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Your First Look at Today's Top Stories
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Wednesday, November 9, 2022
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Don't miss The Daybreak Daily — scroll to the bottom of these top news stories
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Dominating Victories for Republicans in Florida
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Washington Examiner: Republicans are having a historic night in Florida, with Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) both beating their Democratic opponents by double digits, including in left-leaning Miami-Dade County, with a majority of precincts reporting. Should DeSantis hold his 11-point lead in Miami-Dade County, it will represent a massive jump in support from his 2018 gubernatorial run, when he lost the county by more than 20 points to Democrat Andrew Gillum. A win in the left-leaning county in his 2022 race would signal that Republicans are on track to dominate statewide in Florida, where Democrats were competitive for decades ( Washington Examiner). National Review: For the first time in a long time, Republicans didn’t just win in Florida; they won big in Florida ( National Review). Ryan Fournier: The Democrat party totally collapsed in Florida. FULLY RED STATE ( Twitter)!
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GOP Keeps Gubernatorial Control in Texas, Georgia and Arkansas
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Daily Caller: Democratic candidate Beto O’Rourke lost his race for Texas governor against incumbent Republican Greg Abbott. Abbott will remain governor for a third term. O’Rourke lost his Senate campaign in 2018 to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and his presidential campaign in 2020 ( Daily Caller). Insider: Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, defeated Democrat Stacey Abrams in Georgia’s gubernatorial election ( Insider). Hill: Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a White House press secretary in the Trump administration, is projected to be Arkansas’s next governor, winning the solidly red seat over Democrat Chris Jones and becoming the state’s first female governor. Sanders will succeed Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R), who has served in the role since 2015 but was barred by term limits from running again ( Hill).
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J.D. Vance Wins Ohio Senate Race
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ABC: Republican J.D. Vance will win the race for Senate in Ohio. Vance, a venture capitalist known for authoring the memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” was up against Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan for retiring Republican Sen. Rob Portman’s seat. Vance had the backing of former President Donald Trump, who won Ohio by 8 percentage points in 2020. Trump’s endorsement was key in Vance getting through a crowded GOP field in the primary ( ABC). Axios: The Vance campaign’s emphasis on economic issues and public safety appealed to Ohioans, and he won despite supporting hardline anti-abortion views that conflict with a majority of voters who want abortion rights protected ( Axios).
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John Fetterman Edges Out Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania Senate Race
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Daily Wire: Democrat John Fetterman has won the hotly contested Pennsylvania Senate race against Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz, according to a projection. The outcome concludes one of the most closely watched contests in this year’s midterm election cycle. The race was marked by controversy over Fetterman’s health issues following his stroke in May. Two weeks before residents of the Keystone State took to the polls, Fetterman had provided choppy responses during the only debate as Oz pressed the current lieutenant governor and former mayor of Braddock on his left-leaning platform ( Daily Wire).
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Media Pundits Dramatize Threat to Democracy Should Republicans Win Election
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Ed Morrissey: Don’t take the outcomes of early exit polls too seriously, but perhaps one key finding out of the interviews with Election Day voters is identifying the dog that didn’t bark. And that was the “threat to democracy” dog, which Democrats hyped as their top message of the midterms. According to the exit polls, it didn’t even get a tail wag, a result that surprised CNN’s panel ( Hot Air). Townhall: “You know what’s missing from this one, two, three, four, five, top five issues? Democracy.” “It’s not even in here” ( Twitter). Carol Platt Liebau: Call it the “Chicken Little” election. According to the media, the sky was going to fall if the nation voted Republican in anything, God forbid, that could be considered a wave ( Townhall Review).
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Serious Obstacles Frustrate Voters in Arizona and Pennsylvania
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This is unacceptable. Katie Pavlich: Twenty percent of voting machines in the county are down according to Maricopa County election officials. Poll workers at a key voting location in Arizona’s Maricopa County announced Tuesday morning that voting machines at a polling station in Anthem are not working. A significant number of ballots are being misread, but election officials claim individuals are still able to cast their ballots properly ( Townhall). Citizen Free Press: Maricopa Meltdown “The machines aren’t working?” “No, NOTHING IS WORKING” ( Twitter). Post Millennial: Arizona Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer apologized for the voter tabulation problems in his county ( Post Millennial). Stephen Richer: STATEMENT ( Twitter). Pennsylvania has had their share of issues. Dasha Burns: Big Election Day mess in Luzerne County, PA. Dozens of polling places ran out of printer paper for ballots. Voters had to be turned away. Court just ruled to extend polling hours to 10pm – an unprecedented move ( Twitter).
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New Data Reveals Inflation Causing Biggest Pay Cut for Americans in 25 Years
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Fox News: Americans who received higher paychecks in 2022 than the year before are still seeing their dollars buy less due to rising inflation, making the increase seem more like a pay cut. More than half (53%) of workers saw wage growth this year that was less than the rate of inflation, according the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. As a result, these workers saw a median decline in inflation-adjusted wage growth of 8.6% in the second quarter of 2022 compared to the same time last year. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), a measure of inflation, increased by 8.2% year-over-year in September ( Fox News). RNC Research: CBS EXIT POLL: 46 percent of families say their finances are “worse” than two years ago ( Twitter).
