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[quote=Anonymous]Sorry to dangle that...and I know I'm missing stuff. It's been hard to keep up with all the losses this week and Trump's TACOing.

[b]Democrats sweep key races in 2025 elections in early referendum on Trump.[/b]
“Democrats scored victories in the four major races of the night: the New York City mayoral race, the governor's races in New Jersey and Virginia and Prop 50, California's redistricting ballot measure. Exit polling showed voters went to the polls with worries about the economy on their minds, coupled with broader discontent with the state of the country right now.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/election-day-2025-voting-results/

[b]…there were too many amazing local races to document, but this is my absolute favorite…[/b]
[b]Joe Khan becomes first Democrat to be elected Bucks County district attorney since the 1800s.[/b]
“The former Bucks County solicitor ran an aggressive campaign, criticizing Schorn for not convening a grand jury investigation into child abuse allegations at a Central Bucks elementary school, and her decision to not prosecute a pipeline leak in Upper Makefield Township that was identified earlier this year.”
https://whyy.org/articles/election-2025-bucks-county-district-attorney/

[b]Two Signs That Democrats Flipped Trump Supporters on Tuesday.[/b]
“Although this suggests an impressive Democratic turnout, it also implies that turnout alone didn’t explain the decisive victory — because Ms. Sherrill and Ms. Spanberger won by 13 and 15 points.
Instead, the two Democrats won so decisively because they also flipped a crucial sliver of voters who said they supported Mr. Trump in 2024. Ms. Sherrill and Ms. Spanberger both won 7 percent of Mr. Trump’s supporters, according to the exit polls.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/upshot/election-turnout-trump-hispanics.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

[b]Virginia’s Rural Voters Shift 12 Points Toward Democrats.[/b]
https://dailyyonder.com/virginias-rural-voters-shift-12-points-toward-democrats/2025/11/07/

[b]Latino voter shifts in Tuesday's elections alarm some Republicans.[/b]
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/latino-voter-shifts-tuesdays-elections-alarm-republicans-rcna242186?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

[b]Kansas legislators won’t have a special session to join the US redistricting battle.[/b]
“The Kansas House’s top Republican on Tuesday dropped efforts to force a redraw of U.S. House districts that would have thrust the state into a widening national battle for partisan advantage in the 2026 elections. 
The announcement by House Speaker Dan Hawkins ended a weekslong push by GOP lawmakers to circumvent Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and call themselves into a special session on redistricting, which would have convened Friday.”
https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-kansas-midterms-trump-7847d53b34245aead8cac5bf8cd6e12f

[b]The government shutdown is now the longest - and likely the most damaging in US history.[/b]
https://apple.news/AJ87ETcBuRPiHTalI2aClVA

[b]Trump and Vance go to court four times in an effort to starve hardworking Americans…asks appeals court today to immediately halt ruling on SNAP funding.[/b]
https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-administration-asks-appeals-court-immediately-halt-ruling/story?id=127294307

[b]Josh Shapiro rips into Vice President JD Vance at SNAP news conference (must watch video). [/b]
““As for JD Vance, I got to say … America has a president, vice president that don't give a damn about all Americans. They have made that crystal clear." Shapiro said. "JD Vance is a total phony."
Shapiro said Vance rose to prominence by writing about poor people in Appalachia, and making millions of dollars on their backs by telling their stories.
“He turned his damn back on those very people,” Shapiro said.
The governor also criticized JD Vance on faith.”
https://www.wgal.com/article/josh-shapiro-rips-into-vice-president-jd-vance-snap/69290932

[b]Republicans Order Airlines To Offer Fewer Flights (Just In Time For The Holidays)[/b].
“Republicans announced plans to reduce air travel by 10% in at least 40 markets on Wednesday, citing the need to make things easier on the air traffic controllers who still aren't being paid due to the government shutdown. Of course, Republicans could end this shutdown any time they want by either offering Democrats something they want (not taking away healthcare from millions of Americans) in exchange for their votes or changing the rules so they don't need Democratic votes to pass a budget (getting rid of the filibuster).”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/republicans-order-airlines-offer-fewer-143455370.html

[b]GOP senators still holding on the filibuster after pressure from Trump; Kansas senators confirm today they are both against it.[/b]
https://kansasreflector.com/briefs/u-s-senators-from-kansas-oppose-eliminating-filibuster-to-advantage-republicans/

[b]US. employers announced most October layoffs in 22 years: Report.[/b]
“Artificial intelligence drove U.S. employers to announce 153,074 layoffs last month, the worst October since 2003 and the worst year overall since 2009, the executive outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported Thursday.
The Chicago company said AI-related cuts to white-collar technology jobs led the way in a 175% surge from 55,597 layoffs in October 2024 and a 183% jump from 54,064 in September.”
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/6/us-employers-announced-october-layoffs-22-years-report/

[b]Job openings in October slumped to the lowest level since February 2021, Indeed measure shows.[/b]
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/04/job-openings-in-october-slumped-to-the-lowest-level-since-early-february-indeed-measure-shows.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

