NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG:

Sorry to beat a dead horse, but can we go back to what happened here? pic.twitter.com/FkScNHivuU

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) November 6, 2024

UPDATE: Eugene Volokh emails to suggest that the above chart is comparing apples and oranges: “Biden’s 81M was the final 2020 count; Harris’s 66M was the ongoing 2024 count, as of this morning. It appears that as of this morning there were still at least about 16M votes not yet included in the tallies, mostly but not entirely in Western states. In California, for instance, the current tallies include only 56% of the vote, and that amounts to 9.75M votes, so that’s about 7.7M votes not yet included in the totals in California alone. My rough projections from each state, based on how the vote broke down so far, is that there will be 9M extra votes for Harris and 7M for Trump, though there might be more (see https://reason.com/volokh/2024/11/06/quick-reminder-dont-compare-the-final-2020-popular-vote-totals-with-non-final-2024-vote-totals/). That will yield a total of roughly 76M for Harris and 79M for Trump, which is basically 5M less than Biden’s 81M for Harris and 5M more than Trump’s 2020 74M for Trump. It may even be a few million more (or possibly, though not likely, a few less). But it will be much more than the amounts reported so far in the right-hand column in the ZeroHedge comparison.”

CLAIRE LEHMANN: Revenge of the Silent Male Voter.

In the coming days, much will be written about working class concerns—issues that have become familiar focal points for those seeking to understand Trump’s support. But while inflation and border policies will have no doubt played a role in the Republicans’ landslide victory, we might also want to look at the sentiments expressed by young male voters—voters who represent a new and emerging contingent in American politics. Nothing about the young men I spoke to appeared particularly conservative or “right-wing.” Yet it was easy for them to explain why they voted for Trump. And if we zoom out and look at broader cultural trends, it should be easy for us to understand too.

If we take a macro perspective, we see that such young men have never known a culture in which males are not routinely described as “problematic,” “toxic,” or “oppressive.” Going to university, and working at modern companies, they live in a world of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies—many of which promote an insidious and pervasive form of anti-male discrimination. Yet to talk about it in public invites social ostracism. To criticise DEI is to risk being called a Nazi.

These young male voters know about theories of patriarchy and white supremacy, but they have never known a culture which celebrates the Great Man Theory of history. Thomas Carlyle’s nineteenth-century framework for understanding the past is seen as an anachronism, not worthy of serious thought. Today we acknowledge historical figures not for their feats, but for their crimes. Whether it is due to slavery, colonisation, racism, or sexism, we tear down the monuments of our past, while building no new heroes for our future.

The problem with this way of viewing the world is that it is alienating and self-defeating. It is also wrong. By any objective standards, Elon Musk is a great man of history, who is influencing the course of human civilisation for generations to come. As one party-goer told me, “He caught a fucking rocket with mechanical chopsticks.” Yet despite his achievements, Musk is more likely to be scorned than celebrated by the Democratic establishment.

This tension between achievement and resentment explains much about our current moment. The young men I met that night in Manhattan weren’t just voting for Trump’s policies. They were voting for a different view of history and human nature. In their world, individual greatness matters. Male ambition serves a purpose. Risk-taking and defiance create progress.

Related:

Even Bernie Sanders can figure it out: “‘It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them,’ the 83-year-old senator from Vermont wrote on social media.”

WELL, GOOD: There’s an Evolutionary Advantage to Forgetting Things All The Time.

WHAT COULD GO WRONG? Can Life Be Engineered? Biochemists Take Key Steps Toward Synthetic Lifeforms.

VITAMIN D UPDATE: Characterizing vitamin D deficiency effects on bone density in a rare metabolic disorder where patients must avoid sun.

HEH:

Elon is such a dumbass. He spent $44 billion on Twitter and all he got was control of all 3 branches of the federal government.

— Whole Mars Catalog (@WholeMarsBlog) November 6, 2024

More seriously, a free-speech absolutist with far beyond eff-you money now has a seat at the table.

