The Next President of the United States

[Tal]

How will history remember Hillary now? When the dust settles, will the Democrats be considered responsible? The Republican vote was fairly typical; it seems to be her vote which was markedly lower than Obama's. Does this mean they simply picked the wrong candidate? That they played the game wrongly?

And what will his Cabinet look like? It has to get past the Senate, (right?) so it won't be the council of evil. Guiliani or Christie for Attorney General?

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How will history remember Hillary now? When the dust settles, will the Democrats be considered responsible? The Republican vote was fairly typical; it seems to be her vote which was markedly lower than Obama's. Does this mean they simply picked the wrong candidate? That they played the game wrongly?

And what will his Cabinet look like? It has to get past the Senate, (right?) so it won't be the council of evil. Guiliani or Christie for Attorney General?

If you can be arsed, could you please explain the Senate, it's election process, composition and role?

[TightEnd]

now this is a good quote. not sure who said it

"The establishment took him literally but not seriously, while his fans took him seriously, but not literally"

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a reaction in the Idependent to the poll miss

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New post: Why were the US polls wrong? http://bit.ly/2eCVkvj

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Prospect magazine

'We are now entering the post-liberal world. Its leader is Trump. Welcome.'

http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk//blogs/jay-elwes/welcome-to-the-post-liberal-world-donald-trump-presidential-election

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piece on why it wasn't the economy, stupid:

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/trump-and-brexit-why-its-again-not-the-economy-stupid/

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The NYT looks ahead

Donald Trump won. Now what? http://nyti.ms/2eD4l7F

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Before he takes the reigns of power, Trump due in court on fraud charges http://colm.es/2ekASUL

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now this is a really good piece

History tells us what may happen next with Brexit & Trump

https://medium.com/@theonlytoby/history-tells-us-what-will-happen-next-with-brexit-trump-a3fefd154714#.g61p1s36q

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The nytimes Exit Polls are interesting.

Trump's Older, White, Christian, wealthy, less educated and rural voters

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/08/us/politics/election-exit-polls.html?_r=0

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Rand Paul: "We're going to spend the first month passing the repeal of Obama regulations"

that's Obama's legacy gone then

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Barry Carter will love this

analysis of social media echo chamber & US election, algorithms promoting fake stories

eg

" Facebook has become a sewer of misinformation. Some of it is driven by ideology, but a lot is driven purely by the economic incentive structure Facebook has created: The fake stuff, when it connects with a Facebook user’s preconceived notions or sense of identity, spreads like wildfire. (And it’s a lot cheaper to make than real news.)

One example: I’m from a small town in south Louisiana. The day before the election, I looked at the Facebook page of the current mayor. Among the items he posted there in the final 48 hours of the campaign: Hillary Clinton Calling for Civil War If Trump Is Elected. Pope Francis Shocks World, Endorses Donald Trump for President. Barack Obama Admits He Was Born in Kenya. FBI Agent Who Was Suspected Of Leaking Hillary’s Corruption Is Dead.

These are not legit anti-Hillary stories. (There were plenty of those, to be sure, both on his page and in this election cycle.) These are imaginary, made up, frauds. And yet Facebook has built a platform for the active dispersal of these lies — in part because these lies travel really, really well. (The pope’s “endorsement” has over 868,000 Facebook shares. The Snopes piece noting the story is fake has but 33,000.)"

http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/11/the-forces-that-drove-this-elections-media-failure-are-likely-to-get-worse/

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Move to New Zealand? US migration inquiries rise 24-fold after election day

i saw the Canadian site crashed too

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/10/move-to-new-zealand-us-migration-inquiries-rise-24-fold-after-election-day?CMP=twt_b-gdnnews

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Trump and trade policy

heavy stuff  but important

http://www.niesr.ac.uk/blog/end-postwar-era-trump-and-global-economy#.WCRE79SLSt-

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