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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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New York Times:
Philip Murphy Wins Narrowly in New Jersey Governor's Race — The victory over Jack Ciattarelli, which ended Democrats' 44-year re-election losing streak in the state, was far tighter than polls and Democratic strategists predicted. — Philip D. Murphy, a New Jersey Democrat whose aggressive approach …
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New York Post
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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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 and INQUIRE
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
How the Democrats Lost Virginia
How the Democrats Lost Virginia
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New York Times:
Reeling From Surprise Losses, Democrats Sound the Alarm for 2022
Reeling From Surprise Losses, Democrats Sound the Alarm for 2022
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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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Washington Post, Advocate and Breitbart
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.
Haisten Willis / Washington Examiner:
Democrat Phil Murphy narrowly wins reelection as New Jersey governor
Democrat Phil Murphy narrowly wins reelection as New Jersey governor
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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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Politico, Fox News, The Western Journal, New York Post, Bloomberg, Financial Times, The Daily Caller, Townhall, Breitbart and WWLP-TV
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Trump sweeps Election Day, goes 4-0
Trump sweeps Election Day, goes 4-0
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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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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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New York Post, The Daily Signal, We Love Trump, Power Line, The Federalist, Fox News and Joanne Jacobs
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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New York Magazine and RedState
Margaret Talev / Axios:
Voters punish Democrats amid left drift
Voters punish Democrats amid left drift
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Richmond Times-Dispatch, HotAir, New York Magazine, The Daily Signal, Digby's Hullabaloo and Vanity Fair
Zachary D. Carter / The Atlantic:
The Democratic Unraveling Began With Schools
The Democratic Unraveling Began With Schools
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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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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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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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Washington Examiner, National Review, Mediaite, Power Line and Twitchy
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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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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U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy …, Raw Story, New York Times and Talking Points Memo
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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Michael Vasquez / Chronicle of Higher Education:
3 U. of Florida Experts Couldn't Testify on a Voting-Rights Law. This Professor Had No Trouble. — The University of Florida is embroiled in controversy this week following revelations that, in at least four cases, it denied professors' requests to testify in lawsuits that challenged policy set …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The case of Ron DeSantis and the muzzled professors takes another dubious turn
The case of Ron DeSantis and the muzzled professors takes another dubious turn
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Talking Points Memo and Reason
Gary Fineout / Politico:
DeSantis calls for new Florida police force to go after election crimes
DeSantis calls for new Florida police force to go after election crimes
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RedState and MyNorthwest.com
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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New York Magazine, Raw Story and Law & Crime
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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Associated Press, WTOP and FiveThirtyEight
Washington Post:
Botched drone strike that killed 10 civilians in Kabul was not a result of criminal negligence, Pentagon says — A U.S. drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 civilians as the Afghanistan war came to its chaotic end was not the result of criminal negligence among military personnel who conducted the operation …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Pentagon review finds no violation of law in drone strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians
Pentagon review finds no violation of law in drone strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians
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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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ACLU:
ACLU Comment on Biden Statement on Settlements for Family Separation — WASHINGTON — In response to a question posed to President Biden about family separation lawsuits brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and other lawyers, the president said a $450,000 settlement amount per child “is not going to happen.”
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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 …
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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 …
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Raw Story
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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The Hill
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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Wajahat Ali / The Daily Beast:
You Damn Karens Are Killing America — OOPS, THEY DID IT AGAIN … Democrats aren't going to win over the majority of white women, and they need to stop trying and instead court the diverse coalition that can save this country from itself. — As a student of American history and a person of color …
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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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Townhall, The American Independent and The Hill
Brian M. Rosenthal / New York Times:
N.Y.C. Cabbies Win Millions More in Aid After Hunger Strike — The announcement was a victory for drivers who stopped eating to protest an earlier bailout plan they said did not go far enough. — New York officials said Wednesday they had struck a deal with the largest holder of taxi loans …
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