That’s a yuge (and possibly underappreciated) development.

LIKE JOHN KERRY 20 YEARS AGO, HER CONCESSION SPEECH WAS THE BEST ONE SHE DELIVERED DURING HER ENTIRE CAMPAIGN*: Kamala Harris Concedes With Bitter, Divisive Speech.

*Faint praise, granted.

THAT’S JUST CRUEL: But not undeserved.

UPDATE: I thought it was obvious that Aaron is being sarcastic. The Democrats only wanted to expand the Court and eliminate the filibuster when they thought they’d be the ones to benefit. Now it’s the opposite, and of course they don’t want these things.

BREAKING: Harris has called Trump to concede the election, according to JustTheNews.

“President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke by phone earlier today where she congratulated him on his historic victory,” Trump Campaign Communications Director Steven Cheung said in a statement.”

Here’s the statement.

WELL: 2025 Audi RS Q8 Performance Super SUV First Drive: Because You Can, Even If You Don’t Need To. “Very few people need an SUV capable of lapping the Nürburgring in 7:37. And your point is?”

PRETTY SMOOTH FOR A HOTLY CONTESTED ELECTION: Finally, Trump Wins Beyond The Margin Of Fraud.

CUE THE WORLD’S SMALLEST VIOLIN: The Democrat Depression Begins.

REPORT: DOJ to Drop Trump Cases.

They were only brought to keep him out of office, and they failed.

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Charges Dropped Against Georgia Gun Owner Over Illegal Storage Ordinance.

CHRISTIAN TOTO: Trump Win Could Make Hollywood 2.0 a Reality.

Zachary Levi could have said, “I told you so.”

The “Shazam!” actor recently endorsed Donald Trump for president, but he didn’t dunk on his political enemies last night following Trump’s dramatic victory. Levi made an exception for hard-Left Hollywood journalist Roger Friedman.

The Showbiz 411 founder publicly attacked Levi on X, saying the only good news from Trump’s victory was that Levi wouldn’t be allowed back into Hollywood, Inc. again. Once again, a journalist acknowledges the new Hollywood Blacklist.
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It won’t be easy to compete with, let alone replace Hollywood. That movement unofficially starts with Trump’s victory.

In a way, it’s already begun.

Read the whole thing.

YEP:

The view just basically said the quiet part out loud.

Kamala lost because Americans can now think for themselves and we have free speech on X. We no longer need to listen to the fake news media for the narrative and we can call out their lies in real timepic.twitter.com/49tYmBowDI

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 6, 2024

MAKE PEACE GREAT AGAIN:

Netanyahu held a 20-minute call with Trump today.

Looks like they are already preparing for what’s to come in the Middle East.

The world is waiting for the Cyrus Accords.

🇺🇸🇮🇱 pic.twitter.com/1pBxbFKL5T

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) November 6, 2024

VICTORIA TAFT: West Coast, Messed Coast™ Election Hits and Misses.

FUN GIFT IDEA: LOLBOX 2024 Music Boxing Machine with Boxing Gloves. #CommissionEarned

ICYMI: Trump Declares Victory: It Was A Historic Realignment, ‘We Are The Party Of Common Sense.’

This campaign has been so historic in so many ways. We’ve built the biggest, the broadest, the most unified coalition. They’ve never seen anything like it in all of American history.

They’ve never seen it. Young and old, men and women, rural and urban. And we had them all helping us tonight.

When you think, I mean, I was looking at it. I was watching it. They had some great analysis of the people that voted for us.

Nobody’s ever seen anything like that. They came from all quarters. Union, non-union, African-American, Hispanic-American, Asian-American, Arab-American, Muslim-American.

We had everybody, and it was beautiful. It was a historic realignment, uniting citizens of all backgrounds around a common core of common sense.

Indeed.

KEY DEMOCRAT CONSTITUENCY NOT TAKING KAMALA’S LOSS VERY WELL: Hollywood Seethes and Mourns Donald Trump’s Reelection: ‘America Is Done.’

