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Washington Post:
How Trump, infighting and flawed candidates limited Republican gains — The GOP's historic tail winds collided with the fractious reality of a political party in the midst of a generational molting — Florida Sen. Rick Scott made a plea to about 35 of his colleagues during lunch …
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Sohrab Ahmari / New York Times:
Why the Red Wave Didn't Materialize — A week before the midterms, a video circulated online of a Starbucks barista crying while explaining the need for a union: “I'm a full-time student. I get scheduled for 25 hours a week, and on weekends they schedule me the entire day — open to close.”
Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Republicans' abortion silence backfires in midterms — The blame game has begun around what led to Republicans' disappointing results in the midterms, with some outside groups zeroing in on the party's lack of an abortion message. … - The group said in a memo that to “win in competitive races …
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HotAir, Jezebel and New York Times
Wall Street Journal:
The GOP's Midterm Failure — The party wasted a great opportunity, but at least we may get gridlock in Washington. — By The Editorial Board — WSJ Opinion: The Midterms Highlight the GOP's Trump Liability for 2024 — YOU MAY ALSO LIKE — Created with sketchtool. — 1x
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Telegraph, Daily Kos, Raw Story, KTAR.com and Political Wire
The Economist:
A Republican victory will be much smaller than Democrats feared — Several sorts of extremism may have prevented the party from securing a more convincing victory — Explore our midterm results page to track who's in and who's out in the House and the Senate, and visit our dedicated hub for wider coverage of the elections.
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The Hill
Ross Barkan / Political Currents:
Where Democrats Lost — The fast-rising Asian vote slips away — What a fascinating night it was.
Tim Alberta / The Atlantic:
Trumpism Is Toxic — The Republican Party swaggered into Tuesday's midterm elections …
Trumpism Is Toxic — The Republican Party swaggered into Tuesday's midterm elections …
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Ohio Capital Journal, Wall Street Journal, The Daily Beast and The Guardian
Rebecca C. Lewis / City & State New York:
Hochul won her election, but at what cost?
Hochul won her election, but at what cost?
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Balloon Juice and New York Times
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
How the Supreme Court Likely Handed Control of the House to Republicans
How the Supreme Court Likely Handed Control of the House to Republicans
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Tangle, The Root, The Nation, CBS News, New Jersey Monitor, Wall Street Journal, New Republic, The Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Today, CNN and Washington Post
Washington Post:
Top privacy executives quit Twitter, raising questions about data security — The FTC, which issued a consent decree to Twitter earlier this year, said it was monitoring developments ‘with concern’ — SAN FRANCISCO — Several top privacy and security executives resigned from Twitter …
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NBC News, The Hill, CNBC, Occupy Democrats, Techdirt, TechCrunch and The San Francisco Standard, more at Techmeme »
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Elon Musk is putting Twitter at risk of billions in fines, warns company lawyer — Meanwhile, Musk's personal lawyer is telling people, 'Elon puts rockets into space, he's not afraid of the FTC.' — Twitter's privacy and security teams are in turmoil after Elon Musk's changes …
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CNN, Politico, The Daily Wire and The Register, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
‘Economic Picture Ahead Is Dire,’ Elon Musk Tells Twitter Employees — In his first communications with Twitter's staff, the company's new owner painted a bleak picture as more employees resigned. — SAN FRANCISCO — Two weeks after closing a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter …
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The San Francisco Standard, Boing Boing, WPRI-TV, Quartz, The Verge, Metro.co.uk and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
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 …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Is the Republican Party's Biggest Loser — He has now flopped in 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022. — By The Editorial Board — WSJ Opinion: The Midterms Highlight the GOP's Trump Liability for 2024 — YOU MAY ALSO LIKE — Created with sketchtool.
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Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
More MAGA Than Ever — Heading into Tuesday, the conditions that traditionally shape midterm …
More MAGA Than Ever — Heading into Tuesday, the conditions that traditionally shape midterm …
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New York Magazine, New York Times, IJR, Raw Story, The Moderate Voice and Daily Kos
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
On Donald Trump and the Democrats' Not-So-Awful Election
On Donald Trump and the Democrats' Not-So-Awful Election
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Biden Is No Sure Thing for 2024. What About Buttigieg? Harris? Even Whitmer? — The midterms were very good to President Biden. — His party avoided the shellacking that it suffered halfway through President Obama's first term and the drubbing that Republicans experienced after two years of President Trump.
