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10:15 AM ET, November 8, 2023

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Politico:
Democrats romp, Youngkin flops: 4 takeaways from Tuesday's election  —  Joe Biden's party has had a very strong year at the ballot box.  Whether it extends to the president in 2024 is another matter.  —  Joe Biden has had a very bad few days.  His party just had a banner year.
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Elections are more important than polls  —  President Biden's numbers aren't great.  But he and his party keep winning anyway. … Some 48 hours ago, pundits were rushing to explain how, why, where, and exactly to what extent the Democratic Party is doomed.
Discussion: Vox and NBC News
Politico:
Playbook: What last night means for Joe Biden  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  FOR YOUR RADAR — “Americans divided over Israel response to Hamas attacks, AP-NORC poll shows,” by AP's Chris Megerian and Linley Sanders …
Discussion: The Bulwark, Puck and Political Wire
New York Times:
Abortion Rights Fuel Big Democratic Wins, and Hopes for 2024  —  Election results from Tuesday showed that Democrats, independents and even some moderate Republicans can coalesce around the issue.  —  Democrats won decisive victories in major races across the country on Tuesday evening …
Bridget Bowman / NBC News:
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear wins re-election in Kentucky  —  NBC News projects a victory for Beshear, who leaned on his work as governor and outspent opponent Daniel Cameron.  —  Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky has won re-election, defying the usual political leanings of the red state, NBC News projects.
Sarah Rankin / Associated Press:
Virginia Democrats sweep legislative elections after campaigning on abortion rights  —  Virginia Democrats who campaigned on protecting abortion rights swept Tuesday's legislative elections, retaking full control of the General Assembly after two years of divided power.
Jahd Khalil / NPR:
Virginia Democrats win full control of the state legislature, AP reports  —  Virginia Democrats have maintained their control of the state Senate and flipped the state House, consolidating their grip on the state legislature in what will remain divided government.
Washington Post:
Virginia Democrats projected to sweep General Assembly, dealing blow to GOP
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Ohio Votes to Establish Right to Abortion
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Democrat Andy Beshear wins reelection in Kentucky governor's race
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Abortion access remains undefeated in the polls post-Roe
Discussion: The Messenger and NBC News
Bruce Schreiner / Associated Press:
Beshear hopes abortion debate will help him win another term as governor in GOP-leaning Kentucky
Edward Ring / American Greatness:
Trump's Popularity is Not Inexplicable  —  It's his apoplectic opposition  —  In a routine that has become familiar of late, CNN's Jim Acosta reports the ongoing ascendancy of Donald Trump in the polls with a mixture of dismay and disbelief.  With these emotions front and center …
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Douglas Wood / CNN:
CNN Poll: Trump narrowly leads Biden in hypothetical rematch
Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:
Trump Stepped Down From Trust Within Days of Allen Weisselberg's Post-Indictment Resignation
US Department of Justice:
Former U.S. Government Employee Pleads Guilty to Sexual Offenses  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia  —  WASHINGTON - Brian Jeffrey Raymond, 47, a former U.S. Government employee, pleaded guilty today to drugging and sexually abusing numerous women …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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New York Times:
Ohio Issue 1 Election Results: Establish a Constitutional Right to Abortion  —  Ohio Issue 2 Passes  —  Ohio has voted to legalize the possession and sale of marijuana.  ›  —  Ohio Issue 1 Passes  —  Ohio has voted to make the right to an abortion protected by the State Constitution.
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Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press:
Ohio voters enshrine abortion access in constitution in latest statewide win for reproductive rights
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Moms for Liberty Candidates Take a Beating in Some School Races  —  The far-right group's school board candidates did not fare well in several important ballots across the U.S.  —  Moms for Liberty, the right-wing “parental rights” group advocating a hardline anti-woke agenda in America's schools …
Fox News:
House votes to censure Rashida Tlaib over anti-Israel comments  —  The House of Representatives has voted to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., in a 234 - 188 vote on Tuesday night.  —  The punishment, while largely symbolic, was a formal public rebuke of her most recent anti-Israel comments …
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Kayla Guo / New York Times:
House Censures Rashida Tlaib, Citing ‘River to the Sea’ Slogan
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Moms for Liberty activist accuses Popular Information of “Antifa-style tactics”  —  On Monday, Popular Information reported that activists with a Florida chapter of Moms for Liberty reported several librarians to law enforcement, claiming that they had committed felonies by distributing pornography to students.
Amy Cooper / Newsweek:
I Was Branded the ‘Central Park Karen’.  I Still Live in Hiding  —  “Slit your wrists,” strangers texted me.  —  “If anyone deserves prison rape, it's you,” people I had never met called me to say.  —  “The noble thing to do is to remove yourself from society...so please kill yourself.”
Bloomberg:
China Warns Estonia on Taiwan Ties as Tension Simmers in Baltic  — Beijing opposes official exchange with Taiwan ‘in any form’  — Estonia to allow Taipei office, doesn't recognize Taiwan  —  The Chinese government issued a warning to Estonia after the Baltic nation …
Discussion: Politico and Reuters
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Democrat flips deep-red New Jersey Assembly seat in upset  —  Democrats have successfully flipped a seat in New Jersey's General Assembly in a a deep-red district that has not elected a Democratic legislator in three decades.  —  Decision Desk HQ projects that Democrat Avi Schnall has won …
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Brooke Migdon / The Hill:   New Jersey elects first openly LGBTQ woman to state legislature
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Jackson Lee, state senator face runoff in Houston mayor's race  —  Houston's mayoral election is headed to a runoff between Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) and state Sen. John Whitmire (D-Texas).  —  The runoff is set for Dec. 9.  Neither Whitmire nor Jackson Lee passed a threshold of 50 percent of the vote.
NBC News:
Top Biden adviser Mitch Landrieu expected to leave the White House  —  Landrieu, a senior adviser to the president, was brought on two years ago to implement the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law.  —  WASHINGTON — White House infrastructure coordinator Mitch Landrieu is expected …
Discussion: KTVZ-TV
 
 
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 Earlier Items: 
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Discussion: al.com
Paul O'Donnell / Religion News Service:
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Discussion: Right Wing Watch and Raw Story
Anders Anglesey / Newsweek:
Republican Candidate Charged With Child Porn Offenses Hours Before Election