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Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Takeaways from Tuesday's elections: Bad omens for Democrats  —  The off-year elections for governor in Virginia and New Jersey tend to receive outsize attention, and the results are mined for deeper meaning about what they portend for the midterm elections the following year that determine which party controls Congress.
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Zachary D. Carter / The Atlantic:
What the Republican Win in Virginia Means for the Country  —  Republican Glenn Youngkin's victory in Tuesday's Virginia gubernatorial election was about schools.  It wasn't about Donald Trump, or inflation, or defunding the police, or Medicare for All, or President Joe Biden's infrastructure agenda.
Matt Friedman / Politico:
Shocker in New Jersey: Governor's race a nail-biter  —  New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli were locked in a neck-and-neck battle Tuesday night, with the outcome too close to call in a race Democrats had long been confident about.
New York Times:
Virginia Election Results  —  Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a longtime fixture in the national Democratic Party, is seeking a new term in a race widely viewed as a bellwether for the midterm elections.  His opponent, Glenn Youngkin, a former private equity executive, has made hot-button cultural issues central to his campaign.
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Virginia Results: Giving Up on Rural America Is Proving a Nightmare for Democrats  —  Margins matter.  —  About a year ago I wrote about the big “trade” that had taken place in our politics.  Democrats were picking up former Republican “red dogs” who live in the suburbs.
Jim Swift / The Bulwark:
How McAuliffe Lost Virginia  —  An uninspiring candidate with no big ideas and terrible messaging.  —  Going into the 2021 gubernatorial election in Virginia, a state that Joe Biden won by ten points, former governor Terry McAuliffe likely reasoned that he had a good chance of repeating his remarkable feat from eight years earlier:
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump gloats as Virginia results come in  —  Former President Trump is gloating over Republican Glenn Youngkin's lead in the Virginia governor's race as results continue to trickle in.  —  In a statement Tuesday night, Trump said he didn't even have to rally for Youngkin in the Virginia governor's race …
Washington Examiner:
A deserved Democratic defeat and Republican victory  —  It is always tempting to draw national conclusions from local elections, even more so in a gubernatorial election held in the White House's backyard the year after a presidential election.  —  All the more reason to start an analysis …
David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
Eric Adams's Victory Tour Is Underway  —  The last day of a 15-month long race for mayor of New York was not boring, even the outcome of the contest was not in doubt.  Eric Adams, the Democratic nominee, made his final public appearance on a radio show — in this case, one hosted …
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Kevin T. Dugan / Curbed:
We Staked Out Eric Adams's House in Brooklyn And he came home.  Twice!  —  Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photos: Getty Images, Kevin Dugan, Willy Blackmore  —  Where the hell does Eric Adams live?  For anyone trying to get a grip on the notoriously hard-to-pin-down Democratic candidate …
Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Incoming pro-cop NYC Mayor promises a more “business-friendly environment”  —  The race to become the next mayor of New York City was never much of a “race” to begin with.  The bare-bones headline of Democrat Eric Adams winning the election in a 66 to 28 drubbing is absolutely a dog-bites-man story.
Discussion: New York Post
Rolling Stone:
On the Ground With the QAnon Believers Who Flocked to Dallas for the Grand Return of JFK Jr.  —  Though the Kennedy scion failed to appear at Dealey Plaza this afternoon, some are hopeful he might make an appearance at a Rolling Stones concert later  —  DALLAS — QAnon true believers gathered en masse …
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Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Cincinnati elects its first Asian American mayor, Aftab Pureval  —  Aftab Pureval won Cincinnati's race for mayor on Tuesday, according to unofficial results, making the 39-year-old lawyer the first Asian American elected to lead the city.  —  Pureval defeated David Mann …
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David French / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
The Threat From the Anti-Woke Right  —  America is confronting two powerful illiberal movements.  Where you stand on their relative threats depends on where you live. … Late last week, my friends Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt published an important piece in the online journal Persuasion that contained a startling statistic.
Discussion: New York Times and The Dispatch
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump urges judge to slow down Jan. 6 investigators' access to records  —  Former President Donald Trump is pleading with a federal judge in Washington to slow down the Jan. 6 committee's effort to obtain his White House records, instead asking her to order a document-by-document review that could take months.
