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Zachary B. Wolf / CNN:
Donald Trump fever may be breaking — Jennings: Youngkin gives GOP a blueprint on how to talk to voters again — (CNN)In Tuesday's elections, Republican candidates surged in blue states, cities rejected major police reform and suburban voters showed their independence. The major takeaways?
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Ann Coulter:
Dems' Post-Election Plan: Send More Immigrants to Virginia — But critical race theory isn't taught in Virginia schools! — The Republican sweep in Virginia Tuesday night has nullified that claim. Glenn Youngkin beat Terry McAuliffe in the governor's race.
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Washington Post:
Republican Glenn Youngkin became Virginia governor by wooing both moderates and Trump supporters. So how Trumpy is he? — RICHMOND — Republican Glenn Youngkin's slim but decisive victory Tuesday in the governor's race promises a sharp turn in policy for Virginia, where Democrats have spent …
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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Virtually Normal — The morning after the election, the Democratic candidate concedes and wishes his opponent well.
Virtually Normal — The morning after the election, the Democratic candidate concedes and wishes his opponent well.
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Youngkin's Dance With Trump Was Pivotal. But Is It Repeatable?
Youngkin's Dance With Trump Was Pivotal. But Is It Repeatable?
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate GOP sees Youngkin's Trump approach as path back to majority
Senate GOP sees Youngkin's Trump approach as path back to majority
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Raw Story and Florida Politics
Politico:
House Dems' suburban foundation at risk of crumbling after Tuesday's results
House Dems' suburban foundation at risk of crumbling after Tuesday's results
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Washington Post, The Hill, Washington Examiner, CNN, claytoonz, Tennessee Lookout, WTOP and Insider
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
How the Democrats Lost Virginia
How the Democrats Lost Virginia
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Trump sweeps Election Day, goes 4-0
Trump sweeps Election Day, goes 4-0
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New York Times:
Reeling From Surprise Losses, Democrats Sound the Alarm for 2022 — Party officials say the White House and Congress must do more to address the electorate's deep malaise or risk watching voters lurch back toward the G.O.P. by default. — WASHINGTON — Reeling from a barrage of unexpected losses …
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New York Times:
Republicans Pounce on Schools as a Wedge Issue to Unite the Party — Rallying around what it calls “parental rights,” the party is pushing to build on its victories this week by stoking white resentment and tapping into broader anger at the education system.
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Washington Post, NBC News, naked capitalism, Townhall and New York Post
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: For Dems, it's ‘2009 all over again’ — DRIVING THE DAY — DEMOCRATS' UGLY REALITY SETS IN — Following an embarrassing election night for Democrats, Speaker NANCY PELOSI and her caucus have redoubled their efforts to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill (BIF) …
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The Daily Wire, Florida Politics and New York Times
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Congressional Democrats say passing their agenda is the only path forward. History says that might not matter for 2022.
Congressional Democrats say passing their agenda is the only path forward. History says that might not matter for 2022.
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New York Times, Common Dreams and CBS News
Washington Post:
After loss in Virginia, Democrats look to speed up their stalled $3 trillion spending agenda
After loss in Virginia, Democrats look to speed up their stalled $3 trillion spending agenda
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden hits the gas
Biden hits the gas
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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
The case of Ron DeSantis and the muzzled professors takes another dubious turn
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New York Times, Miami Herald, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Talking Points Memo
Gary Fineout / Politico:
DeSantis calls for new Florida police force to go after election crimes
DeSantis calls for new Florida police force to go after election crimes
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MyNorthwest.com and RedState
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 …
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Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:
Trump Allies Set Up Legal Fund for Jan. 6 Elite, but Leave Protesters on Their Own
Trump Allies Set Up Legal Fund for Jan. 6 Elite, but Leave Protesters on Their Own
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Raw Story
Nick Shook / NFL.com:
Packers QB Aaron Rodgers tests positive for COVID-19, will not play in Week 9 vs. Chiefs — The NFL's hottest team will be without its most important player Sunday. — Aaron Rodgers tested positive for COVID-19 and is out for Green Bay's showdown with the Kansas City Chiefs, NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported.
