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Donald Trump’s re-election raises questions about the fate of his ongoing legal battles.

Facing 34 felony convictions and several federal and state charges, Trump could attempt to leverage presidential immunity to delay or dismiss cases.

Judge Juan Merchan will soon rule on whether immunity applies to Trump’s New York case involving hush-money payments, potentially canceling his sentencing.

While Trump can self-pardon federal charges, he has no such power in state cases like Georgia’s election interference trial, which may remain on hold until his term ends.

Civil lawsuits, including those for sexual abuse and fraud, are still viable under a Supreme Court precedent allowing presidents to be sued.

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“This is a collapse of the Democratic Party.” Consumer advocate, corporate critic and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader comments on the reelection of Donald Trump and the failures of the Democratic challenge against him.

Despite attempts by left-wing segments of the Democratic base to shift the party’s messaging toward populist, anti-corporate and progressive policies, says Nader, Democrats “didn’t listen.” Under Trump, continues Nader, “We’re in for huge turmoil.”

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Colorado voters passed Amendment J, removing language from the state constitution that defined marriage exclusively as a union between one man and one woman.

This 2006 provision, previously enshrined by Amendment 43, conflicted with the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.

Supporters, including LGBTQ+ advocacy group One Colorado, argue that Amendment J safeguards same-sex marriage in the state if federal protections are ever overturned.

Opponents, like Focus on the Family and the Colorado Catholic Conference, uphold traditional marriage definitions, asserting that marriage should reflect biological complementarity and support children’s well-being through both maternal and paternal roles.

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Democrats bet on appeals to neoconservatives — including war criminals like Dick Cheney — and touted harsh border policies, bolstering rather than challenging Republican anti-immigrant frameworks.

Kamala Harris may have relied on women to vote for abortion rights, but she promised little more than a potential return to the flawed and insufficient norm of Roe v. Wade, at best. Like President Joe Biden, she supported a genocide and failed to distinguish herself from extremist Zionists like Trump.

For Democrats, appealing to the right has been a disaster of realpolitik, especially in an electoral system that structurally favors Republicans anyway. But what’s worse, Democratic strategies have failed and harmed the most vulnerable communities both in the U.S. and those who suffer under the yoke of U.S.-backed wars.

There is an urgent need for social justice movement organizing, growing unions and union power, antagonism rather than acquiescence to existing power structures, and expansive networks of care and support. The most powerful social movements of the last decades did not primarily build on support from Democratic leadership under Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, or Joe Biden. Nor did they collapse during Trump’s first tenure.

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Donald Trump’s re-election would have sweeping domestic and international consequences, affecting areas like abortion, immigration, gun control, LGBTQ+ rights, the environment, and foreign policy.

Domestically, Trump is expected to weaken gun-safety laws, restrict abortion access, roll back LGBTQ+ rights, and target freedom of the press. His administration could also push for aggressive deportation policies and clamp down on protest movements.

Internationally, Trump’s “America First” approach threatens NATO unity and may embolden allies like Israel to take unilateral actions in the Middle East.

Environmental protections and climate change efforts would likely suffer severe setbacks under his leadership.

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Tuesday’s election results for the Wisconsin State Legislature were mixed. Wisconsin Democrats won several key state Senate races, breaking the Republican 22-seat supermajority and laying the groundwork for Democrats to compete for a majority in 2026. In the Assembly, Republicans appear to have held their majority with many incumbents defeating their challengers.

New legislative maps, which were adopted in February after the state Supreme Court ruled the old maps were an unconstitutional gerrymander, gave Democrats the opportunity to run in competitive districts in many cases for the first time in over a decade.

Half of the state senate was up for reelection this year, and Democrats ran in each Senate district.

Democrats won five districts they were targeting on Tuesday — ousting Republican incumbents and winning newly created open seats.

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Constitutional amendments to protect or expand abortion rights passed in seven of the 10 states where they were on the ballot, including Arizona, Missouri, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, New York, and Colorado. These measures aim to protect existing rights and prevent future restrictions.

