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    Democrats Are at a Dead End, Unless They Learn From Trump
    Shocked by Donald Trump’s sweeping victory, Democrats are playing the blame game, and Joe Biden is the scapegoat. Democrats who knew Biden was well past his prime in 2020, and who concealed his frailty all the way until June, now say he was “selfish” to run for reelection. Yet Biden was the only Democrat capable…
    Daniel McCarthy
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    Protests Break Out Across US in Response to Trump Winning the Election
    Leading up to the 2024 presidential election, most people believed there would be postelection violence. Outlet upon outlet reported on polls revealing just how concerned Americans were that no matter who became president-elect, anger, frustration, fear, and acts of protests would follow. A Scripps News/Ipsos poll found that over 60% of Americans believed this would be the…
    Sarah Holliday
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    Virginia Professors Infantilize Students and Selves Over Trump Win
    If you think university students are learning to be adults in the real world, think again. Professors at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, decided to baby their students—and themselves—in the wake of Donald Trump’s second presidential victory by canceling in-person classes due to the stress the presidential election may have wrought. That’s right, Virginia. Your…
    Elise McCue
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    How President Trump Can Help a New Generation Learn to Appreciate Our Veterans
    Last Thursday, following President-elect Donald Trump’s extraordinary victory over Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden addressed the nation. His message was simple: “Setbacks are unavoidable, but giving up is unforgivable,” and he concluded by saying, “May God protect our troops.” Unfortunately for Biden, however, many people in his party have given up on fighting for America…
    Tom Ruck
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    How the Radical Left Helped Trump Win Hispanic Voters
    President-elect Donald Trump won 46% of the Hispanic vote in the 2024 presidential election, a record for any Republican presidential candidate in recent history, according to Reuters. Trump did not have success with Hispanic voters because of “anything conservatives did,” but rather “things that the Left has done,” according to Mike Gonzalez, author of “A…
    Virginia Allen
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    Why Trump Won
    Donald Trump. He’s back. After the most dramatic election cycle in modern American history, Trump won a sweeping victory, moving every single state in America in his direction from 2020. He didn’t just sweep the swing states. He lost New Jersey by only five points. He won Miami-Dade County in Florida—the first Republican presidential candidate…
    Ben Shapiro
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    UNFAIR? Reporter Presses White House Press Secretary About Previous Warnings of Trump Being a ‘Threat to Democracy’
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre snapped at Fox News White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich at the White House press briefing Thursday, accusing the reporter of twisting her words about President-elect Donald Trump. Heinrich contrasted the White House’s warnings that Trump is a “threat to democracy” and claims that he intends to strip Americans…
    Nicole Silverio
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    Florida Woman to Become White House Chief of Staff in Second Trump Admin
    President-elect Donald Trump tapped Susie Wiles, his reelection campaign co-chair, as White House chief of staff Thursday as his transition team prepares to launch the second Trump administration. Wiles will be the first woman in history to hold that role. “Susie Wiles just helped me achieve one of the greatest political victories in American history,…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Trump Won Because … He Was Just Better
    It’s a comeback story for the ages: Despite two impeachments, two assassination attempts, four criminal indictments, 34 felony convictions, and coverage from the big three networks that was 85% negative (as opposed to 78% positive for his opponent), Donald Trump triumphed over all the hate and the haters to win his second term in the…
    Richard Porter
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    ‘A Deal Is Coming Together’: ‘Clemency Package’ Said to Be Emerging for Trump, Hunter Biden After Election
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy said Thursday that a “clemency package” for both President-elect Donald Trump and Hunter Biden could be “coming together.” Special counsel Jack Smith is reportedly closing down his cases against Trump, whom he indicted on allegations of mishandling classified material and over his challenges to the 2020 election. McCarthy said that dropping the cases…
    Harold Hutchison
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    How Kamala Harris Gave the Catholic Vote to Trump in Michigan
    Donald Trump turned Michigan red in the 2024 presidential election, defeating Kamala Harris there and paving his way back to the White House. One of the most hotly contested swing states, Michigan was considered to be a determining factor in the outcome of the election. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., said Michiganders asked themselves Ronald Reagan’s…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Biden Accepts Trump Win, but Tries to Lecture Him on the Way Out
    Although part of President Joe Biden’s closing argument in the 2024 campaign was calling Donald Trump’s supporters “garbage,” he is now calling for America to “bring down the temperature” in light of Trump’s victory.  In a speech outside the White House two days after an election that saw Trump soundly defeat the Biden-endorsed Vice President…
    Fred Lucas
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    What Makes Trump’s Victory So Historic? 
    This story was co-authored by Virginia Allen, Kristen Eichamer, and Crystal Bonham. Donald Trump is now president-elect again. The polls predicted a close race with Kamala Harris, and many Americans believed the winner would not be called for multiple days. Instead, Trump won a historic victory that became clear shortly after midnight. The 2024 presidential…
    Virginia Allen | Kristen Eichamer | Crystal Bonham
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    Time to Put the Left’s ‘Trump Is a Threat to Democracy’ Lie to Rest 
    Now that President-elect Donald Trump has built a resounding red wave to crash over the supposed blue wall, it’s time to put the Left’s false claim that Trump is a “threat to democracy” to rest.  “But he’s a convicted felon!”  “But he’s been indicted!” Those cries fell flat last night as voters saw through the…
    Carrie Sheffield
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    Trump Is President-Elect. So What Happens to Those Indictments?
    Election Day wasn’t the only item on President-elect Donald Trump’s calendar in November. The once and future president has a date Nov. 26 with a New York judge for his sentencing hearing. One day after the election, the Justice Department reportedly determined that special counsel Jack Smith’s investigations—of Trump’s contesting the results of the 2020…
    Fred Lucas
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    The Left’s 6 Enormous Transgressions That Helped Propel Trump to Victory
    Donald Trump seems likely not just to win the Electoral College but also the popular vote to return to the White House, delivering a massive rebuke to Vice President Kamala Harris and the Left more generally. Trump’s genius—in raising his fist amid an assassination attempt, donning the apron of a McDonald’s fry cook, and riding…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    How Leftists Reacted to Trump Win
    As it looked increasingly likely that Donald Trump would once again become president, liberals once again had trouble grappling with that possibility. Here’s some of the most telling reactions. David Corn, Washington bureau chief of Mother Jones, suggested that Russia had intervened. (Yes, Russia collusion is already back. Which side is the one about conspiracy…
    Katrina Trinko
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    Trump Heralds ‘Unprecedented and Powerful Mandate’ in Victory Speech
    President-elect Donald Trump asserted that American voters have “given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate” with his election to a second term.  Trump took the stage for a victory speech in front of supporters just before 2:30 a.m. after the 45th president defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.  “Frankly, I believe…
    Fred Lucas
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    Scenes From Trump’s Florida Election Night Party
    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—A room full of MAGA hat-wearing Americans cheered loudly at 1:47 a.m. Wednesday when Fox News announced that former President Donald Trump had enough electoral votes to win back the White House. The news came shortly after pollsters called multiple swing states for the former president, including North Carolina, Georgia, and Pennsylvania….
    Virginia Allen
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    Why Trump Carried Pennsylvania on Path Back to Presidency
    Donald Trump’s hard-fought win in Pennsylvania was key to his apparent victory Tuesday over Kamala Harris in the presidential race.   Trump defeated Harris in Pennsylvania, 51% to 48.1%, with about 95% of the vote counted, The Associated Press reported. Fox News first called Pennsylvania for Trump at 1:22 a.m. Wednesday. Decision Desk HQ called it…
    Fred Lucas
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