Friday Nite Videos | November 6, 2026

What the Media Is Missing About Democrats’ Midterm Victories. The Midterms | Jesse Welles. Republicans’ Midterm Gerrymandering Results in Net Loss of Seats. Has AI cracked a Half-Century-Old Problem in Physics? Voters Stay Misinformed with AI.

The New South Finally Arrives

On Tuesday, the Democrats achieved a biracial class coalition. Can they build on it?

Cooler-Than-You-Think History Behind the Kansas Victory

The state that is sending Adam Hamilton to the Senate has a super-interesting prairie-radical past. Can he bring it back to life?

Keisha Lance Bottoms, and Black Women Who Dreamed

For generations, Black women have been asked to save a democracy that would not save them. We have been told to wait. And now a Black woman has been elected to govern Georgia.

Black Voter Turnout Surged in the Deep South

Black voters made up a larger share of the electorate than in 2024, helping to (maybe) flip a Senate seat in Mississippi

Abdul El-Sayed Shows Opposition to Israel Is No Barrier

The Democrats' stunning victory in Michigan and beyond exposed the limits of the organized Jewish community's political influence. The first Muslim elected to the Senate won despite AIPAC spending some $40 million against him.

Is It Angie Nixon’s Florida Democratic Party Now?

“We may have lost this battle, but the war is not over and I need y’all to stay in this fight,” Nixon told a packed crowd in a Jacksonville warehouse. “2028 is around the corner, so Ashley Moody, you better get it right cause we’re coming for you.”

Hochul and Mamdani Teach a Vital Lesson in Party Unity

New York State’s governor and New York City’s mayor are illustrating how ideologically diverse Democrats can build winning coalitions. In the New York context, we are getting an object lesson in the ways both wings actually need each other.

That Was Some Night

The coalition that won is the broadest left-center coalition in nearly twenty years. Nationally, it wasn't even close. This time, the left has truly come out of the closet, with democratic socialists establishing themselves as a legitimate part.

Reader Comments & Tidbits, Nov. 5, 2026

Reader Comments: Key Take-Aways From Tuesday’s Election; Cartoons: Blame Game; Long Cleanup Begin; Ass Kicking; Thumb's Up - Trump Going Down; Finish 2026, Start 2028; How Did Working Families Party Do in New York; Announcements; and more....
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Culture

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9 to 5

Dolly Parton
Singer / songwriter Dolly Parton, born in poverty, rose to the heights of American "show business," but never forget the plight of the ordinary working woman and man.

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The Said Phenomenon

Conor McCarthy Los Angeles Review of Books
Two new books on Edward Said read his criticism alongside the work of Jonathan Swift and Lionel Trilling.

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Eat Mesquite!

Serina DeSalvio Ambrook.com
In our quest for high-fiber, high-protein foods that are sustainable and delicious, the sturdy mesquite tree is getting some attention. An ideal plant for low-input agriculture, it’s adaptable to heat and drought and it has a lot of species.

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Dakota Homecoming

Gwen Westerman
Dakota poet Gwen Westerman invites us to eavesdrop on a revealing conversation she had with a non-Native speaker.

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An Organization of Organizers

Alan Wald New Politics
Reviewer Wald says this book "is entirely convincing that the IS achievement in this era should earn a well-deserved place in any accurate history of the 1960–70s Left."

Labor

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Mass Worker Education: Governing From the Shop Floor

Nantina Vgontzas and Sanjay Pinto New Labor Forum
Photo of smiling people celebrating. A mass worker education program could support legal co-enforcement while also equipping workers with resources to exercise greater control over their conditions, addressing shop-floor challenges before they become acute.

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What the Media Is Missing About Democrats’ Midterm Victories

Economic populism helped deliver impressive victories, but those gains could be fickle and short-lived or long-lasting and durable. To keep working class majorities, here’s 5 specific ideas for what Democrats need to do next.

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Voters Stay Misinformed with AI | The Daily Show

Americans get unhelpful voting tips from ChatGPT, Elon Musk's new "flying" car takes a safety-last approach, and a Kung Fu robot bodyguard can kickflip burglars in the taint.
 

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Historian Debunks The Biggest Witchcraft Myths

Historian of Witchcraft & Demonology Mikki Brock deep-dives to separate fact from fiction: the Salem witch trials, the original witch hunts and what modern-day witch hunts look like.