"In Henry VI, Shakespeare wrote, 'Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.' Many today would like to chisel those words above the doors to the Supreme Court. Time and time again, justices waited too long for their own legacies.

For many conservatives, the decisive loss of both houses of Congress has created a true nightmare scenario in which two conservatives (Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito) could hand Democrats the opportunity to take control of the Supreme Court without having to carry out their court-packing schemes. Control of the court could now be lost by sheer attrition.

Timing has always been a looming question for justices who want to see their seats filled by like-minded jurists. However, it is difficult to walk away from being one of nine."

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"A key Russiagate lawyer known for his bare-knuckle election and legal tactics has landed at the center of the alleged Democrat plot in the Alaska Senate race to recruit a decoy candidate to siphon votes from their Republican opponent.

"Marc Elias departed from the Perkins Coie law firm in 2021 and set up his own firm, catering to Democratic Party candidates. About the same time, the Justice Department was investigating its role in the Steele Dossier and its Trump-Russia collusion allegations, and he could face questions about the role his law firm played in representing multiple participants in the alleged scheme to recruit the candidate known as 'Decoy Dan' in the Alaska race and whether there was any illegal coordination under federal election law.

"Elias and his firm, Elias Law Group, were named in the explosive pre-election New York Times report on how campaign officials for Alaska's Democratic senatorial candidate Mary Peltola coordinated with Democratic operatives and aides at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to recruit the decoy, Daniel J. Sullivan, whose name is nearly identical to incumbent GOP Senator Dan S. Sullivan."

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"Last night, voters in seven states were asked whether they wanted to reduce property taxes through statewide ballot initiatives. Voters in Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Georgia said yes, while those in Wyoming and Oklahoma said no.

"These ballot proposals follow dozens of property tax relief measures enacted in recent years in states like Texas, Ohio, and North Dakota.

"Among the property tax proposals on ballots this Tuesday, Florida's Amendment 3 was the most consequential. The proposal, which was at one point called 'Save Our Homes from Excessive Property Taxes,' will exempt the first $250,000 of a primary home's value from nonschool district property taxes by 2028, with the exemption level adjusted for inflation going forward. The proposal also limits how much assessed values of nonprimary residences can rise each year, lowering the cap from 10 percent to 5 percent."

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"Claims that Donald Trump poses a grave threat to democracy likely contributed to Democrats' smashing success in Tuesday's elections. Ironically, the president's efforts to bring more democratic accountability to government may prove to be one of his most durable achievements -- despite persistent progressive pushback poised to ramp up under divided government. 

"Although Trump is often described as an impulsive, undisciplined leader, he has remained sharply focused on advancing reforms aimed at increasing presidential power over the unelected federal bureaucracy. RealClearInvestigations' review of dozens of executive actions and agency regulations found that the Trump administration has taken historic steps to shrink the branch of government he runs, make agencies more accountable to elected officials, and reduce Washington’s regulatory control over the private sector."

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"Democrats swept elections coast to coast on Tuesday night and seized control of Congress and prized statehouses in the deep red South, as Americans punished Republicans for failing to finish the job of taming inflation and fixing an economy about to be transformed by artificial intelligence.

"Hispanic, young and independent voters who powered Donald Trump's improbable comeback in 2024 markedly shifted their allegiance to Democrats in the midterms, even putting a Democrat in a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas for the first time in a century and a Hispanic newcomer into the Texas gubernatorial mansion.

"Exit polls showed voters were fed up with high gas prices and inflation overall, and angry that Trump put America into a prolonged conflict with Iran before fixing the inflation he inherited from Joe Biden's administration.

"Three quarters of voters in Tuesday's election described the U.S. economy as in 'rough shape,' and 39% said it was the primary reason for how they voted. Forty-four percent said their finances were worse today than when Trump took office."

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"National elections take place every two years in this country, and whether it's a presidential cycle or a midterm election, overwrought commentators, partisan activists, and the candidates themselves repeat without self-awareness, let alone irony, a variant of the exhortation that 'this election is the most important of our lifetimes.' 

"Welcome to the 2026 midterms, a cycle striking not only for its high stakes but also for the sheer venom of the campaigns. Few candidates or their surrogates this year come close to passing the Adlai Stevenson test. The famously cerebral Democrat, twice nominated for president (and twice a loser to Dwight Eisenhower) said in 1956 that the greatest hurdle in any campaign is 'how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.'"

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"The Democratic battle for control of the House of Representatives is entering its final stretch, with Republicans defending a narrow majority and Democrats seeking the handful of seats needed to take control of the chamber.

"To win a House majority, Democrats would need to hold their own vulnerable seats while capturing a low number of Republican-held districts.

"Republicans currently hold a 220-215 majority with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., holding the gavel and running the chamber.

"Democrats need a net gain of only three seats to reach the 218 required for control of the chamber, which would give House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., the gavel."

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"As we watch public buildings, stores, and places of worship go up in smoke in France, we wonder if it could happen here. The reality is that while youth in France suffer far higher unemployment, approaching 20%, our youth here have never had more education, better technology, greater opportunity, or higher living standards. And yet many are souring on America.

"And yet many are deeply dissatisfied. They are strangely pessimistic about the world, disturbingly open to socialism, and, most unsettlingly, view America itself unfavorably. And America's young women, who now have largely closed the pay gap and are a majority of students at college, law and medical schools, lead the pack in terms of negative attitudes towards the country."

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"The Doomsday Clock, last adjusted in January, has not since moved any closer to forecasting global catastrophe. But media headlines over the course of 2026 have moved in that direction and are suggestive that midnight is drawing nearer.

"Silicon Valley companies, including Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI, are warning that artificial intelligence -- renamed 'super intelligence' by President Trump's executive order -- could lead to human extinction if left unchecked. Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, pegs that risk at 25 percent; Elon Musk at 20 percent.

"Even the Pentagon is in doomsday mode. In late September, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Fortress America, a key element of which is to ensure that major U.S. military bases can continue operating for 90 days or more in the event that civilian power grids, supply chains, and critical infrastructure are disrupted or destroyed."

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"The U.S. has been running a real-time experiment on two approaches to criminal justice: the Biden-era emphasis on social justice versus the Trump administration's embrace of traditional law and order. The results are now in.

"The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported this morning that felony violent crime fell 25% in 2025. Rape declined 13%, robbery fell 27%, and aggravated assault dropped 31%. Property crime fell 19%. Except for rape, these are the largest one-year reductions recorded since data collection began 53 years ago."

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