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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” …
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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 …
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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Grappling With the Catastrophe — IT ISN'T A HARD CHOICE, we said. On one side was a candidate who, whatever her particular policy predilections, would abide by the Constitution and laws of the United States and accept the outcome of elections. On the other was a candidate refusing …
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American Prospect
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Trump Asked for Power. Voters Said Yes. — This was a conquering of the nation not by force but with a permission slip. Now, America stands on the precipice of an authoritarian style of governance never before seen in its 248-year history. — NEWS ANALYSIS
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
What Will Trump's Win Mean
What Will Trump's Win Mean
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New York Times, Associated Press, Semafor and Raw Story
Politico:
The diminishing path to a Democratic House majority runs through California — Democrats are pinning their hopes on California's uncounted ballots, which could take days or weeks to tally. — LOS ANGELES — Democrats' dream of blocking a Republican governing trifecta is dwindling …
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Anthony Robledo / USA Today:
‘The American people are angry and want change’: Bernie Sanders slams Democrats for loss
‘The American people are angry and want change’: Bernie Sanders slams Democrats for loss
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Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Democrat Elissa Slotkin wins Michigan Senate race
Democrat Elissa Slotkin wins Michigan Senate race
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Special counsel Jack Smith taking steps to wind down federal cases against Trump — Donald Trump started this year fighting two federal prosecutions that threatened to send him to prison. But he will end it free and clear of his most significant criminal legal problems.
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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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Politico:
Trump's biggest courtroom nemesis is looking for an exit strategy — The special counsel is expected to wind down the federal criminal cases he has spent the past two years building. — Seventy-five days. That's how long special counsel Jack Smith has to figure out how to unwind …
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RedState, New Republic and IJR
Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
In her concession, Harris struck a near-perfect tone — Making a political concession speech is a difficult, emotionally fraught task. In Vice President Kamala Harris's concession remarks Wednesday afternoon, she ably upheld the civic imperatives of the moment.
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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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Michelle Stoddart / ABC News:
Biden congratulates Trump in phone call, invites him to meeting at White House
Biden congratulates Trump in phone call, invites him to meeting at White House
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Why Kamala Harris lost
Why Kamala Harris lost
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Wall Street Journal, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Mail, RedState and Slate
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.”
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Donald Trump Wins, Promising a Second Term of Revenge
Donald Trump Wins, Promising a Second Term of Revenge
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USA Today, Roll Call, The Guardian, Washington Examiner, Atlanta Black Star and ABC7
Jeanine Santucci / USA Today:
Trump has promised mass deportations. Can he do it in his 2nd term as president?
Trump has promised mass deportations. Can he do it in his 2nd term as president?
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Democracy Is Not Over — Americans who care about democracy have every right to feel appalled and frightened.
Democracy Is Not Over — Americans who care about democracy have every right to feel appalled and frightened.
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The Daily Caller, Default, Washington Examiner, The Colorado Sun, USA Today, Melanie Phillips and Twin Cities
Max Burns / The Hill:
America will regret its decision to reelect Donald Trump
America will regret its decision to reelect Donald Trump
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Reuters:
Results of national exit poll on US presidential election — Democrat Kamala Harris faced Republican Donald Trump on Tuesday in the U.S. presidential election, after the two candidates vied for support by staking positions on issues including abortion, the economy and foreign policy.
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Brooke Migdon / The Hill:
Trump loses ground with LGBTQ voters
Trump loses ground with LGBTQ voters
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Andrew Perez / Rolling Stone:
Why Kamala Harris Lost — And Why It Wasn't Close
Why Kamala Harris Lost — And Why It Wasn't Close
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Ken White / The Popehat Report:
And Yet It Moves — During COVID, I walked a lot. As a consequence, I started listening to more podcasts. Since then the walking has dropped off dramatically, as my wife would tell you. The habit of listening to history podcasts has stuck. I've been binge-listening to two of my favorites recently …
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The cornerstone of democracy and Balloon Juice
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 …
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
The Atlantic's David Frum leaves GOP after Trump victory — Conservative author David Frum announced on Wednesday that he has left the Republican Party following President-elect Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential election. — “De-registered as a Republican today,” Frum …
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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.
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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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Trump flips Arizona, sweeping battleground states — Donald Trump is projected to win the state of Arizona, clinching a major battleground state, according to Decision Desk HQ. — Arizona is one of seven swing states that held the key to whether Trump or Vice President Harris returned to the White House.
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The Western Journal
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.