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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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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


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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Washington Examiner, Washington Free Beacon, The CT Mirror, York Daily Record, Raw Story and madison.com


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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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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No, Glenn Youngkin won't be the ‘most homophobic’ governor ‘in Virginia history’
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Advocate, Breitbart and Mother Jones

Early Thoughts on a Very Tough Night
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Digby's Hullabaloo, Fox News and Common Dreams

Black voters in Virginia refuse to be blamed for a major Democratic defeat.

5 reasons why Democrats should start panicking about 2022
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Glenn Youngkin Defeated Terry McAuliffe Because Democrats Betrayed Parents
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The Federalist, We Love Trump, Power Line, RedState, Fox News and Joanne Jacobs

A Completely Predictable Disaster: Virginia and the Need for Courage
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New York Magazine and RedState

Glenn Youngkin's victory proves white ignorance is a powerful weapon
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A sobering reality hits Democrats after election losses
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Politico, New York Times, Fox News, The Western Journal, New York Post, Financial Times, Breitbart, Bloomberg, The Daily Caller, Townhall and WWLP-TV

Voters punish Democrats amid left drift
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HotAir, Richmond Times-Dispatch, The Daily Signal, New York Magazine, Vanity Fair and Digby's Hullabaloo

Why Democratic panic would be the wrong response to the elections
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Washington Post, Washington Times, Ace of Spades HQ, The Daily Wire and New Jersey Globe


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


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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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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Washington Examiner and Washington Post


Truck Driver Leads NJ Senate President After Spending $153 on Campaign
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New York Post, Louder With Crowder, RedState, Breitbart and bad cattitude


Sweeney trailing in re-election bid; Polistina, Stanfied win; Pappas leads Zwicker
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The Daily Caller, The Western Journal, The Right Scoop and National Review


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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Washington Examiner, Politico, The Hill, National Review and Forbes
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Schumer hints at filibuster reform after GOP blocks voting rights bill
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The Guardian, Bloomberg and Los Angeles Times

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


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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Dear Colleague on Moving the Build Back Better Act Forward
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Meghan Markle calling: Duchess lobbies Republican senators for paid family leave
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National Review and Insider

Manchin says ‘unbelievable’ Virginia results validate concerns over spending package
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New York Times, Yahoo News and Political Wire


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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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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New York Magazine, FiveThirtyEight and Raw Story


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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Daily Kos, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and Crooks and Liars


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 …


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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Washington Post, BuzzFeed News, Detroit News, Insider and The Gateway Pundit


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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Washington Examiner and Political Wire
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Fulton elections director Rick Barron to resign
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The Hill


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


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 …


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.


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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New York Times, NBC News, The Hill, Bloomberg and One America News Network


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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