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2:15 PM ET, November 10, 2024

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emptywheel:
Two Elections: “The rules were that you guys weren't going to fact-check”  —  I want to elaborate on something I said on Nicole Sandler's show on Friday.  There were really two elections last Tuesday.  —  In one, politics worked.  —  In the other, propaganda worked far better.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and The Federalist
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Politico:
More Democrats fear the party's image isn't just damaged - it's broken  —  Everyone agrees they lost the working class, but they're deeply divided on where to place the blame — and what to do about it.  —  Democrats are having a full-blown identity crisis.
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Bernie vs. Nancy: Dems' working-class reckoning
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Who is allowed to practice identity politics?  —  I don't really know why Kamala Harris lost.  The best explanation I've seen is that Harris ran into a buzzsaw of anti-incumbent post-pandemic disillusionment that has played out across the developed world.  You can add more strategic …
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Helen Lewis / The Atlantic:
The Democrats Need an Honest Conversation on Gender Identity  —  One of the mysteries of this election is how the Democrats approached polling day with a set of policies on gender identity that they were neither proud to champion—nor prepared to disown.  —  Although most Americans agree …
Discussion: Instapundit, Fox News and USA Today
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump Won, So Jim Jordan Is No Longer Worried About Election Fraud  —  The Republican congressman admitted the 2024 election was “free and fair.”  But what changed between 2020 and now?  —  Rep. Jim Jordan was a key figure in Jan. 6 and the attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election …
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Jake Traylor / NBC News:
Trump wins Arizona, flipping a swing state Biden won in 2020
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Sonia Sotomayor Is Expected to Remain on Supreme Court  —  Some liberal activists have called for the 70-year-old Obama appointee to retire before Trump can fill her seat  —  WASHINGTON—Despite calls from some liberal activists for Justice Sonia Sotomayor to step down while Democrats …
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Sen. Bernie Sanders says he does not support urging Justice Sonia Sotomayor to step down  —  In an interview on “Meet the Press,” the senator said it would not be “sensible” to ask Sotomayor to step down while Biden is still in office.  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Sunday defended …
Discussion: The Guardian
Neil Irwin / Axios:
Democrats' $1.9 trillion bet that blew up  —  Nearly four years ago, the Biden administration and Congressional Democrats made a $1.9 trillion bet in the form of the American Rescue Plan.  They lost, as it contributed to a surge in inflation that fueled massive voter discontent and Donald Trump's return to the White House.
Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
Trump Is Expected to Upend Biden Labor Policies Favoring Unions  —  After gains by organized labor under President Biden, a second Trump administration is likely to change course on regulation and enforcement.  —  Joseph R. Biden Jr. promised to be the most pro-labor president in history.
Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION
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New York Times:
Unions Bet Big on Harris. Now They're Bracing for Consequences.
Discussion: San Diego Union-Tribune and WPMT
Victor Hagan / USA Today:
Donald Trump says he won't ask Nikki Haley, Mike Pompeo to join his second administration  —  President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday he will not ask his former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley or his former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to serve in his incoming administration.
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Liz Crampton / Politico:
Dearborn's Arab Americans feel vindicated by Harris' loss  —  Dearborn residents swung toward Trump.  It was a protest vote against Harris and Biden.  —  DEARBORN, Michigan — Arab American leaders for months warned Vice President Kamala Harris that she needed to separate herself …
Discussion: NBC News and The Guardian
Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
A new era dawns.  America's tech bros now strut their stuff in the corridors of power  —  The era that began with the Great Disruptor's first term is over.  Beware the emerging elite  —  In hindsight, 2016 was the beginning of the beginning.  And 2024 is the end of that beginning and the start of something much, much worse.
Tobi Raji / Washington Post:
For legal disputes, Elon Musk's X picked a venue far from Texas HQ  —  By changing his company's terms of service, Elon Musk has ensured that lawsuits against X will be heard in courthouses that are a hub for conservative judges.  —  Tech billionaire Elon Musk has chosen a sprawling federal court district …
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: Tom Cotton locks down the votes for Senate GOP's #3 job … - Cotton had been a serious contender for top positions in a Trump administration, but he decided to remain in the Senate, as Axios first reported.  — Cotton's expected win on Wednesday would box out Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) from leadership entirely.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Matthew Kaminski / Politico:
Can Trump be the New Reagan?  —  A clear victory gives the president-elect a strength and credibility on the world stage that he lacked eight years ago.  —  Eight years ago, at a post-election breakfast party we threw in POLITICO's Brussels offices, I watched Donald Trump claim victory …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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