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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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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.
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 …
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.
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.
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Black voters in Virginia refuse to be blamed for a major Democratic defeat.
Discussion: Raw Story and Breitbart
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Let the Democratic freakout begin
Scott Wong / The Hill:
GOP leader says Republicans could flip 60 seats next year
Discussion: Political Wire
Jared Yates Sexton / Dispatches From A …:
A Completely Predictable Disaster: Virginia and the Need for Courage
Discussion: RedState
Jim Swift / The Bulwark:
How McAuliffe Lost Virginia
Washington Post:
Exit poll results from the 2021 election for Virginia governor
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Democrats, Stung by Electoral Losses, Press Forward on Biden Agenda
Discussion: Politico and Wall Street Journal
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 …
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 …
Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:   ‘Blue Collar’ Truck Driver on Verge of Unseating Leader of Democratic Machine
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Dem disaster: Did they lose ... *New Jersey*?
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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Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
Republicans Once Supported the Voting Rights Act.  Today, They Voted Against its Restoration.  —  The Senate GOP has blocked yet another voting rights bill.  Time is running out to reform the filibuster. … On Wednesday afternoon, GOP senators blocked Democrats from advancing a key voting rights bill …
Discussion: CNN, New York Times and Daily Kos
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
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 …
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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Washington Post:
Majority of Supreme Court appears to think N.Y. gun law is too restrictive
Discussion: ABC News and BuzzFeed News
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court appears likely to void New York's gun permit law
Discussion: Washington Post
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
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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 …
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement  —  The Federal Reserve is committed to using its full range of tools to support the U.S. economy in this challenging time, thereby promoting its maximum employment and price stability goals.  —  With progress on vaccinations and strong policy support …
 
 
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Fredreka Schouten / CNN:
Embattled election chief in Fulton County resigns
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Khalid Abdelaziz / Reuters:
Saudi, UAE join foreign pressure to overturn Sudan's coup
Marquette University:
New Marquette Law School Poll finds state incumbents lagging in approval, favorability one year before 2022 elections
Discussion: The Hill, WISC-TV and Political Wire
Plain Dealer:
Justin Bibb wins Cleveland mayoral election in dominating fashion over Kevin Kelley to succeed Frank Jackson
Lyz / Men Yell at Me:
There Have to Be More Sides Than This  —  Balance doesn't exist in a lopsided world
Zach Everson / Forbes:
How Trump's D.C. Hotel Cashed In On The Jan. 6 Riot
Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
I Hung Out With Both Curtis Sliwa and Eric Adams on Election Night
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Mike Rosenstein / New Jersey Online:
Ex-Mets manager Bobby Valentine hints at election fraud, strikes out in bid to become mayor
Buffalo News:
Byron Brown claims victory in Buffalo mayor's race; write-in ballots swamp India Walton
New York Times:
Covaxin, Vaccine Developed in India, Gets W.H.O. Clearance
Discussion: Deseret News and The Guardian
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Why hundreds of QAnon supporters showed up in Dallas, expecting JFK Jr.'s return
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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Financial Times:
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