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Glenn Youngkin Wins Virginia Race for Governor

Called by the networks late last night (Fox News). The results (NY Times). Exit polls show education was a top priority for Youngkin voters (Fox News). From Tom Cotton: If you shut down schools, force kids to wear masks, indoctrinate them to hate America, call their parents domestic terrorists, and lecture them about pronouns, don’t be surprised when the voters reject your party (Twitter). From Jonah Goldberg: All of the people on MSNBC convincing themselves that all of these VA voters — who voted for Biden a year ago! — are idiots, racists, and/or dupes is pretty wild (Twitter). From David Harsanyi: Please keep obsessing over Trump and telling parents to shut up. Oh, and ally with the Lincoln Project (Twitter). From Avik Roy: And so it’s ironic that CRT is a hot topic in the Virginia governors’ race. The most structurally racist thing that happened in Virginia over the last two years was the forced closure of schools (Twitter). From Ben Shapiro: So, what exactly is the incentive for Manchin and Sinema to now jump on board the Build Back Better nonsense? (Twitter).

Virginia Elects First Black Woman to Statewide Office

And she’s a conservative. From the story: Republican Winsome Sears has defeated Democrat Hala Ayala to replace Justin Fairfax as Virginia’s lieutenant governor. Sears becomes the first black woman to win a statewide race in Virginia with her victory over Fairfax, the gubernatorial candidate who refused to resign in spite of two credible sexual assault allegations (Washington Examiner). Many have retweeted a picture of her holding what appears to be an AR-15 (Twitter).

In Shocker, New Jersey Governor’s Race Too Close to Call

As of late last night (Fox News). Many polls had the incumbent, Philip Murphy, with a near double-digit lead over Jack Ciattarelli (above) (RCP). Dan McLaughlin predicted a week ago this race would be close, explaining “Murphy should have been a prime target if the state had not drifted so far into the blue column. New Jersey has taken a 1-2 punch from COVID and COVID lockdowns: the highest death rate of any political subdivision on the planet, but also the fourth-highest unemployment rate in the country (7.1 percent as of September 2021). Forced to choose between keeping his constituents safe and keeping the state open for business and schooling, Murphy chose neither. He infamously shared Andrew Cuomo’s ruinous early policy of sending infected senior citizens back to nursing homes” (National Review). The numbers (NY Times).

Minneapolis Anti-Police Referendum Fails

The Associated Press gave the concept a shiny cover with this: Minneapolis voters on Tuesday rejected a proposal to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public Safety, an idea that supporters hoped would bring radical change to policing in the city where George Floyd’s death under an officer’s knee brought calls for racial justice (AP). From Erielle Davidson: The wave against wokeism. Pendulum is swinging (Twitter). From Christina Sommers: A Minneapolis ballot measure to defund the police and replace them with social workers has failed (Twitter). From Spencer Brown: With more than 55 percent voting “no,” Minneapolis residents decided that their city charter should not be amended to abolish the city’s police force, just another rebuke to Democrats and the far left agenda on Tuesday night (Townhall).

Texas Governor Works to Protect Children from Pornography in School

From the story: Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott sent a letter to Dan Troxell, executive director of the Texas Association of School Boards, on Monday demanding the state protect children from being exposed to pornography or other inappropriate content in Texas public schools (The Western Journal). From Greg Abbott: Calling on the Texas Association of School Boards to shield children from pornography, inappropriate content in Texas public schools (Twitter). From Rep. Jeff Cason: My statement regarding sexually explicit material in our Texas school libraries (Twitter).

Democrats Lose Majority in Virginia House

With at least five seats flipped.

The Federalist

Enes Kanter Continues to Hammer China

From the story: Boston Celtics backup center Enes Kanter continues to ignore NBA boundaries by speaking out against China and their reprehensible human rights violations. Last month, Kanter declared support for “free Tibet” and bashed Chinese president Xi Jinping as a “brutal dictator.” One week later, Kanter ranted against one of the NBA’s biggest sponsors in Nike, for profiting off Chinese slave labor (Mediaite). From Enes Kanter: Ruthless Dictator XI JINPING and the Cultish Chinese Communist Party, hear me loud and clear: Hong Kong will be FREE! To all Hongkongers watching, please know that I stand with you. You are not Chinese, you are not British, you are Hongkongers (Twitter)! From Breitbart: China responded to Kanter’s latest broadsides by blacking outstreaming video of Boston Celtics games and blocking Internet searches for Kanter’s name. The NBA has been, to put it charitably, quietly supportive of Kanter for speaking his mind thus far (Breitbart).

NY Times: Some Thanksgiving Dinners have Vaccination Requirements

Mostly people who believe what the New York Times is feeding them.

NY Times

Iowa Governor Passes Bill Allowing Fired, Unvaccinated Workers to Collect Unemployment

From the story: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, a Republican, signed a bill on Friday allowing constituents to obtain unemployment benefits if they are fired from their job for refusing to take the Wuhan coronavirus vaccine. Reynolds, who is vaccinated against COVID-19, has been a vocal opponent of mandates surrounding the virus, such as vaccine mandates and school mask mandates. She signed the bill Friday after the Iowa Legislature passed it in a one-day special session. It went into effect immediately (Townhall). From Iowa.gov: Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, an individual who is discharged from employment for refusing to receive a vaccination against COVID-19, as defined in section 686D.2, shall not be disqualified for benefits on account of such discharge (Iowa.gov). From Governor Kim Reynolds: Today, I’m announcing that the State of Iowa is joining a federal lawsuit to challenge President Biden’s unprecedented use of the government to force every employee of every federal contractor in America, including thousands of Iowans, to take a vaccine against their wishes (Twitter).

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Mike Rowe: We’ve Lost Our Work Ethic

The “Dirty Jobs” host was responding to a question about the labor shortage.

Daily Caller