Playbook: Dems agonize over Sotomayor  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THE LATEST RACE CALLS — Republican DAVE McCORMICK defeats Democratic Sen. BOB CASEY in Pennsylvania. ...  Reps. DON DAVIS (D-N.C.), YOUNG KIM (R-Calif.), JULIA BROWNLEY …

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The 14 Places That Explain Trump's Victory  —  The architecture of Trump's victory is evident from the map.  —  In Pennsylvania, the handwringing and recriminations started almost as soon as the essential 2024 battleground state was called for Donald Trump.

Here's the Plan to Fight Back  —  To everyone who feels like their heart has been ripped out of their chest, I feel the same.  To everyone who is afraid of what happens next, I share your fears.  But what we do next is important, and I need you in this fight with me.

Democrats Need To Compete In The New Media Landscape — Or Keep Paying The Price  —  This is your TPM evening briefing.  —  As always happens after a bad election loss — and is compounded when that loss is sweeping, and to the man who launched a coup against the country — the losing side is in full panic mode.

The wreckage Merrick Garland leaves behind  —  His failures left American democracy ripe for the picking. … ✍️  —  It has often been said that Donald Trump was running for president to keep himself out of prison.  Mission accomplished.  —  But the fact that Trump wasn't …

2 Democrats speak out against transgender athletes after Trump win  —  Two House Democrats said they oppose transgender athletes competing in women's sports in the immediate aftermath of President-elect Trump's decisive victory over Vice President Harris, shifting right of their previous policy positions …

Dump Twitter … The oligarchs won.  When the markets closed November 6—the day Donald Trump was declared winner of the presidential election—the combined wealth of the world's 10 richest people, nine of whom live in the United States, had surged by a combined $63.5 billion.

Axelrod: Democrats becoming ‘smarty-pants, suburban, college-educated party’  —  Political strategist David Axelrod argued Thursday that Democrats are becoming a “smarty-pants, suburban, college-educated party” that could keep losing electorally if it does not change course.

Books like 'The Handmaid's Tale' and ‘1984’ are flying off the shelves after the presidential election  —  Margaret Atwood's “The Handmaid's Tale,” a novel set in a totalitarian society, has shot to the top of Amazon's bestselling books list following Donald Trump's reelection.

Trump Won't Just Change Washington Politics — He'll Change Life in the City  —  The incoming administration won't just alter the federal workforce.  It will touch the lives of everyone who lives in the district.  —  Donald Trump's victory signals radical changes ahead for Washington …

Why Democrats won't build their own Joe Rogan  —  Minutes after Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 election, Dana White took the stage to thank the influencers who helped lead Trump to victory.  “I want to thank the Nelk Boys, Adin Ross, Theo Von, Bussin' With The Boys …

MAGA Launches Increasingly Horrific Attacks on Women After Trump Win  —  The immediate aftermath of Donald Trump's presidential election win is already a bad omen for women and minorities across the nation, who within less than 48 hours have found themselves the subjects of hate campaigns designed to belittle and marginalize them.

Racist text messages target young African Americans post-election  —  Black college and high school students report receiving racist texts about being “selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation.”  —  Federal, state, and local authorities are investigating the offensive messages that have been sent over the last two days.

Pentagon anticipates major upheaval with Trump's return to White House  —  Critics fear the president-elect intends to make good on a host of campaign pledges with enormous implications for the nonpartisan military.  —  The Pentagon anticipates major upheaval once President-elect Donald …

‘Your body, my choice’: Women report rise in online misogyny following Donald Trump's victory  —  ‘The masks are fully off now,’ one person claimed  —  Your support helps us to tell the story  —  From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing.

Cornyn touts lifetime fundraising prowess for GOP in final case to succeed McConnell  —  FIRST ON FOX: Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, revealed his updated fundraising for Republicans this election cycle on Friday, which puts his all-time total at nearly $415 million, in a final pitch to Senate colleagues …

Harris, Biden camps blame each other for loss … - In response to Trump's decisive victory, aides in both camps are blaming the other for being more responsible, according to interviews with more than a dozen people in the White House and Harris' campaign.