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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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Michael Wolff / Hollywood Reporter:
Trump Win Exposes Media's Smug Failures — YOUTUBE — Ads don't work, polls don't work, celebrities don't work, media endorsements don't work and ground games don't work. — The media turned itself into the opposition and, accordingly, was voted down as the new political reality emerged …
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Tami Luhby / CNN:
How Hillary Clinton lost — (CNN)Hillary Clinton just couldn't hold onto the Obama coalition. And that proved to be a large part of her undoing. — African-American, Latino and younger voters failed to show up at the polls in sufficient numbers Tuesday to propel Clinton into the White House.
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Amanda Sakuma / NBC News:
Trump Did Better With Blacks, Hispanics Than Romney in '12: Exit Polls
Trump Did Better With Blacks, Hispanics Than Romney in '12: Exit Polls
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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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Andrew Schwartz / Fox News:
Fox News general election exit poll summary
Fox News general election exit poll summary
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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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The Daily Beast:
Team Trump Struggling to Fill National Security Jobs — President-Elect Donald Trump is scrambling to line up senior officials to run the government's sprawling intelligence and homeland security bureaucracy. — Team Trump is struggling to fill numerous key slots or even attract many candidates …
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Politico and Politicus USA
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Priebus ‘in tears’ after Trump tapes were leaked: radio host — Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus was reportedly in tears after the release of a 2005 tape in which Donald Trump — was heard making lewd comments about women. — Conservative radio host Charlie Sykes told …
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Stephanie Ebbs / ABC News:
Students Around the Country Walk Out to Protest President-Elect Donald Trump — High school and college students from California to Washington, D.C., held protests on Wednesday to show their opposition to Donald Trump's election as president. — Students at American University in Washington, D.C., protested on campus.
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Politico, Berkeley Public Schools and The Daily Caller
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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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Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
Dow hits all-time high after wild day of trading — The Dow Jones industrial index hit an an all-time high Wednesday, reversing a massive drop triggered by President-elect Donald Trump — 's improbable win. — The Dow surged more than 300 points briefly Wednesday afternoon, finishing with a 250-point rise.
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Fred Imbert / CNBC:
Dow closes up 250 points; financials surge after Trump election upset
Dow closes up 250 points; financials surge after Trump election upset
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Washington Post:
After Trump's victory, the world is left to wonder: What happened to America? — LONDON — Allies recoiled. Adversaries rejoiced. And on the day after U.S. voters made Donald Trump the country's 45th president, the world was left to collectively wonder: What happened to America?
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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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Eugene Scott / CNN:
Omarosa: Trump campaign keeping ‘list’ of enemies — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump surrogate Omarosa Manigault said the President-elect's campaign is keeping a list of people who did not support his run to the White House. — “Let me just tell you, Mr. Trump has a long memory and we're keeping a list …
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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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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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New York Times
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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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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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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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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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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Fortune:
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Is ‘Stunned’ by Donald Trump's Win — Starbucks sbux CEO Howard Schultz has made no secret of his disdain for Donald Trump. — In a letter to staff on Wednesday, Schultz said he was gobsmacked by the president-elect's victory but said Americans had to respect the results.
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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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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 …
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Trump Won Because Leftist Political Correctness Inspired a Terrifying Backlash — Many will say Trump won because he successfully capitalized on blue collar workers' anxieties about immigration and globalization. Others will say he won because America rejected a deeply unpopular alternative.
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Matt Hamilton / Los Angeles Times:
Trump victory sparks angry protests across California: ‘Not my president’ — Students flocked to the campus of UCLA, where a protest erupted early Wednesday. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times) — The election of Donald Trump to the presidency sparked protests early Wednesday across California …
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
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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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: