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Media Matters reports: Far-right outlets such as The Gateway Pundit are running with false claims that Bergen County, the state’s most populous, had already reported 100% of all votes counted before the lead was flipped late in the night from Ciattarelli to Murphy. Reading the site’s post, however, makes it clear that such online claims had come from people reading …

The Hill reports: Republicans took a victory lap Wednesday following Republican Glenn Youngkin’s stunning win in the Virginia governor’s race, with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy  predicting his party could flip more than 60 House seats in next year’s midterm elections. “If you’re a Democrat and President Biden won your seat by 16 points, you’re in a competitive race next …

The Guardian reports: Republicans in the US Senate again blocked a significant voting rights bill from advancing on Wednesday, a move many see as a breaking point in the push to get rid of the filibuster, the Senate rule that requires 60 votes to advance most legislation. The bill – the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act – is one …

The Daily Beast reports: The judge presiding over the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial in Wisconsin slammed media coverage of the highly-divisive case on Wednesday. “There are people on the media, on reputable sites, that are saying things that are totally bizarre,” Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Bruce Schroeder said in a sprawling rant after sending the jurors out of the …

CNN Business reports: Smartmatic filed suit against Newsmax Media in Superior Court of the State of Delaware. The lawsuit charged that Newsmax “published dozens of reports indicating that Smartmatic participated in a criminal conspiracy to rig and steal the 2020 U.S. election and that its technology and software were used to switch votes from former President Trump to now President …

Reuters reports: Voting technology company Smartmatic on Wednesday sued right-wing U.S. television network One America News for libel and slander, according to court records. Smartmatic’s complaint against OAN has not yet been posted to the court’s docket. The case is in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. A representative from OAN did not immediately respond to a …

Fox News reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dubbed the Biden administration the “Brandon administration,” playing into the popular meme that has liberals in a tizzy. Cheers and chants of “Let’s go, Brandon” erupted after DeSantis made the joke while speaking at an election integrity press conference in Palm Beach today. DeSantis touched on issues facing conservatives, such as Big Tech, …

The Times Of San Diego reports: The county Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Tuesday to keep a vaccine mandate for new employees in place, following a lengthy and occasionally explicative-laced public hearing. In August, the county adopted a policy requiring existing employees to either be fully vaccinated or take weekly COVID-19 tests. The mandate for vaccines applies to new county …

The New York Daily News reports: Former U.S. Rep. Vito Fossella, who left Congress in disgrace in 2009, was elected Staten Island borough president on Tuesday. Fossella, 56, enjoyed the backing of former President Donald Trump in the race, a black mark in much of the city — but not in Republican-leaning Staten Island. Fossella gave up his career on …

The Daily Beast reports: A gun control nonprofit founded by former Rep. Gabby Giffords (R-AZ) sued the National Rifle Association on Tuesday, filing a federal lawsuit alleging that the gun rights group carried out an illegal, multimillion-dollar political coordination scheme that went on for years to the benefit of Donald Trump and other Republicans. It could also be a landmark …

“I delivered one of my children in the front seat of my truck. Because, as a mom of four, we got things to do. Ain’t nobody got time for two and a half months of maternity leave. We have a world to save here. “The guy in charge of it all [the supply chain], Mayor Pete, was on a two-month …

The Washington Post reports: It was a month after the 2020 presidential election, and Bernard Kerik was starting to panic. The former New York City police chief and his friend Rudolph W. Giuliani were shelling out thousands of dollars for hotel rooms and travel in their effort to find evidence of voting fraud and persuade state legislators to overturn Joe …

“So somewhere at the beginning of COVID, Phil Murphy, who is a finance creep and governor of New Jersey, decided to crown himself king; he is now god of New Jersey. “He is up for election and that’s really a formality in New Jersey where dead people vote in large numbers. “But what’s interesting is that this guy who is …

Yahoo News reports: Republican Glenn Youngkin won Virginia’s election for governor Tuesday night, a massive victory for the GOP after more than a decade of political losses in the state, and an indication of significant discontent with President Biden and momentum for the Republican Party nationwide ahead of next year’s midterm elections. Youngkin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe, a former Virginia …

The Washington Post reports: When FBI agents raided Rudy Giuliani’s home and office earlier this year, carting off his phones and computers, his lawyers expressed outrage, saying the devices seized from Donald Trump’s former lawyer were potentially “replete with material covered by the attorney client privilege.” But after a monthslong review, Giuliani’s legal team has so far asked a court-appointed …

Florida Politics reports: The Florida Department of Health and plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking daily COVID-19 data that the state once published online must meet this week to clarify their wishes and potentially reach a resolution, the judge overseeing the case ordered. The order came after more than an hour’s discussion over whether an alliance of media companies, including the …

The Independent reports: Senator Tom Cotton hit out at the head of the teachers’ union, calling her a “joke” and accusing her of knowing nothing about teaching children because she has none of her own. The Arkansas lawmaker was speaking on Fox News when he made the incendiary remark in reference to Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of …

AM New York reports: Election Day photo ops for candidates are usually a breeze — but not for Curtis Sliwa. The Republican candidate’s appearance Tuesday at Frank McCourt High School on the Upper West Side turned into a circus that featured clashes between Sliwa and poll site workers when he attempted to bring one of his pet cats to the …

The Houston Chronicle reports: Hundreds of QAnon believers have gathered in Dallas to await the arrival of John F. Kennedy Jr. The group is there because of a popular QAnon theory that JFK Jr. will make an appearance before midnight today, November 2, at the infamous grassy knoll to declare Donald Trump as president. The QAnon theory says that JFK …

The Myrtle Beach Post & Courier reports: U.S. Sen. Tim Scott said he’d support former President Donald Trump if he makes a run for a second term in the White House, curbing some speculation the South Carolina Republican could himself be a 2024 candidate. When asked if he’d support a Trump run he answered “of course” but deflected further questions …