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https://www.texastribune.org/2026/11/04/texas-democrats-blue-wave-no-spaces-short/

Gov. Greg Abbott, the most powerful and well-resourced governor in modern Texas history, was unseated by Gina Hinojosa.

Attorney General Ken Paxton, who in past elections cast off impeachment, indictment and infidelities, fell to James Talarico in his bid for the U.S. Senate.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the iron-fisted ruler of the Texas Senate, went down to a little known state representative.

Republicans lost the attorney general’s office, one of the most influential conservative legal positions in the country. The new congressional map Republicans drew yielded them no gains — in fact, they lost one seat overall.

…nothing could have prepared either side for what happened Tuesday night — a full flip of statewide political control on a scale unseen in this state since Reconstruction

Malfunctioning machines and poll worker confusion were among complaints, with Democrats saying DeSoto County had long waiting times to vote.

You earned it.

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“Rarely in American politics has a president traded away so much political support so quickly,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The losses that Republicans suffered on Tuesday marked one of the most decisive repudiations of a president in modern history. President Trump had re-entered the White House with advantages he lacked in his first term: […]

An effort to ban transgender girls from girls school sports in Washington was leading in election results released Tuesday night.

According to the Secretary of State’s office, 54% of voters said yes on Initiative 638, one of three ballot measures backed by conservative political committee Let’s Go Washington. More votes will be counted in the coming days.

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Arizona voters appear all but certain excluding trans students from girls sports teams and the school bathrooms and locker rooms that reflect their gender identity.

Dubbed the “Protect Girls Sports in Arizona Act,” Proposition 318 threatens schools and athletic associations with lawsuits if they allow trans girls to join the sports teams consistent with their gender identity or let someone use a locker room, shower facility or bathroom intended to be for a person of the opposite biological sex. It is already illegal under Arizona law to permit trans girls to play on school sports teams designated for girls, but the initiative would extend that prohibition to private athletic organizations, like Little League.

Votes for Prop. 318 raced to a likely insurmountable lead of more than 200,000 votes when initial election results were released shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday. Those votes came from early ballots that were returned prior to Election Day.

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20261104050210/https://azmirror.com/2026/11/03/arizona-voters-back-prop-318-banning-trans-students-from-bathrooms-matching-their-gender/

President Donald Trump spent early Tuesday night making desperate phone calls and blasting Fox News before midterm election results came in.

“I have the ultimate power — it’s called ‘veto,’” President Trump told CBS News in a phone interview before polls first began to close in some states. Already, Trump appeared to make excuses for a potentially massive Republican loss.

Trump also called the Financial Times, assuring reporter Edward Lucas that the U.S. has no immediate plans to strike Iran, the Middle East country Trump started a war with in February.

Trump had a particular grudge against Fox News Tuesday night, texting commentator Greg Gutfeld about his disdain for liberal Fox News commentator Jessica Tarlov.

Okay, so the CEO of Proton didn’t pass your purity test, I get it. But you know which CEOs also suck? The CEO of Google and the CEO of Microsoft. How can we expect secure and private alternatives to these ecosystems to flourish if we are constantly engaged in infighting? We will get nowhere if we reject every service that is short of perfect. Let’s keep our eyes on the bigger picture here.

Another hot take: I suspect that at least some of the hate directed at Proton is a smear campaign by some state actor who wants to see private online platforms fail.

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20261104125845/https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-11-04/hakeem-jeffries-poised-to-become-speaker-of-us-house-of-representatives

Two Thai opposition leaders are demanding the government disclose whether state agencies targeted political leaders with spyware ahead of a December no-confidence debate, days after Apple Inc. software flagged attempted attacks on their phones.

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A measure that would ban transgender athletes from competing in gendered sports, from kindergarten through college, was too close to call Tuesday night.

At midnight, 52.2% of the votes tallied were in favor of Proposition 134 and 47.8% were opposed. That was with 73% of the votes counted in Colorado. The measure needs 50% of the vote to pass and changes state law, not the state constitution, which means the legislature could rewrite or even eliminate it.

Proposition 134 would affect transgender athletes playing sports from kindergarten through college at any school or sports association that receives state funding. It requires that students assigned male at birth play only on boys teams or co-ed teams and vice versa for females.

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20261104131327/https://coloradosun.com/2026/11/04/proposition-134-election-results-transgender-athletes/

High Tide on the Saltmarsh Reflecting Fall Colors - 7 shot vertical panoramic
Mark's Cove, Wareham, Massachusetts, United States

Critiques welcome. Thank you for taking the time to look at my photo.

Date and time: 2026-10-28 10:21:21
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