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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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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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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
Peter Hamby / Puck:
Kamala's Wasted Youth
Kamala's Wasted Youth
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One America News Network, East Bay Times, New York Post, The Guardian, UnHerd and Business Insider
Brooke Migdon / The Hill:
Trump loses ground with LGBTQ voters
Trump loses ground with LGBTQ voters
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MambaOnline, NBC News, Newsweek, Breitbart, TheGrio, LGBTQ Nation, ABC News and Rolling Stone
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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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 …
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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El País, New York Post, In These Times, The Gateway Pundit, KPNX, Washington Post, VTDigger, Scripps News, New Jersey Online, Daily Mail and The Daily Caller
USA Today:
Republicans ride the ‘red wave’ as the House hangs in the balance: Explaining the term
Republicans ride the ‘red wave’ as the House hangs in the balance: Explaining the term
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Washington Examiner, Scripps News, The Hill, Business Insider, Washington Post, Twitchy and Bloomberg
Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump Dodged the Law. Here's Who to Blame. — 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 are numerous and will be hotly debated in the weeks ahead.
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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.
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
NBC News:
DOJ moving to wind down Trump criminal cases before he takes office
DOJ moving to wind down Trump criminal cases before he takes office
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Jamie Frevele / Mediaite:
'I'm Profoundly Disturbed!' Sunny Hostin Denounces Trump Win as a ‘Referendum On Cultural Resentment’ in Jawdropping A-Block on ‘The View’
'I'm Profoundly Disturbed!' Sunny Hostin Denounces Trump Win as a ‘Referendum On Cultural Resentment’ in Jawdropping A-Block on ‘The View’
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
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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Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Dems rage against Biden's ‘arrogance’ after Harris loss
Dems rage against Biden's ‘arrogance’ after Harris loss
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NOTUS, Twitchy, The White House, Mediaite, Townhall, HuffPost, Variety, Wall Street Journal, Fox News, New York Post, New York Magazine, Reason and The Gateway Pundit
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
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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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
Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
RFK Jr. says ‘entire departments’ at FDA ‘have to go’
RFK Jr. says ‘entire departments’ at FDA ‘have to go’
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Washington Times, Associated Press, Fox News, The Independent, IJR, HuffPost, Townhall and NBC 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
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, ABC News and Twitchy
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 …
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, Mock Paper Scissors, 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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USA Today, Washington Examiner, Roll Call, Atlanta Black Star, The Guardian, ABC7 and The Hill
Joseph Winters / Grist:
The 5 states where environmental ballot initiatives triumphed … Climate change did not take center stage during this week's presidential election; it did not even seem to be in the wings or in the theater. Instead, the U.S. elected a candidate who has a history of rolling …
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Euronews, Ballotpedia, E&E News and Bloomberg
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.
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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