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🎙️ JD Vance blames midterm losses on the Iran war. Vice President Vance delivered a blunt postmortem, acknowledging that Trump-Vance 2024 voters turned out but switched to Democrats. "The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night," Vance wrote on X. He cited internal polling showing voters demanded a cost-of-living focus and a changed relationship with Israel.

🗳️ Mississippi Senate race remains razor-thin. Democrat Scott Colom is currently up around 1,200 votes on incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in deep-red Mississippi. A Colom victory would be stunning in a state Trump won by 20 points in 2024, and that hasn't elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1982.

🪪 Voter ID wins big despite Democrat sweep. While Democrats dominated statewide races Tuesday, voters in Ohio, North Carolina, and Nevada overwhelmingly approved constitutional amendments strengthening voter identification requirements. Election integrity remains popular even among voters who rejected Republican candidates.

🙅‍♂️ Also, most Americans still reject socialism. A Fox News Voter Poll found that 54 percent of voters view socialism unfavorably, even as progressive candidates swept key races. Winners like Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan and James Talarico in Texas sidestepped the socialist label, calling themselves capitalists who support regulation.

Behind the paywall: How European leaders reacted to the midterms, Iran's supreme leader gloating over the Republican losses, and Angela Merkel's comments on Syrian migrants.

The network talking heads don’t seem to realize the contradictions in their own claims…

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Olivia Hargroder, a 27-year-old dancer with Down syndrome, landed the lead role in feature film Boss Cat after a career counselor laughed at her acting dreams and suggested she work in a bakery instead. Her film premieres in Australia on December 3.

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