11/05/2026 05:10 EDT
VANCE BLAMES WAR FOR GOP’S WIPEOUT
TODAY’S TOP TEN
IT WAS THE WAR, VANCE SAYS
J.D. VANCE SAYS Republicans lost the midterms because of Iran War. Daily Caller.
DEMOCRAT WINS ALMOST assure Trump won’t be able to get a Supreme Court justice confirmed. Just the News.
MIKE JOHNSON WON’T remain in House leadership after big midterm losses. The Daily Signal.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN to Elon Musk and his business empire after Texas flips blue?The Daily Signal.
PROMISING YOUNG CONSERVATIVE congressman Brandon Gill defies blue wave with strong victory. The Western Journal.
IRANIAN OFFICIALS GLOAT over big Democrat win over Trump in midterms. Breitbart.
ARIZONA, NEBRASKA BAN males from female sports in referendums that bucked blue wave. Legal Insurrection.
BABIES WERE THE midterms’ biggest losers — here’s why and what’s next. Restoration News.
PROMINENT REPUBLICANS who pro-choice TV ads suffer big losses in midterms. The Western Journal.
THE WHITE HOUSE SPURNED MAHA and medical establishment notched big wins. Daily Caller.
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COMMENTARY WORTH READING
Democrats didn’t win — Republicans lost. There’s a way to fix this. Doug Truax.
Democrats’ blue wave may crash into a dead end. Isaac Schorr.
I saw Senator Slotkin threaten conservatives. She deserves an ethics probe. Michael Bicksel.
VIDEO WORTH WATCHING
Nancy Mace: South Carolina Republicans don’t like to be told what to do. Real Clear Politics.
Steve Deace: Republican voters felt unheard. TheBlaze.
DeSantis: Not a win for Democrats — a rejection of Republicans. Grabien News.
LATEST ROA PODCASTS
Our new panel of 4 gives its final midterm predictions and comments on the accuracy of polls. Restoration Spotlight podcast.
Host Grace Reilly discusses the closing hours of the midterms. Restoring America with Grace Reilly.
In episode 12, Doug Truax and Will Thibeau discuss how the military’s recruiting crisis was by design. Restore the Military podcast.
OFFBEAT BEAT
The 1868 law that made moonshine illegal. History.
TWEETS OF NOTE
(@CynicalPublius) OK, last election night thought. Remember 2012? Remember having to support squish Mitt Romney and he lost anyway? Remember feeling like America was lost and it was all so very, very hopeless? Yeah, I remember. I remember that Trump's win in 2016 was something we could not even imagine in our wildest dreams that November night in 2012. The night is always darkest before the dawn, and political winds can shift in an instant. Be of good cheer. Good night. Tweet.
(@mitchellvii) Let's look at this a different way. What if we had won? We would drift into 2028 with a weak Thune-led Senate, achieving little. RINO's would still block the Trump agenda. We'd likely lose the White House and Congress then which would be worse! If we were going to take this bitter pill to fix our party, NOW was the time. We can retool and rebrand and come back with a stronger offering in 2028 while Democrats have two years to remind America how awful they are. Ironically, strategically this may have been for the best. Face it, our GOP Congress sucked and this may be the only way we could have fixed it. Tweet.
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What Democrat control of House means for Trump. The Daily Signal.
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JD Vance Gets Brutally Honest About Republican Bloodbath: “Everyone Knows Why” BONGINO REPORT.
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