### Election Day Postscript

  • Democrat New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy ekes out win over GOP underdog Jack Ciattarelli (Fox News)
  • Truck driver on the verge of unseating New Jersey Senate president with $153 campaign war chest (Free Beacon)
  • GOP adds 13 Democrat House seats to 2022 midterm target list after Election Night successes (National Review)
  • Leftists cry "racism" to excuse Democrat losses in Virginia (National Review)
  • AOC and The Squad silent on Winsome Sears' historic victory (Fox News)
  • Joe Biden sidesteps questions on why Democrats lost (PM)
  • Joe Manchin calls election results a "wake-up call" (Fox News)
  • James Carville: What went wrong was "stupid wokeness" (Fox News)

### Politics

  • "She doesn't know me": Manchin pushes back against Cori Bush "anti-Black" accusations (Fox News)
  • Day after getting beat, Democrats try again on "voting rights" (read: federal election takeover) (Fox News)
  • Chump change: Biden admin pushes "wholesale transformation" of economies with price tag up to $150 trillion (Daily Wire)

### Security

  • Russia analyst who aided bogus Trump dossier is arrested (AP)
  • Biden claims payments to migrants separated under Donald Trump "not going to happen" (Washington Examiner)
  • Who'd a thunk it? Two child sex offenders arrested at the border (CBP.gov)
  • Pentagon predicts fivefold increase in China's nuclear weapons over next 10 years (Politico)

### Health

  • See y'all in court: OSHA formally mandates vaccines or tests for big companies by January 4 (AP)
  • Mind-boggling: San Francisco health officer says children 5-11 will be required to show proof of vaccination (Washington Examiner)
  • Uh-oh: Anthony Fauci staffers flagged potential gain-of-function research at Wuhan lab in 2016 (Daily Caller)

### Economy

  • Unemployment claims drop to 269,000, another pandemic low (AP)

### Closing Arguments

  • Policy: The road to Republican renewal runs through the suburbs (National Review)
  • Policy: New EPA methane emission regulations will strangle domestic oil production, enrich our adversaries, and damage the global environment (National Review)
  • Humor: Tiki torch-wielding Democrats condemning election of black lieutenant governor starting to wonder if they're on wrong side of history (Babylon Bee)

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