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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 Marshall Project, The Root and tippinsights
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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 …
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Grappling With the Catastrophe — IT ISN'T A HARD CHOICE, we said. On one side was a candidate who, whatever her particular policy predilections, would abide by the Constitution and laws of the United States and accept the outcome of elections. On the other was a candidate refusing …
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American Prospect
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Trump Asked for Power. Voters Said Yes.
Trump Asked for Power. Voters Said Yes.
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Bloomberg, Twitchy, Breitbart, PJ Media, The Daily Caller, Variety, Business Insider, One America News Network, NPR, New Republic, Black America Web, Associated Press, New York Post and Axios
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
What Will Trump's Win Mean
What Will Trump's Win Mean
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NBC News, New York Times, East Bay Times, Semafor and Raw Story
Politico:
The diminishing path to a Democratic House majority runs through California — Democrats are pinning their hopes on California's uncounted ballots, which could take days or weeks to tally. — LOS ANGELES — Democrats' dream of blocking a Republican governing trifecta is dwindling …
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Anthony Robledo / USA Today:
‘The American people are angry and want change’: Bernie Sanders slams Democrats for loss
‘The American people are angry and want change’: Bernie Sanders slams Democrats for loss
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New York Post, Washington Post, VTDigger, New Jersey Online, In These Times, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Mail, KPNX, Scripps News and The Daily Caller
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Democrats start clawing each others' eyes out
Democrats start clawing each others' eyes out
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Townhall, Associated Press and RedState
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Special counsel Jack Smith taking steps to wind down federal cases against Trump — Donald Trump started this year fighting two federal prosecutions that threatened to send him to prison. But he will end it free and clear of his most significant criminal legal problems.
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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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Politico:
Trump's biggest courtroom nemesis is looking for an exit strategy — The special counsel is expected to wind down the federal criminal cases he has spent the past two years building. — Seventy-five days. That's how long special counsel Jack Smith has to figure out how to unwind …
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New Republic, RedState and IJR
Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
In her concession, Harris struck a near-perfect tone — Making a political concession speech is a difficult, emotionally fraught task. In Vice President Kamala Harris's concession remarks Wednesday afternoon, she ably upheld the civic imperatives of the moment.
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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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Andrew Perez / Rolling Stone:
Why Kamala Harris Lost — And Why It Wasn't Close
Why Kamala Harris Lost — And Why It Wasn't Close
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Breitbart, Associated Press, Letters from an American, Bloomberg, Politico, New York Times, Global News, Fortune, Foreign Policy and HuffPost
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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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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Al Jazeera, CNN, Telegraph, The Times-Tribune, New Jersey Online, IJR, New York Magazine, Deseret News, Slate, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, Daily Mail, Pluribus News and Breitbart
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Peter Hamby / Puck:
Kamala's Wasted Youth
Kamala's Wasted Youth
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New York Post, East Bay Times, The Guardian, One America News Network, UnHerd and Business Insider
Brooke Migdon / The Hill:
Trump loses ground with LGBTQ voters
Trump loses ground with LGBTQ voters
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Newsweek, NBC News, TheGrio, LGBTQ Nation and ABC News
Ken White / The Popehat Report:
And Yet It Moves — During COVID, I walked a lot. As a consequence, I started listening to more podcasts. Since then the walking has dropped off dramatically, as my wife would tell you. The habit of listening to history podcasts has stuck. I've been binge-listening to two of my favorites recently …
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The cornerstone of democracy and Balloon Juice
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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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Donald Trump Wins, Promising a Second Term of Revenge
Donald Trump Wins, Promising a Second Term of Revenge
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Roll Call, USA Today, Washington Examiner, Atlanta Black Star, The Guardian, ABC7, The Hill, The Atlantic and Breitbart
David Gilmour / Mediaite:
‘YOU PEOPLE SUCK!’ Bannon Vows DOJ and FBI Will ‘Pay the Price’ When Trump Re-Takes Office
‘YOU PEOPLE SUCK!’ Bannon Vows DOJ and FBI Will ‘Pay the Price’ When Trump Re-Takes Office
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The Hill and New Republic
Politico:
Speculation whirls as Trump begins vetting for top White House jobs — With Congress potentially under full Republican control, Trump's team is emboldened to push aspects of his America First agenda as soon as he reenters office. — WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — Donald Trump's campaign team launched …
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Associated Press and New York Times
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CNN:
Trump's allies are already jockeying for high-powered spots in his administration
Trump's allies are already jockeying for high-powered spots in his administration
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Raw Story
Stephen Engelberg / ProPublica:
What to Expect From ProPublica in a Second Trump Administration
What to Expect From ProPublica in a Second Trump Administration
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New York Times
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
The Atlantic's David Frum leaves GOP after Trump victory — Conservative author David Frum announced on Wednesday that he has left the Republican Party following President-elect Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential election. — “De-registered as a Republican today,” Frum …
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Associated Press, Twitchy and ABC News
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 …
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.
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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Associated Press, HuffPost, The Independent, Townhall, Fox News and IJR
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Trump flips Arizona, sweeping battleground states — Donald Trump is projected to win the state of Arizona, clinching a major battleground state, according to Decision Desk HQ. — Arizona is one of seven swing states that held the key to whether Trump or Vice President Harris returned to the White House.
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The Western Journal