Saturday, November 07, 2020

America Celebrates



* "You're Fired!" (Drudge Report)

How to build a government: Transition challenges await Biden (AP)

Rolling back Trump's rollbacks: Biden seen reversing climate deregulation (Reuters)

Trump refuses to accept election results, says it’s ‘far from over’ (CNBC)

Investors likely relieved about networks calling U.S. presidential election for Biden (Reuters)

With banging pots and fireworks, celebrations erupt over Biden election win (Reuters)

Many people gathered near White House (NHK)

* In major U.S. cities, spontaneous celebrations erupt on the streets. (NYT)

Biden And Harris Supporters Celebrate In D.C.'s Black Lives Matter Plaza --Thousands of people have begun celebrating the news of Joe Biden's presidential win near the White House at Black Lives Matter Plaza. (NPR)

Cheers Erupt on N.Y.C. Streets After Biden’s Victory Is Declared (NYT)

As soon as the news buzzed on their phones, Americans gathered spontaneously on street corners and front lawns — honking their horns, banging pots and pans, starting impromptu dance parties — as an agonizingly vitriolic election and exhausting four-day wait for results came to an end Saturday morning.  (AP)

'No more bullying': fresh start to U.S.-Mexico relations eyed under Biden (Reuters)

Treasury Secretary Warren? Progressives Line Up to Press Their Agenda on Biden (NYT)

* TRUMP NEVER WANTED TO BE PRESIDENT FOR ALL AMERICANS -- From the moment he took office Trump showed little interest in healing the country. He actively stoked the flames of racial hatred and exploited the nation’s divisions for political gain, encouraging the rise of fringe elements and conspiracy theories that have proliferated through a Republican Party whose soul has changed in his image. [HuffPost]

For Trump voters, shock, disappointment and disbelief. (NYT)

Americans lost 138 million hours of sleep on election night, finds health-tracking device (The Print) [I'm one of them] -- DW

SCARIEST DAYS OF TRUMP PRESIDENCY COULD BE AHEAD He may be a lame duck, but he will have the immense powers of a president and commander in chief — and nothing to lose. [HuffPost]

Covid-19 Live Updates: Biden Team Readies Plan to Fight the Virus, Now Surging at Record Levels (NYT)


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