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Electors gonna elect (spoiler alert: it's Trump)

Hail Mary protest in New Hampshire.
Hail Mary protest in New Hampshire. Photograph: Robert F Bukaty/AP

1. Electors cast votes

Electoral college members held meetings in all 50 states to formally elect Donald Trump president of the United States. A scattered number of faithless electors bucked the popular preference, but ... Trump was formally elected president of the United States.

Faith Spotted Eagle wins vote

Protesters turn their backs on the six electoral college electors in the Kansas statehouse.
Protesters turn their backs on the six electoral college electors in the Kansas statehouse. Photograph: Orlin Wagner/AP

2. Protesters protest Trump

More than 200 demonstrators gathered on the steps of Pennsylvania’s capitol in Harrisburg on Monday morning, waving signs and chanting in chilly, 25F weather: “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA!” and “No treason, no Trump!”

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The number of votes (and counting) by which Clinton outran Trump. In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
The number of votes (and counting) by which Clinton outran Trump. In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Photograph: Mark Makela/Getty Images

Real talk

3. Sanders calls for new system

“Trump received 2.5m fewer votes than Clinton, yet he’ll soon be president,” Bernie Sanders tweeted (2.8m, actually). “Clearly, in a democratic society, this shouldn’t happen.”

Sanders has a new book, Our Revolution.
Sanders has a new book, Our Revolution. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

'This shouldn't happen'

4. Trump dines with Carlos Slim

Donald Trump had dinner at the weekend with Mexican mogul Carlos Slim, a part-owner of the New York Times, whom Trump has criticized in the past but now calls “a lovely dinner with a wonderful man”, the Washington Post reported.

Truth is evaporating before our eyes

Slim in Mexico City on 1 December.
Slim in Mexico City on 1 December. Photograph: Carlos Jasso/Reuters

5. Bill Clinton blames Comey

“James Comey cost her the election,” Bill Clinton told the editor of a local Westchester paper in a chance run-in at a bookstore. Of Trump, Clinton said: “He doesn’t know much. One thing he does know is how to get angry, white men to vote for him.”

Here’s a photo of the piece

Bill Clinton and NY governor Andrew Cuomo vote as electors for president on Monday.
Bill Clinton and NY governor Andrew Cuomo vote as electors for president on Monday. Photograph: Hans Pennink/AP

6. Exceptionally large hot dogs

7. Word of the year: ‘unpresidented’

In a tweet on Saturday, Trump accused China of “stealing” a US navy drone in what he said was an “unpresidented” act. Trump deleted the tweet – but “unpresidented” is our nominee for word of the year.

Read four possible definitions

Merriam-Webster named ‘surreal’ its word of the year. Boring.
Merriam-Webster named ‘surreal’ its word of the year. Boring. Photograph: Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images

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