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Will the Democrats Ever Make Sense of This Week?

They’re more likely to take the wrong lessons from Biden’s win and the down-ballot losses.

By Osita Nwanevu

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	Grassroots Democrats Wanted to Protect the Vote. Then National Organizers Abandoned Them. Resistance groups spent months planning for this week, but it devolved into infighting about how to answer Trump’s attempt to steal the election.By Micah L. Sifry

	Trump’s Divorce From Fox News Is Getting Ugly The right-wing network was gearing up to cast itself as the leader of the anti-Biden resistance. But a drawn-out election has put it in conflict with President Trump and his supporters. By Alex Shephard

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	What If Democrats’ Message Just Doesn’t Matter? Florida voters backed a $15 minimum wage. So did Joe Biden—and he lost the state. There are important lessons here for the party. By Alex Pareene

	The Futility of the Democrats’ Record-Breaking War ChestLiberals lined the campaigns of Senate hopefuls with mountainous piles of campaign loot, only to watch it all burn up on election night. By Libby Watson

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	Trump’s Legal Threats Have More Bravado Than Merit So far, the election results have provided the president with lots of fuel for bluster but few avenues for the courts to interfere.By Matt Ford

	North Carolina Keeps Breaking My Heart Searching for hope and finding more reasons for despair in my home state By Nick Martin

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