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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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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 …
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 …
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New York Times, UPI, IJR, Vanity Fair, Raw Story, The Hill, The Moderate Voice, Poynter, Daily Kos and Commentary Magazine, more at Mediagazer »
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
How Warnock became the last Democrat standing in Georgia's top 2022 races
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NPR and The Guardian
New York Times:
Midterms Live Updates: Congress Remains in Play as Georgia Senate Race Heads for Runoff
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Fox News, NPR, TIME, The Guardian, The Daily Caller, NaturalNews.com, Washington Times, Raw Story, The Hill, CNN, New York Post, Barron's Online, Las Vegas Review-Journal, WND, HuffPost, TASS, IJR and Washington Examiner
Tim Alberta / The Atlantic:
Trumpism Is Toxic — The Republican Party swaggered into Tuesday's midterm elections …
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The Hill, Tangle, New Republic, Slate, Ohio Capital Journal, The Daily Beast and The Guardian
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Biden Is No Sure Thing for 2024. What About Buttigieg? Harris? Even Whitmer?
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HotAir, Fox News and Washington Post
Washington Post:
Nearly every election-denying secretary of state candidate lost
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The Moderate Voice, Persuasion, Mother Jones and Talking Points Memo
The City:
Democrats in Southern Brooklyn: 'Our Party Didn't Even Put Up a Fight'
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City & State New York
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Is the Republican Party's Biggest Loser
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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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HotAir, The Daily Caller, CNN, Associated Press, The Federalist, Raw Story, NBC New York, No More Mister Nice Blog, Florida Politics, Balloon Juice, Washington Examiner, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, Erick Erickson Show Notes, New York Times, Fox News, Jacobin, Daily Kos, NBC News and National Review
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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, Jezebel and Washington Examiner
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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Reason, The Mahablog, Political Wire and WND
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
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, CNBC, The Hill, One America News Network, 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, Variety, Daily Kos, 6abc, Mercury News, 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, Metro.co.uk, Quartz, TechCrunch, The Verge, Boing Boing and Al Jazeera, more at Techmeme »
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 …
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Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, RedState, Ace of Spades HQ, Fox News, Raw Story, Breitbart, National Review, Los Angeles Times and Axios
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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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Colorado Public Radio, The Colorado Sun, Pueblo Chiefton, Raw Story, 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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Laurel Brubaker Calkins / Bloomberg:
Alex Jones's Assets Are Frozen by Judge in Sandy Hook Case — Infowars host Alex Jones was temporarily blocked from transferring any assets or spending money other than for ordinary living expenses by the judge overseeing the Sandy Hook defamation trial in Connecticut.
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Associated Press, Al Jazeera, Forbes and The Daily Caller
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Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
With New Ruling, Sandy Hook Families Win Over $1.4 Billion From Alex Jones
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Washington Post, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, Reuters, UPI, The Wrap, The Daily Wire, WHNT-TV, Semafor, Mediaite, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and abc7NY, more at Mediagazer »
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.
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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CBS News, Gizmodo, New York Post, TheBlaze, Metro.co.uk, The Verge, TMZ.com, Mediaite, Sputnik News, KTLA, Raw Story, Semafor, NBC4 Washington, Haaretz, Boing Boing, Bloomberg and The Times of Israel
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%.
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Raw Story, Breitbart, HuffPost, Kansas Reflector and Fox 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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Daily Mail, NaturalNews.com, Mediaite, Fox News, Fox News, Forbes, Insider, The Guardian, New York Post, Althouse, HuffPost and Raw Story
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Michael Grunwald / The Atlantic:
The Democratic Party's Broccoli Politics
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The Daily Caller
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, BuzzFeed News and Journal Sentinel
U.S. Department of Defense:
$400 Million in Additional Assistance for Ukraine — Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announces the authorization of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance valued at up to $400 million to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs. This authorization …
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Washington Examiner, The Hill and Associated Press
Bloomberg:
Trump Knew of Alleged Tax Dodge, Controller Testimony Suggests — Donald Trump himself was aware of allegedly abusive tax practices at his company, testimony at the criminal fraud trial of two Trump Organization business units suggested. — Trump Organization Controller Jeffrey McConney …
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