Discussion: HuffPost, CNN, Insider, Alternet.org and Lawfare
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Lindsay Ellis / Chronicle of Higher Education:
U. of Florida Doctor Says Administrators Blocked Him From Participating in Lawsuits About Masking  —  A fourth University of Florida professor says administrators rejected his request to testify in litigation against state leaders this year, and denied him the opportunity to share his expertise …
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Miami Herald:   UF restricted five more professors in cases against the state
The Virginia Public Access Project:
Election Results … 2021 General Election
Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:
Trump's Odds of Escaping Criminal Charges in Georgia Do Not Look Good  —  Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger confirms the ex-president threatened him over the 2020 election results while demanding he magically come up with enough votes to beat Biden.
Philip Klein / National Review:
The Absurd Twitter Suspension of Quin Hillyer  —  In any ranking of dumb Twitter suspensions, Quin Hillyer's has to land pretty high up there.  Full disclosure, Quin is a former colleague of mine at the Washington Examiner as well as a former National Review author.  He recounts his story:
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Andrew Jacobs / New York Times:
Widespread Coronavirus Infection Found in Iowa Deer, New Study Says  —  The analysis by Penn State and Iowa researchers strongly indicates that deer are getting the virus from humans, worrying experts about a deep wild reservoir for the virus.  —  A new study of hundreds of white-tailed deer infected …
Discussion: New York Post
Star Tribune:
Minneapolis voters reject plan to replace Police Department  —  Nearly 18 months after George Floyd was filmed pleading for breath under an officer's knee, community groups remain divided on how to change the system.  —  TEXT SIZE  —  MORE  —  Minneapolis voters on Tuesday rejected …
Mike Carter / The Seattle Times:
Republican Ann Davison leads police abolitionist Nicole Thomas-Kennedy in Seattle City Attorney race  —  Republican Ann Davison held a strong 58% to 41% lead in the race for Seattle City Attorney, with returns Tuesday showing voters rejecting the brash language of her police abolitionist opponent …
Bloomberg:
Carney Sees Watershed Moment for Climate Finance: COP26 Update  —  The COP26 summit turned its attention to the finance industry's contribution to the fight against climate change, with announcements overnight revealing that banks, asset managers and insurers representing more than $130 trillion have signed up to net-zero commitments.
Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:
Alvin Bragg Wins, Becoming First Black D.A. in Manhattan  —  A former federal prosecutor, Mr. Bragg will take over an office that has brought charges against the family business of former president Donald J. Trump.  —  Alvin Bragg was elected Manhattan district attorney on Tuesday and will become …
Glenn Greenwald:
To Protect Fauci, The Washington Post is Preparing a Hit Piece on the Group Denouncing Gruesome Dog Experimentations  —  For years, the White Coat Waste Project was heralded by The Post as what they are: an activist success story uniting right and left.  But now its work imperils a liberal icon.
Discussion: NOQ Report
Allahpundit / HotAir:
How journalism abandoned the working class  —  The recent obsession with identity has allowed these journalists to pretend—indeed to believe—they are still speaking truth to power, still fighting on behalf of the little guy, even after they have themselves ascended to the ranks of the powerful …
 
 
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Jason Stanley / Rolling Stone:
Tucker Carlson's ‘Patriot Purge’ Is Too Crazy to Believe — and Too Dangerous to Ignore
Daniel Beekman / The Seattle Times:
Bruce Harrell takes commanding lead over M. Lorena González in Seattle's mayoral race
Discussion: Fox News and Ballotpedia News
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
New 2020 Autopsy: Demographics Won't Save Democrats
Lawrence Kudlow / New York Sun:
The Secret Democrats Refuse To Acknowledge: America's Emissions Are Dropping Faster Than Paris Targets
New York Times:
Shahana Hanif makes history as the first Muslim woman elected to the New York City Council.
Southern Poverty Law Center:
Judicial Watch Investigations Director Listed As Dues-paying Oath Keeper, Leak Shows
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Josh Hawley blocks confirmation of several State Dept. nominees
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Wall Street Journal:
Federal Judge Files Recusal Notices in 138 Cases After WSJ Queries
Allahpundit / HotAir:
Hot new idea for Dems' reconciliation bill: A huge tax cut for the very rich; Update: “Beyond unacceptable”
Washington Post:
About 400 D.C. jail inmates will be transferred to a federal penitentiary in Pennsylvania because of unacceptable conditions, officials say
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