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4:00 PM ET, November 7, 2024

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NBC News:
Trump says there's ‘no price tag’ for his mass deportation plan  —  In an exclusive interview with NBC News, Trump talked about his campaign promise to carry out the largest mass deportation of immigrants in U.S. history.  —  President-elect Donald Trump told NBC News on Thursday …
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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 …
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.
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
Discussion: Al Jazeera
New York Times:
Devastated Democrats Play the Blame Game, and Stare at a Dark Future
Discussion: HotAir and Wall Street Journal
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:   Too Dumb to Check: Democrats Urging Sotomayor to Retire Before Trump Takes Office
Dov S. Zakheim / The Hill:
Biden needs to Trump-proof US support for NATO, Ukraine
USA Today:
President Biden says ‘giving up is unforgivable,’ assures peaceful transfer of power
Associated Press:
Control of the US House hangs in the balance with enormous implications for Trump's agenda
Politico:
‘A hard political pill to swallow’: Dems grapple with losing Latino voters
John Burn-Murdoch / Financial Times:
Democrats join 2024's graveyard of incumbents
Rob Wile / NBC News:
Fed policy expected to collide with the reality of a second Trump term  —  As the Federal Open Market Committee wraps up its meetings ahead of its latest interest rate decision Thursday, questions about Trump's economic policies loom large.  —  The Federal Reserve is set to announce …
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Kayla Tausche / CNN:
Trump is likely to allow Fed chair to serve remainder of his term, adviser says
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by a quarter point
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
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 …
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
Fox News:
‘Doomed’: Experts say this crucial campaign decision led to VP Harris' ‘disastrous’ defeat  —  Many experts believed that PA Gov Josh Shapiro was a better choice for vice president  —  Vice President Kamala Harris' failed presidential bid has political strategists second guessing …
Discussion: IJR, Alpha News and Daily Mail
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
NBC News:
Susie Wiles, Trump's low-key campaign manager, seen as the frontrunner to be White House chief of staff  —  Wiles helped usher in Trump's resounding victory and was a steady presence leading his campaign.  —  After helping engineer Donald Trump's improbable and sweeping victory in the presidential race …
Discussion: Fox News, The 19th and The Hill
Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
Stay Awake  —  Welcome to the first day of the rest of our lives  —  The tagline for my newsletter, Doomsday Scenario, has always been about trying to answer whether things are as bad as they seem?  It's hard this week not to feel like the answer is: If anything, it's worse.
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
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
Jacob Ritondo / The Crimson White:
Black students receive racist text messages after Trump's win, part of apparent nationwide trend  —  Black UA students reported receiving racist text messages from a slew of anonymous phone numbers Wednesday.  —  The messages, each seemingly coming from a different phone number …
 
 
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Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Trump's Win Spotlights Pledge of Mass Pardons for Capitol Attack
New York Times:
A Spike in Demand, and Fees, for Lobbyists With Ties to Trump
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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Reuters:
Results of national exit poll on US presidential election
 

 
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