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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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Politico:
Congress paralyzed by unresolved midterm races — Welcome to government in limbo. — Control of both chambers of Congress is uncalled, and House Democrats' long-simmering leadership reckoning is temporarily on hold. Two pivotal Senate races are being tabulated with molasses-like speed.
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Washington Post, Streams of Crunchiness, The 19th, Voice of America, Leave the Gun …, Al Jazeera, The Philadelphia Inquirer, WND and Roll Call
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
David Shor's (Premature) Autopsy of the 2022 Midterm Elections — The Democratic Party entered the 2022 midterms saddled with a historically unpopular president and an inflationary economy. And yet, the party is exiting them as the election's clear winner.
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HotAir, Vox, Raw Story, The American Conservative, Kevin Drum and Slate
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.”
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Tim Alberta / The Atlantic:
Trumpism Is Toxic — The Republican Party swaggered into Tuesday's midterm elections with full confidence that it would clobber President Joe Biden and his Democratic Party, capitalizing on voters' concerns over inflation and the economy to retake majorities in both chambers of Congress.
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CNBC, Vox, The Hill, The States, Tangle, Mediaite, New Republic, The Daily Beast and The Guardian
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Republicans who questioned the 2020 results are bringing back an old norm: Admitting defeat — WASHINGTON — The losers of this year's midterm elections are winning praise for doing something that would be entirely unremarkable in another era — admitting defeat.
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NewsNation and Politico
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Murdoch's news outlets extend their criticism of Trump. — For a second consecutive day, the recriminations about Republicans' unexpectedly weak Election Day performance played a prominent role on the pages and over the airwaves of Rupert Murdoch's media properties.
Curtis Bunn / NBC News:
Black Georgia voters say the Walker-Warnock runoff leaves them with a burden to ‘save the Senate’ again
Black Georgia voters say the Walker-Warnock runoff leaves them with a burden to ‘save the Senate’ again
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
How Warnock became the last Democrat standing in Georgia's top 2022 races
How Warnock became the last Democrat standing in Georgia's top 2022 races
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Washington Free Beacon, Associated Press, NPR and The Guardian
Ross Barkan / Political Currents:
Where Democrats Lost — The fast-rising Asian vote slips away — What a fascinating night it was.
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 Times, UPI, Daily Kos, IJR, Albuquerque Journal, Raw Story, Vanity Fair, The Moderate Voice, The Hill and Poynter
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Georgia Senate runoff: Walker hauls in $3.3 million on first day of new campaign
Georgia Senate runoff: Walker hauls in $3.3 million on first day of new campaign
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The Hill, DSCC, The Daily Caller, Balloon Juice, RedState, Wall Street Journal and PoliticusUSA
Wall Street Journal:
The GOP's Midterm Failure
The GOP's Midterm Failure
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Telegraph, The Hill, Daily Kos, The Liberal Patriot, Raw Story, KTAR.com and Political Wire
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Biden Is No Sure Thing for 2024. What About Buttigieg? Harris? Even Whitmer?
Biden Is No Sure Thing for 2024. What About Buttigieg? Harris? Even Whitmer?
Washington Post:
Twitter's content moderation head quits as a wave of departures alarms the FTC — Yoel Roth had become the public face of Twitter's efforts to reassure users and advertisers the service would not become a ‘hellscape’ — BREAKING: Twitter's head of safety and integrity, Yoel Roth …
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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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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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New York Times, The Daily Beast, CNBC, CNN, The Information, Vanity Fair, Mediaite, Variety, The Daily Wire, 6abc, Occupy Democrats, Politico, Techdirt, Daily Kos, TechCrunch, The Register and The Hill, more at Techmeme »
Conrad Swanson / Denver Post:
Lauren Boebert takes slim lead over Adam Frisch, thousands of ballots still remain in Pueblo County — Eyes across the country are now watching Colorado's CD3 race, which was far tighter than most expected — Early in the third day of of the 2022 midterm election, incumbent U.S …
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Vox, Colorado Public Radio, The Colorado Sun, Pueblo Chiefton, Mercury News, Raw Story, Insider, CBS News, The Daily Caller and RedState
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NBC News:
Kevin McCarthy's bid to be House speaker is in jeopardy — WASHINGTON — In 2015, bomb-throwers in the House Freedom Caucus derailed Kevin McCarthy's quest to become speaker. — Seven years later, members of the ultraconservative, Trump-aligned group are once again causing major headaches …
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
With New Ruling, Sandy Hook Families Win Over $1.4 Billion From Alex Jones — A judge added $473 million in fees to the award Mr. Jones must pay in a Connecticut case and ordered him not to move his personal assets outside the United States. — The Infowars conspiracy broadcaster Alex Jones must pay …
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Laurel Brubaker Calkins / Bloomberg:
Alex Jones's Assets Are Frozen by Judge in Sandy Hook Case
Alex Jones's Assets Are Frozen by Judge in Sandy Hook Case
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Associated Press, Law & Crime, Al Jazeera, The Daily Caller and Forbes
Washington Post:
TikTok, time's up. The app should be banned in America. — Marco Rubio, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from Florida. Mike Gallagher, a Republican, represents Wisconsin's 8th Congressional District in the House. — The United States is locked in a new Cold War with the Chinese Communist Party …
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Washington Free Beacon, National Review, The Information and Althouse
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.
Wall Street Journal:
South Korea to Sell Arms to U.S. for Ukrainian Forces Fighting Russia — Artillery units are to be supplied for at least several weeks of intensive combat — South Korea will for the first time sell artillery shells destined for Ukrainian forces through a confidential arms deal between Seoul …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
McConnell turns to Brian Kemp to help save Herschel Walker in Georgia runoff — The Georgia governor is loaning his get-out-the-vote machine to the McConnell-aligned super PAC, Senate Leadership Fund, ahead of the Dec. 6 vote. — Mitch McConnell is tapping Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp …
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The Daily Wire, CNN, Political Wire, The Daily Caller and Breitbart
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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UPI, CBS News, The Daily Wire, The Post Millennial, Quartz, Gizmodo, New York Post, TheBlaze, Mediaite, Sputnik News, KTLA, TMZ.com, Raw Story, Metro.co.uk, Semafor, The Verge, NBC4 Washington, Boing Boing, Haaretz, Bloomberg and The Times of Israel
Annie Grayer / CNN:
Neguse announces candidacy for Democratic caucus chair — Rep. Joe Neguse of Colorado said in a letter to Democratic House colleagues Thursday that he is running for Caucus Chair, the fourth highest position among Democrats if they maintain their majority and third if they switch to the minority.
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The Hill
Molly Beck / JSOnline:
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos signals he will seek to modify state abortion ban, calls for GOP to move on from Donald Trump — MADISON - Assembly Speaker Robin Vos wants to pursue measures in the next legislative session that would make changes to the state's abortion ban in order to neutralize …
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Political Wire and BuzzFeed News
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro's contempt trial postponed — Judge rejects U.S. suggestion that Navarro's trial before Congress potentially changes hands could prompt his cooperation with the committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack — A federal judge on Thursday postponed …
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Kris Kobach, voter fraud crusader, wins Kansas attorney general race — WASHINGTON — Republican Kris Kobach has won the race to serve as Kansas's attorney general, NBC News projected Thursday. — With 97% of the expected vote in, Kobach defeated Democrat Chris Mann 51% to 49%.