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” …

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.

‘The American people are angry and want change’: Bernie Sanders slams Democrats for loss  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders is blaming the Democratic Party after Vice President Kamala Harris lost to now President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans gained control of the Senate.

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 …

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.”

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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.”

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.

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.

Scoop: Tom Cotton won't join Trump cabinet … - Cotton will remain a Trump ally in the Senate where he is running against Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) for conference chair, the No. 3 Senate GOP leadership position.  — He's thought to have the edge in the leadership race slated for next Wednesday, sources tell us.