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Harry Reid says FBI Director James Comey 15 triron Dec 2016 Dec 2016 32 6193

"Arguing with a Trump supporter is like playing chess with a pidgeon..... 12 Paladin Jan 2017 Jan 2017 20 8481

"Bernie Sanders anti-political correctness rant proves the left is learning the wrong lessons" 19 Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 Dec 2016 16 7922

"But...don't you want to support the President for the good of the country?" 21 forgotmylogin Jan 2017 Jan 2017 14 10744

"Calling it for what it is" unusual these days... 43 pbmus Jan 2017 Jan 2017 29 11482

"Donald Trump won because Hillary was such a terrible candidate". 42 kentuck Dec 2016 Dec 2016 8 9685

"god made trump get elected" 29 zippythepinhead Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 6586

"Hamilton Electors" spread the word on this group 8 jg10003 Nov 2016 Nov 2016 3 3459

"Hillary's popular vote win came from CA." Here's the answer to that: 43 pnwmom Dec 2016 Dec 2016 45 10092

"I Know Why Poor Whites Chant Trump, Trump, Trump" - Must Read Article Gets It! 14 TomCADem Dec 2016 Dec 2016 20 7024

"I listened to thousands of hours of talk radio, and he (Trump) was getting reports from me," 19 certainot Dec 2016 Dec 2016 14 9068

"I think you will be rewarded mightily by our press." 5 NCTraveler Dec 2016 Dec 2016 8 2954

"I'm so damned tired of trying to see it from the 'other side'" 2 EffieBlack Dec 2016 Dec 2016 6 2911

"It is certainly plausible that if Trump simply sold off his company in toto, he'd be in debt" 11 CreekDog Dec 2016 Dec 2016 5 4154

"It was clear from the start that Clinton was struggling to reassemble the Obama coalition." 3 YoungDemCA Dec 2016 Dec 2016 4 3439

"It's Ayn Rand's America Now" 9 Garrett78 Dec 2016 Dec 2016 8 3938

"Ive Had It With This Absurd War Between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Supporters" 2 emulatorloo Nov 2016 Nov 2016 6 2431

"Michael Moore predicts Electoral College will deny Donald Trump" 4 orleans Dec 2016 Dec 2016 3 3323

"More outreach to rural areas of purple states" and "Change the message" are 2 different arguments. 21 Garrett78 Dec 2016 Dec 2016 3 5660

"My brother received this Apparent vote rigging in North Carolina" 0 yodermon Dec 2016 Dec 2016 7 2644

"Prevent Tragedy Before It's Too Late": Read the Statement 1,200 Scholars Just Released About Trump 14 mfcorey1 Dec 2016 Dec 2016 40 5925

"PUTIN WILL MERKEL STUERZEN" Russian spies will cyber attack German Elections 4 UCmeNdc Jan 2017 Jan 2017 3 2016

"Senate investigation of Russian hacking will be broad..." 4 triron Dec 2016 Dec 2016 2 2797

"Social justice encompasses economic justice." 14 Garrett78 Dec 2016 Jan 2017 8 6857

"The Narrative of Normalization" 0 Garrett78 Jan 2017 Jan 2017 3 6099

"Then I saw Donald Trump, and he got out there and showed he was serious about keeping jobs" 41 portlander23 Dec 2016 Dec 2016 5 6213

"Theres Not Very Much Time": Robert Reichs Plan to Fix the Democratic Party 15 portlander23 Jan 2017 Jan 2017 9 5761

"Views about race mattered more in electing Trump than in electing Obama" (WaPo) 2 JustinL Dec 2016 Dec 2016 5 1826

"Wall Street Democrats failed us." The establishment Democrats have failed the American people." [View all] 58 rainy Dec 2016 Dec 2016 15 11668

"Why Did Some White Obama Voters Go for Trump?" by Jamelle Bouie 7 JustinL Dec 2016 Dec 2016 7 3022

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"You Focus On The Good": Women Who Voted For drumpf In Their Own Words 27 Bigredhunk Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 5423

#AddHerName: Include Hillary Clinton as a Women's March on Washington Honoree. 0 Madam45for2923 Jan 2017 Jan 2017 3 6284

#asktheelectors.org 0 handmade34 Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1826

#BREAKING: Twenty Republican electors are reportedly considering not voting for Trump. 31 pbmus Dec 2016 Dec 2016 14 6261

#Florida asks FL Clinton voters who saw/experienced problems to report 1 wordpix Dec 2016 Dec 2016 13 1956

#LockHimUp Sign 3 TaterBake Dec 2016 Dec 2016 15 2208

#Trumpgrets website compiles regretful Trump voters lamentations for your reading pleasure 4 Miles Archer Dec 2016 Dec 2016 8 3121