[b]TACO TIME[/b]
[b]Trump, in shift, acknowledges Americans are paying "something" for tariffs.[/b]
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-shift-acknowledges-americans-are-paying-something-tariffs-2025-11-06/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

[b]Stung by MAGA election losses, Trump says “affodability” is a Democratic “con job.”[/b]
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/06/trump-affordability-election-voters-00640823

[b]…but two days later he’s says he wants to make affordability his issue. [/b]
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/politics/affordability-trump-gop-analysis

[b]Finally, Trump orders more Venezuela briefings for Congress.[/b]
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/03/trump-venezuela-briefings-congress?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

[b]GOP senators assail Trump Pentagon pick in rare show of disunity.[/b]
“Republican senators, in a remarkable display of intraparty conflict Tuesday, chastised one of President Donald Trump’s nominees to help lead the Pentagon’s policy office, repeatedly accusing him and other top officials there of stonewalling Congress.
Austin Dahmer, who has held a prominent position in the office in an acting capacity, was sharply questioned during his confirmation hearing about the administration’s commitment to Ukraine, its impending withdrawal of a U.S. Army brigade from Romania and what lawmakers said was a paucity of information being shared with the Senate Armed Services Committee broadly on several vital matters of national security.”
https://apple.news/ArOVJiAY6QvOuloLMA8pdhA

[b]Trump’s Tough Day at Supreme Court Puts Tariffs in Jeopardy.[/b]
“President Trump’s global tariffs ran headlong into a skeptical Supreme Court on Wednesday, with justices across the spectrum expressing doubt that a 1970s emergency-powers law could be read to provide the president unilateral authority to remake the international economy and collect billions of dollars in import taxes without explicit congressional approval.
But even if the court strikes down the tariffs Trump initiated on his self-declared Liberation Day last April, the justices gave little indication how they might unwind the president’s signature economic policy and favorite diplomatic tool. That left unclear whether previously paid duties would be refunded or whether Congress could be invited to step in, perhaps by ratifying the levies retroactively.“
https://apple.news/AqyBqefK_RxO3zsudNKv-ww

[b]45 American economists say in Supreme Court brief: Trump's tariff math doesn't add up.[/b]
“That assessment, which reflects what a leading textbook on international trade calls a "virtually complete consensus among economists," should be of more than passing interest to the justices as they weigh the legality of Trump's tariffs. It goes to the heart of the powers Trump is asserting under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act .
One question for the Supreme Court is whether the act, a 1977 law that does not mention import taxes and has never before been used to impose them, gives the president any tariff authority at all . Assuming it does, another question is whether the law empowers him to completely rewrite the tariff schedule approved by Congress — a proposition that three lower courts have rejected.”
https://apple.news/A0tzhNlVJSxKSrkU6LMr1DA

[b]Tariff-Paying Firms Line Up in Court to Get Paid If Trump Loses.[/b]
“The complaint seeks to certify a class of companies that imported products from China or the European Union, with high stakes for potential refunds. The administration estimates the government will collect close to $500 billion in tariff revenue in the current fiscal year.
Since the Supreme Court earlier this year limited the authority of judges to impose what are known as “universal” injunctions that apply beyond the parties that sued, class action cases have been seen as a way to accomplish the same goal. More than $100 million could be at stake.”
https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/11/05/846545.htm

[b]Judge Berates Justice Dept. in Its Prosecution of Comey.[/b]
“A federal judge in the Trump administration’s prosecution of James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, on Wednesday blasted President Trump’s handpicked prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan, for taking an “indict first, investigate second” approach to the case.”
…
“The flashpoint was the Justice Department’s failure to turn over communications it had seized from a confidant of Mr. Comey’s, Daniel C. Richman, a law professor at Columbia University, as part of an internal investigation of leaks in the Russia case during the first Trump administration.”

[b]Feds Drop Case Against Man Accused of Injuring Greg Bovino’s Groin.[/b]
“The man who federal agents accused of dealing Greg Bovino a groin injury from which the Border Patrol commander purportedly needed two weeks to recover will no longer face charges after prosecutors on Monday moved to drop their case against him.”
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/feds-drop-case-against-man-accused-of-injuring-greg-bovinos-groin?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

[b]Lawsuit dismissed against J. Ann Selzer, Des Moines Register over presidential poll.[/b]
https://www.kcrg.com/2025/11/06/lawsuit-dismissed-against-j-ann-selzer-over-presidential-poll/

[b]Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent.[/b]
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/dc-sandwich-guy-verdict-rcna242142

[b]Judge orders improvements at a Chicago immigration facility after claims of inhumane conditions.[/b]
“‘People shouldn’t be sleeping next to overflowing toilets,’ judge says in order requesting status report by Friday.”
https://apple.news/AJiT2aqxUSGmN7hFtCenWxg

[b]Arrest by federal immigration agents at Chicago day care sparks outrage.[/b]
“"They didn't just walk in chasing one person. They went into multiple rooms, asking and looking for teachers while children were present," the congresswoman said. "This is an agency that has gone rogue and it's an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything."
Maria Guzman, a parent of a child at the facility, said DHS' actions amount to "domestic terrorism."
https://apple.news/A1Qq5IIOERSC4mtjBVWS90A

