{"id":322141,"date":"2026-11-06T03:16:05","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T03:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/322141\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T03:16:05","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T03:16:05","slug":"this-weeks-biggest-winners-losers-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/322141\/","title":{"rendered":"This week\u2019s biggest Winners & Losers"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are the wins obvious from orbit \u2013 such as the staggering breadth of Democratic victories across the board in Tuesday\u2019s midterm elections \u2013 and then there are the wins that are harder to see at first glance, but are arguably no less important. In that category, we consider it a win that 2026\u2019s elections were clean and uncontested<\/a>, free of dark suggestions of fraud; that no major issues were reported around ballot integrity or ICE activity at polling places; and that opinion polls themselves, while underestimating the force of Tuesday\u2019s \u201cblue tsunami,\u201d were nonetheless generally accurate<\/a> in predicting winners \u2013 all of which goes a long way toward restoring Americans\u2019 sometimes-shaky faith<\/a> in our electoral democracy.<\/p>\n

And while, as is our custom, this week\u2019s edition is devoted entirely to the election, there\u2019s no way we couldn\u2019t include this gem that would be in the winner\u2019s circle any other week: Take it away, Layla Clark, on the marimba for Thomas Jefferson High School in Jefferson Hills, whose performance has left us \u2026 Thunderstruck.<\/p>\n

Imagine putting together an entire halftime show based off of one woman doing a cover of Thunderstruck on xylophone\u2026\u2026and having it KICK TOTAL ASS! https:\/\/t.co\/BH2BWW5ibO<\/p>\n


\n\u2014 Hammer and Nigel (@hammerandnigel) November 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

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