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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Never Get High on Your Own Supply  —  Six years ago, after Joe Biden won his narrow victory over Donald Trump, I wrote that the president's defeat wasn't a repudiation as much as it was a split decision, “an uncertain result for an uncertain time in American life.”
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Jim Saksa / Democracy Docket:
‘EXTORTIONISTS’ — Trump orders probe of Democrats for promising accountability  —  President Donald Trump responded to Democratic promises of accountability Saturday, calling it “extortion at the highest level,” and ordering Attorney General Todd Blanche to “look into this criminal act, immediately!”
Adrian Carrasquillo / The Bulwark:
Dems Have Their Finger on the Impeachment Trigger
Discussion: Fox News
Lydia Polgreen / New York Times:   The Midterms Were Spectacular. Here's What They Showed.
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Breaking the Decade-Long Trump Fever
Discussion: The Contrarian
New York Times:
Democrats, Newly Ascendant, Begin a Fight to Shape the Party's Future
Discussion: HotAir and Semafor
David Zimmermann / Washington Examiner:
Trump says he could ‘very easily’ refrain from insulting Democrats to make a bipartisan deal
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Inside the early GOP reckoning after historic defeat  —  President Donald Trump's decision to name hard-line loyalist Stephen Miller as his top aide cemented what many Republicans were already privately fearing: There will be no party-wide GOP reckoning with this week's midterm bloodbath.
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New York Times:
For Stephen Miller, Election Defeat Is No Reason to Back Down on Immigration Crackdown
New York Times:
In Elevating Stephen Miller, Trump Doubles Down on Hard-Line Agenda
Axios:   The Miller Doctrine: Trump's “wartime consigliere”
Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Stephen Miller's promotion angers industries reeling from immigration enforcement
Wall Street Journal:
Susie Wiles Takes the Election Fall
Politico:
How Katie Miller lobbied for her husband's promotion
Washington Post:
Trump ally Loomer was paid thousands for political tweets, people familiar say  —  People familiar with the arrangements allege pay-to-play business practices by one of President Donald Trump's biggest online acolytes.  Financial documents show details.  —  SummaryLoading...
Ford McCracken / The Hill:
Trump says he offered White House press secretary job to Dana White  —  President Trump said he offered the job of White House press secretary to Dana White, president and CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).  —  In a Truth Social post on Saturday, Trump said that he requested White bring …
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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Trump Asks Dana White of U.F.C. to Be His Press Secretary  —  On social media, the president offered the now-vacant job of White House press secretary to Dana White, the organization's C.E.O., and told him to bring along fighters as aides.  —  President Trump said on Saturday that he had offered Dana White …
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Trump says he offered White House press secretary role to UFC's Dana White  —  If was not immediately clear whether the UFC chief executive, a longtime supporter who worked with Trump to host an MMA event at the White House, had accepted.  —  Loading...  President Donald Trump said Saturday …
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MS NOW:
Democrat Scott Colom's lead widens in Mississippi Senate race  —  As of Saturday afternoon, Colom led Republican incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, by 2,574 votes up against a critical Tuesday deadline.  —  Four days after the last vote was cast for the Mississippi Senate election …
ProPublica:
Texas' School Voucher Program Could Be “Unrecognizable, If Not Extinct,” Says Democratic Lawmaker  —  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's vision for education was finally coming together.  —  This year, the state launched a voucher program that allowed roughly 110,000 of Texas' more than 5 million schoolchildren …
Discussion: Breitbart and Texas Monthly
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Joshua Fechter / The Texas Tribune:   With Democrats sweeping Texas, the GOP-led war on cities nears its end
Jake Spring / Washington Post:
Trump officials weigh major overhaul of National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife  —  An overhaul of the agencies would follow a similar move at the U.S. Forest Service.  —  SummaryLoading...  The Trump administration is considering a major reorganization of the National Park Service …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Aidan Williams / Bloomberg:
Georgia State Race Reversed After Votes Surface on Memory Card  —  Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who rebuffed President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the state's 2020 election results, opened an investigation into a local race after officials discovered a memory card …
New York Times:
Turning Point Bet on the Midterms and Lost.  Some Republicans Are Furious.  —  Candidates backed by the right-wing activist group did not fare well, and the results set off recriminations from establishment Republicans.  —  Turning Point USA bet big on Arizona.
Discussion: Deseret News
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Schumer, Once Besieged, Is on Track to Remain Leader After Election Blowout  —  The Democratic leader still faces skeptics in his ranks and hostility from some activists, but aides say he has enough commitments of support to be elected majority leader.  —  Last year, Democratic interest groups …
New York Times:
Israeli Opposition Leader Tapped to Try to Form Government  —  Gadi Eisenkot, a former military chief, hopes to succeed Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister by cobbling together a coalition after an inconclusive election.  —  Israel's president on Saturday selected Gadi Eisenkot …
Somini Sengupta / New York Times:
A ‘Chaotic Race’ for the World's Top Diplomat  —  The contest to replace António Guterres as U.N. secretary general has been jolted by last-minute entrants and deep divisions among members of the Security Council.  —  Angst.  Confusion.  Endless conjecture.
Emily Davies / New York Times:
South Carolina Republicans Fracture Over Stunning Defeat of Darline Graham  —  Some blamed President Trump for backing the novice candidate after the death of her brother, Lindsey Graham.  Others accused Mr. Graham's team of pushing her to run despite her lack of experience.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
How Elon Musk Frittered Away Nearly $500 Million on the Midterms  —  Behind the scenes, the world's richest person spent a record amount over two years to bend the country's politics to his will.  He couldn't.  —  The world's richest person had face-planted — and was now trying to turn back time.
New York Times:
8 BOLD IDEAS TO FIX AMERICA  —  For the past two years, Congress has deferred to President Trump on almost everything, declining to check even his most unpopular whims.  Democrats have won power now with a sweeping mandate from voters for action, accountability and change.Will they deliver on it?
 
 
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Jeremiah Johnson / The Argument:
The empire strikes out  —  The Anakin Skywalker theory of MAGA decline  —  Welcome to The Weekly Scroll!
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Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Trump DOJ drops California ballot segregation lawsuit after Supreme Court defeat
Discussion: TimesLive, The Hill, WTOP News and MS NOW
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
7 charts that illustrate the scope of Democrats' big 2026 wave
Discussion: Washington Post
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Mysterious Request Scrambles Major Supreme Court Gun Case
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Mack Liederman / New York Times:
He'll Be Clerk of One of the Country's Largest Counties. He's 19.
New York Times:
With So Much New Blood in the Senate, the Average Age Is Falling. To 63.
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