memeorandum: Fulton elections director Rick Barron to resign (Stephen Fowler/Georgia Public Broadcasting)

5:15 PM ET, November 3, 2021

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Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:

At Least 8 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 eight Republicans who attended the Jan. 6 rally in Washington, D.C. …

Discussion: BuzzFeed News, Insider, Washington Times and The Gateway Pundit

Mona Charen / The Bulwark:

Virtually Normal — The morning after the election, the Democratic candidate concedes and wishes his opponent well. The Republicans keep pushing conspiracy theories. — Isn't it interesting that Democrats appear to have forgotten how to manipulate voting machines, stuff ballot boxes …

Discussion: MSN, The Western Journal and Jill Filipovic

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.

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.

Discussion: The Liberal Patriot, Washington Examiner, INQUIRE and CNN

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.

Discussion: Fox News, Digby's Hullabaloo and Common Dreams

Lisa Lerer / New York Times:

What Youngkin's Win in the Virginia Governor Race Means for Democrats — Less than a year after taking power in Washington, the party faces a grim immediate future, struggling to energize voters without a presidential foil and losing messaging wars to Republicans.

Discussion: The Atlantic, HotAir, Washington Examiner, Crooks and Liars, Washington Post, Associated Press, RedState, Insider, Power Line, LifeNews.com, NBC News and Ace of Spades HQ

Bobby Lewis / Media Matters for America:
Professional conservatives find a path to victory with ginned-up outrage over critical race theory

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, The CT Mirror and York Daily Record

Robby Soave / Reason:
Glenn Youngkin Defeated Terry McAuliffe Because Democrats Betrayed Parents

Discussion: We Love Trump, The Daily Wire, Joanne Jacobs, RedState, The Federalist and Fox News

Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Black voters in Virginia refuse to be blamed for a major Democratic defeat.

Discussion: Raw Story and Breitbart

Chris Cillizza / CNN:
5 reasons why Democrats should start panicking about 2022

Discussion: New Yorker, Washington Post, HotAir, Insider, Los Angeles Times, Brookings, NPR, New York Post, Raw Story, One America News Network, BizPac Review, Sacramento Bee and NewsBreak

Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Let the Democratic freakout begin

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Atlantic, Washington Post, New York Post, HotAir, Fox News, New York Magazine, Breitbart, Fortune, Washington Times, The Daily Beast, ABC News and Instapundit

Scott Wong / The Hill:
GOP leader says Republicans could flip 60 seats next year

Discussion: Political Wire

Dan Balz / Washington Post:
A sobering reality hits Democrats after election losses

Discussion: Bloomberg, New York Times, Politico, Fox News, New York Post, Financial Times, The Daily Caller, Townhall and WWLP-TV

Margaret Talev / Axios:
Voters punish Democrats amid left drift

Discussion: HotAir, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Washington Post, New York Magazine, Vanity Fair and Digby's Hullabaloo

Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Virginia Results: Giving Up on Rural America Is Proving a Nightmare for Democrats

Discussion: Washington Post, Washington Examiner, Insider, Politico, Townhall, The Nation, The Atlantic, Reason, Newsweek, Power Line, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Outside the Beltway

Jared Yates Sexton / Dispatches From A …:
A Completely Predictable Disaster: Virginia and the Need for Courage

Discussion: RedState

Ja'han Jones / MSNBC:
Glenn Youngkin's victory proves white ignorance is a powerful weapon

Discussion: The Hill, Fox News, USA Today, HotAir, Reuters, Washington Post, Voice of America, Townhall, BizPac Review and NBC New York

Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Democratic panic would be the wrong response to the elections

Discussion: Washington Post, The Daily Wire, Washington Times and New Jersey Globe

Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Why Can't You Beat These Guys? — Plus: 5 remarkable election results

Discussion: KING-TV, One America News Network, Vanity Fair and The National Interest

Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Democrats, Stung by Electoral Losses, Press Forward on Biden Agenda

