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1:10 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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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
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
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
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Biden urges Americans to ‘accept the choice the country made’ in a White House address following Trump's win
Politico:
Playbook: Trump returns, and so does the drama
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
Kevin Shalvey / ABC News:
President Biden to address nation from White House on Thursday
Eric Cortellessa / Time:
How Trump Won  —  Donald Trump gestures to the crowd after speaking during his Election Night Watch Party …
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Special counsel Jack Smith taking steps to wind down federal cases against Trump
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
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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 …
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 …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Democrats start clawing each others' eyes out … - “Instead of saying, ‘How can people vote for Donald Trump,’ we should be asking ‘Why do people vote for Donald Trump’... what did he do right and what did we do wrong,” Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) told Axios.
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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
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
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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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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.
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 and Daily Kos
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: Tom Cotton won't join Trump cabinet
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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 …
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:
A Spike in Demand, and Fees, for Lobbyists With Ties to Trump  —  Corporations and foreign governments are offering to pay steep prices for help dealing with the unpredictable president-elect.  —  When Fox News called the presidential election for Donald J. Trump early Wednesday morning …
 
 
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New York Times:
For Black Women, ‘America Has Revealed to Us Her True Self’
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Rex Huppke / USA Today:
Trump wins 2024 election. America needs to admit it's not ‘better than this.’
Casey Murray / NOTUS:
Texas Democrats Are Anxious They've Lost Too Many Times
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George T. Conway III / The Atlantic:
America Did This to Itself
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