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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Reflections On America's New Autocracy  —  We should brace ourselves for immense depravity, but remain prepared to guide and stiffen the spines of the last bastions of resistance.  —  ∙ Paid  —  The United States and the world will soon be in the hands of mercurial, vindictive …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
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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.  But then they have work to do.  —  An aspiring fascist is the president-elect, again, of the United States.  This is our political reality: Donald Trump is going to bring a claque …
Discussion: Melanie Phillips, Raw Story and KENS
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Trump Won.  Now What?  —  Donald Trump has won, and will become president for the second time.  Those who voted for him will now celebrate their victory.  The rest of us need to prepare to live in a different America: a country where millions of our fellow citizens voted for a president …
Discussion: New York Times and Raw Story
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Trump White House victory called ‘the greatest political comeback in American history’  —  Trump will be the first president to serve two nonconsecutive terms in the White House since Grover Cleveland in 1892  —  From political pariah to the presidency.  —  Four years after Americans booted …
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Donald Trump has sweeping plans for a second administration.  Here's what he's proposed  —  Donald Trump has promised sweeping action in a second administration.  The former president and now president-elect often skipped over details but through more than a year of policy pronouncements …
Max Burns / The Hill:
America will regret its decision to reelect Donald Trump  —  A presidential campaign defined by personal hatreds, threats of political violence and two foiled assassination attempts ended on Tuesday in a mostly orderly election.  No matter what the results ultimately show …
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
10 Takeaways From Trump's Win Over Harris on Election Night 2024  —  America's democracy will again be put to the test, and its government will veer sharply to the right.  Kamala Harris and Democrats were dealt stunning defeats across the country.  —  Americans have voted former President Donald J …
New York Times:
America Makes a Perilous Choice  —  American voters have made the choice to return Donald Trump to the White House, setting the nation on a precarious course that no one can fully foresee.  —  The founders of this country recognized the possibility that voters might someday elect …
Discussion: Fox News
Axios:   Results suggest Trump made more gains with Latinos
Associated Press:
Live election updates: Donald Trump wins US presidency
Associated Press:
AP declares Trump the winner after he clears 270 electoral votes
Seb Starcevic / Politico:
World leaders race to congratulate Trump on expected win
Maria Aspan / NPR:
The Dow Jones jumps over 1,300 points after Trump wins the election  —  Wall Street investors are cheering former President Trump's return to the White House.  —  The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose more than 1,300 points soon after the open, or more than 3%, just hours after Trump won …
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David Gilmour / Mediaite:
CNN's David Axelrod Blasts ‘Racial Bias’ And ‘Sexism’ After Kamala Harris Loss: 'Let's Be Absolutely Blunt!'  —  CNN contributor David Axelrod called on analysts to remain “clear-eyed” about “racism” and “sexism” as one reason for Vice President Kamala Harris's defeat to former President Donald Trump in the presidential election.
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Harris won't address supporters at campaign victory party  —  Harris campaign co-Chair Cedric Richmond announced early Wednesday morning that Vice President Harris would not address supporters at Howard University as the campaign awaited additional election results.  —  “We still have votes to count.
ABC News:
With Harris' path to victory narrowing, Trump declares victory
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Harris defeats Trump in Virginia
Discussion: Washington Times and Breitbart
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Why Kamala Harris lost
Washington Post:
Donald Trump wins presidential election, defeating Harris to retake White House
Discussion: DCReport.org
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
It's This Man's, Man's, Man's World  —  I can no longer count the number of times I've counted out Donald Trump.  —  Every time, what I thought would stagger him made him stronger.  —  I assumed that he would have to drop out in 2016 after the “Access Hollywood” tape.
Discussion: Althouse and Slate
Ivana Saric / Axios:
What happens to Trump's criminal cases after election win … Where do Trump's criminal cases stand?  —  Trump has been criminally indicted in four separate federal and state cases.  — New York hush money case: Trump was convicted in May on all 34 felony counts in his New York criminal trial …
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Politico:
Say goodbye to Trump's legal cases  —  The criminal candidate will now effectively be his own judge and jury.  —  Donald Trump didn't just beat Kamala Harris.  He beat the system that tried to put him in jail.  —  He was already the first former president ever to be charged with and convicted of felonies.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Moreno ousts Brown in Ohio Senate race  —  Republican businessman Bernie Moreno has defeated incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), the chair of the Senate Banking Committee, boosting Republican chances of taking back control of the Senate.  —  Moreno, 57, who built up a successful network …
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Vivian Ho / Washington Post:
Who is Bernie Moreno, Ohio's new GOP senator-elect and crypto champion?
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Election Day bomb threats disrupt voting in multiple states  —  The U.S. saw a rash of discredited bomb threats called in at polling places in multiple states on Election Day, in some cases spurring the need for extended voting hours.  —  Faulty bomb threats were called into at least five states …
Sarah Beth Hensley / ABC News:
What a GOP congressional majority could mean for a Trump presidency  —  One senator said voters are giving Republicans “an extraordinary opportunity.”  —  Ohio Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno during a watch party on election night, Nov. 5, 2024, in Westlake, Ohio, with his wife Bridget.
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Dante Chinni / Wall Street Journal:
Five Surprising Things We Learned From the 2024 Results  —  Voters broke toward Republicans and away from Democrats all over the map  —  It may take some time to complete all the results, but based on initial returns and AP VoteCast data, here are five major developments from election night.
 
 
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Journal Sentinel:
Milwaukee rerunning more than 30,000 absentee ballots over error, delaying results
Jo Yurcaba / NBC News:
Sarah McBride becomes the first out transgender person elected to Congress
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