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![President-elect Trump listens as President Obama speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office, November 10, 2016, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/2020_1112-obama-trump-400x300.jpg)
Obama Memoir Calls Trump’s Birtherism Lies “Elixir” for American Racial Anxiety
Since Obama and through his own presidency, Trump has made numerous racist comments toward lawmakers of color.
![Jair Bolsonaro Downplays COVID and Refuses to Acknowledge Biden Win](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/SEG1-Bolsonaro-Biden-1-400x300.jpg)
Jair Bolsonaro Downplays COVID and Refuses to Acknowledge Biden Win
The Brazilian president has even played down the use of a vaccine to control the spread of COVID-19.
![President-elect Joe Biden addresses the media about the Trump Administration’s lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act on November 10, 2020, at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/2020_1112-joe-biden--400x300.jpg)
Trump, Pompeo Direct State to Deny Biden Access to Messages From Foreign Leaders
The refusal of the department to share these messages with the president-elect thwarts years of post-election tradition.
![President Trump and Kimberly Guilfoyle listen while Donald Trump Jr. speaks during a rally at Kenosha Regional Airport, November 2, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/2020_1110-don-don-guilfoyle-400x300.jpg)
Trump Family Launches PAC to Continue Influence Over Republican Party
Trump plans to form a new PAC, and his eldest son may try to take control of the RNC itself, sources have said.
![Demonstrators calling for President Trump to concede the presidency march on November 7, 2020, in Detroit, Michigan.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/2020_1110-detroit-march-400x300.jpg)
Grassroots Organizing Defeated Trump. Now We Must Out-Organize Trumpism.
A multiracial, multigendered, intergenerational and cross-class force from every part of the U.S. organized this win.
![President Trump delivers remarks at a rally on October 26, 2020, in Allentown, Pennsylvania.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/2020_1109-donald-trump-rl-400x300.jpg)
Trump Plans Obituary Readings at Rallies to Support False Claims of Voter Fraud
Several fact-checking sites have already debunked a number of social media posts that wrongly alleged dead people voted.
![A man in a trump hat makes the facial equivalent of a growl during a small rally](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/2020_1109-trump-supporters-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s Baseless Fraud Accusations Are Already Sparking Far Right Violence
Far more likely than a pro-Trump military-backed coup is enhanced militancy from far right militias and fascist groups.
![Mitch Mcconnell](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/2020_1109-mitchmcconnell-400x300.jpg)
Progressives Tell Biden: Don’t “Cooperate” With McConnell in Choosing Cabinet
Joe Biden must not be willing to toss aside progressives in order to cooperate with the likes of McConnell.
![Marjorie Taylor Greene](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/2020_1109-qanon-400x300.jpg)
Far Right Extremism Finds Footing in Some States Following Election
Some candidates have ties to extremist groups like the Proud Boys or subscribe to QAnon conspiracy theories.
![Demonstrators protest outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center on November 5, 2020, in Philadelphia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/2020_1105-vote-protests-400x300.jpg)
No Matter Who Wins This Election, We Still Have to Defeat Trumpism
Regardless of the outcome, activists must prepare for a two-front struggle against Trumpism and centrist neoliberalism.