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“We must accept this Result and then look to the future”

 Hillary Clinton delivers emotional concession speech.

Donald Trump defeats Hillary Clinton in stunning upset. 

Trump and Pence during his victory speech in New York. Mark Wilson / Getty Images.

• Donald Trump shocked the globe by soundly defeating Hillary Clinton to become the 45th President of the United States.
• Trump ran one of the darkest campaigns in modern history — he called Mexicans rapists, he vowed to build a wall at the southern border, he said he wouldn’t allow Muslims to come to the US, he repeatedly made offensive and sexually aggressive remarks against women, and consistently lied.
• Trump, in his victory speech, said he will “begin the urgent task of rebuilding our nation and renewing the American dream.”
• Worldwide reaction was swift and concerned. The US dollar’s value plummeted. Economists warned a Trump presidency could devastate the economy. Scientists and doctors are freaking out. And the global far right is rejoicing.
• US markets were modestly down in early Wednesday trading as investors and traders began to digest Donald Trump’s electoral victory.
• Clinton delivered her concession speech in New York City Wednesday. She said running was “one of the greatest honors of my [her] life” but said that “our nation is more deeply divided than we thought.” Clinton called Trump to concede earlier Wednesday.
• Speaker of the House Paul Ryan spoke Wednesday: “Donald Trump heard a voice out in this country that no one else did.” He also called the president-elect’s victory an “incredible political feat.”

Clinton’s campaign used way more mobile data than Trump’s yesterday.

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Hillary Clinton’s campaign party at the convention center in downtown Manhattan used 55% more mobile data than Donald Trump’s New York Hilton Midtown, according to data from AT&T. Clinton’s camp used 816 GB, while Trump’s used 528 GB. The telecommunications giant measured mobile data usage at these locations from 6 am on November 8 through 2 am November 9 through its Distributed Antenna System networks in each location.

To put that in perspective, the Clinton’s campaign’s data usage is the equivalent of uploading 2.3 million pictures to Twitter or Instagram, an AT&T spokesperson told BuzzFeed News. Trump’s is equal to 1.5 million pictures.

Clinton delivers emotional concession speech

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Clinton delivered her first remarks after losing the election to Trump on Wednesday.

Tim Kaine, her running mate, first addressed supporters and staff in New York saying, “My wife Anne and I are so proud of Hillary Clinton. I’m proud of Hillary Clinton who has been and is a great history maker.”
Clinton then gave an emotional speech, apologizing for not winning the election, but urging Americans to offer Trump “an open mind and the chance to lead.”
“Last night I congratulated Donald Trump and offered to work with him on behalf of our country,” Clinton said. “I hope he will be a successful president for all Americans.”
She expressed the pain and disappointment she felt about the outcome of the election and apologized for the loss.
“This was not the outcome we expected,” Clinton said. “I am sorry we did not win this election for the values we share and the vision we hold for our country. I know how disappointed you feel because I feel it, too. And so do tens of millions of Americans who invested their hopes and dreams in this effort. This is painful and it will be for a long time.”
But Clinton urged her supporters to “believe in America” and to accept Trump as their leader.
“We have seen that our nation is more deeply divided than we thought,” she said. “But I still believe in America — and I always will. And if you do, we must accept this result and then look to the future. Donald Trump is going to be our president. We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead.”

Clinton thanked her staff, her family, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as well as the volunteers and activists on her campaign.

“This loss hurts,” Clinton said. “But please never stop believing that fighting for what’s right is worth it.”
She addressed the women and girls who were willing her to be the first female president of the country.
“To all the women who put faith in this campaign and me, I want you to know nothing has made me prouder than to be your champion,” she said. “We have still have not shattered that highest and hardest glass ceiling. But some day, someone will.”
“To all the little girls who are watching this, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every opportunity in the world to pursue your own dreams.”
Clinton said she was grateful to the country.
“I count my blessings every single day that I am an American, and I still believe, as deeply as I ever have, that if we stand together and work together with respect for our differences, strengthen our convictions, and love for this nation, our best days are still ahead of us.”
She concluded her speech saying, “I believe we are stronger together and we will go forward together. And you should never, ever regret fighting for that. You know, scripture tells us, ‘let us not grow weary of doing good, for in good season we shall reap.’ My friends, let us have faith in each other, let us not grow weary and lose heart, for there are more seasons to come and there is more work to do.”

— Tasneem Nashrulla

Paul Ryan says Trump “turned politics on its head”

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Speaker of the House Paul Ryan congratulated Donald Trump Wednesday morning, calling his victory “the most incredible political feat I have seen in my lifetime.”

“Seven out of 10 Americans said they don’t like the direction our country is going,” Ryan told reporters. “Many of our fellow citizens feel alienated and have lost faith in our core institutions. They don’t feel heard. And they don’t feel represented by those in office. But Donald Trump heard a voice out in this country that no one else heard.”
Ryan said that it is clear the county is divided, but insisted Trump will bring the country together.

“There is no doubt our democracy could be very messy and we do remain a sharply divided country, but now as we do every four years, we have to work to heal the divisions of a long campaign,” Ryan said.

Ryan said he spoke to Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence twice since last night adding that “we are going to hit the ground running.”
“We are already talking about getting our transitions working together,” Ryan said. “We are very excited.”
—Mary Ann Georgantopoulos

Steve Bannon: Breitbart audience “not surprised” by Trump victory

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Steve Bannon, the former Breitbart executive who left the website in August to become Donald Trump’s campaign CEO, declared victory Wednesday morning for Trump’s populist movement and conservative media outlets like Breitbart that gave voice to the anti-establishment current sweeping the United States, Europe, and the United Kingdom…

— Nathaniel Meyersohn

President Obama to address nation at 12:15 p.m. ET

President Obama on Election Day. Kevin Lamarque / Reuters

The president is set to make his first public comments after Donald Trump’s win in the Cabinet Room 

in front of reporters. Hillary Clinton and Paul Ryan will be speaking earlier in the morning.

He will be joined by Vice President Biden, according to the White House.
— Dino Grandoni

Private Prisons Are “Clear Beneficiaries” Of Trump Presidency

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Stocks of publicly traded prison companies soared early Wednesday. Many traders expect a Trump administration to reverse the Obama administration’s August decision to not use privately run facilities to house Federal prisoners, or to expand these companies’ involvement in immigration detention. “We expect a Trump administration to be more supportive given its focus on immigration and crime,” said analysts at Compass Point.

— Matthew Zeitlin

Trump Leads A Global Nationalist Wave

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NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s victory Tuesday is the new high water mark for the populist nationalist movement sweeping Europe and the United States, but the tide is still rising.

The media and political elites missed the story on Donald Trump and the voters he rallied. His win over Hillary Clinton — which wasn’t foreseen in the polling leading up to the election — stunned his supporters and enemies alike.
But we should have seen something coming. Voters in the United Kingdom chose Brexit earlier this year. In France, polling has shown the National Front’s leader Marine Le Pen reaching the second round of the presidential election next year. In Austria, a member of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria stands a good chance of being elected president next month.
All over what was called in Cold War days the “First World”, the signs have been there. It took Donald Trump to deliver to political and media elites the bad news: the liberal world order is nearly over, and the age of populism is here.