New Jersey’s nothingburger governor underperforms
Democrat Phil Murphy should have been a shoo-in but another anti-tax rebellion is brewing
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Wednesday
New York’s next party animal mayor
Plus: why last night was a worst-case scenario for Democrats
The McAuliffe clown car crashes
His campaign exuded weirdness because Democrats have lost touch
Youngkin wins Virginia governorship in wild upset
Republicans are celebrating a huge victory
Tuesday
The decline and fall of the NYC GOP
Plus: the disinformation grift and inflation fibs
Monday
‘Let’s go Brandon’ is a rallying cry for freedom
This is how people communicate when authorities become repressive and speech is covered up
Sleep is Joe Biden’s superpower
The president is not the first world leader to know the value of a good nap
The Youngkin blueprint
The GOP candidate is unapologetically conservative but focused on the right issues
The hidden cost of Biden’s border complacency
Plus: A green GOP and the great BBB shrug
Michelle Goldberg and the art of the Big Lie
She wants to persuade voters to ignore the story about a ninth-grade girl who was raped in a Loudoun County school restroom
Friday
Tucker Carlson goes full truther
Next on Fox News: conspiracy theories about January 6
Ayanna Pressley cuts the cord
The Squad member’s staff accidentally admit they’ve been sending her constituents to voicemail
Why Virginia’s ‘culture war’ matters
Plus: the Journal sticks to its guns and a whiff or a win for Biden?
Andrew Cuomo deserves more than a single criminal complaint
The families of New York’s care home victims are still awaiting justice
Thursday
Joe Biden takes his failures on tour
The 46th president heads to the G20 and COP26 empty-handed
Moves Like Macker: a short history of Terry McAuliffe’s terrible dancing
The Democratic candidate for Virginia governor has a strong claim to the title of worst boogier inside the Beltway
The beginning of the end of the filibuster
Plus: Mandates misfire, Build Back Better’s boon for the rich and a celebration of bipawtisanship
Wednesday
The MAGA infiltrator is sad, not brave
Amanda Moore went undercover among Trump supporters but exposed only herself
Bail fail
Plus: Deal or no deal, sleeveless in the Senate and fright night in Virginia
Smug vegan Eric Adams phones it in
The Democratic candidate will still carelessly waltz into the New York mayor’s office