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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.
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Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Takeaways from Tuesday's elections: Bad omens for Democrats — The off-year elections for governor in Virginia and New Jersey tend to receive outsize attention, and the results are mined for deeper meaning about what they portend for the midterm elections the following year that determine which party controls Congress.
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Virginia Results: Giving Up on Rural America Is Proving a Nightmare for Democrats — Margins matter. — About a year ago I wrote about the big “trade” that had taken place in our politics. Democrats were picking up former Republican “red dogs” who live in the suburbs.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Fox News, The Hill, Outside the Beltway, Washington Examiner, Townhall and Media Matters for America
Jim Swift / The Bulwark:
How McAuliffe Lost Virginia — An uninspiring candidate with no big ideas and terrible messaging. — Going into the 2021 gubernatorial election in Virginia, a state that Joe Biden won by ten points, former governor Terry McAuliffe likely reasoned that he had a good chance of repeating his remarkable feat from eight years earlier:
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Virginia Mercury, Washington Post, National Review, Breitbart, Associated Press, CNN, KTLA, Washington Examiner and Mother Jones
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
A sobering reality hits Democrats after Tuesday's elections losses — Democrats awoke Wednesday to a sobering reality. A year after celebrating victory in the 2020 elections, their slender congressional majorities are now even more at risk than they feared, and it is not clear that President Biden …
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Fox News, USA Today, Bloomberg, Politico, The Daily Wire and Florida Politics
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Let the Democratic freakout begin
POLITICO Playbook: Let the Democratic freakout begin
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New York Post, New York Magazine, Fox News, The Daily Beast, ABC News and Instapundit
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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We Love Trump, RedState and BizPac Review
Washington Examiner:
A deserved Democratic defeat and Republican victory
A deserved Democratic defeat and Republican victory
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Persuasion, New York Magazine, CBS News, Los Angeles Times and Associated Press
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Who is Glenn Youngkin and How Did He Win the Virginia Governor's Race?
Who is Glenn Youngkin and How Did He Win the Virginia Governor's Race?
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HotAir, Washington Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Forbes
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
What Youngkin's Win in the Virginia Governor Race Means for Democrats
What Youngkin's Win in the Virginia Governor Race Means for Democrats
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Bloomberg, NBC News, Washington Post, IJR and The American Independent
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
5 takeaways from Republicans' big win in Virginia and the shocker in New Jersey
5 takeaways from Republicans' big win in Virginia and the shocker in New Jersey
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Newsweek, New York Times, Washington Post, ABC News, Washington Examiner, Vanity Fair, WKRN-TV, National Review, HuffPost, The Hill and The Atlantic
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
4 takeaways on Virginia, New Jersey and Election Day 2021
4 takeaways on Virginia, New Jersey and Election Day 2021
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Fox News, Politico, Washington Examiner, Washington Times, Wall Street Journal, Real Clear Politics, CNN, Fortune and New York Post
Daniel Greenfield / Front Page Magazine:
Another American Revolution in Virginia
Another American Revolution in Virginia
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Washington Post, Ace of Spades HQ and NPR
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
With Terry McAuliffe's defeat in Virginia, the Clinton brand means basically nothing now
With Terry McAuliffe's defeat in Virginia, the Clinton brand means basically nothing now
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HotAir, National Review and Fox News
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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Washington Post:
Biden administration blacklists NSO Group over Pegasus spyware — The Commerce Department said the action is part of the Biden administration's ‘efforts to put human rights at the center of U.S. foreign policy, including by working to stem the proliferation of digital tools used for repression.’
