Washington Examiner,
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Tori Richards
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The Lincoln Project was seemingly on top of the world a year ago after creating a super PAC to take down President Donald Trump. The organization was flush with cash and made up of a who's who of disgruntled Republicans, including George Conway, husband to top Trump aide Kellyanne Conway. But those halcyon days may well be behind it with its latest incident backfiring — an embarrassing stunt with tiki torches aimed at painting newly elected Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin as a racist. It was a reminder of the multitude of issues the group has faced since rising to prominence.
Associated Press,
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Steve Peoples
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NEW HOPE, Pa. — The Democrats of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, felt the red wave building over the summer when frustrated parents filled school board meetings to complain about masking requirements and an academic theory on systemic racism that wasn't even taught in local schools. They realized the wave was growing when such concerns, fueled by misleading reports on conservative media, began showing up in unrelated elections for judges, sheriff and even the county recorder of deeds. And so they were not surprised — but devastated all the same — when Democrats all across this key county northeast of Philadelphia were wiped out in
MarketWatch,
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Jeffry Bartash
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11/6/2021 4:39:37 PM
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The U.S. jobs report for October hit all the right notes — except for one. The big disappointment? The number of people in the labor force barely grew, leaving the rate of participation at the lowest level since the early 1970s. Put another way, millions of people who had jobs before the pandemic still haven’t returned to work. And that doesn’t even take into account a few million more who likely would entered the labor force had there been no pandemic at all. The result: There’s not enough workers to fill a near-record number of open jobs. If the labor
The Hill [Washington DC],
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Natalie Prieb
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11/6/2021 10:01:00 AM
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Two hyenas at the Denver Zoo have tested positive for COVID-19, marking the first case in the animal worldwide. The hyenas were tested after several lions at the zoo became sick, according to The Associated Press. The hyena samples first tested positive at a Colorado State University lab and were then confirmed by the national lab. "Hyenas are famously tough, resilient animals that are known to be highly tolerant to anthrax, rabies and distemper," the Denver Zoo said in a statement, according to the AP. "They are otherwise healthy and expected to make a full recovery." Zoo officials said the
Fox Business,
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Tyler Olson
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi moved to save face with a procedural vote on Democrats' reconciliation bill Friday after an effort to pass it stalled yet again when a small group of moderates demanded the House wait for scores from the Congressional Budget Office. But that plan, which includes a vote on the infrastructure bill as well, may also backfire on top Democrats due to progressive opposition to passing infrastructure without reconciliation. Pelosi, D-Calif., and other top Democrats Thursday night and Friday morning had projected confidence that the House would pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the reconciliation bill Friday.
KUSA-TV [Denver CO],
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Ernest Luning
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DENVER — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a wealthy tech entrepreneur worth hundreds of millions of dollars, paid little or no federal income taxes in the nine years before the Democrat was elected governor, by taking advantage of loopholes that aren't available to most taxpayers, according to a ProPublica report published Thursday. Polis paid nothing in federal income taxes from 2013 to 2015 and paid an effective rate of 8.2% from 2010 to 2018, substantially lower than the 19% paid by a taxpayer who made $45,000 in 2018, the report found. The bombshell report is the latest revelation based on thousands of
New York Times,
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Shane Goldmacher
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11/4/2021 10:54:09 PM
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As Joe Biden hopped from Manhattan high-rises to Silicon Valley mansions to gather campaign checks in 2019, he developed a certain way of thanking the well-heeled donors who invested in his presidential campaign. (Snip) Now, nearly 10 months into his presidency, some of Biden’s most loyal contributors and top fundraisers are feeling neglected, if not outright cast aside, according to more than 30 interviews with Democratic donors, fundraisers and the operatives who work with them. With the loss of the Virginia governorship this week making plain the darkening political climate for Democrats, the White House has accumulated precious little goodwill
The Wrap,
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Dessi Gomez
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11/3/2021 10:45:41 PM
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Winsome Sears — the first woman and first woman of color elected lieutenant governor of Virginia on Tuesday night — called out Joy Reid after watching the MSNBC host describe the GOP as “dangerous.” (Tweet) “I wish Joy Reid would invite me on her show — let’s see if she’s woman enough to do that — I’d go in a heartbeat and we’d have a real discussion without Joy speaking about me behind my back, if you will,” Sears said during her appearance on Fox’s “The Story with Martha MacCallum” Wednesday afternoon. “[Reid] talks about white supremacy,” Sears continued. “Does
NJ.com [Iselin, NJ],
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Matthew Stanmyre
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The man who is poised to topple one of New Jersey’s most feared political kingpins has never held public office, he has been a commercial truck driver for 25 years and he claims to have spent a whopping $153 during the primary portion of his campaign. His name is Edward Durr, and he may be on the verge of one of the most unthinkable upsets in New Jersey political history. With 98% of the vote counted, Durr, the Republican Senate candidate in the South Jersey-based 3rd legislative district, leads New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney by roughly 2,000 votes
Daily Beast,
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Max Burns
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Nothing motivates conservatives Democrats like an excuse for inaction, and Virginia’s sucker punch of a gubernatorial election Tuesday night offered a golden opportunity for them to pump the legislative brakes. Let’s own the bad news: after an increasingly vitriolic campaign centered around the bogeyman of “Critical Race Theory,” Republican Glenn Youngkin beat Democrat and former Governor Terry McAuliffe to end what has been a successful and effective streak of Democratic victories in the Old Dominion dating back nearly a decade. In the race to place blame, the centrists zeroed in on their left flank. To a progressive, it feels like
Fox News,
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Matt Leah
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Douglas County, Colo. – A slate of political novices in Douglas County, Colorado, declared victory Tuesday night in a school board race that made national headlines. Christy Williams, one of four "Kids First" candidates, read off initial results to raucous applause at a supporter appreciation party in Parker, Colorado, in the moments after polls closed. "I am humbled to my core," Williams told Fox News. "I think there's a lot to look at, but ultimately I hope to give parents the ultimate authority over their children." Williams was joined by Mike Peterson, Becky Myers and Kaylee Winegar. Together, they hold a
National Review,
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Kyle Smith
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11/2/2021 10:34:49 PM
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No one paid much attention to the New Jersey governor’s race because it’s now a deep-blue state (President Biden won it by 16 points), incumbent Phil Murphy isn’t particularly disliked and Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli is an unknown former Assemblyman. Murphy was expected to win by double digits, or high single digits. A bookmaker rated Murphy a 1/10 favorite in mid-October. So it’s a surprise that 10 o’clock came and the race was still too close to be called. With 40 percent of the vote counted in the famously well-managed state, Ciattarelli has a lead of about 5,o00 votes. A
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The witch has lost her magic.