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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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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 …
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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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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
How the Democrats Lost Virginia
How the Democrats Lost Virginia
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Brad Polumbo / Washington Examiner:
No, Glenn Youngkin won't be the ‘most homophobic’ governor ‘in Virginia history’
No, Glenn Youngkin won't be the ‘most homophobic’ governor ‘in Virginia history’
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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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Washington Post:
Murphy's narrow win in New Jersey does little to ease Democratic anxieties
Murphy's narrow win in New Jersey does little to ease Democratic anxieties
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NBC News:
Democrat Phil Murphy narrowly wins re-election as New Jersey governor, NBC News projects
Democrat Phil Murphy narrowly wins re-election as New Jersey governor, NBC News projects
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CNN:
Phil Murphy prevails in close race in New Jersey, CNN projects
Phil Murphy prevails in close race in New Jersey, CNN projects
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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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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Talking Points Memo and Reason
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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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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ACLU:
ACLU Comment on Biden Statement on Settlements for Family Separation — WASHINGTON — In response to a question posed to President Biden about family separation lawsuits brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and other lawyers, the president said a $450,000 settlement amount per child “is not going to happen.”
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Washington Post:
After loss in Virginia, Democrats look to speed up their stalled $3 trillion spending agenda — ‘The American public gave us a majority of both houses for a reason,’ Sen. Tim Kaine says — A new sense of political urgency swept over restive Democrats from the White House to Capitol Hill on Wednesday …
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Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Guidance Counselor Once Honored at White House Is Charged for Child Porn — Todd Roatsey tried to blame Airbnb guests for videos uploaded from his WiFi network, a criminal complaint says. — An elementary school guidance counselor once honored at the White House for his work with kids …
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden hits the gas
Biden hits the gas
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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.
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 …
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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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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Raw Story
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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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 4.6% this year, new estimates suggest, following a Covid-related dip of 5.2% in 2020. — The Global Carbon Project (GCP) …
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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
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Dr. Susan Berry / Breitbart:
Anti-CRT Parents Win School Board Victories Throughout America
Anti-CRT Parents Win School Board Victories Throughout America
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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 …
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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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The Intercept
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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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.
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Choire Sicha / Curbed:
Welcome to the Boom Boom Room of Chaos, New York City! — There's nothing as briskly refreshing as starting over. Like any downtown hottie prowling on the rebound, we have careened from Captain Dullsville to someone way more unpredictable and more powerful — our new mayor-elect, Eric Adams …
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Disgraced Papa John's Founder Ate 800 Pizzas in 18 Months to Fight the ‘Elite Progressive Left’ — CALL A DOCTOR — Excommunicated Papa John's founder John Schnatter needed fuel for his fight against the “progressive elite left.” So what better way to do that than to eat 800 Papa John's pizzas in 18 months?
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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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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Adam Lucente / Al-Monitor:
Senate committee advances Biden nominee for Middle East policy — Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee had a fiery debate over the confirmation process, which touched on US policy toward Egypt, Israel and Lebanon. — The US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations confirmed …