memeorandum: In New Book, Pence Reflects on Trump and Jan. 6 (Maggie Haberman/New York Times)

12:40 AM ET, November 10, 2022

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Trump Under Fire From Within G.O.P. After Midterms — “Republicans have followed Donald Trump off the side of a cliff,” a longtime adviser said. — Donald J. Trump faced unusual public attacks from across the Republican Party on Wednesday after a string of midterm losses by candidates …

Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos

John Podhoretz / New York Post:

Here's how Donald Trump sabotaged the Republican midterms — Hey, Lyin' Ted and Sleepy Joe: Meet Toxic Trump. You know, if the former president had any self-knowledge or even the slightest ability to be self-deprecating, he might consider giving himself this alliterative nickname.

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Jonathan Tamari / The Philadelphia Inquirer:

Pat Toomey blames Donald Trump for GOP's election failures in Pennsylvania — Republican Sen. Pat Toomey said former President Donald Trump bears significant blame for the “debacle” Tuesday that left the GOP struggling to capitalize on Democratic weakness in Pennsylvania and elsewhere …

Discussion: Emerald Robinson's …, Washington Times, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, Raw Story and The Hill

Washington Post:

Trump called a protest. No one showed. Why GOP efforts to cry foul fizzled this time. — Poll workers educated voters about the process and deescalated conflict, while threatened protests didn't materialize — As voters cast ballots largely without incident on Tuesday afternoon …

Discussion: Bangor Daily News, Associated Press and Mercury News

Rolling Stone:

Trump Spreads Rumors, Threatens Allies in All-Out Attack on DeSantis — After an election night where Ron romped but Don dragged, the former president is doing his best to ratf—k a potential 2024 rival … Republicans rolled in Florida on Tuesday night, with DeSantis rolling to reelection …

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Washington Post:
Trump team pushes to delay 2024 launch as DeSantis star rises in GOP

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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
On Donald Trump and the Democrats' Not-So-Awful Election

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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump urged to delay 2024 launch after GOP's uneven election

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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Donald Trump's GOP Establishment Has Failed

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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump touts ‘tremendous’ wins for endorsed candidates, says ‘why would anything change?’ on 2024 announcement

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Liz Peek / Fox News:
Ron DeSantis is the new Republican Party leader

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Mike Allen / Axios:
1 big thing: Trump's the loser as GOP falters

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Dave Boucher / Detroit Free Press:
Michigan Democrats take control of state House, Senate in historic power shift

Dominic Pino / National Review:
Thank You, Lee Zeldin

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Washington Post:
Key election deniers concede defeat after disputing Trump's 2020 loss

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Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Hold Off Steep Losses by Driving Turnout and Winning Independent Voters

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MLive.com:
Hillary Scholten defeats Trump-backed John Gibbs for West Michigan congressional seat

Discussion: National Review, KTAR.com and Associated Press

Semafor:
Donald Trump's candidates slumped and he's looking for someone to blame

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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The GOP offered rage and Trump. The country said no.

Discussion: Cognoscenti and Los Angeles Times

Mike Pence / Wall Street Journal:

My Last Days With Donald Trump — I supported legitimate challenges to the 2020 vote counts. I also recognized that the Constitution didn't give me authority to override the voters. — 1x — Thirteen days after the 2020 election, I had lunch with President Trump.

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:

In New Book, Pence Reflects on Trump and Jan. 6 — “You're too honest,” President Donald J. Trump said as he pressured his vice president to intervene to block Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s victory. — Former President Donald J. Trump told Mike Pence that he was “too honest” …

Discussion: Raw Story, Fox News, Politico and Insider

Axios:

The perils of a narrow House Republican majority — House Republicans are coming to grips with the harsh reality of what a single-digit majority could look like — starting with a newly empowered far-right flank that could seriously threaten GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy's House speaker ambitions.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, CNN, Politico, Raw Story, Washington Times, New York Times, HuffPost and Los Angeles Times

Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy almost has the reins of a House majority. Can he hold on?

Discussion: CBS News, New York Times, Raw Story, Fox News and E&E

Carlos Greer / Page Six:

‘SNL’ staff writers boycott over Dave Chappelle's hosting gig — There's unrest at 30 Rock, Page Six hears, over the decision to sign up Dave Chappelle to host “Saturday Night Live” this weekend. — We're told that some staff writers are so furious that the comedy superstar …

Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ, Twitchy and The Daily Caller

Brian Fung / CNN:

Twitter battles wave of impersonators after launching new paid verification system — Watch: Biden says Elon Musk's relationships with foreign countries are ‘worth being looked at’ — These battery-powered shoes make you walk 2.5 times faster — Need to get to Mars? This inflatable shield could help

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Wall Street Journal:

Binance Walks Away From Deal to Buy FTX — Crypto exchange's decision comes as it conducts due diligence on FTX — Sam Bankman-Fried in Talks to Raise More Funding — Created with sketchtool.

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Bill Chappell / NPR:

Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert is trailing in a race that's coming down to the wire — One of the most-watched races the day after Election Day is Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert's reelection bid — which is under serious threat from Democratic challenger Adam Frisch.

Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:

How the Supreme Court Likely Handed Control of the House to Republicans — Democrats had a surprisingly good election night on Tuesday. They held onto a number of critical Senate seats, won key gubernatorial races, and shockingly still had a slight avenue to hold onto control of the House …

Discussion: Washington Post, New Republic, CBS News and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Politico:

6 reasons why Trump's already bad legal troubles are about to get worse — Mounting legal threats to Donald Trump may have appeared ominous before the 2022 congressional elections. They're nothing compared to what comes next. — Some of the political protections that the former president was enjoying are effectively gone.

Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:

Cruz to stump for Walker as Georgia race heads to runoff — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) announced he will stump for Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker on Thursday as the campaign shifts to next month's runoff election. — Neither Walker nor Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) …

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Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
Georgia's record early vote doesn't vindicate its ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ law

Discussion: Wall Street Journal

Makini Brice / Reuters:
Runoff election in Georgia may decide fate of U.S. Senate, again

Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:

Kremlin Cronies Sent Reeling on Live TV Over U.S. Midterm Elections — The U.S. midterm elections have caused quite the tantrum or two in Moscow. — The midterm elections in the United States were a hot topic in Moscow. Convinced that the “red wave” was coming, Russian propagandists rushed …

Discussion: New York Times

Joe Perticone / The Bulwark:

Two January 6th Participants Elected to Congress — One helped organize Donald Trump's rally that marched to the Capitol. The other attended the rally and marched. — The extent to which sitting members of Congress were involved in the Trump rally-turned-insurrection of January 6th remain murky …

Discussion: Associated Press, New York Times, Insider, Raw Story and HuffPost