the world has so many aspects …
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ThinkProgress, The Daily Caller, New York Post, Power Line, Mother Jones, The Week and Politico
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Jim Newell / Slate:
The Democratic Party Establishment Is Finished — What a joke. — The Democrats will now control next to nothing above the municipal level. Donald Trump will be president. We are going to be unpacking this night for the rest of our lives, and lives beyond that.
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Rush Limbaugh, Liberal Values, The Mahablog, Hit & Run, Techdirt, Chicago Boyz, The Week, Balloon Juice, Gothamist, Eschaton and Althouse
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
We are still the country that produced George Wallace. We are still the country that killed Emmett Till. — Around 11:30 on Tuesday night, I left CBS News studios in New York City to take a walk and call my wife. We talked about the election. We talked about the very real chance of President Donald Trump.
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ThinkProgress, Jezebel, mrctv.org/videos, Mother Jones, The Daily Caller and Blue Virginia
Jon Ward / Yahoo:
Trump's victory stunned even GOP digital team — No one saw this coming. Not the Trump campaign. Not the Republican National Committee. — The best data inside the Trump campaign and the RNC had Donald Trump's chances of winning the presidency as a one-in-five proposition.
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
RNC model showed Trump losing
RNC model showed Trump losing
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GeekWire, The Atlantic and RedState
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell says GOP will quickly repeal Obamacare — Majority Leader Mitch McConnell signaled the Senate would move swiftly to repeal Obamacare now that the GOP Congress will have a Republican president next year. — “It's pretty high on our agenda as you know,” the Kentucky Republican said on Wednesday.
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The Hill, Political Wire, Daily Kos, LifeNews.com and alan.com
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Scott Walker: Get rid of the filibuster for Trump — (CNN)Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday in the wake of Donald Trump's surprising victory that Republicans should get rid of the Senate filibuster. — Republicans maintained control of the House and Senate on Election Day …
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Political Wire
Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
Celebs who said they'd leave country if Trump won — Dozens of celebrities vowed to leave the country if Donald Trump — won the White House, saying they'd flee to everywhere from Canada to Jupiter. — The threat is a common one after any election outcome: Canada's immigration website crashed …
Senator Kevin de León:
Joint Statement from California Legislative Leaders on Result of Presidential Election — SACRAMENTO - California Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) and California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Paramount) released the following statement on the results of the President election:
Reuters:
Trump due in court before Oval Office — Within a few weeks of winning the White House, President-elect Donald Trump could face another group of U.S. citizens, a federal jury in California, courtesy of a lawsuit by former students of his now-defunct Trump University who claim they were defrauded by a series of real-estate seminars.
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Political Wire
Luchina Fisher / ABC News:
Lady Gaga Protests in Front of Trump Tower — Lady Gaga held a protest of one at Trump Tower after it became clear that Donald Trump would win the presidency. — Propped up on the side of a New York City sanitation truck, the Hillary Clinton supporter and native New Yorker held up a sign that read “Love trumps hate.”
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Emma Whitford / Gothamist:
Trump Tower Is Now Heavily Fortified Behind Big Concrete Barriers — The NYPD is helping the Secret Service ramp up security outside Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue this afternoon to levels befitting the president-elect, according to an NYPD spokesman. In addition to the row …
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Mediaite, The Week and Joe.My.God.
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
The forces that drove this election's media failure are likely to get worse — Segregated social universes, an industry moving from red states to the coasts, and mass media's revenue decline: The disconnect between two realities shows no sign of abating. — One way to think of the job journalism does …
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New York Magazine and New York Times, more at Mediagazer »
Mackenziearyan / Des Moines Register:
Hundreds of Des Moines students stage walkout over Trump win — Hundreds of students walked out of several Des Moines-area high schools Wednesday morning in protest of Donald Trump's presidential election victory. — Chanting “Let's Dump Donald Trump” or “F— Donald Trump,” …
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Mashable, Washington Times and KNXV
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
How did polls miss the presidential election result so badly? — Heading into Election Day, virtually all public polling — at the national and swing-state level — pointed to a relatively easy victory for Democrat Hillary Clinton. That, um, didn't happen.
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Top House Republican says he'll continue probe of Hillary Clinton's private email server — While President-elect Donald Trump pledged in his victory speech to “come together as one united people,” a top House Republican said Wednesday he will continue to investigate Hillary Clinton's use …
FiveThirtyEight:
2016 Election Night — Recounts? — The Appeal Of The Outsider — The Associated Press has called Pennsylvania for Trump. — Gary Johnson And Jill Stein Didn't Elect Trump — Parties Are Weak. Partisanship Is Strong. Or Is It?
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Washington Post, France 24, VentureBeat and Independent Journal Review
Star Tribune:
Ilhan Omar will be nation's first Somali-American legislator — “It's the beginning of something new,” said Omar, who faced only nominal Republican opposition in a heavily DFL Minneapolis district. — Video (03:13) : Ilhan Omar became the first Somali-American elected to a state legislature representing Minneapolis' district 60B.
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