Twilight of the Magicians

A recap on our conversations here, here, here, here and here.

As I write this, the Fox News people (following Karl Rove) are disputing their own "Decision Desk" that called the election. This is surreal. I have never seen anything like it.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, and We Were Eight Years in Power.

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