[b]FBI urges ICE to ID themselves as criminals impersonate officers.[/b]
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5590694-fbi-ice-masks-dhs/

[b]Trump administration is sued over student loan forgiveness changes for public servants.[/b]
“States, nonprofits and unions joined forces in two separate lawsuits to halt the Trump administration’s restrictions affecting public servants.”
https://apple.news/AxvA5EGPGTkSJYduHal8DPw

[b]House Democrats press DOJ for details on Epstein co-conspirators probe that was "inexplicably killed"[/b]
“Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, is seeking documents from the Justice Department on its move earlier this year to end the investigation into alleged co-conspirators of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
"I write to demand an explanation for why DOJ has abandoned the women and girls abused by Mr. Epstein, Ms. Maxwell, and their co-conspirators, fired or cut off career prosecutors from the case, and ceased its investigation into one of the largest sex trafficking rings in history," Raskin wrote in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, which was first obtained by CBS News.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-co-conspirators-house-democrats-jamie-raskin/

[b]Sinclair, Whose ABC Stations Boycotted Jimmy Kimmel, Reports Q3 Revenue Decline of 16% and Swings to Net Loss.[/b]
“Kimmel has not specifically apologized to the Kirk family or offered a donation to Turning Point USA.
Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk, said in an interview this week with Fox News’ Jesse Watters that Sinclair execs had reached out to her to ask if she wanted Sinclair to try to elicit an apology from Kimmel or if she wanted to appear on “a show.” According to Erika Kirk, she declined Sinclair’s offers.”
https://archive.ph/UyzP1#selection-2061.2-2065.249

[b]For funsies!: Trump Adds Ugly Gold Sign So No One Misses ‘The Oval Office’.[/b]
“But photos taken on Wednesday revealed that Donald Trump soothed his (very warranted) Election Day jitters by hanging a sign that says “The Oval Office” in giant gold letters just outside the door to the “room where it happens.
As you can see, [b]the sign is currently just three sheets of printer paper taped to the wall[/b]. But don’t get your hopes up about Trump rethinking his plans to add some “Live, Laugh, Love”–style lettering to the walls of the People’s House.”
*He also more gold-painted embellishments to his “Presidential Walk of Fame.”
https://apple.news/A5-RXy569Squ9eM1no04M0w

[b]MAGA Senator Busted Creeping on Dems’ Cars.[/b]
“A MAGA senator admitted he’d snooped on his Democratic colleagues’ cars in a startling Senate committee hearing confession that was immediately condemned as “creepy.”
Former car salesman turned Ohio Republican Senator Bernie Moreno revealed that he had obtained the vehicle identification numbers (VINs) for cars belonging to his Democratic colleagues Wednesday as the Senate Commerce Committee was questioning Ryan McCormack, President Donald Trump’s nominee for an undersecretary role at Transportation. 
“Would it surprise you that I got the VIN numbers of every one of my Democrat colleagues’ vehicles and found that none of them bought any of the additional safety technologies on their cars?” Moreno asked. His argument was that this undermines the Democrats’ push to mandate additional driver assistance technology in cars.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/senate-meeting-erupts-into-stalking-shouting-match/

[b]Trump Ozempic announcement full on disaster:[/b]

[b]First,[/b] Dr. Oz Proclaims Americans Could Lose '135 Billion Pounds' by Midterm Elections with New Weight Loss Drug Pricing, except the Daily Show and Steven Colbert poined out that that If Americans were to lose a collective 135 billion pounds, it would mean each American would lose about 393 pounds.
https://people.com/dr-oz-proclaims-americans-could-lose-135-billion-pounds-by-midterm-elections-with-new-weight-loss-drug-pricing-11845857

[b]…Then[/b] a man, reportedly on Ozempic, collapses and a photo of Trump standing idly by goes viral. 
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/wild-picture-donald-trump-someone-190431601.html

[b]…Then[/b] Dr. Oz rushes into to defend slack-jawed Trump, saying he was comforting the man’s wife by phone. 
https://www.newsweek.com/man-passed-out-collapse-oval-office-update-trump-11010528

[b]Former Republican Senator Jeff Flake believes the great GOP migration has begun.[/b]
In politics, migrations rarely happen all at once. They start quietly — one or two members of a herd moving toward safer ground while the rest pretend not to notice. But once the wind really changes, the movement becomes unmistakable. I believe that a migration has begun within the Republican Party.
https://apple.news/AetWyNlVUTUKphQtEk2pWpg

[b]Donald Trump’s Approval Rating ‘Down There With the Titanic’—Analyst.[/b]
“Speaking on CNN Thursday, Enten said Trump's approval rating was at "his term two lows" and "down there with the Titanic" with pollsters putting his approval rating at between -12 and -26 percentage points.
He added that those who disapproved of Trump went on to vote against Republican candidates in the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial elections on Tuesday, meaning Trump's approval rating matters to the GOP more broadly.”
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trumps-approval-rating-down-there-with-the-titanic-analyst-11008768

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