Following Donald Trump’s reelection on Tuesday night, those who voted against him in Hollywood both mourned and raged on Wednesday morning, worrying for the future of the country.

In some cases, like that of “Dead to Me” star Christina Applegate, confusion reigned over everything else, as she encouraged anyone who voted for Trump to unfollow her.

“Why? Give me your reasons why????? My child is sobbing because her rights as a woman may be taken away,” she wrote. “Why?And if you disagree , please unfollow me.”

Of course, that may be a moot point, as in a separate post, the actress noted that she’ll be shutting down her account “because this is sick.”

Meanwhile, others mourned the future of the Supreme Court, which has the potential to swing even more conservative under Trump’s second term.

“Supreme Court gone for the rest of my lifetime,” Kevin McHale, former star of “Glee” posted. “Ultra-conservative evangelical bigotry, xenophobia, racism is the mandate.”

“The Wire” star Wendell Pierce wrote several posts, similarly lamenting the future of the court in one as well.

“Elections have consequences. The Supreme Court will be changed for a generation. I’ll never see a moderate court again in my lifetime,” he wrote. “Alito and Thomas will step down and Trump will appoint 40 year old partisans to the bench. The damage he is about to inflict on our institutions the next 2 years will be irreparable.”

Trump’s victory has even forced at least one celebrity into hiding — or worse: Disney Star Bette Midler Deletes Her X/Twitter Account After Trump Trounces Kamala.

Disney’s Hocus Pocus 2 star Bette Midler deleted her X/Twitter account after President-elect Donald Trump trounced Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.

On Election Day, before deleting her account, Midler appeared to be coping poorly, suggesting drinking Drano in the event that Trump wins.

The actress had posted a photo to X showing a bottle of Drano clog remover with a Post-It sticker reading “Trump Wins.” next to it was a bottle of what looked to be Korbel champagne, with a sticker reading “Kamala Wins.”

Do we need a wellness check on Midler?

As for other celebrities, when do they start packing their bags? Hollywood Exodus? Stars Threaten to Leave U.S. After Trump Victory, Vowing Dramatic Farewells if He Takes Office.

WE STILL ON FOR THE COURT-PACKING? Sure, a good economy would be nice, but what I am really looking forward to is 6 new conservative justices for some solid 12-3 decisions on the Commerce Clause and Tenth Amendment.

BILL WHITTLE: With Malice Toward None. “Alternate title: MAGA MANBABY BLUBBERS LIKE A SISSY. Recorded just a few moments after Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 election, Hot Mic host Bill Whittle unloads four years of emotional baggage and invokes the language, the spirit and most importantly the INTENTION of the first Republican President.”

WHAT’S BETTER, BORING OR EXCITING? Dinosaurs discovered in ‘Chinese Pompeii’ actually died in extremely boring ways.

QUESTION ASKED AND ANSWERED: GOP Seizes Senate — But What About the House?

Right now, the GOP has a possible range of 52-55 Senate seats, and a probable range of 53-54. That’s a good night for Republicans, although perhaps a bit disappointing given Donald Trump’s apparent popular-vote victory.

That brings us to the House, where … nothing much has changed at all. Republicans went into last night with a narrow 0.3-point lead in the generic ballot in RCP’s aggregation. Anything better than a D+5 usually signals a shift of a significant number of seats to the GOP. And yet, in an environment where the House is as evenly split as any in recent history, we still didn’t see a red wave to match Trump’s momentum. CNN reports a net 5-seat gain for the GOP; our partners at DecisionDesk HQ put it at two. A number of races are still left to be resolved, and Republicans lead in most of them — but those are in GOP-held districts.

Politico reports this morning that Republicans are “bullish” on maintaining their majority in the House, but it’s gonna be close[.]

Ed Morrissey’s post from 11:20 am this morning included a tweet quoting Decision Desk HQ stating that there was a “79.4% probability of GOP control” of the next Congress. Those numbers have significantly improved: