Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“Yesterday, Donald Trump and the Republicans took the proverbial shellacking. We’ve seen this sort of thing before. It’s not unheard of. Americans repudiate failed programs, and Trump, who promised to keep the American people out of war did the precise opposite of what got him elected in the first place. Only by grace extended from the American people could the application of the varnish be withheld. … This could be a warning to all: the awfulness of your opponents will not stay the hand of shellac . . . er, citizen correction.” (11/05/26)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2026/11/04/what-was-applied/
Source: New York Post
by Miranda Devine
“As we survey the wreckage of Republican political fortunes, it’s clear what comes next. Payback is the first priority of Democrats who want to use their victories to grind Republicans into the mud. You saw it in the gloating, Mamdani-esque victory speech from Michigan Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed, in which he sarcastically referred to Vice President JD Vance as ‘habibi’ who will have to eat crow when the VP swears him in. You saw it in Minnesota Sen.-elect Peggy Flanagan’s speech: ‘We will rip ICE apart.’ You saw it in the salivating from Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) about impeaching Trump. You saw it in the ugly threats against Elon Musk and ‘greedy billionaires’.” (11/05/26)
https://nypost.com/2026/11/05/opinion/miranda-devine-look-in-the-mirror-president-trump-after-republicans-midterm-rout/
Source: Fox News
“Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito confirmed to Fox News that he has no plans to retire and is committed through at least the current term, which is set to end in late June. Alito made the statement Thursday amid speculation about the future of the Supreme Court after a disastrous GOP performance in the midterm elections. When the new congressional term begins in January, Democrats will be in firm control of the Senate, with predictions, including from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, that this will not change for at least six years. That would make it extremely difficult, if not impossible, for President Donald Trump to fill any potential vacancy with a conservative after this year. After Justice Clarence Thomas, 78, Alito is the oldest member of the Supreme Court at 76 years old.” (11/05/26)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/alito-reiterates-not-retiring-committed-through-end-current-supreme-court-term
Source: The Chris Hedges Report
“How the Intl. Community Sold Out Gaza & Killed Itself in the Process (w/ Norm Finkelstein).” (11/04/26)
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/how-the-intl-community-sold-out-gaza
Source: The Daily Economy
by Joakim Book
“Housing is less affordable, governments are drowning in debt, and workers feel stuck. Has technological progress stopped translating into better lives?” (11/05/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/ive-lost-faith-in-human-progress-have-we-stalled/
Source: The Daily Economy
by Logan Tantibanchachai
“Markets bring together people who otherwise have little reason to cooperate. The voluntary economic relationships critics dismiss may help sustain civil society.” (11/05/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/markets-build-trust-not-just-wealth/
Source: Law & Liberty
by Ilya Shapiro
“Americans made it to our country’s 250th birthday without agreeing on whether the occasion calls for celebration or indictment. Some of our most influential institutions regard the Declaration of Independence as evidence for the prosecution. The men who proclaimed human equality owned slaves, don’t ya know, so the principles they proclaimed were fraudulent and the country they founded must spend its remaining days confessing its illegitimacy. A Nation Born in a Day: Visions of the American Founding offers a splendid corrective.” (11/05/26)
https://lawliberty.org/book-review/the-republic-we-inherited/
Source: The Hill
“President Trump on Wednesday called on Congress to pass the Sunshine Protection Act, which would make daylight saving time permanent, after the day’s ‘ridiculous’ early sunset. ‘Too bad the Senate has not yet approved the Sunshine Protection Act or, the ‘I Don’t Want to Change My Clocks Anymore Act,” he wrote on Truth Social. ‘It’s so dark outside, so early (Sunset was 5:06 P.M., and it was dark by 5:31 P.M. — Isn’t that ridiculous?). Just a few days ago it was so nice and sunny at this same time.’ Trump has been a big proponent of the bill, which the House passed earlier this year but the Senate has yet to pick it up. The bill would end the semiannual clock change.” (11/04/26)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6199783-trump-calls-congress-daylight-saving/
Source: The Dispatch
“Legal Ramifications of a Bluenami.” (11/05/26)
https://thedispatch.com/podcast/advisoryopinions/legal-ramifications-of-a-bluenami/
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Martin Di Caro
“If foreign policy could decide an election, then 1992 upended expectations. Barely eight months after the Soviet flag was lowered from the Kremlin for the last time, President George H. W. Bush found himself reminding Americans that he had led the USSR peacefully into history’s dustbin while also liberating Kuwait from the clutches of Saddam Hussein.” (11/05/26)
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/foreign-policy-election/
