Analysis · Elections
Election Day Blues — and Reds
Election outcomes are never as wonderful — or as awful — as they seem.
Jack DeVineContributor
11 / 04 / 26 · 5 min read
Features— 9 stories
ElectionsNate Jackson
Trump’s Closing Argument Isn’t as Strange as It Seems
On the last day before today’s elections, the president visited the Reflecting Pool to make a speech touting his improvements in Washington.
ElectionsDouglas Andrews
Why Your Vote Today Will Matter
Late-breakers are voting Republican, and the New York Times’s 11th-hour pollaganda is a desperate and predictable leftist psyop.
ConstitutionHudson Baldwin
Can the Pope Vote?
Pope Leo XIV leads the Roman Catholic Church, a role that gives him a foreign passport and a nation to rule. Should this disqualify him from American civic duty?
RaceThomas Gallatin
Companies Dump SPLC
Several major corporations have dropped the SPLC as a charity vetting organization following its fraud scandal.
Rainbow MafiaEmmy Griffin
HHS Targets the Trans Industry With Simple Questions
In a final letter to the major medical associations dealing with “gender-affirming care,” HHS asks them to defend their position on the science.
GovernmentMichael Swartz
Nick Shirley Makes a Discovery About Child Trafficking
Taxpayers might be funding these crimes: “One NGO made $115,000,000 to traffic children across the United States.”
Re: The LeftSamantha Koch
The Stakes Are Too High to Ignore the 2026 Midterms
Free speech and the right to life are on the ballot. Sitting out is not an option.
Rule of LawDaniel McCarthy
A Slippery Slope to Criminalizing Politics
We should take heed of just how far “lawfare” is going in other parts of the world.
FaithThe Washington Stand
Citizens Vote, God Reigns
Instead of fretting over election results, let us resolve to keep following God.
The Executive News Summary— from the editors
- Dems unleash hate on StevensThe party of “inclusion” apparently has no room for four-term Democrat Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens following her surprise endorsement of Republican…
- SCOTUS lets noncitizens vote in CaliforniaPresident Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to block California from counting 20,000 ballots mailed to suspected noncitizens. On Monday, the Court…
- Vance jokes about raising a DemocratVice President JD Vance, speaking at a campaign stop in Rome, New York, told a funny story about his four-year-old daughter: “I was talking to my…
- U.S. strikes IranOn Monday night, the U.S. military launched a number of strikes targeting Iran’s Qeshm Island in response to Iranian military using missiles to attack…
Short Cuts— in their own words
- From the Loony Left“We’ve recruited good candidates... These candidates are amazing. They’re running on patriotism.” —Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer“A WARNING TO DONALD TRUMP’S THUGS: If you violate California’s laws, if you interfere with the vote, you will be prosecuted.” —California Gov. Gavin…
- From the Reasonable Right“The media told me Trump and the GOP were going to steal the midterms.” —Nicholas Fondacaro“This election was about the economy and Trump fatigue. It’s really that simple.” —Ian Haworth“The problem with Republicans is when they don’t keep their promises. The problem with Democrats is…
- Belly Laugh of the Day“At least we’ve got Guam, baby.” —Buck Sexton
Right Opinion— today’s columnists
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