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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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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: Washington Times and Politico
Mike Allen / Axios:
1 big thing: Trump's the loser as GOP falters  — There was no red wave. … There's an increased likelihood of a larger, more boisterous primary field competing against Trump in 2024, Jonathan Swan reports.  — The chances Trump can clear the field are vastly diminished.
Washington Post:
Trump team pushes to delay 2024 launch as DeSantis star rises in GOP  —  After a disappointing election night, Republicans are advising Trump to delay next week's “very big announcement” until after the Senate runoff in Georgia  —  Former president Donald Trump's standing as the dominant figure …
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Donald Trump's GOP Establishment Has Failed  —  After a profoundly disappointing midterm cycle, it's even harder to argue that Trump's time atop the party has been anything but a disaster for Republicans.  —  f they have any intention of turning around their party's increasingly moribund fortunes …
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
On Donald Trump and the Democrats' Not-So-Awful Election  —  If not for the former President, the midterms could have turned out very differently.  —  The day after the midterm election of 2022 that both parties had agreed was the most consequential ever—except for the previous election …
New York Times:
Colorado Third Congressional District Election Results  —  ‹ See all Colorado state results  —  Representative Lauren Boebert, one of former President Donald J. Trump's most ardent supporters, is facing Adam Frisch, a Democrat, and several independent candidates running as write-ins.
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 …
Liz Peek / Fox News:
Ron DeSantis is the new Republican Party leader  —  Republicans are ready to move on without Donald Trump  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wins sweeping re-election bid  —  The biggest winner of the midterm elections was without a doubt Governor Ron DeSantis, whose landslide victory in the state of Florida was breathtaking.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Republican Elite Makes Its Move Against Trump … Earlier this year, I wrote a profile of Ron DeSantis, a figure who seemed to point the way toward the party's post-Trump future.  That future, it seemed to me, could arrive much sooner than many people forecast at the time.
Discussion: The Right Scoop and RedState
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Here's how Donald Trump sabotaged the Republican midterms
Discussion: National Review and KTAR.com
Dave Boucher / Detroit Free Press:
Michigan Democrats take control of state House, Senate in historic power shift
Politico:   Trump's already bad legal troubles are about to get worse
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump touts ‘tremendous’ wins for endorsed candidates, says ‘why would anything change?’ on 2024 announcement
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The GOP offered rage and Trump. The country said no.
Yuval Levin / National Review:
The Message of the Midterms  —  Loading...  If you'd looked in on American politics …
Discussion: Politico and Washington Examiner
Semafor:
Donald Trump's candidates slumped and he's looking for someone to blame
Blake Hounshell / New York Times:
Five Takeaways From the Midterm Elections So Far
Dominic Pino / National Review:
Thank You, Lee Zeldin
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:   Kremlin Cronies Sent Reeling on Live TV Over U.S. Midterm Elections
Washington Post:
Key election deniers concede defeat after disputing Trump's 2020 loss
David Rutz / Fox News:
Trump blasted across media spectrum over Republicans' midterms performance: ‘Biggest loser tonight’
Noor Noman / MSNBC:
Midterm elections 2022: Live updates on results and highlights from key races
New York Times:
California Proposition 30 Election Results: Electric Vehicle Incentive Tax
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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.
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.
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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Makini Brice / Reuters:
Runoff election in Georgia may decide fate of U.S. Senate, again
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
Georgia's record early vote doesn't vindicate its ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ law
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Glenn Youngkin Apologizes To Nancy Pelosi For Comments On Her Husband's Assault  —  The Virginia GOP governor sent the House speaker a handwritten note saying he was sorry for treating Paul Pelosi's attack as a political punchline.  —  Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin privately sent …
Discussion: Politico, CNN and Mother Jones
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New York Times:
Russia-Ukraine War  —  Russia Says It's Withdrawing From Kherson City, a Potential Blow to Moscow … Ukrainians see signs of a Russian retreat from Kherson City but are wary.  —  Russia's defense minister announced on television Wednesday that he was ordering the retreat of Moscow's forces …
Hillary Borrud / Oregonian:
Tina Kotek wins Oregon governor's race, fending off strongest Republican bid in a decade  —  3,444  —  Democrat Tina Kotek has won the race for Oregon governor, defeating Republican Christine Drazan.  —  It was a hard-fought and expensive win by Democrats, who have a huge party registration advantage …
Discussion: Associated Press
Juliegrace Brufke / Washington Examiner:
McCarthy critic Matt Gaetz making calls to members about future of leadership  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), a conservative firebrand and close ally to former President Donald Trump, has been making calls to members advocating that lawmakers vote against House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy …
Discussion: Axios, The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
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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 …
Danielle Wallace / Fox Business:
Democrats' ‘newest megadonor’ plummets on Election Day, forced to sell crypto company to biggest rival  —  Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of crypto exchange FTX, forced into bailout sale after seeing $6B in withdrawals ahead of Tuesday  —  Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of crypto exchange FTX and considered …
Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:
Hasidic rabbi assails Trumpism rampant among the Orthodox  —  Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum of the Satmar sect spoke a day after the victory of Kathy Hochul in competitive New York governor's race  —  An influential Hasidic rabbi from New York issued a harsh rebuke the day after Election …
 
 
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Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Nurse accused of amputating man's foot for her family's taxidermy shop
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Kamaron McNair / CNBC:
After student loan forgiveness, 73% of borrowers plan to spend more on travel and dining out
Discussion: HotAir, The Intercept and WND
Becky Johnson / themountaineer.com:
Haywood voters elect unexperienced college student as new tax collector
Julia Musto / Fox News:
Republicans' New York upset may have been ‘Pyrrhic victory,’ Pelosi says
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Miami Herald:
Ex-Proud Boy held rally for Rubio canvasser beaten in Hialeah. Now he thinks story was a lie
Dylan Scott / Vox:
South Dakota voters decide to extend Medicaid coverage to 45,000 people
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Mark Zuckerberg / Meta:
Mark Zuckerberg's Message to Meta Employees
Quinn Yeargain / Bolts:
Measures to Protect Abortion Rights Triumph on Tuesday
 

 
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