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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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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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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump updates his Twitter bio after historic win
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Kasich Congratulates Trump, Mothballs Speech On Future Of GOP
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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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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
At Trump's victory party, hints of vengeance to come
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
‘From Humility to Euphoria’: Donald Trump's Team Triumphs
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Katie Kindelan / ABC News:
Donald Trump Campaign Manager Kellyanne Conway Describes ‘Very Gracious Exchange’ …
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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
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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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Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Exit Polls 2016: Voters Show a Deep Hunger for Change
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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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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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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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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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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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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Carson: I'll help Trump with Obamacare replacement plan
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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 …
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.
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.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Omarosa: Trump camp keeping list of enemies — will keep a list of Republicans who voted against the GOP nominee in the presidential election. — “It's so great our enemies are making themselves clear so that when we get in to the White House, we know where we stand,” the former “Apprentice” …
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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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Philly.com:
‘Sieg Heil,’ swastikas, racist Trump graffiti appear in South Philly — Spray-painted swastikas, racist graffiti and references to Donald Trump and Nazi Germany have appeared on a South Philadelphia storefront and elsewhere. — The graffiti was spotted at Broad and Wharton streets …
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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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Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
Democrats, Trump, and the Ongoing, Dangerous Refusal to Learn the Lesson of Brexit — The parallels between the U.K.'s shocking approval of the Brexit referendum in June and the U.S.' even more shocking election of Donald Trump as president last night are overwhelming.
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