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
“Anti-CRT” school board candidates are winning — A new PAC focused on electing conservative candidates to public school boards — by raising fears about how racism is taught — won three-fourths of its 58 races across seven states on Tuesday. — Why it matters: Those wins for the 1776 Project PAC …
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Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed News:
A Renowned Holocaust Historian Testified That Charlottesville Rally Organizers' Messages Were A “Call To Arms” — Neo-Nazis Christopher Cantwell and Matthew Heimbach on Wednesday seemed almost to forget for a moment that they were in a court of law and defendants in a civil case …
ProPublica:
Here's Why Rapid COVID Tests Are So Expensive and Hard to Find — Months-long silences. Mysterious rejections. Here's what's behind the shortages of a critical tool for ending the pandemic. — Coronavirus — The U.S. Response to COVID-19 … A few weeks ago, a ProPublica reporter decided to test his kids for COVID-19.
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 …
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
USA Today snubs Winsome Sears, Jason Miyares from report on ‘candidates of color’ who won historic elections — Much of the media have downplayed, ignored the diverse GOP ticket in Virginia — Winsome Sears: You're looking at the American Dream — USA Today raised eyebrows …
Andrew Kerr / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Fauci Staffers Flagged Potential Gain-Of-Function Research At Wuhan Lab In 2016, Records Reveal — Two subordinates of Dr. Anthony Fauci raised concerns in May 2016 that taxpayer dollars may be funding gain-of-function experiments on bat coronaviruses at a Wuhan lab …
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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 4.9% this year, new estimates suggest, following a Covid-related dip of 5.4% in 2020. — The Global Carbon Project (GCP) …
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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 …
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Marcus Weisgerber / Defense One:
Biden Administration Delays Contractor Vaccine Mandate Until Jan. 4 — Defense firms had warned of layoffs and weapons-manufacturing delays. — The Biden administration is pushing the COVID-19 vaccination deadline for federal contractors from Dec. 8 to Jan. 4, a move that could prevent thousands …
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Ellen Barry / New York Times:
For Progressives, Michelle Wu Points to a Way Forward — As a Boston mayoral candidate, she had plenty of opportunity to pivot away from her more liberal ideas. She didn't, and it paid off. — BOSTON — For progressives, Tuesday's elections brought a litany of bad news and one conspicuous bright spot …
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New York Post:
Illegal immigrant who posed as minor while crossing border charged with murder in Florida — A 24-year-old Honduran immigrant who's charged with murder in the brutal stabbing death of a Florida man had crossed the US border illegally months earlier while posing as an unaccompanied minor, an investigation by The Post found.
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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 …
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Polly Mosendz / Bloomberg:
Yacht Full of Climate Scientists Plots Giant Sea Gate to Save Manhattan — Aboard a boat sailing the city's coastline, an organization outlines the $30 billion plan to keep the island safe from flooding. — Aboard the Manhattan II, a 100-foot yacht with glass walls and mahogany panelling …
Murray Waas / The Guardian:
Giuliani investigators home in on 2019 plan to advance Ukraine interests in US — Prosecutors believe Giuliani and two others may have violated law over agreement that would have seen them win lucrative contracts — The high-profile federal criminal investigation of Rudy Giuliani …
Mountain State Spotlight:
Gov. Jim Justice is among these ultrawealthy politicians who avoid paying taxes — A donation to Mountain State Spotlight goes beyond the newsroom. We strive to become the essential news source for West Virginians and to deliver the information you need to make our state a better place. — Donate
East Bay Times:
Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan dies after being hit by vehicle — ALAMEDA — Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan, 72, a trailblazing Asian American politician, died Wednesday after she was hit by a car on the city's South Shore, authorities said. — In a statement from Chan's office …
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Dana Rubinstein / New York Times:
Why New Yorkers Rejected Ballot Proposals on Voting and Redistricting — Republicans worked hard to defeat the measures, which aimed to broaden ballot access and change the redistricting process. Democrats did little to promote them. — In October, the New York's Republican and Conservative Parties went nuclear.
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Politico:
Where have you gone, Scranton Joe? — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. With Allie Bice. — There are a million different ways to spin the results of Tuesday's elections, all seemingly being laid out in reverse chronological order on Twitter.