Government Shutdown Looming? Nah.

Prosecutors will shut down their criminal cases against Trump before he takes office, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter, after his stunning victory against Kamala Harris meant they would not proceed to trial. Via The Guardian: The move reflects the reality that the cases will not be completed before inauguration day.

Jimmy Kimmel led us in national mourning last night. Via Deadline: Referencing the aftermath of the 2020 election when Trump refused to accept the outcome, Kimmel noted, “Kamala Harris called Trump today. She conceded and then explained what the word conceded means.” At one point, Kimmel turned serious — and visibly emotional — with his voice cracking multiple times as he listed the possible consequences from Trump winning a second term. “Let’s be honest.

Rubio gives away the game when asked whether he and his fellow Republicans in the Senate would allow crackpot Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be in charge of "women's health" as Trump recently proclaimed in Nevada: File under "You Can’t Make This Up." Just a few days after Donald Trump announced he’ll protect women “whether they like it or not,” the proud p***y grabber and women’s health saboteur declared Robert F.

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British comedian Tom Walker's fictional character Jonathan Pie's acerbic take on the election. "The Democrats blew it: A depressing yet predictable result." says the blurb to the video. If you're a Democrat and you voted for Kamala Harris and your nerves are still a bit raw you might want to skip watching this one for a while as Pie doesn't pull punches, either with the Orange Shitgibbon and his supporters, or what he terms a lacklustre Kamala Harris campaign. Trump wins the White House.

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials are poised Thursday to reduce their key interest rate for a second straight time, responding to a steady slowdown of the inflation pressures that exasperated many Americans and contributed to Donald Trump’s presidential election victory. Yet the Fed’s future moves are now more uncertain in the aftermath of the election, given that Trump’s economic proposals have been widely flagged as potentially inflationary.