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1:55 PM ET, November 6, 2024

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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 …
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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 …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Trump Won.  Now What?  —  Sign up for The Decision, a newsletter featuring our 2024 election coverage.  —  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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
What Will Trump's Win Mean  —  Well, here we go again.  Happy Wednesday.  —  The People's Choice  —  by William Kristol  —  The American people have made a disastrous choice.  And they have done so decisively, and with their eyes wide open.  —  Donald J. Trump will be our next president …
Discussion: Politico and Vanity Fair
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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Guardian, ABC7 and Breitbart
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 …
ABC News:
With Harris' path to victory narrowing, Trump declares victory
Associated Press:
AP declares Trump the winner after he clears 270 electoral votes
New York Times:
Kamala Harris to Concede Election to Donald Trump  —  Vice President Kamala Harris is slated to speak at 4 p.m. Eastern time from Howard University, according to a campaign official briefed on her plans.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris will address the nation on Wednesday afternoon …
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Politico:
How Trump destroyed the Blue Wall, again  —  Democrats' failures in the states they were counting on has already prompted some soul-searching.  —  PITTSBURGH — Donald Trump has blown up Democrats' Blue Wall for the second time.  —  By Wednesday morning, Kamala Harris had lost Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Discussion: Fox News and IJR
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Why Kamala Harris lost  —  Trump won because Harris inherited a tough situation from Joe Biden — and ultimately could not overcome it. … Four years after Donald Trump tried to steal the 2020 election and left office in disgrace, the American people returned him to power in the 2024 election.
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.
Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
She hoped her pregnancy story would matter.  Then came election night.  —  A Georgia woman who experienced a delay in care because of an abortion ban shared her experience in hopes of influencing her friends and family.  —  SMYRNA, Ga. — Erin McCallum took a deep breath as she sat …
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 …
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.
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Trump wins Michigan, flipping a key battleground for the GOP
Politico:
Say goodbye to Trump's legal cases
New York Times:
Early Results Show a Red Shift Across the U.S.
Axios:
Results suggest Trump made more gains with Latinos
Discussion: The Independent
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
5 key takeaways from election night 2024
Discussion: El País, Washington Times and ABC News
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Harris won't address supporters at campaign victory party
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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.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
It's This Man's, Man's, Man's World
Discussion: Slate
Washington Post:
Exit polls from the 2024 presidential election
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.
Jack Dura / Associated Press:
Congressional elections live updates: Republicans win Senate majority, House control still up for grabs  —  Republicans have won control of the U.S. Senate, retaking the chamber for the first time in four years.  It gives the GOP a major power center in Washington and a lead role in confirming …
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Aubrie Spady / Fox News:
Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy ousts 3-term Sen. Jon Tester in Montana Senate race
Politico:
Playbook: A new Trump era begins
Discussion: Althouse and New Jersey Online
 
 
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Reuters:
ECB's Villeroy: Trump election means more risks for world economy
Discussion: Bloomberg
Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Allison Greenfield, the law clerk disparaged by Donald Trump, is elected as a judge in Manhattan
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
A Party of Prigs and Pontificators Suffers a Humiliating Defeat
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
California voters approve measure making some shoplifting, drug offenses felonies
Dante Chinni / Wall Street Journal:
Five Surprising Things We Learned From the 2024 Results
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Pollster J. Ann Selzer: 'I'll be reviewing data' after Iowa Poll misses big Trump win
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
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Jo Yurcaba / NBC News:
Sarah McBride becomes the first out transgender person elected to Congress
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