A win (and a loss) for democracy
America's electoral system was stronger when the sun rose on Wednesday than it was the morning before. — But it's not just because President-elect Donald Trump won the White House. Nor was he left undeadly injured. Two things are essential for election administration to work. 1: Votes must be counted and reported fairly and accurately. […]
Green energy stocks down following Trump win
Thomas Hayes, chairman of Great Hill Capital, spoke about how long stock prices will continue to rise after Trump's election victory over Bernie & Company. Shares of multiple renewable energy companies fell on Wednesday after Donald Trump was declared the winner of the presidential election and given a second term in the White House. Solar […]
Scaramucci on Trump win: 'A sad day for a lot of people'
Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said many Americans were disappointed in President-elect Trump's victory on Wednesday morning. “I think today is a sad day for a lot of people, you know, they're talking about non-white immigrants. [in the] The United States is really in an us-versus-them relationship, which is dehumanizing in a way,” […]
Global Leaders Led By Netanyahu Applaud Trump’s ‘Greatest Comeback In History’ After Election Win
A large sign congratulating US Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump is lit up on the side of a building in Jerusalem on November 6, 2024. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in the US presidential election on November 6, saying: He calls it “the greatest comeback in […]
Hezbollah Celebrates Trump Win by Firing Rockets at Trump Heights, Israel
Hezbollah fired a rocket into the Israeli town of Trump Heights on Wednesday morning to commemorate President-elect Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 US presidential election. There were no reports of damage there. However, in the town of Ra'anana near Tel Aviv, fragments of a Hezbollah missile destroyed by an Israeli missile defense system fell […]
Mark Cuban and Cenk Uygur eat crow, acknowledge Trump’s epic win amid continued silence from Harris
Early Wednesday morning, Donald Trump's transition from the 45th president of the United States to the 47th president has been subjected to a steady diet of alarmist rhetoric and fascist accusations by the Democratic press in recent months. It has become abundantly clear that it will be difficult for liberals. But some of Ms. Harris' […]
Jets employees all asking same Woody Johnson question after Trump’s election win
Is Jets owner Woody Johnson on his way back to London? That's the question everyone around the Jets is wondering after Donald Trump's victory in Tuesday's presidential election. Johnson served as ambassador to the United Kingdom during President Trump's first term and left the Jets for three and a half years while in London. Woody […]
‘Simpsons’ fails to predict Kamala Harris presidential win
“The Simpsons” aren't always right. The animated comedy's prediction that Kamala Harris would become the next US president did not come true after Donald Trump won the 2024 election on Wednesday. The show, which has notoriously predicted many future events over the past 35 years, suggested that as far back as 2000, 60-year-old Harris could […]
Climate activists protest Trump win, spray orange paint on US embassy in London
British climate change activists reacted immediately to President-elect Donald Trump's re-election victory on Wednesday by spraying orange paint on a corner of the US embassy in London in protest. Two members of the environmental group Just Stop Oil covered a wall in the embassy compound with orange paint, according to a video posted by the […]
Donald Trump’s granddaughter Kai congratulates him after election win
President-elect Donald Trump's granddaughter Kai lovingly congratulated her “grandpa” on his historic election victory early Wednesday morning. “Nobody works harder and cares more about the American people,” the 17-year-old avid golfer, who made headlines at the Republican National Convention, wrote in a sweet tribute to himself. “Congratulations, Grandpa, I love you!” College-bound teen I wrote […]