<u+201c>on saturday what<u+2019>s left of the clinton campaign said it will join the recount effort demanded by green party candidate jill stein in wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania,<u+201d> notes a journal editorial . <u+201c>the conspiracy theory for which they have no evidence is that russian hackers rigged voting machines to manipulate the results.<u+201d> click here to receive this daily opinion summary via email. three weeks ago, hillary clinton called donald trump to concede the election. three weeks before that, she called it <u+201c>horrifying<u+201d> when mr. trump said at their final debate in las vegas that he would look at the results of the election before accepting them. in las vegas, mrs. clinton added <u+201c>that is not the way our democracy works. we<u+2019>ve been around for 240 years. we<u+2019>ve had free and fair elections. we<u+2019>ve accepted the outcomes when we may not have liked them. and that is what must be expected of anyone standing on a debate stage during a general election.<u+201d> mrs. clinton elaborated that mr. trump<u+2019>s questioning if the election would be rigged <u+201c>just shows you<u+2019>re not up to doing the job. and let<u+2019>s -- you know, let<u+2019>s be clear about what he is saying and what that means. he is denigrating -- he<u+2019>s talking down our democracy. and i, for one, am appalled that somebody who is the nominee of one of our two major parties would take that kind of position.<u+201d> yet she is now participating in the recount effort in states mr. trump won by a combined total of more than 100,000 votes. in other news, fidel castro is dead. our columnist mary anastasia o<u+2019>grady writes that the cuban regime <u+201c>that has lived on fear has cremated its most powerful symbol of terror. that<u+2019>s the best reason to hope for a brighter future .<u+201d> <u+201c>fidel castro<u+2019>s legacy of 57 years in power is best understood by the fates of two groups of his countrymen<u+2014>those who remained in cuba and suffered impoverishment and dictatorship , and those who were lucky or brave enough to flee to america to make their way in freedom. no progressive nostalgia after his death friday at age 90 should disguise this murderous and tragic record,<u+201d> adds the editorial board . back in the u.s., the consumer financial protection bureau deserves to die, and we<u+2019>re told the trump transition team is considering this and other options . <u+201c>the political problem is that killing the bureau would probably require 60 senate votes,<u+201d> says a journal editorial . <u+201c>reform options short of a death sentence could at least restrain some of the bureau<u+2019>s abuses.<u+201d> former white house press secretary ari fleischer says that <u+201c>a clash is coming<u+201d> between mr. trump and the press. <u+201c>the clash will go beyond ideology and the media<u+2019>s dislike of mr. trump personally. it will happen because, while the press as an institution is largely in decline throughout the u.s., the white house briefing room is one of the mainstream media<u+2019>s last bunkers of power. <u+201d> hernando de soto says that donald trump<u+2019>s plan to close loopholes through which privileges are granted in complex trade agreements <u+201c>if done properly, could improve trade while bringing greater benefits to a broader number of people .<u+201d> sen. chuck schumer says he can block a repeal of obamacare. <u+201c>mr. schumer wants to revive the health-care law with fixes and more funding. but persuading fellow democrats to defend the legislation won<u+2019>t be easy,<u+201d> writes fred barnes . <u+201c>more than half of the democratic senators who voted to pass obamacare are gone.<u+201d> also today, charles renfrew and james reynolds urge the president to pardon an iowa food executive, and tunku varadarajan remembers florence henderson and the brady bunch as ambassadors of american culture .
hillary joins the recount campaign - wsj
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