Liberals’ Byelection Wins Signal Problems for Scheer and Singh: Here’s What We’re Reading

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Here’s what we’re reading today.

1. Once a long shot, Democrat Doug Jones wins Alabama senate race

“Doug Jones, a Democratic former prosecutor who mounted a seemingly quixotic Senate campaign in the face of Republican dominance here, defeated his scandal-scarred opponent, Roy S. Moore, after a brutal campaign marked by accusations of sexual abuse and child molestation against the Republican.

“The upset delivered an unimagined victory for Democrats and shaved Republicans’ unstable Senate majority to a single seat.”

New York Times

+1: ‘We are in a Trump-driven worst-case situation right now’ – The Atlantic

2. Liberals’ byelection wins signal problems for Scheer and Singh

From Chantel Hebert: “Throughout the fall — Trudeau’s most difficult political season to date — the New Democrats and the Conservatives have been telling themselves that buyer’s remorse was about to catch up to the Liberals.

“It seems both opposition parties had been inhaling their own question period fumes. In the end the only seeds of buyer’s remorse that may have been planted in the mid-mandate byelections would pertain to the opposition’s leadership choices.”

Toronto Star

+1: Bill Morneau outlines income sprinkling guidelines today – CBC News

3. Tory Brexit rebels inflict major defeat on Theresa May

“Theresa May’s government has suffered a humiliating defeat in the House of Commons after MPs backed an amendment to her flagship Brexit bill, limiting the powers it will grant to ministers.

“As the prime minister prepares to travel to Brussels to meet her fellow EU leaders on Thursday, the former attorney general Dominic Grieve appeared to have won the support of more than a dozen Tory rebels for “amendment seven”, promising MPs a decisive vote on the Brexit deal before Britain leaves.”

The Guardian

4. Estonia, the digital republic

“Its government is virtual, borderless, blockchained, and secure. Has this tiny post-Soviet nation found the way of the future?”

The New Yorker

5. Enjoy the show: Reality TV is nice now

“Finding tranquility in shows like ‘Terrace House’ and ‘The Great British Baking Show’”

The Outline