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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.”
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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, New York Times and Jezebel
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
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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The Hill, Occupy Democrats, New York Post, The Daily Caller, Insider, IJR, Mediaite, NewsNation, Outside the Beltway, The Triad, Politico, HuffPost, Daily Kos and Raw Story
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Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
More MAGA Than Ever — Heading into Tuesday, the conditions that traditionally shape midterm …
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New York Times, UPI, IJR, Raw Story and The Moderate Voice
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 …
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The Hill, Ohio Capital Journal, The Daily Beast and The Guardian
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Is the Republican Party's Biggest Loser
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
David Shor's (Premature) Autopsy of the 2022 Midterm Elections
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Vox, The American Conservative, Kevin Drum and Slate
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Biden Is No Sure Thing for 2024. What About Buttigieg? Harris? Even Whitmer?
Washington Post:
Nearly every election-denying secretary of state candidate lost
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Persuasion, The Moderate Voice and Mother Jones
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
On Donald Trump and the Democrats' Not-So-Awful Election
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Washington Post:
Trump team pushes to delay 2024 launch as DeSantis star rises in GOP
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Rebecca C. Lewis / City & State New York:
Hochul won her election, but at what cost?
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Balloon Juice and New York Times
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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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, Quartz, The Verge, Metro.co.uk, TechCrunch and Al Jazeera, 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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The Colorado Sun, Pueblo Chiefton, Raw Story, Insider, Mercury News, The Daily Caller and RedState
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Steve Clemons / Semafor:
Lauren Boebert challenger Adam Frisch: “Those who know her best don't care for her”
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Washington Examiner, KTLA, Vanity Fair, Forbes, Washington Times, The Guardian, Raw Story, Daily Kos, The Hill, 6abc, New York Post, Politico, Human Events and The Colorado Sun
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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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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Michael Grunwald / The Atlantic:
The Democratic Party's Broccoli Politics
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The Daily Caller
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, UPI, The Verge, The Block, Fortune, Gizmodo, BitDigest, One America News Network and Slate, more at Techmeme »
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, Twitchy, Washington Post, Breitbart, MLive.com, ABC News, The Daily Wire, New York Post, WND and CBS News
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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
Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
Mike Pence's memoir is more image rehab than bold truth-telling — Apparently the Lincoln Project is more to blame for Jan. 6 than Trump's lies? Sure, why not. — I learned Wednesday that former Vice President Mike Pence has a memoir coming out next week.
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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 Post:
Kevin McCarthy almost has the reins of a House majority. Can he hold on? — As the minority leader inches closer to taking the speaker's gavel, the Republican leader will have to navigate a fractious conference with a likely slim majority — In the hours before polls closed Tuesday …
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Beast, Punchbowl News, Daily Kos, Politico, Fox News, Raw Story, Washington Times, CBS News and New York Times
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
CNN's Ana Navarro Claims Ron DeSantis Won By 20 Points ‘Because He Gamed the System’ — Ana Navarro claimed that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis cruised to re-election because he “gamed the system” and suppressed the vote to stack the contest against former Gov. Charlie Crist (D).
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Washington Free Beacon, Occupy Democrats and Twitchy
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
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