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11:40 AM ET, November 7, 2024

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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 …
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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 and Reading Eagle
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.
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” …
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.
Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Watch Live: President Biden to make first remarks since Harris' loss to Trump  —  Washington — President Biden is set to address the nation Thursday morning in the aftermath of former President Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential election.  —  The president, who until four months ago …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Democrats start clawing each others' eyes out
Kevin Shalvey / ABC News:
President Biden to address nation from White House on Thursday
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: The most powerful Republican president of the modern era
Discussion: NBC News
John Burn-Murdoch / Financial Times:
Democrats join 2024's graveyard of incumbents
Discussion: New York Magazine
Associated Press:
Control of the US House hangs in the balance with enormous implications for Trump's agenda
Anthony Robledo / USA Today:
‘The American people are angry and want change’: Bernie Sanders slams Democrats for loss
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Grappling With the Catastrophe
Discussion: American Prospect
Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
In her concession, Harris struck a near-perfect tone
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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Politico:
Playbook: Trump returns, and so does the drama  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THE LATEST RACE CALLS — Sen. TAMMY BALDWIN (D-Wis.) hangs on for reelection against GOP challenger ERIC HOVDE. ...  Rep. ELISSA SLOTKIN (D-Mich.) …
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Special counsel Jack Smith taking steps to wind down federal cases against Trump
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump's next Situation Room … - Trump said several times in his campaign that during his transition he would begin pushing for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine to end the war.  — He also signaled in public and in private that he wants to see the wars in Gaza and Lebanon end by the time he is inaugurated.
Discussion: The Western Journal
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: Tom Cotton won't join Trump cabinet
Discussion: Washington Examiner
CNN:
Trump's allies are already jockeying for high-powered spots in his administration
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
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 …
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: Associated Press
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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: Times of San Diego
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
Dov S. Zakheim / The Hill:
Biden needs to Trump-proof US support for NATO, Ukraine  —  Former President Donald Trump's clear mandate for the next four years is causing some anguish not only among the American coastal elite, but also in Europe, Iran and probably China.  —  It was not only high gas and housing prices …
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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Casey Murray / NOTUS:
Texas Democrats Are Anxious They've Lost Too Many Times
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Trump flips Arizona, sweeping battleground states
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George T. Conway III / The Atlantic:
America Did This to Itself
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Trump Asked for Power. Voters Said Yes.
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