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Fox News' purple haze on election night

Melanie McFarland

In a "Fox News Democracy," authoritarian moves to delegitimize the election aren't condemned so much as mainlined

Rideshare driver Jorge Vargas raises his No on 22 sign in support as app based gig workers held a driving demonstration with 60-70 vehicles blocking Spring Street in front of Los Angeles City Hall urging voters to vote no on Proposition 22, a November ballot measure that would classify app-based drivers as independent contractors and not employees or agents, providing them with an exemption from Californias AB 5. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

In labor setback, Prop 22 wins in Calif.

Nicole Karlis

Labor experts fear Proposition 22 will "lock in a permanent underclass of workers" in the Golden State

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press at General Mitchell International Airport November 2, 2020, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

We will survive the Trump trauma

Heather Digby Parton

This election is an agonizing nail-biter — but not a 2016 rerun. Trump knows that, and he's losing his sh*t

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on election night in the East Room of the White House in the early morning hours of November 04, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump spoke shortly after 2am with the presidential race against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden still too close to call. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

However it ends, racism has already won

Chauncey DeVega

America has shown a fidelity to white supremacy we can't dismiss, regardless of the election's final outcome

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Will nothing stop Trump?

Steven Rosenfeld - Independent Media Institute

Will the election and legal system withstand the coming test?

Donald Trump and Joe Biden | Texas (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Dan Patrick: if Dems win, they cheated

Stacy Fernández - The Texas Tribune

Many states, including many run by Republicans, have expanded mail-in voting options during the pandemic

LeBron James on CNN (CNN)

Nearly 13K Florida felons cast ballots

Lawrence Mower, Langston Taylor - ProPublica

Nearly 13,000 felons could now be eligible to vote after a Bloomberg-backed push to pay their court fines and fees

President Donald Trump makes remarks in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House as Vice President Mike Pence looks on August 5, 2019 in Washington, DC. President Trump delivered remarks on the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, over the weekend. (Getty/Alex Wong)

What this election is really about

Terry H. Schwadron - DCReport

The economy won’t come back until the virus is under control

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Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump (Reuters/Shannon Stapleton/Carlos Barria/Photo montage by Salon)

Bernie condemns Trump's election plan

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams

"Every vote must and will be counted."

Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The threat of a contested election

Richard Pildes - The Conversation

Federal election law is riddled with uncertainties

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on election night in the East Room of the White House in the early morning hours of November 04, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump spoke shortly after 2am with the presidential race against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden still too close to call. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump goes nightmare-scenario

Sophia Tesfaye, Andrew O'Hehir

We knew he would do it, and he did: Trump claims he's already won the election, with millions of votes uncounted

Martha McSally / Mark Kelly (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Kelly flips Arizona Senate seat blue

Roger Sollenberger

McSally, an incumbent who was not elected, consistently trailed Kelly throughout the year

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Steve Daines / Steve Bullock (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Steve Daines wins Montana Senate race

Igor Derysh

The battle of Steves had been one of the tightest races in the country for weeks

Joni Ernst / Theresa Greenfield (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Ernst defeats Greenfield in Iowa

Roger Sollenberger

While both candidates grew up on Iowa farms, their political trajectories could not be more different

Cory Gardner / John Hickenlooper (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Hickenlooper wins in Colorado

Matthew Rozsa

In the first Democratic pickup of the night, former governor defeats Republican incumbent Cory Gardner

Committee chairman U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) (Stefani Reynolds - Pool/Getty Images)

Lindsey Graham wins in South Carolina

Roger Sollenberger

The close race in the conservative stronghold drew national attention and top fundraising dollars

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Doug Jones / Tommy Tuberville (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Democratic Sen. Doug Jones unseated

Joseph Neese

Jones defied all odds in 2017 when he became the first Democrat sent by Alabama to the U.S. Senate in 25 years

Mitch McConnell / Amy McGrath (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Mitch McConnell beats Amy McGrath

Ashlie D. Stevens

McConnell, who has represented Kentucky in the Senate since 1985, beat Democratic challenger Amy McGrath

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., leaves her news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Live updates on the 2020 House races

Matthew Rozsa

Democrats reclaimed the House in 2018 after eight years of Republican control and are expected to keep it in 2020

People gather at the Black Lives Matter Plaza to protest for and against U.S. President Donald Trump's re-election on November 3, 2020 in Washington, DC. After a record-breaking early voting turnout, Americans head to the polls on the last day to cast their vote for incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump or Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. (Eze Amos/Getty Images)

Protesters ready if Trump fakes victory

Nicole Karlis

Here's where protests are planned, and how states are preparing for election day aftermath

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Trump falsely accuses Dems of cheating

Igor Derysh

Trump falsely declared victory while trailing in the vote and vowed to take his case to the Supreme Court

Brett Kavanaugh and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Will our election system survive Trump?

Roger Sollenberger

"The risk of a disputed election is a phenomenon that the Electoral College creates," Michael Geruso tells Salon

FOX & Friends co-hosts Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt and Brian Kilmeade (Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)

Trump trashes Fox while appearing on Fox

Brad Reed - Raw Story

Trump criticized Fox News for airing former President Barack Obama's speeches, but the hosts defended their network

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during his campaign event at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport on November 1, 2020 in Opa Locka, Florida. President Trump continues to campaign against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leading up to the November 3rd Election Day. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

An election that lays bare our souls

Bob Hennelly - InsiderNJ

It's tempting to put all the blame on one man — but America's culture of political corruption goes back a long way

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