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  1. The Democratic Game Plan for Making Trump Miserable — and Regaining PowerThey cannot exactly follow McConnell’s 2009 strategy for thwarting Barack Obama. But they will have some good opportunities if they stay unified.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. Donald Trump Just Pledged to ‘Strengthen’ America’s Nuclear CapabilityTrump’s pledge came the same day that Vladimir Putin vowed to do the same for his country.
    By Eric Levitz
  3. Obama Is Dismantling a Visitor-Tracking Program That Targets MuslimsThe timing would suggest he’s not eager to let it fall into his successor’s hands.
    By Eric Levitz
  4. Trump’s Rabid Base Will Give Him a Power Obama LackedUnlike Obama eight years ago, the president-elect seems willing to deploy his minions to ride herd on Congress.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. Obama Will Reportedly Ban Offshore Drilling in Federal WatersThe president will take advantage of a rarely used provision in a 1953 law to make parts of the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans off limits.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  6. Trump Campaign Manager Condemns Left for Delegitimizing the President-electThe woman who helped elect the leader of the birther movement scolds the left for trying to “deny [Trump] what he just earned.”
    By Eric Levitz
  7. crimes and misdemeanors
    Obama Intends to Transfer 17 or 18 Guantánamo Detainees Before Leaving OfficeThe president also announced he’s pardoning another 78 people, and commuting 153 convicts’ sentences.
    By Charley Lanyon
  8. Obama Says Democrats Lost ‘Badly’ Because They Didn’t ‘Show Up’Obama reiterates his (implicit) critique of the Clinton campaign, while declaring his intention to become a “talent scout” for the Democratic Party.
    By Eric Levitz
  9. Barack Obama Says Russia Can’t Undermine Our Democracy Unless We Let ItThe threat to the republic is coming from inside the country.
    By Eric Levitz
  10. CIA and FBI Now Agree: Russians Hacked to Help TrumpEarlier reports that the FBI disagreed with CIA findings that one aim of Russian hacking was to help Trump have now been overturned.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. surprise!
    Here Is a Very Good Photo of Octavia Spencer Being Surprised by Barack ObamaDon’t leave us, Barack!
    By Jackson McHenry
  12. How Conservatives View Russia’s Alleged Meddling in the U.S. ElectionLiberals are both overstating the importance of the hacks, and cynically trying to undermine a newly elected president.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  13. 3 Reasons We Need a Reconstruction Memorial Right NowIn this era of renewed political and racial polarization, we need a reminder there are things worth fighting over until justice prevails.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. the national interest
    Barack Obama’s America Is Still the FutureThe youngest Americans love the outgoing president more than ever.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. women’s health
    It’ll Soon Be Illegal to Defund Planned Parenthood Just for Providing AbortionsOn the state level, at least.
    By Susan Rinkunas
  16. Watch Trevor Noah’s ‘Daily Show’ Interview with President Barack ObamaOn last night’s Daily Show, Trevor Noah headed to the White House for an interview with President Obama, and in case you missed it, Comedy […]
    By Megh Wright
  17. last night on late night
    Watch Trevor Noah’s Candid TDS Obama Interview“There has not been a time in my public life or my presidency where I feel as if I have had to bite my tongue.”
    By Dee Lockett
  18. year in review 2016
    The Year in Black JoyA look back at the moments that made a terrible year salvageable.
    By Ashley Weatherford
  19. President Obama Will Appear on Monday’s ‘Daily Show with Trevor Noah’President Obama is headed to The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Comedy Central announced that Obama will appear on Monday night’s show at 11:00pm […]
    By Megh Wright
  20. donald trump
    Michael Lewis on the Psychological Quirks Trump Exploited to Become PresidentRiffing off his new book, the author explains that he is extremely worried about Donald Trump’s personality and thirst for certainty.
    By Jesse Singal
  21. Obama Warns Against Reversing Security Strategy, Trump Says That’s His PlanTheir respective national security advisers are set to meet at the White House on Wednesday.
    By Charley Lanyon
  22. select all
    Why So Many People Believe Obama Encouraged ‘Illegals’ to VoteHere’s a case study in the rich ecosystem of nonsense that causes people to believe fake-news stories.
    By Jesse Singal
  23. Why Obama Is Writing a Flood of New Regulations for Trump to RepealThere are only so many hours in a legislative day.
    By Eric Levitz
  24. dgaf
    In True DGAF Fashion, Bob Dylan Skipped President Obama’s Nobel Prize Event, TooHe does want he wants.
