WTF Just Happened Today? Day 1388

Nov 8, 2024 4:52 AM

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I think it's a good summary of the day that is fairly well sourced.
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Welcome to Day 1388.

Today in one sentence: Biden vowed to ensure a “peaceful and orderly transition,” calling on Americans to “accept the choice the country made" and to "bring down the temperature"; Trump’s MAGA allies admit that "Project 2025" was always "the agenda" for a second term; Trump said there is "no price tag" on his plan for the "largest deportation effort in American history"; after spending more than $130 million to help Trump win re-election, Elon Musk aims to secure regulatory benefits for SpaceX and Tesla; and the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 25 basis points for the second time this year.

-Matt, current mood: ???

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/07/president-biden-rose-garden-speech-trump-election/76108284007/

https://www.axios.com/2024/11/07/biden-speech-harris-trump-2024-election

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/07/biden-gives-dems-a-pep-talk-after-voters-repudiation-00188240

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/11/07/election-house-trump-senate-live-updates/

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-biden-white-house-address-thursday/story?id=115595175

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/biden-urges-americans-accept-choice-country-made-white-house-address-t-rcna179126

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/election-trump-harris-11-07-24/index.html

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/07/g-s1-33255/biden-speech-2024-election

https://apnews.com/live/trump-harris-election-updates-11-7-2024

https://www.axios.com/2024/11/07/trump-project-2025-second-term-agenda

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/project-2025-is-the-agenda-trump-what-is-trump-plan-after-win-steve-bannon/

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/republicans-celebrate-project-2025-trump-win-1235155322/

https://slate.com/technology/2024/11/elon-musk-bought-america-donald-trump-presidency-twitter-x-tesla.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/06/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-benefits.html

https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/fed-cuts-rates-again-as-election-reshapes-growth-outlook-99d48e83

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2024-11-07/fomc-rate-decision-and-fed-chair-news-conference

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/11/07/fed-rate-cut/

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/11/07/business/fed-interest-rates

https://apnews.com/article/federal-reserve-election-inflation-trump-economy-prices-e6b837fd85cff5ad71d4e40939b97237

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/federal-reserve-interest-rate-decision-november-2024-post-election-rcna179025

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/07/fed-rate-decision-november-2024.html

https://www.axios.com/2024/11/07/interest-rates-fed-decison-cut

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/federal-reserve-set-make-interest-rate-decision-days/story?id=115560064

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/business/economy/trump-federal-reserve-powell-interest-rates.html

https://apnews.com/article/trump-election-climate-pollution-oil-gas-clean-energy-f6ad39e23613396a7536fb1dc25fca62

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Vowing to peacefully hand over power to a dictator while asking Americans to dial down the intensity, knowing full well it's largely coming from Republicans who would spit on him, is such an absolute shit sandwich of a message.

2 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 1

Calmly hand yourself over to the slaughter is a sentiment i will never forgive Biden for. He did a he'll of a job with the ecomomy but his high roading will be the death of many. I will never c9nsider him one of the great presidents

2 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

It's the democrat ethos in a nutshell. Oops, sorry we did nothing to stop this from happening. Now, don't be mean to the fascists. Please be polite while they're rounding up your friends and family and throwing you into camps. By the way, we'll learn absolutely nothing from this humiliating defeat and we will run the exact same campaign next time.

2 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I fully expect the GOP to pass "election integrity" legislation at the federal level to prevent them from having to worry about losing ever again.

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