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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 …
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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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Washington Post, The Liberal Patriot, Washington Examiner, INQUIRE and CNN
Bobby Lewis / Media Matters for America:
Professional conservatives find a path to victory with ginned-up outrage over critical race theory — Right-wing operatives birth an astroturf campaign, right-wing media whips up a national frenzy, and another conservative is elected on the back of professional outrage
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Tracey Tully / New York Times:
Murphy Narrowly Wins N.J. Governor's Race — The slim victory, which ended Democrats' 44-year re-election losing streak in the state, was far tighter than polls and Democratic strategists predicted. — Philip D. Murphy was re-elected governor of New Jersey by a slimmer than expected margin …
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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
How the Democrats Lost Virginia — The pollster Sean Trende believes that the outcome of the gubernatorial election has less to do with debates about critical race theory than with the economy and the typical disadvantages of the party in power. — On Tuesday, the Republican businessman Glenn Youngkin won …
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Brad Polumbo / Washington Examiner:
No, Glenn Youngkin won't be the ‘most homophobic’ governor ‘in Virginia history’
No, Glenn Youngkin won't be the ‘most homophobic’ governor ‘in Virginia history’
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Zachary D. Carter / The Atlantic:
The Democratic Unraveling Began With Schools
The Democratic Unraveling Began With Schools
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Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Early Thoughts on a Very Tough Night
Early Thoughts on a Very Tough Night
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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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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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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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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
A sobering reality hits Democrats after election losses
A sobering reality hits Democrats after election losses
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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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Margaret Talev / Axios:
Voters punish Democrats amid left drift
Voters punish Democrats amid left drift
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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 …
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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 …
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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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Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
‘Blue Collar’ Truck Driver on Verge of Unseating Leader of Democratic Machine
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 …
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Clare Foran / CNN:
Senate Republicans block John Lewis voting rights bill in key vote
Senate Republicans block John Lewis voting rights bill in key vote
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Schumer hints at filibuster reform after GOP blocks voting rights bill
Schumer hints at filibuster reform after GOP blocks voting rights bill
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court appears likely to void New York's gun permit law — The Supreme Court appears inclined to wipe out a series of gun control measures that require firearm owners to show a particular, unusual need to get a permit to carry a gun outside the home.
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The NRA had a very good day in the Supreme Court
The NRA had a very good day in the Supreme Court
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Alison Durkee / Forbes:
Supreme Court Justices Signal They May Strike Down New York Restrictions On Concealed Carry Of Guns
Supreme Court Justices Signal They May Strike Down New York Restrictions On Concealed Carry Of Guns
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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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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 …
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. …
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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 …
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Stephen Fowler / Georgia Public Broadcasting:
Fulton elections director Rick Barron to resign
Fulton elections director Rick Barron to resign
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden Says Payments to Families Separated at the Mexico Border Are ‘Not Gonna Happen’ — President dismisses reports of DOJ talks to settle suits by families separated while illegally crossing border with payments of $450,000 a person — WASHINGTON—President Biden said the U.S …
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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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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 …
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Hunter Walker / Rolling Stone:
Top Trump Allies Set Up A ‘Legal Fund’ For January 6 White House Rally Organizers — The fund will defend former Trump aides who were involved in planning his speech that day and have been subpoenaed by the House committee investigating the Capitol attack — Top allies of Donald Trump …
Colorado Politics:
Voters shake up school boards in Colorado's biggest districts — School board races in Colorado were the ones to watch Tuesday night, as statewide ballot issues seemed settled in early returns. — Big spending and high passion yielded mixed results. — The slate of conservative-backed candidates …
Associated Press:
Biden says Virginia race wasn't blowback against him — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday the Democrats' setbacks in Tuesday's elections underscore that the party needs to “produce for the American people,” but he pushed back against the notion that the off-year election results were a repudiation of his presidency.
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Haisten Willis / Washington Examiner:
Democrat Phil Murphy narrowly wins reelection as New Jersey governor — Democrat Phil Murphy narrowly won reelection as governor of New Jersey, the Associate Press said Wednesday evening. — The vote totals had seesawed throughout the day Wednesday. Underdog Ciattarelli held a 1,200-vote lead …
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Zach Everson / Forbes:
How Trump's D.C. Hotel Cashed In On The Jan. 6 Riot — Sky-high room rates. Record in-room service. Appearances from Trump family members. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at what was happening inside the Trump hotel on the days surrounding the storming of the Capitol.
Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
Border Patrol Nabs Two Illegal Immigrants Previously Deported for Sexually Assaulting Children — Two illegal immigrants who were previously deported for sexually assaulting children were arrested within two hours of each other in the Rio Grande Valley on Monday.
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