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Politico:
Why Kamala Harris lost the election  —  Harris refused to make a clean break from the last four years.  —  In the final sprint to the election, Kamala Harris' campaign — at her insistence, aides and allies said — started playing Donald Trump's most incendiary comments on the jumbotrons at her rallies …
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Andrew Perez / Rolling Stone:
Why Kamala Harris Lost — And Why It Wasn't Close  —  Americans are deeply dissatisfied with the brutal economy, and punished Democrats over it  —  It happened, again: Democrats lost a winnable election to a racist, orange-makeup-wearing carnival barker, despite his odiousness, immorality, and unbridled corruption.
Jamie Frevele / Mediaite:
'I'm Profoundly Disturbed!'  Sunny Hostin Denounces Trump Win as a ‘Referendum On Cultural Resentment’ in Jawdropping A-Block on ‘The View’  —  The co-hosts of ABC's The View set a conciliatory tone off the bat on Wednesday after former President Donald Trump won reelection, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris.
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Philly Democratic chair blames Harris' campaign for defeats in Pa.
Washington Post:
Election 2024 live updates
New York Times:
Kamala Harris to Concede Election to Donald Trump
Brooke Migdon / The Hill:
Trump loses ground with LGBTQ voters
Washington Post:
Exit polls from the 2024 presidential election
Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
She hoped her pregnancy story would matter. Then came election night.
Discussion: Politico
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Trump White House victory called ‘the greatest political comeback in American history’
Discussion: NBC News
NBC News:
Harris is expected to call Trump to concede the 2024 presidential race
Maria Aspan / NPR:
The Dow Jones jumps over 1,300 points after Trump wins the election
Discussion: Barron's Online, CBS News and Quartz
Tess Owen / Wired:
Far-Right Donald Trump Supporters Celebrate His Victory With Violent Memes and Calls for Executions  —  “Many many many executions are warranted,” one Trump supporter wrote on Truth Social.  “These traitors are a terminal cancer that MUST BE completely eradicated to make America healthy again.”
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Donald Trump Wins, Promising a Second Term of Revenge  —  The former President will return to the White House older, less inhibited, and far more dangerous than ever before.  —  Electing Donald J. Trump once could be dismissed as a fluke, an aberration, a terrible mistake—a consequential one …
Jeanine Santucci / USA Today:
Trump has promised mass deportations. Can he do it in his 2nd term as president?
NBC News:
DOJ moving to wind down Trump criminal cases before he takes office  —  The step complies with long-standing Justice Department policy that a sitting president cannot be prosecuted, two people familiar with the matter told NBC News.  —  Justice Department officials have been evaluating …
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Jeet Heer / The Nation:
This Time We Have to Hold the Democratic Party Elite Responsible for This Catastrophe  —  Trump won because the opposition party is committed to ancien régime restoration in a country that desperately wants change.  —  Pocket  —  While the presidential election …
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NBC News:
Exit Polls  —  NBC News, in conjunction with a consortium of news organizations, conducted exit polling across the country in 10 key states.  The polling included speaking with voters at polling places and phone interviews.  The exit polls are not results, but instead a look at the thinking and motives of voters across the country.
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CNN:
Exit poll results 2024 |  CNN Politics  —  See all exit polls data for the 2024 US elections.  For more information on voting and election results, visit cnn.com/election.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:   It's This Man's, Man's, Man's World
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Democracy Is Not Over  —  Americans who care about democracy have every right to feel appalled and frightened.  But then they have work to do.  —  An aspiring fascist is the president-elect, again, of the United States.  This is our political reality: Donald Trump is going to bring a claque …
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Max Burns / The Hill:
America will regret its decision to reelect Donald Trump  —  A presidential campaign defined by personal hatreds, threats of political violence and two foiled assassination attempts ended on Tuesday in a mostly orderly election.  No matter what the results ultimately show …
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
A Party of Prigs and Pontificators Suffers a Humiliating Defeat  —  A story in chess lore involves the great Danish-Jewish player Aron Nimzowitsch, who, at a tournament in the mid-1920s, found himself struggling against the German master Friedrich Sämisch.
Discussion: HotAir and Slate
Politico:
Democrats are in their nightmare scenario: On track to lose every key swing state  —  Democrats' failures in the states they were counting on has already prompted some soul-searching.  —  PITTSBURGH —  Donald Trump has blown up Democrats' Blue Wall for the second time.
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New York Times:
Early Results Show a Red Shift Across the U.S.
NBC News:
After Trump win, RFK Jr. says he won't 'take away anybody's vaccines'  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who will meet with senior Trump aides on Wednesday to discuss his role going forward, said he would eliminate the nutrition departments at the FDA.  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. …
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Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
RFK Jr. says ‘entire departments’ at FDA ‘have to go’10 minutes ago
Politico:
Biden team prepares to rush last-minute aid to Ukraine  —  The White House wants to rush more weapons to Ukraine, but the next president could halt the shipments.  —  The Biden administration is planning to rush the last of over $6 billion remaining in Ukraine security assistance out the door …
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Stephen Engelberg / ProPublica:
What to Expect From ProPublica in a Second Trump Administration  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  Donald Trump's victory marks a turning point in the American experiment …
Discussion: New York Times
Niraj Warikoo / Detroit Free Press:
Trump wins Dearborn amid anger over Gaza and Lebanon; Jill Stein receives 18% of vote  —  Donald Trump won Dearborn and made significant gains in Hamtramck compared to 2020 amid anger in Arab American and Muslim communities about deaths in Gaza, Lebanon and Yemen.
The Hill:
Winds shift toward GOP in fight for House  —  The neck and neck battle for control of the House in the next Congress appears to be shifting in favor of Republicans as results roll in from the most competitive districts a day after voting ended.  —  While the contest for the gavel remains …
Daniella Diaz / Politico:
Texas Democrats fume at national party over Allred's loss  —  Local Democrats are furious at the national party over Rep. Colin Allred's loss in the Texas Senate race.  “There was a lack of support from the national Democratic ticket,” Nikki Murray, 53, told POLITICO in an interview after Allred's concession speech.
Discussion: The Hill, Breitbart and CNN
George T. Conway III / The Atlantic:
America Did This to Itself  —  This time, the nation was on notice.  Back in 2016, those of us who supported Donald Trump at least had the excuse of not knowing how sociopathy can present itself, and we at least had the conceit of believing that the presidency was not just a man …
 
 
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Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech / The Hill:
Paid sick leave measures pass in Alaska, Missouri and Nebraska
Discussion: NPR and HuffPost
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Democrat Elissa Slotkin wins Michigan Senate race
Dave Lawler / Axios:
America chose Trump with eyes wide open
Politico:
Harris campaign rejected Black Caucus' $10 million outreach proposal to undecided Black voters
Discussion: Raw Story
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin Wins Reelection, Holding Key State For Democrats
 Earlier Items: 
Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Allison Greenfield, the law clerk disparaged by Donald Trump, is elected as a judge in Manhattan
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Reflections On America's New Autocracy
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Dante Chinni / Wall Street Journal:
Five Surprising Things We Learned From the 2024 Results
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Pollster J. Ann Selzer: 'I'll be reviewing data' after Iowa Poll misses big Trump win
 

 
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Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg, Satya Nadella, Michael Dell, and other tech leaders congratulate Trump on his election victory

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
Republican blockchain entrepreneur Bernie Moreno defeats Senate Banking Chair Sherrod Brown in the Ohio Senate race; crypto PACs gave $40M+ to defeat Brown

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
The European Commission opens an antitrust investigation into smartphone glass maker Corning for allegedly abusing its market dominance to squeeze out rivals

 
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