And the winner of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, as reported by the major mainstream media outlets is Donald Trump. It has also been reported that Hillary Clinton called President-elect Donald Trump to concede.
Electoral vote count (so far): 279 for Donald Trump, 218 for Hillary Clinton. 270 electoral votes are needed to win.
Popular vote: 57,227,164 votes (48.0%) for Donald Trump, 56,279,305 votes (47.2%) for Hillary Clinton. Update: Now it is closer to 59,085,795 votes (47.5%) for Donald Trump and 59,236,903 votes (47.6%) for Hillary Clinton.
Yell, scream, gnash teeth... but please keep it civil.
Results at CNN, NYT, FiveThirtyEight, Wikipedia.
takyon: Republicans have retained control of the House and Senate.
Here's some market news:
Dow futures plunge nearly 750 points as investors warily eye electoral map
Asian markets plummet on likelihood of Trump victory
Bitcoin price soars as Trump pulls ahead
Opinion: How to profit from a Donald Trump victory
Ballot measure results will be covered in an upcoming story. Some initial results can be found at Ballotpedia and CNN.
[TMB Note: Stop breaking stuff, cmn32480]
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday November 09 2016, @08:09AM
https://wikileaks.org/Assange-Statement-on-the-US-Election.html [wikileaks.org]
Selected portion:
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 09 2016, @08:47AM
As someone who has enjoyed him eviscerating the DNC with their own words. RNC next please.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 09 2016, @09:24AM
Don't worry, Russia doesn't care about who wins, they just want to fuck over the US.
So expect tons of leaks on the new boss at the worst possible time for the country.
Trump is going to be the first US president to be impeached and actually go to prison.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 09 2016, @09:47AM
Why would that happen? They pretty much gave a former secretary of state who broke all sorts of laws a free pass.
You think the rules they broke for her they wouldnt do for him? Even Nixon got a free pass.
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 09 2016, @09:51AM
> They pretty much gave a former secretary of state who broke all sorts of laws a free pass.
In this post-factual election, that is totally true.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday November 09 2016, @09:26AM
Well there in a nutshell is why it matters to me not one whit if the New York Times goes under. They have cast their lot with the 1%, and their fortunes are now inextricably tied to theirs. In every generation there will be a need for truth-tellers, and in this of ours the New York Times has surrendered that accolade to WikiLeaks.
Washington DC delenda est.