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Zachary D. Carter / The Atlantic:
The Democratic Unraveling Began With Schools — Republican Glenn Youngkin's victory in Tuesday's Virginia gubernatorial election was about schools. It wasn't about Donald Trump, or inflation, or defunding the police, or Medicare for All, or President Joe Biden's infrastructure agenda.
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Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
At Least 7 Republicans Who Were At The Jan. 6 Rally Just Got Elected To Office — And even more attendees of the rally that turned into the Capitol riot will likely be on the ballot in 2022. — At least seven Republicans who attended the Jan. 6 rally in Washington, D.C. …
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Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Early Thoughts on a Very Tough Night — There is no other way to put it, last night was a disaster for the Democrats. How we respond in the coming days and weeks will set the stage for 2022 — One year ago, Joe Biden won Virginia by ten points. Four years ago, Ralph Northan won it by nine.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Let the Democratic freakout begin — DRIVING THE DAY — THE NAIL BITER — New Jersey's gubernatorial race is still too close to call as you wake up this morning. With 88% of the expected vote in, incumbent PHIL MURPHY is trailing Republican JACK CIATTARELLI by just over 1,000 votes.
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Virginia Results: Giving Up on Rural America Is Proving a Nightmare for Democrats — Margins matter. — About a year ago I wrote about the big “trade” that had taken place in our politics. Democrats were picking up former Republican “red dogs” who live in the suburbs.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Democrats Need to Face Up to Their Public School Problem Education should be helping Democrats, not hurting. What happened? — Election reaction statements by politicians and interest groups may be the most robotic genre in the messaging business. Every outcome proves everybody was right all along.
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Jared Yates Sexton / Dispatches From A …:
A Completely Predictable Disaster: Virginia and the Need for Courage
A Completely Predictable Disaster: Virginia and the Need for Courage
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
A sobering reality hits Democrats after Tuesday's elections losses
A sobering reality hits Democrats after Tuesday's elections losses
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Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Black voters in Virginia refuse to be blamed for a major Democratic defeat.
Black voters in Virginia refuse to be blamed for a major Democratic defeat.
Robby Soave / Reason:
Glenn Youngkin Defeated Terry McAuliffe Because Democrats Betrayed Parents
Glenn Youngkin Defeated Terry McAuliffe Because Democrats Betrayed Parents
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Philip Murphy / New York Times:
New Jersey Election Results
New Jersey Election Results
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
5 reasons why Democrats should start panicking about 2022
5 reasons why Democrats should start panicking about 2022
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Washington Post:
Exit poll results from the 2021 election for Virginia governor
Exit poll results from the 2021 election for Virginia governor
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Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
What Youngkin's Win in the Virginia Governor Race Means for Democrats
What Youngkin's Win in the Virginia Governor Race Means for Democrats
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Ja'han Jones / MSNBC:
Glenn Youngkin's victory proves white ignorance is a powerful weapon
Glenn Youngkin's victory proves white ignorance is a powerful weapon
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Democratic panic would be the wrong response to the elections
Why Democratic panic would be the wrong response to the elections
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Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
The Next Democratic Reckoning
The Next Democratic Reckoning
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Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Why Can't You Beat These Guys? — Plus: 5 remarkable election results
Why Can't You Beat These Guys? — Plus: 5 remarkable election results
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Politico:
Dems vow to plow forward on Biden agenda, even after election faceplants
Dems vow to plow forward on Biden agenda, even after election faceplants
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Election Live Updates: Democrats Reeling After Virginia Loss; New Jersey Is Still Not Called
Election Live Updates: Democrats Reeling After Virginia Loss; New Jersey Is Still Not Called
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Charles Sykes / Politico:
Terry McAuliffe Bet on Voters Hating Trump. Turns Out They Dislike Democrats More.
Terry McAuliffe Bet on Voters Hating Trump. Turns Out They Dislike Democrats More.
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Trump: Youngkin ‘would have lost by 15 points without MAGA’
Trump: Youngkin ‘would have lost by 15 points without MAGA’
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Republicans Schooled the Left in Virginia
Republicans Schooled the Left in Virginia
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Dear Colleague on Moving the Build Back Better Act Forward — Last Thursday, House Democrats proudly put forth our Build Back Better legislation. While it was a reduction in dollars from the original $3.5 trillion package, it was not a reduction in values.