Discussion: The Hill, Politico and Wall Street Journal

Ryan Grim / The Intercept:

Internal Emails Show How a Lincoln Project 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 …

Discussion: National Review, Fox News, Twitchy and PolitiFact

Matthew Stanmyre / New Jersey Online:

How a truck driver spent $153 on his N.J. election campaign to likely dethrone a political kingpin — 1,143 — The man who is poised to topple one of New Jersey's most feared political kingpins has never held public office, he has been a commercial truck driver for 25 years and he claims …

Discussion: Washington Post, Fox News, Slate and Page Array

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 …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, NBC10 Philadelphia, Washington Post and Breitbart

Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon: ‘Blue Collar’ Truck Driver on Verge of Unseating Leader of Democratic Machine

Amanda Hoover / New Jersey Online:
N.J. governor's race fallout could claim Senate President Sweeney as Democrats trail key legislative races

Discussion: Politico, The Hill, Associated Press, The Western Journal, Ace of Spades HQ and Washington Times

David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Sweeney trailing in re-election bid; Polistina, Stanfied win; Pappas leads Zwicker

Discussion: National Review, The Daily Caller and The Right Scoop

Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Dem disaster: Did they lose ... *New Jersey*?

Discussion: New Jersey Online, BizPac Review and UPI

Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:

Senate Republicans block debate on a third major voting rights bill — Republican senators on Wednesday voted to block debate on the third major voting rights bill that congressional Democrats have sought to pass this year in response to the state-level GOP push to restrict ballot access …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Hill, Politico and Forbes

Ari Berman / Mother Jones:

Republicans Once Supported the Voting Rights Act. Today, They Voted Against Its Restoration. — On Wednesday afternoon, GOP senators blocked Democrats from advancing a key voting rights bill, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, marking the second time in two weeks and the fourth …

Discussion: CBS News, New York Times and Daily Kos

Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Schumer hints at filibuster reform after GOP blocks voting rights bill

Discussion: Bloomberg, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian and Political Wire

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 …

Discussion: ABC News, New York Magazine, CNBC, Bloomberg, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, The Hill, RedState, NBC10 Philadelphia, Roll Call, Mediaite, WTOP and The Bay State Banner

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.

Discussion: ABC News, Daily Kos, The Daily Wire, Insider, POLITICUSUSA, The Daily Caller, NBC News and The Hill

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Manchin says ‘unbelievable’ Virginia results validate concerns over spending package

Discussion: Yahoo News and Political Wire

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 …

Discussion: Daily Kos, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and Crooks and Liars

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 …

Discussion: New York Magazine, Law & Crime and Raw Story

Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court appears likely to void New York's gun permit law

Discussion: Washington Post

Washington Post:
Majority of Supreme Court appears to think N.Y. gun law is too restrictive

Discussion: ABC News and BuzzFeed News

Fredreka Schouten / CNN:

Embattled election chief in Fulton County resigns — (CNN)Richard Barron, who oversees elections in Georgia's biggest Democratic county, is announcing his resignation Wednesday — following a tumultuous year that has included death threats against him and his staff and the potential takeover …

Discussion: Washington Examiner

Stephen Fowler / Georgia Public Broadcasting:
Fulton elections director Rick Barron to resign

Discussion: The Hill

Andrew Miller / Fox News:

Minneapolis Mayor Frey wins another term — Frey was first elected in 2018 — Hegseth on Minneapolis voters rejecting plan to defund police: People want a cop, not a social worker — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has been elected to a second term after a hotly contested race that was too tight to call on election night.

Discussion: New Republic and New York Times

Jacob Frey / vote.minneapolismn.gov:
2021 Mayor results — This was a ranked-choice voting (RCV) race. Voters were asked to rank up to three candidates.

Discussion: The Hill

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 …

Megan Brenan / Gallup:

Americans More Optimistic About Pandemic's Trajectory — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' outlook for the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. has improved, as the summer surge brought on by the delta variant has waned in most parts of the country. The percentage of Americans …