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9:55 PM ET, November 9, 2022

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Mike Pence / Wall Street Journal:
My Last Days With Donald Trump  —  I supported legitimate challenges to the 2020 vote counts.  I also recognized that the Constitution didn't give me authority to override the voters.  —  1x  —  Thirteen days after the 2020 election, I had lunch with President Trump.
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Here's how Donald Trump sabotaged the Republican midterms  —  Hey, Lyin' Ted and Sleepy Joe: Meet Toxic Trump.  You know, if the former president had any self-knowledge or even the slightest ability to be self-deprecating, he might consider giving himself this alliterative nickname.
Discussion: Rolling Stone and Political Wire
Jonathan Tamari / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Pat Toomey blames Donald Trump for GOP's election failures in Pennsylvania  —  Republican Sen. Pat Toomey said former President Donald Trump bears significant blame for the “debacle” Tuesday that left the GOP struggling to capitalize on Democratic weakness in Pennsylvania and elsewhere …
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 …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump called a protest.  No one showed.  Why GOP efforts to cry foul fizzled this time.  —  Poll workers educated voters about the process and deescalated conflict, while threatened protests didn't materialize  —  As voters cast ballots largely without incident on Tuesday afternoon …
Politico:
6 reasons why Trump's already bad legal troubles are about to get worse  —  Mounting legal threats to Donald Trump may have appeared ominous before the 2022 congressional elections.  They're nothing compared to what comes next.  —  Some of the political protections that the former president was enjoying are effectively gone.
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Kremlin Cronies Sent Reeling on Live TV Over U.S. Midterm Elections  —  The U.S. midterm elections have caused quite the tantrum or two in Moscow.  —  The midterm elections in the United States were a hot topic in Moscow.  Convinced that the “red wave” was coming, Russian propagandists rushed …
Mike Allen / Axios:
1 big thing: Trump's the loser as GOP falters  — There was no red wave. … There's an increased likelihood of a larger, more boisterous primary field competing against Trump in 2024, Jonathan Swan reports.  — The chances Trump can clear the field are vastly diminished.
Washington Post:
Trump team pushes to delay 2024 launch as DeSantis star rises in GOP  —  After a disappointing election night, Republicans are advising Trump to delay next week's “very big announcement” until after the Senate runoff in Georgia  —  Former president Donald Trump's standing as the dominant figure …
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Donald Trump's GOP Establishment Has Failed  —  After a profoundly disappointing midterm cycle, it's even harder to argue that Trump's time atop the party has been anything but a disaster for Republicans.  —  f they have any intention of turning around their party's increasingly moribund fortunes …
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
On Donald Trump and the Democrats' Not-So-Awful Election  —  If not for the former President, the midterms could have turned out very differently.  —  The day after the midterm election of 2022 that both parties had agreed was the most consequential ever—except for the previous election …
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:   Whitmer vaults into national spotlight with double-digit reelection win
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump touts ‘tremendous’ wins for endorsed candidates, says ‘why would anything change?’ on 2024 announcement
Dave Boucher / Detroit Free Press:
Michigan Democrats take control of state House, Senate in historic power shift
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The GOP offered rage and Trump. The country said no.
Discussion: Cognoscenti, VICE and Los Angeles Times
Semafor:
Donald Trump's candidates slumped and he's looking for someone to blame
Dominic Pino / National Review:
Thank You, Lee Zeldin
Blake Hounshell / New York Times:
Five Takeaways From the Midterm Elections So Far
MLive.com:
Hillary Scholten defeats Trump-backed John Gibbs for West Michigan congressional seat
Washington Post:
Key election deniers concede defeat after disputing Trump's 2020 loss
Wall Street Journal:
Binance Walks Away From Deal to Buy FTX  —  Crypto exchange's decision comes as it conducts due diligence on FTX  —  Sam Bankman-Fried in Talks to Raise More Funding  —  Created with sketchtool.
Bill Chappell / NPR:
Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert is trailing in a race that's coming down to the wire  —  One of the most-watched races the day after Election Day is Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert's reelection bid — which is under serious threat from Democratic challenger Adam Frisch.
Carlos Greer / Page Six:
‘SNL’ staff writers boycott over Dave Chappelle's hosting gig  —  There's unrest at 30 Rock, Page Six hears, over the decision to sign up Dave Chappelle to host “Saturday Night Live” this weekend.  —  We're told that some staff writers are so furious that the comedy superstar …
Axios:
The perils of a narrow House Republican majority  —  House Republicans are coming to grips with the harsh reality of what a single-digit majority could look like — starting with a newly empowered far-right flank that could seriously threaten GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy's House speaker ambitions.
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Juliegrace Brufke / Washington Examiner:
McCarthy critic Matt Gaetz making calls to members about future of leadership
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
Youngkin apologizes to Pelosi over comments about attack on her husband  —  Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) has sent a handwritten note of apology to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) over his comments last month that seemed to make light of the hammer attack against her husband, Paul Pelosi.
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Hillary Borrud / Oregonian:
Tina Kotek wins Oregon governor's race, fending off strongest Republican bid in a decade  —  3,444  —  Democrat Tina Kotek has won the race for Oregon governor, defeating Republican Christine Drazan.  —  It was a hard-fought and expensive win by Democrats, who have a huge party registration advantage …
New York Times:
Russia-Ukraine War  —  Russia Says It's Withdrawing From Kherson City, a Potential Blow to Moscow … Ukrainians see signs of a Russian retreat from Kherson City but are wary.  —  Russia's defense minister announced on television Wednesday that he was ordering the retreat of Moscow's forces …
Danielle Wallace / Fox Business:
Democrats' ‘newest megadonor’ plummets on Election Day, forced to sell crypto company to biggest rival  —  Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of crypto exchange FTX, forced into bailout sale after seeing $6B in withdrawals ahead of Tuesday  —  Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of crypto exchange FTX and considered …
 
 
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
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Becky Johnson / themountaineer.com:
Haywood voters elect unexperienced college student as new tax collector
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Republican Elite Makes Its Move Against Trump
Discussion: The Right Scoop and RedState
Julia Musto / Fox News:
Republicans' New York upset may have been ‘Pyrrhic victory,’ Pelosi says
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Hasidic rabbi assails Trumpism rampant among the Orthodox
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
Georgia's record early vote doesn't vindicate its ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ law
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Daniel Boguslaw / The Intercept:
In Referendum on Whether You Can Prosecute Murderous Cops at All, Keith Ellison Ekes It Out
Miami Herald:
Ex-Proud Boy held rally for Rubio canvasser beaten in Hialeah. Now he thinks story was a lie
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