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Amitai Ziv / Reuters:
U.S. Blacklists Israeli Cyberarms Firms NSO, Candiru for Harming ‘National Security and Interests’ — NSO Group and Candiru developed and supplied spyware ‘to maliciously target government officials, journalists, businesspeople, activists, academics, and embassy workers,’ the U.S. Commerce Department said in a statement
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Matt Friedman / Politico:
Shocker in New Jersey: Governor's race a nail-biter — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli remained locked in a neck-and-neck battle early Wednesday, with the outcome too close to call in a race Democrats had long been confident about winning.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Dem disaster: Did they lose ... *New Jersey*? — Joe Biden won New Jersey by sixteen points one year ago. Polls had incumbent Democrat governor Phil Murphy ahead outside the margin of error. Challenger Jack Ciattarelli jumped out to a lead in early vote counting, but everyone knew Murphy …
David French / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
The Threat From the Anti-Woke Right — America is confronting two powerful illiberal movements. Where you stand on their relative threats depends on where you live. … Late last week, my friends Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt published an important piece in the online journal Persuasion that contained a startling statistic.
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Republicans Schooled the Left in Virginia
Republicans Schooled the Left in Virginia
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Reason and New Republic
Zach Williams / City & State New York:
Byron Brown's write-in gambit apparently worked — The former state Democratic Party chair worked with the GOP to seemingly defeat socialist India Walton. — Byron Brown at his election night party on Nov. 2. — When India Walton won the June Democratic mayoral primary for Buffalo mayor …
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American Greatness:
Democrats Need to Start Losing Elections—For Their Own Sake
Democrats Need to Start Losing Elections—For Their Own Sake
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Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Bail reform backlash spurs Republican Election Day red wave in Long Island
Bail reform backlash spurs Republican Election Day red wave in Long Island
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VICE and Power Line
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Why hundreds of QAnon supporters showed up in Dallas, expecting JFK Jr.'s return — In rainy Dallas with temperatures dipping into the low 60s, hundreds huddled with umbrellas, flags and signs to wait for history to be made on Tuesday. Some even brought folding chairs.
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David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
Eric Adams's Victory Tour Is Underway — The last day of a 15-month long race for mayor of New York was not boring, even the outcome of the contest was not in doubt. Eric Adams, the Democratic nominee, made his final public appearance on a radio show — in this case, one hosted …
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Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Incoming pro-cop NYC Mayor promises a more “business-friendly environment”
Incoming pro-cop NYC Mayor promises a more “business-friendly environment”
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Andrew Jacobs / New York Times:
Widespread Coronavirus Infection Found in Iowa Deer, New Study Says — The analysis by Penn State and Iowa researchers strongly indicates that deer are getting the virus from humans, worrying experts about a deep wild reservoir for the virus. — A new study of hundreds of white-tailed deer infected …
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U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon:
Merkley Statement on Rahm Emanuel Nomination — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement regarding the nomination of former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Japan:
Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:
Trump's Odds of Escaping Criminal Charges in Georgia Do Not Look Good — Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger confirms the ex-president threatened him over the 2020 election results while demanding he magically come up with enough votes to beat Biden.
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Politico:
The end of Manchema — Are they Sinemanch or Manchema? The debate can probably cease. — The centrist Democratic senators from Arizona and West Virginia, once united on shaving down the cost of a party-line social spending bill that started at $3.5 trillion, are now going their own …
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Star Tribune:
Minneapolis voters reject plan to replace Police Department — Nearly 18 months after George Floyd was filmed pleading for breath under an officer's knee, community groups remain divided on how to change the system. — TEXT SIZE — MORE — Minneapolis voters on Tuesday rejected …
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HotAir, CNN, National Review, New York Times, The Daily Caller, The Texas Tribune, New York Post, BuzzFeed News, USA Today, Washington Free Beacon, ABC News and TheGrio
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
House GOP campaign arm expands target list after brutal night for Dems — The National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee expanded its offensive target list on Wednesday morning following Democrat Terry McAuliffe's loss in Virginia's gubernatorial contest and a must closer …
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NRCC, Fox News, Washington Times, National Review, The Daily Caller, Real Clear Politics, Daily Kos and ABC7
Jason Stanley / Rolling Stone:
Tucker Carlson's ‘Patriot Purge’ Is Too Crazy to Believe — and Too Dangerous to Ignore — The Fox News host's series on the Jan. 6 insurrection is a piece of fascist propaganda that wouldn't be out of place in 1930s Berlin — Patriot Purge, Tucker Carlson's new three-part series …