#Trumpleaks 0 triron Dec 2016 Dec 2016 3 2952

Trump Supporters Are Suddenly So Concerned With Civility 6 Quixote1818 Nov 2016 Nov 2016 21 3100

'I am appalled': Attorney who sued to release FBI's Clinton warrant says it shows no probable cause 16 DonViejo Dec 2016 Dec 2016 35 6343

'Member Obama in 2008? 18 Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 3864

'Racial aversion increased greatly over the last 8 years' 4 Garrett78 Dec 2016 Dec 2016 6 2508

(538) Recounts Rarely Reverse Election Results [View all] 50 FBaggins Nov 2016 Nov 2016 3 11366

10 Crucial Decisions That Reshaped America 4 FarCenter Dec 2016 Dec 2016 3 2338

100% blame "Others" for the election losses: CHECK. Re-elect existing Democratic leadership. CHECK. 29 MadDAsHell Nov 2016 Dec 2016 18 6580

100% Certainty...not 80 or 90% 3 pbmus Jan 2017 Jan 2017 12 3893

100% Sure Thing....NOT 0 pbmus Dec 2016 Dec 2016 6 1983

140 characters ... Not 3 wise men 1 pbmus Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 3209

178K jobs created. 4.6% unemployment, lowest since 2007. #ThanksObama 9 Bobbie Jo Dec 2016 Dec 2016 13 2290

1987 article explicitly saying Soviets were cultivating Trump for Prez 2 iluvtennis Dec 2016 Dec 2016 2 4431

2,864,974 7 madaboutharry Dec 2016 Dec 2016 12 2674

20, 30, or 40 years from now, no one will ever believe the movie 13 mtnsnake Jan 2017 Jan 2017 8 3542

2009 President Obama Inherits Economy in Free Fall and over 10% Unemployment 1 kairos12 Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 1770

2016 Election Review 6 Jason1961 Nov 2016 Nov 2016 4 4124

2016 the last "election" the historical American remedy of "vote them out" 4 AmericanActivist Dec 2016 Dec 2016 2 3891

4 Completely Wrong Post-Election Things Democrats Are Fighting About 11 Garrett78 Dec 2016 Dec 2016 12 5173

4 things Democrats need to do (plus 1 they shouldn't) to rebuild in 2017 15 portlander23 Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 5455

538: Voters really did switch to Trump at the last minute 43 pnwmom Dec 2016 Dec 2016 11 6756

6 Agencies Are Investigating A Russian Money Trail That Could Bring Trump Down... photo lol 24 Iamaartist Jan 2017 Jan 2017 33 13500

6/25/16 COMRADE TRUMPS ALLEGED RUSSIAN TIES SPARK SCRUTINY Vanity Fair 1 mitty14u2 Dec 2016 Dec 2016 2 1850

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7/25: Suspected Russian hack of DNC widens.includes personal email of staffer researching Manafort 5 Madam45for2923 Dec 2016 Dec 2016 8 2626

75.3% of voters turned out in CA -- giving Hillary 4.2 million more votes than DT. 19 pnwmom Dec 2016 Dec 2016 25 4538

80 Fantastic Twitter Writers Fighting Fake News One Tweet at a Time 5 Madam45for2923 Jan 2017 Jan 2017 12 3033

85% of What the Trumpster says is bullshit 5 pbmus Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 2063

9/11 was Obamas fault?....... 44 pbmus Dec 2016 Dec 2016 21 10092

93 year oold elector signs letter 0 triron Dec 2016 Dec 2016 9 2461

99 Ways to Fight Trump: 15 femmocrat Dec 2016 Dec 2016 8 6449

A beautiful grace note from Hillary 9 ucrdem Dec 2016 Dec 2016 34 4892

A big question: did Trump's racism and demagoguery ultimately help him or hurt him? (Poll) 17 Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 4811

A BLACK OUT for the Inaguration? [View all] 52 WomanWhoRoars Dec 2016 Dec 2016 34 15856

A broken clock is right twice a day... 0 pbmus Jan 2017 Jan 2017 3 2771

A Cabinet of Deplorables 2 madaboutharry Nov 2016 Nov 2016 5 1801

A call to action! 2 Joe941 Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 2718

A candidate that gets "damaged" by a primary run has no business anywhere near the GE. [View all] 178 hellofromreddit Dec 2016 Dec 2016 101 40253

A chrome extension that will turn all the pictures of Drump into kittens! 5 Maraya1969 Dec 2016 Dec 2016 6 2099

A coup part 2; Homeland Security to be run by the person who helped Trump to steal the election? 4 Botany Nov 2016 Dec 2016 12 3879

A couple of questions about your true thoughts on the Russian government. 4 NCTraveler Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2986

A depressing compilation of what the Press and others did to Hillary 21 OKNancy Jan 2017 Jan 2017 64 13243

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