memeorandum: Supreme Court appears likely to void New York's gun permit law (Josh Gerstein/Politico)

6:20 PM ET, November 3, 2021

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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. …

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

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 …

Discussion: MSN and Jill Filipovic

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.

Discussion: The Liberal Patriot, Washington Examiner, INQUIRE and CNN

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.

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

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

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 …

Discussion: Puck, Washington Post, Politico, Deseret News, The Clay Travis & …, Denver Post and claytoonz

Brad Polumbo / Washington Examiner:
No, Glenn Youngkin won't be the ‘most homophobic’ governor ‘in Virginia history’

Discussion: Advocate, Breitbart and Mother Jones

Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Early Thoughts on a Very Tough Night

Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo, Fox News and Common Dreams

Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Black voters in Virginia refuse to be blamed for a major Democratic defeat.

Discussion: Breitbart and Raw Story

Chris Cillizza / CNN:
5 reasons why Democrats should start panicking about 2022

Discussion: Washington Post, Insider, The Nation, HotAir, Los Angeles Times, NPR, Brookings, New York Post, Raw Story, One America News Network, BizPac Review, Sacramento Bee and NewsBreak

Robby Soave / Reason:
Glenn Youngkin Defeated Terry McAuliffe Because Democrats Betrayed Parents

Discussion: We Love Trump, The Federalist, RedState, Fox News and Joanne Jacobs

Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
What Youngkin's Win in the Virginia Governor Race Means for Democrats

Discussion: The Atlantic, HotAir, Washington Examiner, Morning Shots, Crooks and Liars, Washington Post, RedState, Associated Press, LifeNews.com, Power Line, Insider and Ace of Spades HQ

Jared Yates Sexton / Dispatches From A …:
A Completely Predictable Disaster: Virginia and the Need for Courage

Discussion: New York Magazine and RedState

Ja'han Jones / MSNBC:
Glenn Youngkin's victory proves white ignorance is a powerful weapon

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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
A sobering reality hits Democrats after election losses

Discussion: Politico, New York Times, Fox News, The Western Journal, New York Post, Financial Times, Breitbart, Bloomberg, The Daily Caller, Townhall and WWLP-TV

Scott Wong / The Hill: GOP leader says Republicans could flip 60 seats next year

Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Virginia Results: Giving Up on Rural America Is Proving a Nightmare for Democrats

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Insider, The Atlantic, New York Times, Washington Post, Townhall, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Power Line, Reason, New York Magazine and Outside the Beltway

Margaret Talev / Axios:
Voters punish Democrats amid left drift

Discussion: HotAir, Richmond Times-Dispatch, The Daily Signal, New York Magazine, Vanity Fair and Digby's Hullabaloo

Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Democratic panic would be the wrong response to the elections

Discussion: Washington Post, Washington Times, The Daily Wire and New Jersey Globe

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 …

Discussion: National Review, Mediaite, Twitchy and PolitiFact

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, Fox News, Slate, Instapundit, Mediaite and Page Array

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 …

Discussion: Washington Examiner and Washington Post

NBC10 Philadelphia:
Truck Driver Leads NJ Senate President After Spending $153 on Campaign

Discussion: Louder With Crowder, RedState, Breitbart and bad cattitude

Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon: ‘Blue Collar’ Truck Driver on Verge of Unseating Leader of Democratic Machine

Amanda Hoover / New Jersey Online:
N.J. governor's race fallout could claim Senate President Sweeney as Democrats trail key legislative races

Discussion: Politico, The Hill, HotAir, Associated Press, The Western Journal, Washington Times and Ace of Spades HQ

David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Sweeney trailing in re-election bid; Polistina, Stanfied win; Pappas leads Zwicker

Discussion: National Review, The Daily Caller and The Right Scoop

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 …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Hill, Politico, National Review and Forbes

Jordain Carney / The Hill:

Schumer hints at filibuster reform after GOP blocks voting rights bill — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Wednesday that Democrats will explore “alternative paths” to pass voting rights legislation after Republicans blocked a bill named after the late Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.).

Discussion: Bloomberg, Los Angeles Times and The Guardian

Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
Republicans Once Supported the Voting Rights Act. Today, They Voted Against Its Restoration.

Discussion: CBS News, UPI, New York Times, VTDigger, POLITICUSUSA, Iowa Capital Dispatch and Daily Kos

Clare Foran / CNN:
Senate Republicans block John Lewis voting rights bill in key vote

Discussion: U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy …, Raw Story and New York Times

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.

Discussion: HotAir, New Republic and Washington Post

Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The NRA had a very good day in the Supreme Court

Discussion: New York Magazine, FiveThirtyEight and Raw Story

Washington Post:
Majority of Supreme Court appears to think N.Y. gun law is too restrictive

Discussion: ABC News and BuzzFeed 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 …

Discussion: Daily Kos, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and Crooks and Liars

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 …

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 …

Discussion: Washington Examiner and Political Wire

Stephen Fowler / Georgia Public Broadcasting:
Fulton elections director Rick Barron to resign

Discussion: The Hill

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, Washington Examiner, ABC News, Fox News, Wall Street Journal, RedState, NBC10 Philadelphia, NBC New York and Mediaite

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 …

Discussion: Townhall, The American Independent and The Hill

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. After two rounds of tabulation, Jacob Frey was elected. — Mayor — CandidateFirst-choice votesFinal round votesFinal round percentage — 61,620 — 70,669 — 49.1%

Discussion: The Hill

Andrew Miller / Fox News:
Minneapolis Mayor Frey wins another term

Discussion: WCCO | CBS Minnesota, New Republic and New York Times

Adam Shaw / Fox News:

Border GOP lawmakers urge Dem leaders to pull immigration provisions from spending bill, citing migrant crisis — Democrats have been mulling various forms of protection for illegal immigrants in the Build Back Better Act — Nancy Pelosi says social spending bill moving swimmingly despite reported infighting

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, Roll Call and Fox Business

Zach Everson / Forbes:

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.

Colorado Politics:

Voters shake up school boards in Colorado's biggest districts — School board races in Colorado were the ones to watch Tuesday night, as statewide ballot issues seemed settled in early returns. — Big spending and high passion yielded mixed results. — The slate of conservative-backed candidates …