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Washington Post:
Nearly every election-denying secretary of state candidate lost
Nearly every election-denying secretary of state candidate lost
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Persuasion, The Moderate Voice and Mother Jones
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump urged to delay 2024 launch after GOP's uneven election
Trump urged to delay 2024 launch after GOP's uneven election
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New York Post, Occupy Democrats, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, NBC New York, Commentary Magazine, Politico, Election Law Blog, PoliticusUSA, Fox News, WND, Raw Story, NewsNation, The Daily Caller, The Guardian, VICE, National Review, CNN, The Hill, Washington Post, Fox News, The Daily Wire, HuffPost, Bangor Daily News, NBC News, Al Jazeera, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Examiner, Mother Jones and IJR
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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Fox News, NaturalNews.com, Mediaite, Insider, New York Post, Althouse, Raw Story and CNN, more at Mediagazer »
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Michael Grunwald / The Atlantic:
The Democratic Party's Broccoli Politics
The Democratic Party's Broccoli Politics
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The Daily Caller
Steve Clemons / Semafor:
Lauren Boebert challenger Adam Frisch: “Those who know her best don't care for her” — I met Adam Frisch in the Spring of 2022 and found him to be extremely gracious and yet determined. Sort of a really nice but unstoppable honey badger. He told me he was planning to run in the Democratic primary and …
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Alex Binley / BBC:
KFC apologises after German Kristallnacht promotion — KFC has apologised after sending a promotional message to customers in Germany, urging them to commemorate Kristallnacht with cheesy chicken. — The Nazi-led series of attacks in the country in 1938 left more than 90 people dead …
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New York Post, KTLA, Metro.co.uk, The Verge, TMZ.com, Mediaite, Sputnik News, Raw Story, Semafor, NBC4 Washington, Haaretz, Boing Boing, Bloomberg and The Times of Israel
Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
October Inflation Report — Price Pressures Show Signs of Cooling … Inflation moderated by more than expected in October.
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The Hill, Associated Press, Washington Examiner, Grid News, MLive.com, Breitbart, Twitchy, Washington Post, ABC News, The Daily Wire, New York Post, WND and CBS News
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Gwynn Guilford / Wall Street Journal:
October Inflation Report Shows Consumer Prices Rose 7.7% From Year Earlier
October Inflation Report Shows Consumer Prices Rose 7.7% From Year Earlier
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Wall Street Journal:
FTX Tapped Into Customer Accounts to Fund Risky Bets, Setting Up Its Downfall — FTX's chief executive told investors this week that an affiliated trading firm owes the crypto exchange about $10 billion — What's Next For Crypto? — YOU MAY ALSO LIKE — Created with sketchtool.
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Bloomberg, The Verge, The Block, Fortune, Gizmodo, BitDigest, New York Times, Slate and One America News Network, more at Techmeme »
Kevin Drum:
Betting markets lost big on Tuesday — Everyone agrees that Donald Trump was the big loser last night. The candidates he endorsed lost. The candidates he attacked won. The secretaries of states who were big election deniers mostly lost. As early as midnight, a tsunami …
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Political Wire and WND
Kayla Gallagher / Insider:
Democratic strategist apologizes for saying Lauren Boebert's House loss would be ‘a gain for OnlyFans’ — Democratic strategist Kurt Bardella said Boebert could make money on OnlyFans if she loses her House race. — Bardella later apologized for the remark, but said GOP criticism was “faux-outrage.”
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Washington Free Beacon, Twitchy, The Daily Wire, TheBlaze, RedState, Fox News, Newsbusters and IJR
Kylie Atwood / CNN:
Former US President George W. Bush to hold public conversation with Ukrainian President Zelensky next week — Former US President George W. Bush will hold a public conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky next week with the aim of underscoring the importance of the US continuing …
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Watts Up With That? and Political Wire
Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
Michelle Obama Shares Her Tricks for Managing Self-Doubt, Fear and These Anxious Times: ‘Yes, I Struggle’ — The former first lady, in the first interview about her upcoming book, The Light We Carry, admits the pandemic, political division, racial injustice — and just plain aging — have been hard for her too
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Michelle Obama shares personal stories of coping in new book
Michelle Obama shares personal stories of coping in new book
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