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9:00 PM ET, November 12, 2022

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The Seattle Times:
Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez defeats Republican Joe Kent in WA House race  —  Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, an auto shop owner who was a virtual unknown before August's primary election, pulled off perhaps the most stunning political upset in the country this year, winning a congressional seat …
Discussion: NBC News
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
How the 2022 Midterms Became a Squeaker  —  Interviews with more than 70 current and former officials show the outside forces — and miscalculations and infighting — that led to an improbable, still-undecided election.  —  Late one mid-September evening, the leaders of the House Democratic campaign arm …
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a Democrat, Beats Joe Kent in Washington House Race  —  Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, an auto shop owner, defeated the Republican Joe Kent, a former Green Beret and combat veteran who denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election and backed Jan. 6 defendants.
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
In election 2022, the party of Trump pays for being the party of Trump  —  Election Day has come and gone, and the counting continues without a definitive answer to the question of what the balance of power will look like in the coming two years.  But a clear message has come through from the voters …
Washington Post:
Democrats surged to flip state legislatures, defying past GOP gains  —  After years of watching Republicans dominate in down-ballot races, Democrats turned the tables to their own advantage in the midterm elections, flipping some legislative chambers from GOP control and blocking efforts to create veto-proof majorities in others.
Discussion: The 19th
Wall Street Journal:
The Republican Wipeout in Michigan  —  Bad GOP candidates and mishandling abortion give Democrats total control of the government in Lansing.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  WSJ Opinion: The Midterms Highlight the GOP's Trump Liability for 2024  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.
Discussion: Daily Kos, New York Times and MLive.com
Wall Street Journal:
Why Independent Voters Broke for Democrats in the Midterms
Discussion: Politico, Drezner's World, Herald and Reason
Lauren Gambino / The Guardian:
How the fall of Roe shattered Republicans' midterm dreams
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
How Virginia's Abigail Spanberger pulled off another thriller victory
Discussion: NPR
The Economist:
After the midterms, America and its democracy look stronger
NBC News:   Trump and Biden are circling each other, but governors wait in the 2024 wings
John Hudson / Washington Post:
U.S. intel report says key gulf ally meddled in American politics  —  The United Arab Emirates steered U.S. foreign policy in its favor through a series of legal and illegal exploits, according to an unprecedented U.S. intelligence document  —  U.S. intelligence officials have compiled …
Discussion: The Hill and The Guardian
Financial Times:
FTX held less than $1bn in liquid assets against $9bn in liabilities  —  Vast gap highlights the dire state of Sam Bankman-Fried's exchange before it collapsed into bankruptcy  —  Sam Bankman-Fried's main international FTX exchange held just $900mn in easily sellable assets against $9bn …
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Angus Berwick / Reuters:
Exclusive: At least $1 billion of client funds missing at FTX  —  At least $1 billion of customer funds have vanished from collapsed crypto exchange FTX, according to two people familiar with the matter.  —  The exchange's founder Sam Bankman-Fried secretly transferred $10 billion …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Mail Ballots Around Las Vegas Are Likely to Put Democrats Ahead  —  Senator Catherine Cortez Masto is within 1,000 votes of overtaking her Republican opponent, Adam Laxalt, and the ballots remaining in Clark County are expected to favor her.  —  Democrats appeared on the cusp of securing control …
Discussion: Associated Press and Fox News
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CNN:
No water, power or internet - only euphoria in newly liberated Kherson  —  ‘Absolute euphoria’: CNN on the ground as Kherson celebrates liberation  —  Ukrainians celebrate liberation as Russia pulls out of Kherson  —  UK swelters in what could be hottest day ever Field tool for female Ukrainian soldiers amazes Amanpour
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Two aircrafts collide at air show in Dallas, Texas, condition of pilots unknown  —  Two planes collided during an air show in Dallas on Saturday, causing officials to respond and investigate what happened.  —  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement that a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress …
New York Times:
The Bike Thieves of Burlington, Vermont  —  A hunt for stolen goods has put citizens and business owners in the center of a debate about policing and a growing, sometimes violent, problem with crime.  —  Reporting from Burlington, Vt.  —  Burlington, Vt., is a bike-friendly city.
Discussion: HotAir and Althouse
NBC News:
Ron DeSantis has a messiah complex.  Will it do him in?  —  By Jill Lawrence, author of “The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and Broke Through Gridlock”  —  In 2008, when he clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama said he wanted to bring about …
 
 
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NBC4 Washington:
Man Fatally Shoots Neighbor's Dog in Fairfax County: Police
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New York Times:
Internal Documents Show How Close the F.B.I. Came to Deploying Spyware
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Kate Cimini / Naples Daily News:
Collier school board's Jerry Rutherford says he wants to bring back corporal punishment
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and Raw Story
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Election denier Mark Finchem loses secretary of state race in Arizona
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
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