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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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Brooke Migdon / The Hill:
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 …
Politico:
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 …
Sareen Habeshian / Axios:
What Trump's MAGA allies have planned for immigration in Project 2025 … - Trump repeatedly claimed during his campaign that he knew nothing about the right-wing policy map, despite the fact that the Heritage Foundation-backed plan was written by his close allies and supported by his top advisers.
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Townhall, Chicago Sun Times, Raw Story, Slate, Asia Times, Scripps News, The Dispatch, SFist, The Gateway Pundit, FOX 35 Orlando and Mother Jones
Linley Sanders / Associated Press:
How 5 key demographic groups voted in 2024: AP VoteCast
How 5 key demographic groups voted in 2024: AP VoteCast
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Vox, City & State New York, CBS News, The National Pulse, American Greatness and New York Post
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Why Trump won — 9 takeaways from the 2024 election
Why Trump won — 9 takeaways from the 2024 election
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Talking Points Memo and Washington Examiner
Charlie Mahtesian / Politico:
The 14 Places That Explain Trump's Victory
The 14 Places That Explain Trump's Victory
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BBC, The Guardian, The Hill, CBS News and Public
Business Insider:
Democrats wished the election was about jobs. Trump's win showed it was about prices.
Democrats wished the election was about jobs. Trump's win showed it was about prices.
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Baltimore Sun and Slow Boring
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Let's Not Lose Sight of Who Trump Is
Let's Not Lose Sight of Who Trump Is
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Raw Story and Fox Business
Clarissa-Jan Lim / MSNBC:
The right-wing claims about voter fraud have suddenly vanished
The right-wing claims about voter fraud have suddenly vanished
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Stateline, PolitiFact, Election Law Blog, Daily Kos, New York Times and Washington Post
Washington Post:
Pentagon anticipates major upheaval with Trump's return to White House
Pentagon anticipates major upheaval with Trump's return to White House
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NPR, Military Times, The Independent, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, RedState, NOTUS, Associated Press, Deseret News, PBS NewsHour and NBC News
Andrew Perez / Rolling Stone:
Harris Tried to Win Over Republicans. Democratic Support Collapsed Instead
Harris Tried to Win Over Republicans. Democratic Support Collapsed Instead
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The Hill, freebeacon.com, LGBTQ Nation, CommonWealth Beacon and Reuters
Claire Lampen / The Daily Beast:
Election Deniers Went Suddenly Quiet When Trump Won
Election Deniers Went Suddenly Quiet When Trump Won
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New Jersey Online, PBS NewsHour, PolitiFact, Election Law Blog and The Independent
Ishai Melamede / ABC News:
More voters saw Trump as the candidate of change: Exit poll analysis
More voters saw Trump as the candidate of change: Exit poll analysis
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The Hill and The Guardian
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: Trump dismissed Rick Scott as Senate GOP leader … - A senior Trump campaign official pushed back on Axios' reporting, saying Trump “hasn't weighed in on the leadership race and anyone who says differently is wrong.” … - Scott had signs at his campaign victory party on Tuesday that read …
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Raw Story, NBC News, Fox News, Washington Examiner, Washington Times and New York Post
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Washington Post:
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Thune urges Trump to stay out of race to replace McConnell — Senate Republican Whip John Thune (S.D.) is urging President-elect Trump not to put his thumb on the scale in the race to elect a successor to outgoing Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), putting a new wrinkle in the high-stakes contest.
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Axios, Washington Examiner, Semafor and Daily Kos
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
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.
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Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg:
Democrats Are in Disarray With No Easy Fix — The idea that another candidate could have succeeded where Harris failed seems spurious at best. … Vice President Kamala Harris led a coalition that stretched from lefty Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to former Representative Liz Cheney …
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Deep Democratic depression
Behind the Curtain: Deep Democratic depression
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CounterPunch, The Hill, Jacobin and Washington Post
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Judge declares Biden immigration program for spouses of U.S. citizens illegal — A federal judge on Thursday struck down a Biden administration program that would allow unauthorized immigrants married to American citizens to get legal status and a streamlined path to U.S. citizenship, declaring the policy illegal.
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Associated Press:
Judge strikes down Biden program shielding immigrant spouses from deportation — A federal judge on Thursday struck down a Biden administration policy that aimed to ease a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens.
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Scripps News, Raw Story, New York Times, New York Post, Forbes, ABC News, Washington Times, RedState, East Bay Times, Axios, Mother Jones and Christianity Today
Taylor Lorenz / User Mag:
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 …
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The Independent, Instapundit, Wired, The Free Press and The Hollywood Reporter, more at Mediagazer »
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
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.
Debbie Elliott / NPR:
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.
Politico:
Adams pledges to work with Trump on public safety, infrastructure — The mayor, a Democrat, said he can find common ground with “anyone and everyone.” — NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams spoke Wednesday with President-elect Donald Trump about working together on infrastructure …
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CBS News, abc7NY, RedState and Daily Caller News Foundation
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Donald Trump picks Susie Wiles to be chief of staff — A veteran of Florida politics, Wiles directed Trump's campaign to victory in the state in 2016. — President-elect Donald Trump has tapped his campaign senior adviser Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff.
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Telegraph, Associated Press, Axios, The Sun, New York Times, Fox News, The Western Journal, Washington Times, The Independent, The Hill, New York Post and LifeNews.com
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Politico:
Florida woman takes job as White House chief of staff
Florida woman takes job as White House chief of staff
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CNN, The Daily Caller, Fox News and NBC News
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
The model exactly predicted the most likely election map — Before we get into the meat of today's newsletter, just a quick update on our plans. Silver Bulletin, we hope, will have a long future. But I'm thinking about things in a few different stages: — Short term: We're treating next week …
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten / Fox News:
Dem governor issues stark warning to Trump: ‘You come for my people, you come through me’ — Gov. JB Pritzker says he is a ‘warrior’ for the people of Illinois — Democrat Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker issued a stark warning to President-elect Trump following his landmark victory …
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Politico, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, Washington Examiner and The Hill
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
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 …
Lydia Spencer-Elliott / The Independent:
‘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.
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
After 248 years, America prepares for life under a king — It took only hours after a majority of Americans chose to return Donald Trump as a strongman-style president for the first billionaire supplicant to come forward on bended knee. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the third-richest person on the planet …
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New Republic and The Bulwark