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4:40 PM ET, November 12, 2022

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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 …
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Wall Street Journal:
Why Independent Voters Broke for Democrats in the Midterms  —  GOP candidates closely aligned with Trump turned off some centrists and in-play Republicans  —  Lisa Ghelfi, a 58-year-old registered Republican in Arizona, voted for Donald Trump for president two years ago but has grown tired of his election-fraud claims.
Discussion: Drezner's World and Herald
Virginia Aabram / Washington Examiner:
Never again Trumpers: Republicans say disappointing midterm elections poor reflection on Donald  —  The blame game for the Republicans' tepid showing in the midterm elections is in full swing, and many lawmakers are landing on former President Donald Trump as the prime target.
Discussion: RedState, CNN and Raw Story
Lauren Gambino / The Guardian:
How the fall of Roe shattered Republicans' midterm dreams  —  Women and young people, furious over losing federal abortion protections, delivered many unexpected Democratic wins  —  his summer, after a tectonic decision by the supreme court to overturn Roe v Wade eliminated …
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
How Virginia's Abigail Spanberger pulled off another thriller victory  —  Call it a nail-biter, but Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) wasn't nervous.  —  In fact, “this was my calmest election,” Spanberger said, a bit over 36 hours removed from what, at least on the outside …
Discussion: NPR
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: New York Times, MLive.com and The 19th
NBC News:
Trump and Biden are circling each other, but governors wait in the 2024 wings  —  PITTSBURGH — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are at the moment their parties' leading candidates for 2024.  —  Should that change, count on a governor to be waiting in the wings.
Washington Post:
Congressional Republicans panic as they watch their lead dwindle
Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
A red wave of criticism crashes into Donald Trump after midterm losses
John Cassidy / New Yorker:
An Important Victory for U.S. Democracy—and a Warning
Discussion: The Hill and Reason
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 …
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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 …
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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Robert Klemko / Washington Post:
In Nevada, a last-ditch effort to make sure every vote counts  —  The state allows ballots with defects to be “cured” after they have been cast.  With tight races at stake, the hunt is on to track down voters and make the fixes.  —  HENDERSON, Nev. — Ozzy Osbourne's “Crazy Train” …
Discussion: KLAS, CNN, Nevada Current and NBC News
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 …
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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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
'I'm out': Dilbert cartoonist says he's finally done with Trump
Discussion: HotAir and The Daily Beast
New York Times:
Internal Documents Show How Close the F.B.I. Came to Deploying Spyware  —  Christopher Wray, the F.B.I.'s director, told Congress last December that the bureau purchased the phone hacking tool Pegasus for research purposes.  —  WASHINGTON — During a closed-door session with lawmakers last December …
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Politico:
Trump sues to block subpoena from House Jan. 6 committee  —  Former President Donald Trump is suing to block a subpoena the House Jan. 6 Committee issued seeking to force him to testify next week.  —  The lawsuit, filed in federal court in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday evening …
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NBC News:
Jan. 6 committee staffers told preliminary plan for final report would focus largely on Trump, not on law enforcement failures, sources say
Discussion: Twitchy and Mediaite
 
 
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Trump, Musk and Kanye Are Twitter Poisoned
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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
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