Must Reads/Op-eds
Election Day: Only Josh Silver Won (Phenomenal article by Lawrence Lessig)
Donald Trump is Moving to the White House, and Liberals Put Him There (Thomas Frank writing at The Guardian)
Bernie Sanders: Where the Democrats Go From Here (The New York Times)
It’s Worse Than You Think (Chris Hedges writing at TruthDig)
Democrats, Trump, and the Ongoing, Dangerous Refusal to Learn the Lesson of Brexit (Glenn Greeenwald writing at The Intercept)
The Democratic Party Establishment Is Finished (Slate)
Long Time Mass Surveillance Defenders Freak Out Now That Trump Will Have Control (People like this make me sick, TechDirt)
Americans Are Still Freer Than Most, But the Trend Line Are Worrying (Reason)
Colleges Try to Comfort Students Upset by Trump Victory (Some of this stuff is hard to believe, The Wall Street Journal)
Democracy Turns Off Millennials (Very disturbing, Bloomberg)
Beware Donald Trump’s Infrastructure Plan (David Dayen at New Republic)
The Twitter Takedown of Grubhub CEO Matt Maloney (The Hill)
Election 2016
Donald Trump May Select an Architect of Bush’s Torture Program to Run CIA (Let’s hope this isn’t true, The Intercept)
Trump Camp Considering Ayotte for Defense Secretary (This would be horrible, The Hill)
Keith Ellison, Howard Dean offered as possible DNC Chairs (Dean would be a total disaster, The Washington Post)
EU Sees Trump Freezing Talks on Trans-Atlantic Trade Pact (Bloomberg)
Trump Campaigned Against Lobbyists. Now They’re on His Transition Team (The New York Times)
Donald Trump’s Financial Advisory Team Stocked With Wall Streeters (The Wall Street Journal)
These Celebrities Promised to Leave the U.S. if Trump Is Elected President (Please leave, National Review)
White House Doesn’t Take Potential Clinton Pardon Off the Table (Politico)
Clinton Aides Blame Loss on Everything But Themselves (Politico)
Why Some Intellectuals Are Breaking for Trump (Good long article on the GOP civil war, Politico)
Silicon Valley’s Elite Want California to Secede (Not gonna happen any time soon, Fusion)
PHOTOS: L.A. Street Artist ‘Moving Sale’ Posters For Anti-Trump Celebrities (The American Mirror)
Donald Trump’s Victory Spoiled John Kasich’s Plans. So What’s Next For Ohio’s Governor? (Cleveland.com)
This Is Why America Will Get the President it Deserves (YouTube)
Geopolitics
Hong Kong Police, Protesters Clash Over Beijing Crackdown (Reuters)
EU’s Juncker Warns Turkey’s Erdogan on Visa Deal (Reuters)
Philippines Trimming, Not Scrapping, Military Work With U.S. (Reuters)
Economy/Finance
Obama’s Successor Inherits Bond Market at Epic Turning Point (Bloomberg)
India Rupees: Chaos at Banks Continues After ATMs Reopen (This is crazy, BBC)
Cash Is Still King in Japan, and That Could Be a Problem for the BOJ (Bloomberg)
Miscellaneous
Adobe Demos “Photoshop For Audio,” Lets You Edit Speech as Easily as Text (Pretty wild, ArsTechnica)
Japanese Road Collapse (YouTube)
Liberty Blitzkrieg Partners
Emergency Food Supply: A Guide to Keeping Food Safe (Ammo.com)
Open the Books (Every Dime. Online. In Real Time)
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Secession is in the air indeed (courtesy of course of Mr. Trump while congratulating the deceptive tactics carried out by his advisers).
Will California And Oregon Leave The Union? Facts About CalExit And Democrats’ Secession Movement
http://www.ibtimes.com/will-california-oregon-leave-union-facts-about-calexit-democrats-secession-movement-2445385
“…Gavin Newsom, the lieutenant governor of California, said many “enlightened” voters in the West don’t support the future Trump administration. “We are a nation state,” Newsom told the New York Times. “In so many ways, we are America. But we are just ahead of the curve.”
In Oregon, two residents submitted a ballot proposal this week on the state becoming an independent nation. Attorney Jennifer Rollins and writer Christian Trejbal of Portland called the petition for the 2018 ballot the “Oregon Secession Act.” The measure states the new Oregon could join up with “other states and Canadian provinces,” including California…”
More info about the 2019 #Calexit Independence Referendum
#Calexit (Twitter)
Calexit Bluebook
http://www.yescalifornia.org/calexit_blue_book
Oregon Secession Act
http://oregonvotes.org/irr/2018/009text.pdf
Cascadia Now
http://www.cascadianow.org