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Ezra Klein / Vox:
It's now on America's institutions — and the Republican Party — to check Donald Trump — We're about to see how strong the American system really is. — Donald Trump has won the election. Now it is up to America's institutions, and the people within them, to check his worst instincts.
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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, Daily Wire, The Root and Daily Kos
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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Jezebel, mrctv.org/videos, The Daily Caller, Mother Jones and Blue Virginia
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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Politico, Cincinnati.com, alan.com and RT
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump updates his Twitter bio after historic win
Trump updates his Twitter bio after historic win
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Vox, Talking Points Memo, ABC News and New York Times
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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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
At Trump's victory party, hints of vengeance to come
At Trump's victory party, hints of vengeance to come
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ABC News
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
‘From Humility to Euphoria’: Donald Trump's Team Triumphs
‘From Humility to Euphoria’: Donald Trump's Team Triumphs
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Washington Post, Guardian and RedState
Alvin Chang / Vox:
Trump will be the 4th president to win the Electoral College after getting fewer votes than his opponent — But it may become more and more common, given shifting demographics. — Donald Trump won the electoral college, but when all the votes are counted, it's likely he will have received fewer votes …
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New York Times, ThinkProgress, Guardian, New York Magazine, The Week, NMPolitics.net, Althouse and Talking Points Memo
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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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RedState, Mashable, Mediaite, Hullabaloo and The Stranger …
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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Techdirt, Hit & Run, Chicago Boyz, The Week, Balloon Juice, Althouse and Eschaton
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 …
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Newser, Townhall.com, Business Insider, Outside the Beltway, New York Times, Phil Ebersole's Blog, alan.com and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Paul Krugman Comment / New York Times:
Paul Krugman: Our Unknown Country — We still don't know who will win the electoral college, although as I write this it looks — incredibly, horribly — as if the odds now favor Donald J. Trump. What we do know is that people like me, and probably like most readers of The New York Times …
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alan.com
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Paul Krugman Comment / New York Times:
Paul Krugman: The Economic Fallout
Paul Krugman: The Economic Fallout
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ThinkProgress, New York Post, The Week, Mother Jones and Politico
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.
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
The Shock Heard 'Round the World — I got it wrong. Really wrong. Trump didn't just win, he crushed it. This is truly the most shocking thing that I have seen in my lifetime. — So, what happened? We are going to be digging through the data for a while.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The media didn't want to believe Trump could win. So they looked the other way. — To put it bluntly, the media missed the story. In the end, a huge number of American voters wanted something different. And although these voters shouted and screamed it, most journalists just weren't listening.
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Katie Kindelan / ABC News:
Donald Trump Campaign Manager Kellyanne Conway Describes ‘Very Gracious Exchange’ …
Donald Trump Campaign Manager Kellyanne Conway Describes ‘Very Gracious Exchange’ …
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Politico, alan.com and Associated Press
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 …
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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Instapundit
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Trump and the GOP can absolutely repeal Obamacare — and 22 million people would lose health insurance
Trump and the GOP can absolutely repeal Obamacare — and 22 million people would lose health insurance
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New York Magazine, New York Times, STAT, RT and The Week
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Inside the Loss Clinton Saw Coming — “We have some news. It's not good.” — Hillary Clinton's communications director Jennifer Palmieri filled the candidate in as the plane landed in Iowa, with campaign manager Robby Mook in the huddle. Jim Comey's letter had hit when they were still in the air …
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TheBlaze and Instapundit
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
How Trump Won — The places that feel most left behind in a changing America propelled Donald Trump to a stunning victory over Hillary Clinton Tuesday night. — In his unexpected win, Trump mobilized enormous margins among rural and exurban voters, and crushing advantages among blue-collar whites.
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Vox, Washington Post, New York Times and Hullabaloo
National Journal:
How Obama Inadvertently Set the Stage for Trump's Presidency — His healthy job approval ratings masked a deep, widespread dissatisfaction of a country desperate for change. — Donald Trump remade the Republican Party along the way to his shocking rise to the presidency.
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
RNC model showed Trump losing — The GOP shared its analysis with reporters four days before Election Day to prove that it had given Trump the tools to win. — The Republican National Committee, despite its sometimes testy relationship with Donald Trump, publicly predicted …
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GeekWire, The Atlantic, RedState and alan.com
Bloomberg:
The World's Richest People Lose $41 Billion on Trump's Win — Country's richest person loses $5.1 billion on plunge of peso — Markets wobble on surprise victory over Democrat Clinton — Mexico's wealthiest person lost $5.1 billion in the wake of Donald Trump's stunning upset over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
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The Week
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Trump sounding different note on jailing Clinton — appears to be sounding a different note about jailing Hillary Clinton — as president-elect, and it's unclear whether the Republican will stick to his earlier threat. — “Lock her up” chants have been a standard feature of Trump campaign events …
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RedState
Chris Good / ABC News:
Election 2016: Voter Trends in Battleground States That Helped Trump Win — Donald Trump's stunning victory last night, despite the majority of pollsters predicting a Clinton win, has many voters wondering how he pulled it off. — A look at four key states — Pennsylvania, Wisconsin …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Absorbing the Impossible — I sat watching in astonishment. The one who couldn't bear to show up to concede was not, as expected, Donald Trump, but Hillary Clinton. — I thought the hard-core support for Trump had dwindled down to a hardy band of loyalists: Rudy, Newt, Chris, Sarah …
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