Window Is Closing On Kari Lake In Arizona + More News

Some things I think are worth your time: • AZCentral: Kari Lake, Arizona’s election denying GOP gubernatorial candidate (and queen of the gauze filter), gained some votes today in her race against Democrat Katie Hobbs, but not enough. Lake garnered 54% of todays ballot dump and 52% of yesterday’s ballot dump. But trailing by 26,000 votes, with 93% of the votes counted, she’ll have to win 58% of all the remaining votes. To date, statewide she’s only garnered 49.5%. • Kenneth-in-the-212: Check out Kenneth’s round-up of the what’s what in LGBTQ publications this week including the Dallas Voice’s take on LGBTQ wins in the midterm elections. • Edge Media: Gay men in NYC appear to be the victims of a gang luring people to nightlife venues, then drugging and robbing them, often by using their own cellphones to drain their accounts, and in two cases, have led to deaths. • The Hill: Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro (D) said on Sunday that his Republican opponent, Doug Mastriano, has not called to concede the race even though major media outlets projected his loss on Tuesday night. Shapiro isn’t concerned: “I mean, who cares if he calls, right?” https://youtu.be/uzHIFGH-87U?t=136 • New York Post: A new national poll from YouGov, released Friday, found that 42% of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents would prefer Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over Donald Trump as the party’s presidential candidate in 2024, while 35% of those surveyed remain in the Donald’s corner. • New York Times: Every election denier who sought to become Secretary of State in a battleground state lost at the polls this year, as voters rejected extreme partisans who promised to restrict voting and overhaul the electoral process. https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1591634967162806274