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PBC News & Comment: Naomi Klein and Millennial Blogger Explain Why Clinton Lost

Millennial blogger Trent Lapinksi and Naomi Klein offer compelling explanations for Clinton’s loss and her Democratic supporters’ deep denial…--read Trent Lapinksi’s post here

--Naomi Klein fingers neoliberalism, read it here

--Michael Moore, who pimped for Clinton just a week ago, has some good ideas about reforming the Dem party

--Trump and Obama meet for 90 minutes, exchange happy talk for media

--anti-Trump protests pop up in NY, Chicago, Oakland and other cities

--on the Left Coast, talk of secession for California, Oregon and Washington draws headlines but would face extreme hurdles

--election protection activist Jonathan Simon looks at exit polls, and suspects that Trump forces did “rig” the election

--minor party candidates Jill Stein and Gary Johnson drew votes, but presently, there is no state where Stein voters spoiled it for Clinton

--analysts show that white women—especially those without college degrees—voted for Trump and beefed up his margins

--at Vice, Jason Leopold reports that current intelligence leadership is “spooked” by Trump’s election

--spike in hate crimes reported since election

--many pundits say the current TPP deal is dead, but Obama may find a way to pass it in lame duck session