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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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Charlie Sykes / The Bulwark:
Cassidy Hutchinson: Why I Testified — Plus: So. Much. Losing. — Happy Wednesday. — This is what is known as a vibe shift. — The polls suggested that Democrats were entering another Dark Night of the Soul, but once again they overperformed when the actual votes were counted.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Special Elections Tell Us Nothing About 2024 … The Tuesday night election results supplied more evidence that the United States is not in the middle of a period of general political reaction. Despite President Biden's deep unpopularity, the Democratic Party is doing just fine …
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New York Times:
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Election Results — Tate Reeves, Republican, is re-elected as governor of Mississippi. › — Democrats Win Va. House of Delegates › — Virginia Democrats have won a majority of seats in the state's lower chamber, flipping it from Republican control.
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.
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Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
The GOP is in a Trump trap — Trump hasn't been a consistent electoral success — but Republicans have had even fewer winning nights without him. — I've never been a huge off-year elections person. There are different types of election nerds, and I've always been more of a macro guy …
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Politico:
‘Is the fat lady warming up? Yes’: Trump chokes off his rivals' last lines of attack — Donald Trump's opponents rested their case against him on the argument he can't beat Joe Biden. Now polls suggest he can. — Publicly and privately, on the stump and in closed-door pitches to prospective donors …
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Washington Post:
Virginia Democrats projected to sweep General Assembly, dealing blow to GOP — RICHMOND — Virginia voters resoundingly rejected Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin's costly efforts to take control of the General Assembly in Tuesday's elections, according to unofficial results …
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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 …
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Elections are more important than polls
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Playbook: What last night means for Joe Biden
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC poll: Biden and Trump are deadlocked in battleground Georgia
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Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
Maybe Stealing Womens' Rights Wasn't the Best Election Plan
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Top takeaways from 2023 election results — and what they mean for 2024
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
‘Electoral Poison!’ Christie Blames Trump For GOP Losses, Says Cameron Failed in Kentucky Because He Sold ‘His Soul’ to Trump
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New York Times:
How Abortion Lifted Democrats, and More Takeaways From Tuesday's Elections
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Jahd Khalil / NPR:
Virginia Democrats win full control of the state legislature, AP reports
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New York Times:
Behind Hamas's Bloody Gambit to Create a ‘Permanent’ State of War — Hamas leaders say they waged their Oct. 7 attack on Israel because they believed the Palestinian cause was slipping away, and that only violence could revive it. — Thousands have been killed in Gaza, with entire families wiped out.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Hamas to NYT: War of Annhilation Is Exactly What We Wanted — When terrorists tell you who they are, believe them. — Hamas' terror-symps and useful idiots have spent four weeks marching through college campuses and city centers demanding a cease-fire. Meanwhile, Hamas tells the New York Times …
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
House GOP subpoenas Hunter Biden alongside suite of Biden family members — Hunter Biden and his uncle James Biden have been subpoenaed Wednesday by the House Oversight Committee, which took the remarkable step of seeking depositions from family members of President Biden amid its impeachment inquiry.
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Will Steakin / ABC News:
House Oversight Committee to subpoena Hunter Biden, president's brother James Biden
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Alex Rogers / Financial Times:
Ron DeSantis's biggest donor is considering backing Donald Trump — Space-exploring property baron Robert Bigelow says Florida governor is not the ‘commander’ US needs — Ron DeSantis's biggest donor is considering switching his support to Donald Trump, in a sharp rebuke of the Florida governor's White House aspirations.
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Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Ron DeSantis' biggest donor considers abandoning him for Trump
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NBC News:
Trump fraud trial live updates: Ivanka Trump takes the stand after Donald Trump's testimony — The former president's older daughter is appearing as a witness, not as a co-defendant. An appeals court removed her from the case in June. — Ivanka Trump, former President Donald Trump's older daughter …
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Graham Kates / CBS News:
Ivanka Trump called to stand to testify today in New York fraud trial
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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 …
The Hill:
House Democrat pulls resolution to censure GOP Rep. Mast — House Democrats have yanked a resolution to censure GOP Rep. Brian Mast (Fla.) for his comments appearing to compare Palestinian civilians with Nazis in the wake of Hamas's deadly attack on Israel last month.
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Buttigieg makes surprise visit to Ukraine — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg made a surprise visit to Ukraine to meet with government leaders to discuss the county's economic recovery, the Department of Transportation announced Wednesday. — Buttigieg will discuss efforts to …
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Washington Post:
Biden and Bibi are at odds over fighting ‘pause,’ endgame — Welcome to The Daily 202! Tell your friends to sign up here. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said today that Israel should not reoccupy Gaza, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that Israel would assume responsibility …
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