Douglas Herbert

“In the absence of a shared reality, or shared #facts, or a shared threat, reason had no weight beside emotion,” said Nicole Bacharan, a French political scientist. “And so a dislocated world of danger has produced a hunger for the strongman.” https://t.co/LCurIwFaaK via @NYTimes

RT @BBCSteveR: In the mountains above Sochi, praise for Donald Trump & questions over America's superpower status. Russia (and its presiden…

Turning momentarily away from the crucible of the week’s big headlines: This #book has my name written all over it. Can’t wait to start #reading…maybe tomorrow? Or the day after? Or…? https://t.co/LinWf25Gxo

“I am pretty devastated and worried. There’s real, imminent danger for people here. There is real danger here ahead for Americans - including many Americans who voted for Trump.” -Representative Veronica Escobar of Texas, a co-chair for the Harris campaign (via @nytimes)

RT @BarackObama: Here's our statement on the results of the 2024 presidential election: https://t.co/lDkNVQDvMn

A note to readers from the editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair magazine following the #USElection. #F24 https://t.co/gsYsqaxItB

David Axelrod, a former #Obana strategist, tells @TIME #Harris may have been doomed from the start by forces outside her control. He says, “No incumbent party has ever won with a president with a 40% approval rating or under.” Harris, he argues, faced anti-establishment rage.

Role reversal? A #Republican pollster tells the @washingtonpost that “Donald #Trump has recast the Republican Party into a multiethnic, working-class party that appeals more to those on the lower than the upper end of the income scale.” These groups used to lean #Democratic. #F24

An old old editorial cartoon from the @newyorker that may resonate louder for some this Wednesday. https://t.co/U7mminrkLF

The owner of the @washingtonpost, whose decision not to have his newspaper endorse a candidate on the eve of the #USElection provoked an outcry, is quick to congratulate the president-elect. (Compare this with the editorial in today’s @nytimes, on the morning after the election.)

Jeff Bezos @JeffBezos

Big congratulations to our 45th and now 47th President on an extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory. No nation has bigger opportunities. Wishing @realDonaldTrump all success in leading and uniting the America we all love.

Lisa Lerer, in a news analysis, says voters gave #Trump a “permission slip” to make good on his threats. (via @nytimes) #USElection https://t.co/4FoKNKQm2L

RT @ChristopherJM: @maxseddon Serhiy Fursa, a Ukrainian political analyst, said the return of Trump meant “the world once again turned the…

“#Trump storms back”: The @nytimes limns the starkly differing perspectives on a historic reckoning. #USElection https://t.co/TIu6qPYsoS

Yesterday’s news: An election-eve headline in @lemondefr - when, for millions of Americans, “historic” still held a promise of hope. #USElection2024 https://t.co/A8jzsCQ3DB

RT @France24_en: 🇺🇸 🗳️ How does the concept of the #ElectoralCollege, and the resulting phenomenon of #battleground states, come into play…

The electoral vote system, under which voters choose “electors” whvote for a presidential candidate, has given rise to “battleground” states in the modern era. The upshot: several thousand voters - out of 240 million eligible - essentially choose the president. #F24 #USElection