However, Florida, Nebraska, and South Dakota voters rejected similar amendments, marking the first losses for pro-abortion-rights measures since the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

In Florida, the measure narrowly missed the 60% threshold required to pass, leaving the state’s six-week abortion ban in place.

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Democratic Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester has won Delaware’s Senate seat, becoming the first Black woman to represent the state in the Senate, NBC News projects.

Blunt Rochester, already a history-maker as Delaware’s first woman and Black member of Congress, ran on a platform focused on jobs, health care, and reproductive rights. She succeeds her mentor, retiring Sen. Tom Carper.

In her victory speech, she honored the three Black women senators before her and expressed commitment to representing all Delawareans.

Blunt Rochester’s win marks a significant step toward greater representation of Black women in the Senate.

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Donald Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris in the 2024 election was propelled by notable shifts among Latino and Black voters, particularly men in key swing states.

Trump garnered 45% of Latino and 13% of Black voters nationally, up from his 2020 support levels.

Latino men favored Trump 54%-44%, citing his focus on inflation and rising costs as reasons for their support. Trump also gained with Black male voters in places like Pennsylvania, where 24% backed him.

Despite Harris’ efforts to appeal to these groups, her support lagged, with some Democratic leaders attributing this shift to insufficient outreach and economic concerns among working-class voters.

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Carter Sherman, Noa Yachot and Andrew Witherspoon
Wed 6 Nov 2024 06.04 EST

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Donald Trump reclaimed the presidency, becoming the first U.S. president with a criminal conviction to win office and only the second to serve non-consecutive terms, alongside Grover Cleveland.

Congress also welcomed several groundbreaking figures such as:

  • Democrat Lisa Blunt Rochester became Delaware’s first female and Black senator
  • Sarah McBride from Delaware became the first openly transgender member of Congress
  • Angela Alsobrooks as Maryland’s first Black senator
  • Bernie Moreno as Ohio’s first Hispanic senator.
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The U.S. dollar surged 1.5% and Bitcoin hit a record high after Donald Trump’s projected election victory, as markets anticipate pro-business policies, tax cuts, and inflationary pressures.

Global stocks also rose, with Japan’s Nikkei up 2.6% and Australia’s ASX 200 up 0.8%. Trump’s plans to make the U.S. a “cryptocurrency capital” and potentially increase trade tariffs, especially on China, are fueling market reactions.

Investors are now awaiting the U.S. Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision and China’s economic strategy announcement, as uncertainty looms over global trade and inflation.

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Missouri voters have passed a ballot amendment enshrining reproductive rights in the State Constitution, marking a stunning repudiation of one of the nation’s strictest bans on abortion.

The amendment guarantees a "fundamental right to reproductive freedom," including decisions on abortion, and allows the state to restrict abortion only after fetal viability, except in cases affecting the mother’s health.

Missouri, the first state to enact a ban after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, is now also the first to reverse such a ban through a citizen-initiated measure.

Abortion rights advocates gathered record-breaking signatures, revealing broad support despite strong conservative opposition.

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A Pennsylvania woman whose absentee ballot was returned to her instead of being counted said she flew from Berlin back to her home state to vote in person.

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New York’s Proposition 1, an amendment to enshrine abortion rights and expand anti-discrimination protections in the state constitution, passed with strong support.

Known as the Equal Rights Amendment, it protects categories such as pregnancy outcomes, sexual orientation, and gender identity, alongside existing protections.

Governor Kathy Hochul and Democratic leaders backed the measure as a defense against future restrictions, while Republicans opposed it, arguing it would impact girls' sports and benefit undocumented immigrants—claims refuted by legal experts.

The amendment’s success is seen as a rejection of conservative efforts to restrict abortion and transgender rights, celebrated by groups like the NAACP and the NYCLU.

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Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, won reelection to a fourth term in the U.S. Senate, defeating Republican Gerald Malloy.

Sanders, who has been a consistent champion for progressive causes, emphasized the need to address challenges like income inequality, climate change, and threats to democracy.

Malloy, a veteran and businessman, criticized Sanders’ lack of results and advocated for job creation, business promotion, and immigration enforcement.

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