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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump Got Away With It — Because of the Biden Administration's Massive Missteps — Start with Merrick Garland, Mitch McConnell and the Supreme Court. — We have just witnessed the greatest failure of federal law enforcement in American history. — The reasons for Donald Trump's reelection …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Strategic Failure of 2024 Was Written in 2021 — President Biden bet everything on the innate goodness of the American people. We should learn from his mistake. — ∙ Paid — 1. Two Paths in the Wood — At the beginning of Joe Biden's presidency he had a choice.
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
Why Biden's Team Thinks Harris Lost — Earlier this fall, one of Joe Biden's closest aides felt compelled to tell the president a hard truth about Kamala Harris's run for the presidency: “You have more to lose than she does.” And now he's lost it. Joe Biden cannot escape the fact …
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Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Dems rage against Biden's ‘arrogance’ after Harris loss — Democratic leaders had hoped Harris could separate herself from Biden's deficiencies. — Democrats are directing their rage over losing the presidential race at Joe Biden, who they blame for setting up Kamala Harris for failure by not dropping out sooner.
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Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
Democrats Will Win Again Once the Economy Tanks — Donald Trump is no economic mastermind, and all it takes is one bad economy to turn the political tables. — Jack Herrera, a reporter who specializes in covering the Latino community, posted on X early yesterday that he had …
NBC News:
Trump says there's ‘no price tag’ for his mass deportation plan — In an exclusive interview with NBC News, Trump talked about his campaign promise to carry out the largest mass deportation of immigrants in U.S. history. — President-elect Donald Trump told NBC News on Thursday …
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The global anti-incumbent backlash doomed Kamala Harris — Tragically, the beneficiary happened to be Donald Trump. … 🌅 — Donald Trump's triumph on Tuesday night is terrifying and traumatizing. It's natural to look for someone to blame, and unavoidable that Kamala Harris's campaign catches some of it.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Too Dumb to Check: Democrats Urging Sotomayor to Retire Before Trump Takes Office — This is a fun little leftover from yesterday morning, which is worth noting mainly for its source. CNN's Andy Kaczynski is a straight enough shooter to not make something like this up …
New York Times:
Devastated Democrats Play the Blame Game, and Stare at a Dark Future
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Democrats start clawing each others' eyes out
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Dov S. Zakheim / The Hill:
Biden needs to Trump-proof US support for NATO, Ukraine
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Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Watch Live: President Biden to make first remarks since Harris' loss to Trump
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Zachary Schermele / USA Today:
Trump's win could spell the end of Biden's higher education policies
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Axios:
Behind the Curtain: The most powerful Republican president of the modern era
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USA Today:
President Biden says ‘giving up is unforgivable,’ assures peaceful transfer of power
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Associated Press:
Control of the US House hangs in the balance with enormous implications for Trump's agenda
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John Burn-Murdoch / Financial Times:
Democrats join 2024's graveyard of incumbents
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The Guardian:
The Guardian view on the return of President Trump: a bleak day for America and the world
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Biden urges Americans to ‘accept the choice the country made’ in a White House address following Trump's win
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Taryn Luna / Los Angeles Times:
Newsom calls special session to fund California's legal defense against Trump — Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking California lawmakers to increase state funding for litigation against the incoming Trump administration. — California anticipates that Trump could seek to limit access to abortion …
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Andrew Gumbel / The Guardian:
How California has been ‘Trump-proofing’ itself against federal reprisal — State has passed measures and pored over Project 2025 to establish guardrails to shield residents from a hostile White House — California prided itself on its resistance to Donald Trump during his first term …
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Rob Wile / NBC News:
Fed policy expected to collide with the reality of a second Trump term — As the Federal Open Market Committee wraps up its meetings ahead of its latest interest rate decision Thursday, questions about Trump's economic policies loom large. — The Federal Reserve is set to announce …
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Kayla Tausche / CNN:
Trump is likely to allow Fed chair to serve remainder of his term, adviser says
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Rebecca Solnit / The Guardian:
Our mistake was to think we lived in a better country than we do — Americans will be stuck cleaning up after Maga's destructive streak because men like this never clean up after themselves — Our mistake was to think we lived in a better country than we do.
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Fox News:
‘Doomed’: Experts say this crucial campaign decision led to VP Harris' ‘disastrous’ defeat — Many experts believed that PA Gov Josh Shapiro was a better choice for vice president — Vice President Kamala Harris' failed presidential bid has political strategists second guessing …
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CNN:
Trump allies, private sector quietly prepare for mass detention of immigrants — Donald Trump's allies and some in the private sector have been quietly preparing to detain and deport migrants residing in the United States on a large scale, according to four sources familiar with the discussions.
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NBC News:
Susie Wiles, Trump's low-key campaign manager, seen as the frontrunner to be White House chief of staff — Wiles helped usher in Trump's resounding victory and was a steady presence leading his campaign. — After helping engineer Donald Trump's improbable and sweeping victory in the presidential race …
New York Times:
For Black Women, ‘America Has Revealed to Us Her True Self’ … Vice President Kamala Harris held her election-night party at Howard University, the historically Black institution in Washington she once attended. The mood quickly grew bleak as results arrived.Maansi Srivastava for The New York Times
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Brian Klaas / The Garden of Forking Paths:
The Tattered Republic — Reflections on a fraying nation. — ∙ Paid … I: The Great Unravelling — When I was a boy, my parents organized and hosted an annual 4th of July parade in our neighborhood. Kids would enthusiastically decorate our bikes, scooters, or rollerblades …
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Rosen keeps Nevada Senate seat in Democratic hands — Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) is projected to win reelection for a second term in the Nevada Senate race against Republican Sam Brown, according to Decision Desk HQ. — Rosen, a former House member and former synagogue president …
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez not going to ‘sugarcoat what we are all about to collectively experience’ — New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) reviewed the potential adverse impact of the 2024 election and highlighted freedoms that could be threatened by President-elect Trump's win in a social media video.
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