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Politico:
Dems keep butting heads after Virginia shellacking — The winds in the Democratic Party have shifted overnight. Look no further than its rapidly changing plans on immigration. — House Democrats had nearly settled their plans to include immigration reform in President Joe Biden's social spending plan …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Manchin says ‘unbelievable’ Virginia results validate concerns over spending package — Centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who has slowed down negotiations on a massive $1.75 trillion reconciliation package, says the “unbelievable” Republican victories in Virginia's statewide races Tuesday validate …
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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Internal Lincoln Project Emails Show How a Charlottesville Tiki Torch Stunt Went Wrong … When Lauren Windsor, a Democratic operative working with the Lincoln Project, sent five young people dressed in khakis, white shirts, and sunglasses to hold tiki torches in front of Glenn Youngkin's campaign bus …
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Washington Post:
Majority of Supreme Court appears to think N.Y. gun law is too restrictive — A majority of Supreme Court justices indicated Wednesday that they believe Americans generally have a right to carry a handgun outside the home for self-defense and that a New York law requiring special justification …
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The NRA had a very good day in the Supreme Court — There appear to be at least five votes to significantly expand the Second Amendment. — The biggest surprise in Wednesday morning's arguments in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. (NYSRPA) v. Bruen, a major Second Amendment case …
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court seems poised to expand Second Amendment rights and strike down NY handgun law
Supreme Court seems poised to expand Second Amendment rights and strike down NY handgun law
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Washington Post:
Trump campaign payments for ‘command centers’ at D.C. hotels could undermine executive privilege claim in Jan. 6 investigation — It was a month after the 2020 presidential election, and Bernard Kerik was starting to panic. The former New York City police chief and his friend Rudolph W. Giuliani …
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
I Hung Out With Both Curtis Sliwa and Eric Adams on Election Night — It was the best of parties, it was the worst of parties. — At Empire Steak House on East 50th Street, the stench of fait accompli hangs in the air. The Curtis Sliwa campaign has gathered here in midtown to watch him go down.
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David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
Eric Adams's Victory Tour Is Underway
Eric Adams's Victory Tour Is Underway
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Amanda L Gordon / Bloomberg:
Eric Adams Hangs With CEOs, Rappers in NoHo After Win
Buffalo News:
Byron Brown claims victory in Buffalo mayor's race; write-in ballots swamp India Walton — Byron Brown, considered politically dead by many following his stunning defeat in the June primary for mayor of Buffalo, appears to have resurrected his long career as he claimed victory Tuesday …
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Zach Williams / City & State New York:
Byron Brown's write-in gambit apparently worked
Byron Brown's write-in gambit apparently worked
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Jerry Zremski / Buffalo News:
Walton failed to broaden support beyond her primary base
Walton failed to broaden support beyond her primary base
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Amitai Ziv / Reuters:
U.S. Blacklists Israeli Cyberarms Firms NSO, Candiru for Harming ‘National Security and Interests’ — NSO Group and Candiru developed and supplied spyware ‘to maliciously target government officials, journalists, businesspeople, activists, academics, and embassy workers,’ the U.S. Commerce Department said in a statement
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Ed Cunningham / Time Out Worldwide:
9 cities that could be underwater by 2030 — With sea levels rising worldwide, several major metropolises are at risk of being submerged — Global warming can be difficult to properly visualise. If you're not directly threatened by rising sea levels, suffering water shortages or ravaged by wildfires …
Matt Friedman / Politico:
Meet Ed Durr, the candidate who might knock Steve Sweeney out of the Senate — Meet Edward Durr, giant slayer. Maybe. — Durr, a truck driver for the furniture store Raymour & Flanigan, held a roughly 2,000-vote advantage Wednesday morning over Senate President Steve Sweeney …
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David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Sweeney trailing in re-election bid; Polistina, Stanfied win; Pappas leads Zwicker
Sweeney trailing in re-election bid; Polistina, Stanfied win; Pappas leads Zwicker
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Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Why hundreds of QAnon supporters showed up in Dallas, expecting JFK Jr.'s return — In rainy Dallas with temperatures dipping into the low 60s, hundreds huddled with umbrellas, flags and signs to wait for history to be made on Tuesday. Some even brought folding chairs.
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Lyz / Men Yell at Me:
There Have to Be More Sides Than This — Balance doesn't exist in a lopsided world … Last week, in Charlottesville, I reached out to the Charlottesville Clergy Collective to talk to them about how the community was doing. — As it turns out, the community was not doing fine.