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5:50 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: The Federalist and Balloon Juice
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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 …
Jake Traylor / NBC News:
Trump wins Arizona, flipping a swing state Biden won in 2020
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Musk calls Thune “top choice of Democrats” for GOP leader … - President-elect Trump frequently battled GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) during his first term and could decide to put his thumb on the scale to get someone sure to do his bidding this time around.
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Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Trump presses next GOP Senate leader to allow ‘recess appointments’  —  It comes as Rick Scott has racked up support from prominent conservative backers, including Elon Musk.  —  President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday said Senate Republicans' next leader must embrace so-called “recess appointments …
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: Tom Cotton locks down the votes for Senate GOP's #3 job
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Washington Post:
Trump talked to Putin, told Russian leader not to escalate in Ukraine  —  President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday and discussed the war in Ukraine, according to people familiar with the call.  —  President-elect Donald Trump spoke …
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Matthew Kaminski / Politico:
Can Trump Be the New Reagan?  —  A clear victory gives the president-elect a strength …
Discussion: Raw Story
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
2024's other big loser?  The mainstream media.  Is there any path forward?  —  The American mainstream media, and its vital watchdog role that once made it a trusted, major institution in a flawed yet functioning democracy, imploded in 2024, and it happened in two ways …
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
House Fast Tracks Bill That Would Give Trump Power to Target Nonprofits  —  The legislation would let the Treasury Department revoke tax-exempt status for any “terrorist supporting organization”  —  Donald Trump hasn't even taken office, and Congress is already moving to advance legislation to expand his ability to target his enemies.
Discussion: The Intercept
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
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Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Who is allowed to practice identity politics?
Discussion: Power Line
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Bernie vs. Nancy: Dems' working-class reckoning … - “While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. … - “Will the big money interests and well-paid consultants who control the Democratic Party learn any real lessons from this disastrous campaign?”
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Associated Press:
Trump on Day 1: Begin deportation push, pardon Jan. 6 rioters and make his criminal cases vanish  —  Donald Trump has said he wouldn't be a dictator — “except for Day 1.”  According to his own statements, he's got a lot to do on that first day in the White House.
Discussion: KOIN.com
Zadie Smith / The New York Review of Books:
The Dream of the Raised Arm  —  Born in 1907 in Forst, Germany, a town near the Polish border, Charlotte Beradt was a young journalist who reported on women's issues and other aspects of German social and political life for the weekly journal Die Weltbühne.
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.
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
Discussion: USA Today, The Hill and The Guardian
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Many in government are worried about Trump's return.  At DOJ, they're terrified.  —  Trump blames DOJ for much of his torment over the past four years.  Lawyers there fear what's next.  —  A collective sense of dread has taken hold at the Department of Justice, which drew Donald Trump's rage …
Discussion: Raw Story
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: The Forward, NBC News and The Guardian
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 …
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.
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
 
 
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