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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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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 …
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Trump sweeps Election Day, goes 4-0
Brad Polumbo / Washington Examiner:
No, Glenn Youngkin won't be the ‘most homophobic’ governor ‘in Virginia history’
Discussion: Washington Post, Advocate and Breitbart
New York Times:
Philip Murphy Wins Narrowly in N.J. 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 had predicted.  —  Philip D. Murphy, a New Jersey Democrat whose aggressive approach to controlling …
Discussion: The Guardian and NBC New York
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NBC News:
Democrat Phil Murphy narrowly wins re-election as New Jersey governor, NBC News projects  —  Election Day wins highlight culture wars  —  Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy survived a closer-than-expected race to win a second term in New Jersey, NBC News projected Wednesday, offering more proof …
Haisten Willis / Washington Examiner:
Democrat Phil Murphy narrowly wins reelection as New Jersey governor
Discussion: Fox News, The Hill and New York Post
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 …
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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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
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Reason
Gary Fineout / Politico:
DeSantis calls for new Florida police force to go after election crimes
Discussion: MyNorthwest.com and RedState
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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Washington Post:
Majority of Supreme Court appears to think N.Y. gun law is too restrictive
Alison Durkee / Forbes:
Supreme Court Justices Signal They May Strike Down New York Restrictions On Concealed Carry Of Guns
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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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Schumer hints at filibuster reform after GOP blocks voting rights bill
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.”
Discussion: The Right Scoop
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Joshua Solomon / Albany Times Union:   State Democratic Party did not spend money on Props 1, 3, 4
Jared Yates Sexton / Dispatches From A …:
A Completely Predictable Disaster: Virginia and the Need for Courage
Discussion: New York Magazine and RedState
Zeke Hausfather / Carbon Brief:
Global CO2 emissions have been flat for a decade, new data reveals  —  Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels and cement have rebounded by 4.6% this year, new estimates suggest, following a Covid-related dip of 5.2% in 2020.  —  The Global Carbon Project (GCP) …
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 …
Discussion: Real Climate Science
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 …
Washington Post:
After loss in Virginia, Democrats look to speed up their stalled $3 trillion spending agenda  —  ‘The American public gave us a majority of both houses for a reason,’ Sen. Tim Kaine says  —  A new sense of political urgency swept over restive Democrats from the White House to Capitol Hill on Wednesday …
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Congressional Democrats say passing their agenda is the only path forward. History says that might not matter for 2022.
Discussion: New York Times and Common Dreams
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
Discussion: The Hill
Hunter Walker / Rolling Stone:
Top Trump Allies Set Up A ‘Legal Fund’ For Jan. 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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Disgraced Papa John's Founder Ate 800 Pizzas in 18 Months to Fight the ‘Elite Progressive Left’  —  CALL A DOCTOR  —  Excommunicated Papa John's founder John Schnatter needed fuel for his fight against the “progressive elite left.”  So what better way to do that than to eat 800 Papa John's pizzas in 18 months?
Discussion: Raw Story and Bloomberg
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 …
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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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Pentagon review finds no violation of law in drone strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians
Discussion: Insider
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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Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Guidance Counselor Once Honored at White House Is Charged for Child Porn
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Andrew Kerr / The Daily Caller:
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Discussion: The Intercept
Reuters:
Newsmax, One America News sued by voting technology firm Smartmatic
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Nick Reynolds / Post and Courier:
Greenville GOP adds Trump's signature hair to party logo
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Trish Turner / ABC News:
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Zach Everson / Forbes:
How Trump's D.C. Hotel Cashed In On The Jan. 6 Riot
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ its revenue is from ads
 
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