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2:40 PM ET, November 7, 2024

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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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and El País
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.
Discussion: Al Jazeera
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  —  In interviews, lawmakers and strategists tried to explain Kamala Harris's defeat, pointing to misinformation, the Gaza war, a toxic Democratic brand and the party's approach to transgender issues.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Dov S. Zakheim / The Hill:
Biden needs to Trump-proof US support for NATO, Ukraine
John Burn-Murdoch / Financial Times:
Democrats join 2024's graveyard of incumbents
Discussion: New York Magazine
Politico:
‘A hard political pill to swallow’: Dems grapple with losing Latino voters
Associated Press:
Control of the US House hangs in the balance with enormous implications for Trump's agenda
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Biden urges Americans to ‘accept the choice the country made’ in a White House address following Trump's win
Kevin Shalvey / ABC News:
President Biden to address nation from White House on Thursday
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 …
Discussion: Axios and Times of San Diego
Kayla Tausche / CNN:
Trump is likely to allow Fed chair to serve remainder of his term, adviser says  —  President-elect Donald Trump is likely to allow Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to serve out the remainder of his term, which expires in May 2026, according to a senior adviser to Trump who requested anonymity to describe private conversations.
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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.
Discussion: The Mahablog
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.
Discussion: Hollywood Life and NBC News
Reuters:
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.
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Popular Information:
Through the darkness, some rays of light  —  There is no getting around it: the 2024 election was a sweeping win for former President Donald Trump and his political allies.  Trump's victory will impact people's lives across the country and the globe.  For those who don't align …
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 …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
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 …
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
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
 
 
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Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Trump's Win Spotlights Pledge of Mass Pardons for Capitol Attack
Rex Huppke / USA Today:
Trump wins 2024 election. America needs to admit it's not ‘better than this.’
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump's next Situation Room
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Casey Murray / NOTUS:
Texas Democrats Are Anxious They've Lost Too Many Times
 

 
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