    By Dee Lockett
  25. Obama Says Marijuana Should Be Treated Like AlcoholBut he is resigned to letting the federal government keep treating it like heroin.
    By Eric Levitz
  26. dreams dashed
    Here’s What Barack Obama Said About Whether Michelle Will Ever Run for Office“She’s too sensible to want to be in politics.”
    By Lisa Ryan
  27. the national interest
    David Brooks and the Intellectual Collapse of the CenterThe moderate Establishment retreats to a new fantasy in the Trump years.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. Donald Trump Tweets Out New Policy Toward CubaThe president-elect announced that he will “terminate” the Obama administration’s opening with Cuba if the island refuses to cut a better “deal.”
    By Eric Levitz
  29. protests
    In the Age of Trump, Should Protest Be Angry or Optimistic?Rembert Browne and Rebecca Traister discuss.
    By Rembert Browne and Rebecca Traister
  30. women at work
    Obama Awards Software Engineer Margaret Hamilton Presidential Medal of FreedomHer work helped make the Apollo 11 mission a success.
    By Jenni Miller
  31. Senate Democrats Up for Reelection in Trump States Not Necessarily Doomed in ’18Presidential wins aren’t great predictors of future senate elections.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. pep talks
    Here’s What President Obama Told Sasha and Malia After Trump Won the Election“You don’t get into a fetal position about it. You don’t start worrying about apocalypse.”
    By Gabriella Paiella
  33. Reminder: Clinton Did Virtually Nothing to Court White Voters in the Rust BeltThere’s plenty of space between ignoring the Rust Belt completely and selling out black voters to appeal to the white working class.
    By Eric Levitz
  34. Obama Touts Trump’s Pragmatism, Implores Him Not to Hastily Repeal the ACAObama spends a news conference showing respectful deference to Trump, while encouraging the president-elect to heed his advice on health care.
    By Eric Levitz
  35. select all
    Despite His Best Meme Efforts, Barack Obama Won’t Let Joe Biden Prank TrumpBiden memes are the only good internet today.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  36. How the Loyal Opposition Will Work in Trump’s AmericaWhat should Democrats in Congress — and Barack Obama, and you — do now?
    By Jonathan Chait
  37. 2016 election
    Oprah Hopes Donald Trump Has Been ‘Humbled’ by the Election Process“I could sense … brotha has been humbled by this whole thing.”
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  38. The Trans-Pacific Partnership Is DeadChuck Schumer has informed labor leaders that the trade agreement will not be ratified by Congress.
    By Eric Levitz
  39. Obama Welcomes His Successor to the White HouseThe first black president begins transferring power to the leader of the “birther” movement. And Trump begins his assault on press freedom.
    By Eric Levitz
  40. Why the Decimated Democrats May Turn LeftIn a party with little power and no leader, the populists have the only coherent narrative of how Democrats should adapt to the Trumpocalypse.
    By Eric Levitz
  41. 2016 election
    Watch President Obama’s Speech on Donald Trump’s Election Win“We all want what’s best for this country.”
    By Samantha Rollins
  42. How Trump Won, by the NumbersThe GOP nominee outperformed Mitt Romney among men, low-income households, union members — and, to a lesser degree, black and Hispanic voters.
    By Eric Levitz
  43. Trump Won a Lot of White Working-Class Voters Who Backed ObamaProgressives can’t afford to give up on winning them back.
    By Eric Levitz
  44. President Trump’s America Already Looks DifferentWe are fearful and divided. Some of our most cherished ideals are gone.
    By Frank Rich
  45. last night on late night
    Watch Colbert’s ‘True’ Donald Trump Origin StoryLate one dark and stormy White House Correspondents’ Dinner …
    By Tolly Wright
  46. Final Polls Show Clinton Ahead — and a Race That Looks a Lot Like 2012The last surveys suggest Clinton will win by a margin similar to Obama’s four years ago — but a lot of states are close.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. last night on late night
    Let Seth Meyers Prep You for Four Years of Hillary Clinton’s Mom JokesMazel tov!
    By E. Alex Jung
  48. exit interviews
    Watch Obama’s Exit Interview With Bill Maher“If I watched Fox News, I wouldn’t vote for me either.”
    By Kaitlin Fontana
  49. Watch Samantha Bee’s Spooky ‘Full Frontal’ Interview with President ObamaHere’s a clip from last night’s Full Frontal, where Samantha Bee continues the show’s rich annual tradition of interviewing the President of […]
    By Megh Wright
  50. last night on late night
    Real Time With Bill Maher Finally Snagged an Interview With ObamaHe’ll appear on the show November 4.
    By Kaitlin Fontana
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