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Vermont Becomes First State to Officially Enshrine Abortion
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National Review: Vermonters on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of a ballot proposal that will enshrine a right to abortion in the state constitution. While 53 percent of votes counted, 76 percent of Vermonters had voted in favor of the proposal while 24 percent voted against it. In accordance with the vote, an additional article will be added to Vermont’s constitution guaranteeing the right to abortion, contraception, and sterilization ( National Review). Hill: While Vermont is the first to explicitly enshrine abortion rights through an amendment, in 10 states, high courts have ruled that the state constitution protects abortion rights independently from the U.S. Constitution ( Hill).
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Elon Musk Sells Nearly $4 Billion More Worth of Tesla Stock
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Wall Street Journal: Elon Musk sold almost $4 billion in Tesla stock over several days after completing the $44 billion purchase of Twitter. Mr. Musk sold 19.5 million shares in Tesla Nov. 4-8, according to regulatory disclosures made public Tuesday ( Wall Street Journal). CNBC: Musk sold almost $22 billion worth of Tesla shares in 2021, a year when the stock jumped over 50%. This year, he sold over $8 billion worth of Tesla stock in April and another roughly $7 billion worth in August ( CNBC).
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Xi Jinping States China is Preparing for War Because Country’s Security is Unstable
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Daily Mail: China will focus on preparing for war with the country’s security ‘increasingly unstable and uncertain’, President Xi Jinping has declared. Beijing will now comprehensively strengthen its military training and preparation for any war, Xi said today. His warning comes after Xi last month called for faster military development, ‘self-reliance and strength’ in technology and defense of China’s interests abroad, raising the likelihood of further conflict ( Daily Mail). Gordon Chang: Xi Jinping, who sort of has his finger on the button, is sounding crazy. His comments today about war and instability tell us either something is wrong in #CCP circles or he’s losing it ( Twitter).
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Dinesh D’Souza travels the winding road of election law, with ups, downs, stops and U-turns, but nevertheless, moving forward
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Dinesh D’Souza: We are getting some progress in the courts on election integrity. The progress is slow. It’s a little bit halting. It’s two steps forward and one step back. There was an unfortunate ruling in Michigan a little while ago where the Secretary of State made some very arbitrary...
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Hugh Hewitt talks with Lanhee Chen about the dollars and sense he plans to bring to the controller’s office in Sacramento
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Hugh Hewitt: Good morning, Lanhee. How are you doing?
Lanhee Chen: Great to be with you, Hugh. We’re doing well and looking forward to bringing transparency and accountability back to California.
Hugh Hewitt: Yeah. When you first talked to me about this more than a year ago that you were thinking...
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Sebastian Gorka talks with gubernatorial contender Tudor Dixon about her plans to get Michigan back on track
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Dr. Sebastian Gorka: Let’s talk to somebody who describes herself very bluntly on her Twitter page as having worked in steel manufacturing. Mom of four girls, breast cancer survivor. And here’s something very apropos, granddaughter of Whitmer nursing home victim. And God willing, if they do...
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Brandon Tatum challenges the pernicious narrative that America is systemically racist
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Officer Tatum: Many black folks that I know are smart, and we don’t fall for the bull crap. And the reason we don’t fall for the bull crap is, one, because we put God first, and two, because we have common sense and we don’t believe that we gotta follow the status quo.
Like I tell you, one of...
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Carl Jackson and Dinesh D’Souza talk about Dinesh’s new book, “2000 Mules,” and discuss the arrest of True the Vote founders, Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips
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Carl Jackson: I’m speaking to Dinesh D’Souza. Please make sure you go out and buy his book as a reference book. Seriously, “2000 Mules: They Thought We’d Never Find Out. They Were Wrong,” by Dinesh D’Souza.
The reason why I’m asking you guys to go out and purchase this book as a...
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Charlie Kirk anticipates a strong finish for Republicans, despite being outspent by Democrats as much as 18-to-1
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Charlie Kirk: One of the things I want to build out for you today is how the Democrats are increasingly synthetic — we’ve talked about that, they’re increasingly artificial — and how much money they have spent. And despite all the money they’ve spent, they can’t outspend the grassroots....
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Morgan Zegers calls for accountability rather than blanket forgiveness for the wrongs perpetrated during covid madness
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Morgan Zegers: The Atlantic, Emily Oster, just posted one of the worst things I have seen this year, in years. It’s called, “Let’s Declare a Pandemic Amnesty: We need to forgive one another for what we did and said when we were in the dark about Covid.”
No thanks!
So, when I first saw...
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Dennis Prager finds himself pro-Twitter now that anti-free-speech employees are being fired, one by one
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Dennis Prager: There is good news. And by the way, I don’t rely on good news to fight. I don’t rely on bad news to fight. I fight. That’s what you should do. But if you want good news, Elon Musk has taken over Twitter and fired the damn human beings who ran that censor-laden, anti-American,...
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