The Morning Roundup – November 7, 2026

Good morning from The Monolith Media. Three days after Election Day, the blue wave is still reshaping the map: Trump is casting blame for the GOP meltdown, Democrats are eyeing more mid-decade redistricting even after huge gains, and JD Vance’s awkward post-mortem is already feeding 2028 speculation. On the left, Esquire and MS NOW are hammering the MAGA blame game, a still-tight Mississippi Senate race, Harmeet Dhillon’s exit, Fed independence under a Democratic Senate, and abortion politics after Tuesday; the center is tracking the MAHA–GOP breakup, flopped Republican gerrymanders, and Democrats’ next map push; and the right is flagging a Wikipedia scrub around Michigan Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed.

LEFT

Charles P. Pierce (Esquire) – “Trump Has Blamed Everyone for the GOP’s Midterm Meltdown—Except Himself and the Worst Member of His Staff”

Pierce argues that after the GOP’s midterm wipeout, Trump has pointed fingers at everyone but himself—and at Stephen Miller, whom Pierce singles out as the staffer most responsible. He says the president’s insistence that allies pretend he was on the ballot only made the loss worse, and frames the blame tour as more deflection than reckoning.

Charles P. Pierce (Esquire) – “This Mississippi Senate Race Is Really Making Me Nervous”

Pierce focuses on the razor-thin Mississippi Senate contest between Democrat Scott Colom and Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith, where affidavit and provisional ballots could decide the outcome. He stresses that every remaining vote matters in a race still too close to call and treats the count as unfinished business from Tuesday’s wave.

Joseph Zeballos-Roig (MS NOW) – “Trump just lost his ability to take control of this part of the U.S. economy”

Zeballos-Roig argues that a Democratic-controlled Senate gives the Federal Reserve new political cover against Trump’s pressure on interest rates and personnel. He frames the midterm shift as a structural check on presidential attempts to bend monetary policy, with Fed independence as a concrete prize of the blue wave.

Charles F. Coleman Jr. (MS NOW) – “One of Trump’s most destructive MAGA warriors steps aside”

Coleman marks Harmeet Dhillon’s departure as head of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, arguing she quickly advanced Trump’s rollback of civil-rights protections and reversed her predecessors’ work. He casts the resignation as the exit of one of the administration’s most consequential MAGA enforcers rather than a quiet personnel shuffle.

Mary Ziegler (MS NOW) – “Why abortion foes think the midterms helped their cause”

Ziegler notes that Tuesday was broadly good for reproductive rights at the ballot box, yet argues social conservatives still see openings to reclaim influence inside the Republican Party. She tracks how abortion opponents plan to use the midterm results to reassert themselves even after another round of voter pushback.

Matthew Bartlett (MS NOW) – “Vance’s baffling midterm post-mortem leaves unanswered questions”

Bartlett says JD Vance’s midterm autopsy oddly nods toward a 2028 run while admitting the GOP agenda and record failed with voters. He calls the mix of presidential ambition and self-indictment unprecedented, and argues it leaves more questions than answers about how Vance plans to distance himself from Tuesday’s wreckage.

CENTER

Catherine Kim, Cheyenne Haslett (Politico) – “The Short, Unhappy Marriage of MAHA and the GOP”

Kim and Haslett chronicle the brief alliance between Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again movement and Maga Republicans—from Kennedy’s Trump endorsement and Super Bowl ad through Election Day’s wipeout. They report that the midterm results have already sparked talk of a breakup between the health-focused faction and the broader GOP.

USA TODAY – “GOP redistricting efforts fall flat against blue tsunami”

USA TODAY reports that Republicans’ mid-decade push to redraw congressional maps largely failed to deliver on Election Day despite earlier map wins. The piece frames the blue wave as overwhelming gerrymandered advantages that were supposed to cushion the party against a national backlash.

Joe Perticone, Sam Stein (The Bulwark) – “Dems Aren’t Backing Off Their Own Redistricting Push”

Perticone and Stein report that even after winning the House, Senate, and key statehouses, Democratic officials remain committed to mid-decade redistricting they had paused. Sources call new maps both an offensive play for more House seats and a defensive response if Republicans keep redrawing lines in GOP-controlled states.

RIGHT

Rich Calder (New York Post) – “Michigan Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed’s Wikipedia page was whitewashed of controversies by mystery editor before election: sources”

Calder reports that Michigan Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed’s Wikipedia page was quietly scrubbed before Election Day by an editor known as “CopyleftEverything,” including softer language on whether he held a medical license and removals tied to antisemitism controversies. Sources say the same editor has also edited pages linked to far-left parties, raising questions about influence ahead of El-Sayed’s win over Republican Mike Rogers.