Drop Site Daily: November 5, 2025

Israeli strikes continue against Gaza, with shelling, airstrikes, and shootings in southern and central areas of the enclave. Israel returned the bodies of 15 Palestinians a day after receiving the body of an Israeli captive with U.S. citizenship. Zohran Mamdani wins the election for New York City mayor as Democrats romp across the country. Democrats Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill win their elections for governorships in New Jersey and Virginia, respectively. California’s Proposition 50 passes, giving Democrats a chance to capture an additional five seats in the U.S. House, while a measure to restrict voting in Maine fails. Israel bombs southern Lebanon killing one person. The UAE is sucking up African gold, according to a new report. 40 killed in a strike on the Sudanese city of el-Obeid. Mexico’s Sheinbaum unequivocally opposes U.S. intentions to send U.S. troops and intelligence officers into Mexico. Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzouk clarifies his faction’s positions in an interview with Al Jazeera, making salient comments concerning its positions on disarmament, the U.S.-proposed “stabilization force,” and Hamas’s relationships with other factions.

  • ravenaspiring@sh.itjust.works
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    15 hours ago

    The AP News article might be a bit more readable.

    Democrats on Tuesday won governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey, the only states electing new chief executives this year. They also swept a trio of state Supreme Court contests in swing-state Pennsylvania and ballots measures from Colorado to Maine.

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    Trump and his Republican allies have been especially focused on immigration, crime and conservative cultural issues.

    But voters who decided Tuesday’s top elections were more concerned about the economy, jobs and costs of living. That’s according to the AP Voter Poll, an expansive survey of more than 17,000 voters in New Jersey, Virginia, California and New York City suggesting that many voters felt they can’t get ahead financially in today’s economy.

    Ironically, the same economic anxieties helped propel Trump to the White House just one year ago. Now, the economic concerns appear to be undermining his party’s political goals in 2025 — and could be more problematic for the GOP in next year’s midterm elections, which will decide the balance of power for Trump’s final two years in office.

    That’s even as Trump regularly brags about stock prices booming and boasted about leading a new renaissance of American manufacturing.

    About half of Virginia voters said the economy was the most important issue facing their state while most New Jersey voters said either taxes or the economy were the top issue in their state. Just over half of New York City voters said cost of living was their top concern.

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    Zohran Mamdani was elected New York City mayor Tuesday, capping his meteoric rise to national prominence. The 34-year-old democratic socialist will make history as the city’s first Muslim mayor - and its youngest in more than a century.

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    In Pennsylvania, Democrats swept all three elections for state supreme court justices. The wins could have implications for key cases involving redistricting and balloting for midterm elections — and the 2028 presidential race — in the nation’s most populous swing state.

    Conservative causes struggled on ballot questions in other states as well.

    Maine voters defeated a measure that would have mandated showing an ID at the polls while approving a “red flag” rule meant to make it easier for family members to petition a court to restrict a potentially dangerous person’s access to guns.

    Colorado approved raising taxes on people earning more than $300,000 to fund school meal programs and food assistance for low-income state residents.

    California voters approved new congressional district boundaries Tuesday, delivering a victory for Democrats in the state-by-state redistricting battle that will help determine which party wins control of the U.S. House in 2026

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