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8:20 PM ET, November 6, 2024

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Politico:
Why Kamala Harris lost the election  —  Harris refused to make a clean break from the last four years.  —  In the final sprint to the election, Kamala Harris' campaign — at her insistence, aides and allies said — started playing Donald Trump's most incendiary comments on the jumbotrons at her rallies …
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Trump Voters Got What They Wanted  —  Those who expect that Donald Trump will hurt others, and not them, are likely to be unpleasantly surprised.  —  Democrats and liberal pundits are already trying to figure out how the Trump campaign not only bested Kamala Harris in the “Blue Wall” …
Jeet Heer / The Nation:
This Time We Have to Hold the Democratic Party Elite Responsible for This Catastrophe  —  Trump won because the opposition party is committed to ancien régime restoration in a country that desperately wants change.  —  Pocket  —  While the presidential election …
Jamie Frevele / Mediaite:
'I'm Profoundly Disturbed!'  Sunny Hostin Denounces Trump Win as a ‘Referendum On Cultural Resentment’ in Jawdropping A-Block on ‘The View’  —  The co-hosts of ABC's The View set a conciliatory tone off the bat on Wednesday after former President Donald Trump won reelection, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris.
NBC News:
Biden admin is planning for a possible migrant surge before Trump takes office  —  Homeland Security officials reiterated that they have not yet seen an increase in the number of migrants heading to the United States.  —  The Biden administration is making contingency plans for a possible s urge …
Discussion: Washington Times
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Philly Democratic chair blames Harris' campaign for defeats in Pa.  —  What you should know Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to supporters Wednesday afternoon after losing the election to former President Donald Trump.  Trump won Pennsylvania with more votes than any statewide Republican candidate in history.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Bloomberg
Andrew Perez / Rolling Stone:
Why Kamala Harris Lost — And Why It Wasn't Close  —  Americans are deeply dissatisfied with the brutal economy, and punished Democrats over it  —  It happened, again: Democrats lost a winnable election to a racist, orange-makeup-wearing carnival barker, despite his odiousness, immorality, and unbridled corruption.
Washington Post:
Exit polls from the 2024 presidential election
Politico:
Democrats are in their nightmare scenario: On track to lose every key swing state
New York Times:
Early Results Show a Red Shift Across the U.S.
NBC News:
Harris is expected to call Trump to concede the 2024 presidential race
New York Times:
Kamala Harris to Concede Election to Donald Trump
Tess Owen / Wired:
Far-Right Donald Trump Supporters Celebrate His Victory With Violent Memes and Calls for Executions  —  “Many many many executions are warranted,” one Trump supporter wrote on Truth Social.  “These traitors are a terminal cancer that MUST BE completely eradicated to make America healthy again.”
Discussion: Raw Story and Los Angeles Times
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Donald Trump Wins, Promising a Second Term of Revenge  —  The former President will return to the White House older, less inhibited, and far more dangerous than ever before.  —  Electing Donald J. Trump once could be dismissed as a fluke, an aberration, a terrible mistake—a consequential one …
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Trump White House victory called ‘the greatest political comeback in American history’
Discussion: NBC News
NBC News:
DOJ moving to wind down Trump criminal cases before he takes office  —  The step complies with long-standing Justice Department policy that a sitting president cannot be prosecuted, two people familiar with the matter told NBC News.  —  Justice Department officials have been evaluating …
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Bill Barr: Prosecutors should ‘do the right thing’ and dismiss Trump cases: 'Respect the people's decision'
NBC News:
Exit Polls  —  NBC News, in conjunction with a consortium of news organizations, conducted exit polling across the country in 10 key states.  The polling included speaking with voters at polling places and phone interviews.  The exit polls are not results, but instead a look at the thinking and motives of voters across the country.
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CNN:
Exit poll results 2024 | CNN Politics
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:   It's This Man's, Man's, Man's World
George T. Conway III / The Atlantic:
America Did This to Itself  —  This time, the nation was on notice.  Back in 2016, those of us who supported Donald Trump at least had the excuse of not knowing how sociopathy can present itself, and we at least had the conceit of believing that the presidency was not just a man …
Discussion: Raw Story
Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
RFK Jr. says ‘entire departments’ at FDA ‘have to go’  —  Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is slated to hold a potentially big role in a new Trump administration, said Wednesday there are “entire departments” within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that “have to go.”
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
A Party of Prigs and Pontificators Suffers a Humiliating Defeat  —  A story in chess lore involves the great Danish-Jewish player Aron Nimzowitsch, who, at a tournament in the mid-1920s, found himself struggling against the German master Friedrich Sämisch.
Discussion: Slate and HotAir
Politico:
Biden team prepares to rush last-minute aid to Ukraine  —  The White House wants to rush more weapons to Ukraine, but the next president could halt the shipments.  —  The Biden administration is planning to rush the last of over $6 billion remaining in Ukraine security assistance out the door …
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Stephen Engelberg / ProPublica:
What to Expect From ProPublica in a Second Trump Administration  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  Donald Trump's victory marks a turning point in the American experiment …
Niraj Warikoo / Detroit Free Press:
Trump wins Dearborn amid anger over Gaza and Lebanon; Jill Stein receives 18% of vote  —  Donald Trump won Dearborn and made significant gains in Hamtramck compared to 2020 amid anger in Arab American and Muslim communities about deaths in Gaza, Lebanon and Yemen.
The Hill:
Winds shift toward GOP in fight for House  —  The neck and neck battle for control of the House in the next Congress appears to be shifting in favor of Republicans as results roll in from the most competitive districts a day after voting ended.  —  While the contest for the gavel remains …
 
 
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Ben Westcott / Bloomberg:
Australia to Ban Social Media for Children Under Age 16, PM Says
Discussion: Reuters, TechCrunch and Daily Mail
Jeanine Santucci / USA Today:
Trump has promised mass deportations. Can he do it in his 2nd term as president?
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Democrat Elissa Slotkin wins Michigan Senate race
Dave Lawler / Axios:
America chose Trump with eyes wide open
Daniella Diaz / Politico:
Texas Democrats fume at national party over Allred's loss
Discussion: Breitbart and The Hill
 Earlier Items: 
Politico:
Harris campaign rejected Black Caucus' $10 million outreach proposal to undecided Black voters
Discussion: Raw Story
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin Wins Reelection, Holding Key State For Democrats
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Reflections On America's New Autocracy
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Dante Chinni / Wall Street Journal:
Five Surprising Things We Learned From the 2024 Results
 

 
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