DON’T TAKE THE BLACK PILL:
There is a very interesting mismatch between the elections for *candidates*, which effectively yielded a massive and historic sweep for the Democrats, and the *ballot initiatives*, almost all all of which yielded conservative outcomes, even in the deep blue states (but not VA).
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) November 4, 2026
21ST CENTURY HEADLINES: CrowdStrike launches AI kill switch that it says can stop internal agents that go rogue. “The cybersecurity vendor on Tuesday launched an AI kill switch designed to let security teams stop internal AI agents that go rogue, block them from relaunching and cut off their enterprise network access. The tool is built into CrowdStrike’s Falcon Guardian platform, launched in September to secure AI agents. CrowdStrike also announced an integration with Anthropic’s Claude Cowork.”
DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES:
The Chicago Public Schools budget is larger than the budgets of ten states. Their literacy proficiency rate is below 40% and their math proficiency rate is below 30% by 11th grade.
— Boo (@IzaBooboo) November 3, 2026
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Looks Like I Picked the Wrong Week to Quit Sniffing Glue. “Congressional Republicans have done nothing to inspire Republican voters, they certainly weren’t going to be winning any undecided, independent, or moderate Dem voters. The John Thune wing of the GOP hasn’t done much of anything to help President Trump with his agenda.”
THAT’S FUNNY… JUST NOT LAUGH-OUT-LOUD FUNNY:
Hello Senator Thune… pic.twitter.com/lPMAETqwcn
— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) November 4, 2026
NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER SURRENDER:
My only shred of hope to offer tonight: the left got wiped out this bad in the midterms multiple times and kept marching right through the institutions. So must we.
— Inez Stepman ⚪️🔴⚪️ (@InezFeltscher) November 4, 2026
ADAM COLEMAN: It’s the Economy, Stupid: Why the Midterms Were Predictable. “When you’re glued into politics, reading blogs, scrolling through social media, you get inundated with niche issues and everyone is trying to convince you that this is the defining problem that will swing an election. . . . Right or wrong, the economic woes of the public will always be put at the feet of the president. If the stock market sucks, it’s the president’s fault. If you can’t afford DoorDash like you used to, it’s the president’s fault. The midterms are the way for the American public to punish the president in power. Yes, the typical political discussions matter, like quality of candidates etc. However, if people are angry and emotional, they don’t generally make rational decisions. If the reason for them voting is based on spite, do you really have a chance of changing their minds? You can’t fact your way out of shifting an emotional voter.”
INDEED: Well, That Absolutely F***ing Sucked. “Call it Trump fatigue, inflation fatigue, anti-ICE animus or disapproval of the Iran War, but when every statewide race in Texas flips to the Democrats (as appears likely now), that’s a blue wave.”
THE WEATHER STARTED GETTING ROUGH, THE TINY SHIP WAS TOSSED: Three adults and two children rescued in South Pacific after being adrift for months. They were part of a group of nine who set off on July 30 for what was intended to be a routine one-hour crossing between two South Pacific islands in Micronesia, when they were caught in a storm.
TROUBLING:
The big headline is the GOP collapse but this is also the first big election where AI policy went to a vote and AI lost big https://t.co/S9enienDom
— PoIiMath (@politicalmath) November 4, 2026
DAVID STROM: Love or Hate Trump, Candidate Selection Was a Problem – Again.
True. Though Talarico and El-Sayed shouldn’t have been able to win, and wouldn’t have just a few cycles ago. We need to look at the changed background that made that possible.
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IT’S A GRIM DAY FOR THE NATION, BUT THE VOTERS HAVE SPOKEN. Trump has delivered a lot of results, but a lot of people just can’t stand him. He’s the reverse-Obama, who won on style points while delivering failure.
Well, it’s a democracy, the voters are allowed to choose badly, and I believe that this time they did. Republicans need to pick up some lessons and start working on 2028.
Related: ‘Buckle Up’: We Lost the Battle, but the War for the Future of the American Soul Starts… Right Now.
THE DONROE DOCTRINE IS MONROE WITH TEETH: Greenland Parliament Ratifies Security Deal Agreed With Trump.
A majority of lawmakers had already signalled support for the deal in a first debate last month.
Tuesday’s vote was 16 in favour and none against, with 7 abstentions.
The White House in January said Trump was discussing options for acquiring Greenland, including potential use of the US military, alarming governments in Europe and triggering intense diplomatic efforts to calm the situation.
Greenlandic Foreign Minister Mute Egede said on Tuesday that ratification of the deal was an important step for the island.
“We must accept that peace and stability are no longer something we can take for granted,” Egede told lawmakers in Nuuk shortly before the vote.
Indeed.
IF THEY’LL DO THAT, THEY’LL STEAL MAIL-IN BALLOTS: DOJ: Postal Worker Stole Hundreds of Republican Mailings.
FIRST-TIME VOTER:
An 18-year-old stood his ground at the polls in New Hampshire today and was assaulted for it.
He stayed calm. The left got violent.
Don’t cede the ground, show up to the polls. Your vote helps us outnumber these people. pic.twitter.com/aX43b5EFIT
— Turning Point Action (@TPAction) November 3, 2026
But not the last time, I’d wager.
I TELL YOU NAUGHT FOR YOUR COMFORT, YEA NAUGHT FOR YOUR DESIRE*: The Machine.
* Save that the sky grows darker yet
And the sea rises higher.
“Night shall be thrice night over you,
And heaven an iron cope.
Do you have joy without a cause,
Yea, faith without a hope?” -GK Chesterton
TO BE FAIR, THEY ALWAYS DO, WHETHER THEY WIN OR LOSE: Chris Rufo: Reprisals Are Coming: After the midterms, the Left will seek revenge.
DR. ANDREW FOX: The Unholy Alliance: Immigration, Socialism, and Political Islam in America. “Bundled together as a three-handed alliance, their philosophies are not identical. Indeed, some are fundamentally incompatible. Yet they have discovered something remarkably convenient: political power.”
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