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1:15 PM ET, November 8, 2024

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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 …
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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
I blame the media  —  I am horrified and I am terrified and I am angry.  —  And I blame the media.  —  Yes, I am aware that some large number of people who voted for Trump did so fully aware that he will rule as a racist, a chaos agent, and a strongman.  That's what they want.  Noted.
Discussion: Bloomberg
NBC News:
Election 2024 live updates: Trump readies for his second administration  —  The president-elect already made a key hire with the announcement that co-campaign chair Susie Wiles will be the first female White House chief of staff. … Pa. Senate candidate Dave McCormick sues over provisional ballots in Philadelphia
Discussion: WPMT and Election Law Blog
Charlie Mahtesian / Politico:
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.
Discussion: Associated Press, BBC and Morning Call
Katherine Koretski / NBC News:
Trump wins Nevada, capturing a state he lost in both 2016 and 2020
Discussion: HotAir
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Let's Not Lose Sight of Who Trump Is
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Pentagon anticipates major upheaval with Trump's return to White House
NBC News:
Trump says there's ‘no price tag’ for his mass deportation plan
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Deep Democratic depression … Come January, they'll have scant power in the federal government, and shriveling clout in the courts and states.  — The traditional media structure sympathetic to their views, and hostile to Trump's, was shattered.
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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.
Discussion: Slate, The Hill and The Bulwark
Sen. Elizabeth Warren / Time:
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.
Discussion: The Hill, HuffPost and NBC News
Chuck Todd / NBC News:
This Democratic defeat — and the rise of Trump 2.0 — was a decade in the making  —  Analysis: Biden's age and inability to sell his record or convince that he was fighting inflation were problems.  Longer-term Democratic weaknesses also came due.  —  There's something about an election …
Discussion: The Hill and New York Times
Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg:   Democrats Are in Disarray With No Easy Fix
New York Times:
Wave of Racist Texts After Election Prompts F.B.I.'s Scrutiny  —  Offensive messages were reported across the South and from New York to California.  —  A wave of racist text messages summoning Black people to report for slavery showed up on phones across the United States …
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Debbie Elliott / NPR:
Racist text messages target young African Americans post-election
Hannah Schoenbaum / Associated Press:
Judge strikes down Biden administration 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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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Jeffries takes charge of the Democratic resistance … - Control of the House in the congressional session that begins in January is still in doubt, but the New York Democrat indicated his mission is clear: Oppose Trump.  — At the same time, he said he'll rely on his growing relationship …
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
California Republican who impeached Trump wins reelection
Discussion: Breitbart
James Liddell / The Independent:
Ted Cruz's daughter caught wincing and telling her mom 'don't clap' as senator praises Trump on stage  —  Caroline Cruz, 16, was left scowling at her mother on stage as the Texas senator prayed for a Trump win  —  Your support helps us to tell the story  —  From reproductive rights …
Discussion: KASW-TV, Raw Story, Mediaite and Teen Vogue
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Lydia Spencer-Elliott / The Independent:   ‘Your body, my choice’: Women report rise in online misogyny following Donald Trump's victory
NBC News:
Special counsel Jack Smith seeks pause in Trump's election interference criminal trial  —  The prosecutor said he would notify the court in December about how he plans to move forward, likely the first step in unwinding the case against Trump.  —  WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith …
Timothy Noah / New Republic:
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.
Discussion: Bloomberg, CNBC and Slate
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Neera Tanden's X posts violated ban on political fundraising, government watchdog alleges  —  Office of Special Counsel says Tanden shouldn't have solicited funds for political campaigns.  —  A government ethics watchdog agency has formally accused White House domestic policy chief Neera Tanden …
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Dems going after trans people this week should be ashamed of themselves  —  In the wake of Donald Trump's election to a second term as president, some Democrats have begun lobbing anti-transgender attacks — and other “let's panic” responses.  Such instant responses are shameful and must …
Discussion: The Hill, HotAir and LGBTQ Nation
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Kevin Rector / Los Angeles Times:
For transgender Americans, Trump's win after a campaign targeting them is terrifying
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation and Variety
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 …
Ryan Gaydos / Fox News:
Israeli soccer fans targeted in wave of violence in Amsterdam  —  Maccabi Tel Aviv FC was in Amsterdam to play Ajax  —  Maccabi Tel Aviv FC supporters were reportedly the target of violence in Amsterdam Thursday before and during the soccer team's match against Ajax.
Associated Press:
Justice Department brings criminal charges in Iranian murder-for-hire plan targeting Donald Trump  —  The Justice Department on Friday disclosed an Iranian murder-for-hire plot to kill Donald Trump, charging a man who said he had been tasked by a government official before this week's election …
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Trump AG Prospect Warns Letitia James: ‘We Will Put Your Fat Ass In Prison’  —  Trump-aligned lawyer Mike Davis threatened New York's attorney general with racist and sexist posturing in perhaps a sign of things to come.  —  LOADING  —  Republican lawyer Mike Davis, an adviser for Donald …
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Netanyahu appoints new Israeli ambassador to US  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed a new Israeli ambassador to the U.S. this week.  —  Netanyahu tapped U.S.-born Dr. Yechiel Leiter to succeed Michael Herzog as the Jewish State's next ambassador in Washington.
 
 
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