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3:30 PM ET, November 8, 2024

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Put Musk on Phone With Zelensky During Call  —  Elon Musk was with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago when the president-elect spoke with Ukraine's leader.  It is not clear if they discussed any change in U.S. policy toward Ukraine.  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump spoke on Wednesday …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Elon Musk joined Trump's call with Zelensky … - The Biden administration is now looking for ways to get as much military assistance as possible to Ukraine ahead of Jan. 20, when Trump could turn off the spigot.  — But the private conversations Trump and his team have had with Zelensky …
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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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
Annie Karni / New York Times:
A Red-District Conqueror Wants Fellow Democrats to Look in the Mirror  —  Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, who is on track to win re-election in a rural Washington district, says her party needs to stop demonizing others and change the candidates it supports.  —  It's not always fun to say I told you so.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren / Time:
Here's the Plan to Fight Back
Discussion: HuffPost, The Hill and NBC News
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Democrats Need To Compete In The New Media Landscape — Or Keep Paying The Price
Discussion: Slate, The Hill and The Bulwark
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
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Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Why Does No One Understand the Real Reason Trump Won?
Katherine Koretski / NBC News:
Trump wins Nevada, capturing a state he lost in both 2016 and 2020
Discussion: USA Today and HotAir
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Let's Not Lose Sight of Who Trump Is
Discussion: Raw Story and Bloomberg
US Department of Justice:
Justice Department Announces Murder-For-Hire and Related Charges Against IRGC Asset and Two Local Operatives  —  For Immediate Release  —  Iranian Asset Farhad Shakeri Employed Multiple Associates in the New York City Area to Surveil and Murder a U.S. Citizen of Iranian Origin Who Has Publicly Opposed the Iranian Government
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Associated Press:
Justice Department brings criminal charges in Iranian murder-for-hire plan targeting Donald Trump
NBC News:
Justice Department files charges in murder-for-hire scheme targeting Trump
Discussion: Associated Press and The US Sun
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
McCormick sues to challenge provisional ballots in Philadelphia  —  Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate David McCormick filed two lawsuits challenging provisional ballots in Philadelphia, signaling he is prepared to take his fight to the Supreme Court.  —  McCormick declared victory …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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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CNN:
Racist texts about slaves and ‘picking cotton’ sent to Black people as state AGs, colleges and police probe their origins  —  Authorities across the United States are investigating after racist text messages - some with references to “slave catchers” and “picking cotton” …
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
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 …
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: New York Post, Bloomberg, CNBC and Slate
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 …
Kevin Rector / Los Angeles Times:
For transgender Americans, Trump's win after a campaign targeting them is terrifying  — President-elect Donald Trump ran a virulently anti-trans campaign, pushing hard against the queer community in stump speeches and in attack ads in swing states.  — That Trump won so decisively …
Discussion: TheGrio, LGBTQ Nation and Variety
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Dems going after trans people this week should be ashamed of themselves
Discussion: HotAir, LGBTQ Nation and The Hill
Saul Elbein / The Hill:
Texas Democratic Party Chair to step down after brutal defeats  —  In the aftermath of his party's brutal shellacking in the 2024 elections, Texas Democratic Party chair Gilberto Hinojosa has announced he will step down in March.  —  Over his 12-year tenure, Hinojosa has faced fierce criticism …
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Pelosi Laments Biden's Late Exit and the Lack of an ‘Open Primary’  —  “Had the president gotten out sooner, there may have been other candidates in the race,” the former House speaker said in an interview with The New York Times, suggesting she had anticipated an “open primary.”
Alex Thompson / Axios:
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.
Kerry Picket / Washington Times:
FBI brass ‘stunned’ and ‘shell-shocked’ over Trump reelection  —  The brass on the seventh floor at FBI headquarters in Washington are walking around in a daze and wary of a housecleaning since President-elect Donald Trump won his reelection on Tuesday, according to inside sources.
Financial Times:
Donald Trump asks arch protectionist Robert Lighthizer to run US trade policy  —  Tariff hawk's potential reappointment to top economy role likely to alarm trading partners  —  Robert Lighthizer, who was US trade representative when Donald Trump launched his trade war with China …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Declan Harty / Politico:
Trump: ‘NO INTENTION OF SELLING’ $3.5B stake in Trump Media  —  President-elect Donald Trump is doubling down on his plans to hold on to his roughly $3.5 billion stake in the parent company of Truth Social, just days after winning back the White House.  In a social media post, Trump …
Discussion: Rolling Stone, CNBC, Variety and Futurism
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
FBI says hackers are sending fraudulent police data requests to tech giants to steal people's private information  —  The FBI is warning that hackers are obtaining private user information — including emails and phone numbers — from U.S.-based tech companies by compromising government …
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 …
 
 
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Associated Press:
The US election was largely trouble-free, but a flood of misinformation raises future concerns
Discussion: CNN
Politico:
EU's opening bid to avoid Trump's tariffs: We could buy more American gas
Discussion: Bloomberg and CNBC
NBC News:
Special counsel Jack Smith seeks pause in Trump's election interference criminal trial
 Earlier Items: 
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Project 2025 chief's book urges ‘burning’ of FBI, New York Times and Boy Scouts
Discussion: Raw Story
Brad Dress / The Hill:
Trump's expected military reset: Culture war counteroffensive
Anna Mehler Paperny / Reuters:
Canadian police brace for ‘worst-case scenario’ of asylum-seekers fleeing Trump
Discussion: Bloomberg, Daily Mail and Raw Story
Michael Schaffer / Politico:
Trump Won't Just Change Washington Politics — He'll Change Life in the City
Discussion: HotAir, Raw Story and Washingtonian
Washington Post:
Why Dean Phillips thinks Harris lost
Discussion: New York Post
Ryan Gaydos / Fox News:
Israeli soccer fans targeted in wave of violence in Amsterdam
 

 
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