SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:58 P.M. ET:

STACEY STILL GOING – FROM FOX:   A federal judge on Monday ruled in favor of Stacey Abrams’s campaign, stating that Georgia must count provisional ballots and delay the state's certification until the votes are tallied, her campaign said on Twitter.  Lauren Groh-Wargo, Abrams campaign manager, announced Judge Amy Totenberg's decision late Monday. WSBTV.com reported that the judge’s 56-page ruling could affect thousands of provisional ballots.  Brian Kemp, her Republican challenger, issued a statement a day earlier calling for Abrams to concede. Kemp has declared victory and said it is "mathematically impossible" for her campaign to force a runoff.  Abrams's campaign did not immediately respond to a phone call from Fox News late Monday night.  Abrams, 44, a Democrat, has maintained that she will not concede until every vote has been counted, and pointed to the 5,000 votes tallied over the weekend that favored her.  The judge is an Obama appointee and sister of ultra-liberal Washington reporter and feminist, Nina Totenberg.  The establishment comes through again.

ARIZONA LOST – FROM THE WASHINGTON TIMES:   Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema has won Arizona’s open U.S. Senate seat, beating Republican Rep. Martha McSally.  The race between Sinema and McSally was one of the most closely watched in the nation. Sinema was declared the winner Monday as her lead grew insurmountable during Arizona’s lengthy vote-count.  Sinema is a former liberal activist who became a centrist member of Congress. Her win follows years of Democratic shutouts at the statewide level in Arizona and shows that the longtime Republican bastion is becoming a swing state.  McSally hammered Sinema over her former liberal stances and claimed she was pretending to be a centrist.  Sinema criticized McSally’s vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act and kept her distance from national Democrats.  Sinema succeeds Republican Sen. Jeff Flake, who opted not to run.   McSally was the better candidate by far, with her years of national military service.  But I must concede that Sinema ran a better campaign.  Whether it was an honest campaign, or a cover for her past extreme views, will be determined by what she does and says in the Senate.

ECONOMIC PROGRESS – FROM BREITBART:  Participation in the nation’s food stamp program has sunk to an all-time low, reaching its lowest level in nearly a decade, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).  The most recent USDA data reveals that 38,845,997 Americans took part in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the federal government program responsible for administering food stamps, in August 2018.  The last time American participation in the food stamp program dipped this low was nine years ago, when 38,184,306 Americans received food stamps, according to the data.  The most up-to-date numbers also show enrollment in food stamps has declined for ten straight months.  Sane people believe that this shows economic progress.  More people are employed.  Liberals believe it shows that Donald Trump is personally withholding food from starving children and eating it himself.

November 12,  2018