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3:25 PM ET, November 9, 2024

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Lulu Garcia-Navarro / New York Times:
Nancy Pelosi Insists the Election Was Not a Rebuke of the Democrats  —  Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times  —  Perhaps no Democratic politician has been a greater antagonist to Donald Trump than Nancy Pelosi.  As the House minority leader and then speaker of the House during Trump's first term …
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The New York Review of Books:
All Bets Are Off  —  In Joseph O'Neill's first essay in our pages, he warned readers that “the Republican Party enjoyed a mystifying presumption of legitimacy,” contrasted with “the curious timidity of Democrats.”  In that instance, he was describing the 2000 presidential election fiasco in Florida …
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Democrats' election reckoning pits liberals against centrists
Discussion: The Guardian and New York Times
Michael A. Cohen / MSNBC:
Kamala Harris' campaign didn't ignore working class voters
Discussion: UnHerd, Off Message and Raw Story
Oliver Hall / The Guardian:
I spent hours trying to persuade US voters to choose Harris not Trump.  I know why she lost  —  As a phone bank volunteer, I hoped to counter the Republican attacks and half-truths, but people really believed them  —  It has been an extraordinary week for US politics …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
Trump Holds Up Transition Process Over Ethics Code  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump has not submitted a required ethics plan stating he will avoid conflicts of interest.  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump has not yet submitted a legally required ethics pledge stating that he will avoid conflicts …
Discussion: NPR and Raw Story
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Politico:
Playbook: The ‘deep state’ prepares to get Trumped  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  CALLED OVERNIGHT — DONALD TRUMP wins Nevada.  Sen. JACKY ROSEN (D-Nev.) wins reelection, as do Reps. DON BACON (R-Neb.) and ANDREA SALINAS (D-Ore.).
Discussion: The Independent
Zachary B. Wolf / CNN:
Trump's win was real but not a landslide.  Here's where it ranks  —  A version of this story appeared in CNN's What Matters newsletter.  To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here.  —  ► It's a comeback for the ages for a president to go from a pariah after trying to overturn one election to president-elect after the next.
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Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Trump's political comeback is complete. What it says about American voters
Discussion: USA Today
Politico:
How blue states are plotting to thwart Trump  —  They're prepping lawsuits and legislation to stymie the incoming administration.  —  Donald Trump pledged in one of his final campaign speeches to work with Democratic mayors and governors if reelected.  But just hours after the former president …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
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Dustin Gardiner / Politico:
Gavin Newsom's quest to ‘Trump-proof’ California enrages incoming president
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Justice Dept. to focus on ‘most egregious’ Jan. 6 cases until Trump is inaugurated  —  President-elect Donald Trump has said he would “absolutely” consider pardoning every Capitol rioter and has called them political prisoners and “hostages.”  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department plans …
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
November 8, 2024  —  Social media has been flooded today with stories of Trump voters who are shocked to learn that tariffs will raise consumer prices as reporters are covering that information.  Daniel Laguna of LevelUp warned that Trump's proposed 60% tariff on Chinese imports could raise …
Discussion: El País and Breitbart
Brian Bennett / Time:
Trump, Who Was Charged with Mishandling Secrets, Will Get Classified Briefings Again  —  Two years ago, the FBI raided Donald Trump's home to retrieve government records he had refused to return, including hundreds containing classified information.  The indictment that followed alleged …
Associated Press:
Democratic US Sen. Jacky Rosen is reelected in Nevada, securing battleground seat  —  Nevada Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen won reelection, beating Republican Sam Brown in a tight but unusually quiet race for the battleground state.  Rosen, a first-term senator, campaigned on abortion rights …
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen wins re-election in Nevada
Sarah Varney / NPR:
They split the ticket.  Meet the abortion rights voters who also went for Trump  —  Voters in three states — Arizona, Missouri, and Nevada — chose on Tuesday to advance protections for abortion rights in their state constitutions.  Donald Trump, meanwhile, is likely to win all three states in his victorious bid for the White House.
Discussion: Slate
Rebecca Solnit / The Guardian:
Authoritarians like Trump love fear, defeatism, surrender.  Do not give them what they want  —  We must lay up our supplies - of love, care, trust, community and resolve - so we may resist the storm  —  Here we are in a crisis in which almost everything we love is going to be under siege …
Leif Le Mahieu / The Daily Wire:
EXCLUSIVE: FEMA Official Ordered Relief Workers To Skip Houses With Trump Signs  —  Whistleblower: 'It's almost unbelievable to think that somebody in the federal government would think that's okay'  —  A federal disaster relief official ordered workers to bypass the homes of Donald Trump's supporters …
New York Times:
Should Alito and Thomas Be Pushed to Retire?  Conservatives Are Divided.  —  Coaxing aging Supreme Court justices to give up their power and status during a window of political opportunity can be a delicate endeavor.  —  With Republicans set to regain control of the White House and the Senate …
Politico:
Oakland mayor and progressive DA ousted amid crime complaints  —  The double defeat is the latest signal of voters' swing toward tough-on-crime policies.  —  OAKLAND, California — Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price are both leaving office …
Discussion: SFist, The Oaklandside and Bolts
Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
Cuban implies Trump's tariff threat having negative impact ‘right now’  —  Billionaire and former Harris campaign surrogate Mark Cuban warned of the negative impact of President-elect Trump's tariff plans, which include a general tariff on imported goods and an additional tariff specific …
Andrew Mills / Reuters:
Qatar to pull out of Gaza ceasefire mediation, source says  —  Qatar will stop trying to mediate a Gaza ceasefire deal until Hamas and Israel show a “sincere willingness” to return to the negotiating table, an official briefed on the matter told Reuters on Saturday, in the biggest setback to efforts to reach a truce since the war began.
 
 
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