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Devastated Democrats Play the Blame Game, and Stare at a Dark Future

In interviews, lawmakers and strategists tried to explain Kamala Harris’s defeat, pointing to misinformation, the Gaza war, a toxic Democratic brand and the party’s approach to transgender issues.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/us/politics/democrats-kamala-harris.html?smid=em-share

Trump’s Win Ends a Post-World War II Era of U.S. Leadership

For the past four years, President Biden has argued that the first Trump term was a blip in American history. The election has proved that President-elect Donald J. Trump was no aberration.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/06/us/politics/trump-us-global-leadership.html?smid=em-share

A Party of Prigs and Pontificators Suffers a Humiliating Defeat

Democrats may feel righteous, but how’s that ever going to be a winning electoral look?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/06/opinion/donald-trump-defeat-democrats.html?smid=em-share

Trump Offered Men Something That Democrats Never Could

A set of easy answers that’s a formula for more alienation and anger.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/06/opinion/trump-white-young-men.html?smid=em-share