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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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Raw Story, Los Angeles Times and New Republic
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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 …
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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The Root, WAKA-TV and tippinsights
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.
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Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, Associated Press, New York Times and Global News
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 …
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Washington Examiner, Roll Call, New York Times, The Guardian, ABC7 and Atlanta Black Star
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 …
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Yascha Mounk, New York Times, Raw Story, Foreign Policy, Reuters, HuffPost, The American Conservative, New York Magazine and Persuasion
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.
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
What Will Trump's Win Mean
What Will Trump's Win Mean
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New York Times, Semafor and Raw Story
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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The Hill, Fox News, ABC News, Associated Press, New York Daily News, Raw Story, Los Angeles Times, Marketplace, Reuters, Roll Call, New York Post and NPR
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Why Kamala Harris lost
Why Kamala Harris lost
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The Hill, Reuters, Daily Mail, The Gateway Pundit, Slate and NBC News
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Trump Asked for Power. Voters Said Yes.
Trump Asked for Power. Voters Said Yes.
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Bloomberg, NPR, Variety, PJ Media, The Daily Caller, Associated Press and Black America Web
Washington Post:
Exit polls from the 2024 presidential election
Exit polls from the 2024 presidential election
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Trump Won. Now What? — Sign up for The Decision, a newsletter featuring our 2024 election coverage.
Trump Won. Now What? — Sign up for The Decision, a newsletter featuring our 2024 election coverage.
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The Hill, Los Angeles Times, Christianity Today and Raw Story
Brooke Migdon / The Hill:
Trump loses ground with LGBTQ voters
Trump loses ground with LGBTQ voters
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Newsweek, New York Post, New Republic, NBC News, ABC News and LGBTQ Nation
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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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.
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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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NOTUS, Axios, Reuters, Slow Boring, Washington Post, Daily Mail, The Hill, The DSR Network and Townhall
New York Times:
Kamala Harris to Concede Election to Donald Trump
Kamala Harris to Concede Election to Donald Trump
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Rachel Treisman / NPR:
Harris has called Trump to concede the election
Harris has called Trump to concede the election
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Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
She hoped her pregnancy story would matter. Then came election night.
She hoped her pregnancy story would matter. Then came election night.
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Politico, Fox News, Teen Vogue and RedState
David Gilmour / Mediaite:
CNN's David Axelrod Blasts ‘Racial Bias’ And ‘Sexism’ After Kamala Harris Loss: 'Let's Be Absolutely Blunt!'
CNN's David Axelrod Blasts ‘Racial Bias’ And ‘Sexism’ After Kamala Harris Loss: 'Let's Be Absolutely Blunt!'
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Trump White House victory called ‘the greatest political comeback in American history’
Trump White House victory called ‘the greatest political comeback in American history’
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Reagan Reese / The Daily Caller:
Donald Trump Projected Winner Of 2024 Presidential Election
Donald Trump Projected Winner Of 2024 Presidential Election
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IJR and Vanity Fair
Maria Aspan / NPR:
The Dow Jones jumps over 1,300 points after Trump wins the election
The Dow Jones jumps over 1,300 points after Trump wins the election
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Barron's Online, CBS News, Quartz and New Republic
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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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Special counsel Jack Smith taking steps to wind down federal cases against Trump
Special counsel Jack Smith taking steps to wind down federal cases against Trump
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ABC News, The Hill, emptywheel, Power Line and New York Times
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Bill Barr: Prosecutors should ‘do the right thing’ and dismiss Trump cases: 'Respect the people's decision'
Bill Barr: Prosecutors should ‘do the right thing’ and dismiss Trump cases: 'Respect the people's decision'
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New Republic, WAGA-TV, New York Post, IJR, The Hill, Raw Story and RedState
Politico:
Democrats are in their nightmare scenario: On track to lose every key swing state — 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.
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New York Times, HotAir and The Federalist
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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.
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CNN:
Exit poll results 2024 | CNN Politics — See all exit polls data for the 2024 US elections. For more information on voting and election results, visit cnn.com/election.
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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 …
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.
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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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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Human Events and Honolulu Star-Advertiser
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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 …
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New York Times and Associated Press
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 …
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.
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The Hill, The Atlantic, The Daily Caller, Townhall, Zeteo and Foreign Policy