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Steve Bannon and the far-right have no idea what to do after seeing the so-called "red wave" turn to be a little more constipated than anticipated.

Any win at all for a Democrat isn't being believed by the right, according to MSNBC's Ben Collins, who has been watching the right on message boards all night. He first used the word "despondent" but said at one point that the real word was "catatonic."

Lt. Gov John Fetterman is projected to take the Senate race in Pennsylvania, according to MSNBC and CBS News.

In the very early hours of Wednesday, MSNBC called the race, noting that the numbers that were still outstanding were in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, two Democratic strongholds. At the same time, the early vote is overwhelmingly Democratic and those are the ballots that are typically the last to be counted.

Infamous Donald Trump-endorsed candidate J.D. Vance is being projected the winner the U.S. Senate race in Ohio against Rep. Tim Ryan, reported NBC News.

The race was ignored by Democrats until it became possible that Vance wasn't as liked as some believed him to be. Even then, Rep. Ryan told the national party to stay out of it because he was doing just fine on his own.

After several weeks of propitiating a conspiracy theory that children were being allowed to identify as cats and use litter boxes at a school, Republican candidate Don Bolduc lost his 2022 bid to bring down Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH), reported NBC News.

Bolduc's poll numbers began to slump in the final weeks of the election as he traveled the state and appeared to triple-down on his conspiracy, saying that he had heard the information from New Hampshire parents and children. In fact, Joe Rogan revealed on the Friday before the election that he was the source of the lie and it turns out Bolduc lied about what "parents" told him.

Thanks to the swift work of a local German shepherd, police were able to track down a body found in Jackson, Mississippi.

WATP reported Tuesday that a pup was raising questions as he scampered through a neighborhood with a human arm as his new chew toy.

An FBI informant is likely to testify in the sedition trial of some of the Oath Keepers, namely the leader, Elmer Stewart Rhodes, but as a witness for the defense.

The New York Times reported that the FBI informant, Greg McWhirter, was embedded with the militia for months leading into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. He was ultimately serving as the "vice president" of the group, but was actually working with the FBI.

The Republican Party is desperately trying to keep polls open later in Arizona in a heavily Democratic Maricopa County.

According to MSNBC and Axios, there were early conspiracy theories that people couldn't vote because two tabulators were broken. It caused a lot of online rage from people swearing that there was a plot to eliminate Republican votes by making people throw their ballots in nebulous "Box 3."

Parts of Florida are announcing evacuations as Nicole approaches the state.

The cone of uncertainty for landfall is large, as it's still further off the east coast of the peninsula. The counties of Palm Beach, Martin, Brevard and Volusia have all announced evacuations Tuesday as the tropical storm approaches. The storm is anticipated to hit as a Category 1 Hurricane, so it'll be a far cry from the severity of Hurricane Ian in September. Given the number of people who were trapped and killed in some areas due to slow evacuations, the east coast doesn't appear to be taking any chances.

Mark Twain's adage is that false information can spread around the world before the truth gets its boots on. Gizmodo charted that it took less than two hours for an election lie to go viral.

Last week, there was a restraining order issued against conservative, sometimes armed militia members who were sitting outside of ballot drop boxes filming people, chasing people and generally trying to scare people. It gave an opportunity for a case study to chart the role of disinformation and how it can generate discord among political foes.

There have been minor glitches around the country for the 2022 midterm elections. In some places, machines were broken and had to be reset. In Pennsylvania, they ran out of ballots. They are all things that have happened before. But former Justice Department acting assistant attorney general for national security Mary McCord warned of impending violence.

"Certainly today, this is the culmination of more than two years of disinformation that is fueling various online threats," said McCord. Thus far, she said there hasn't been too much. There have been "some minor mechanical glitch or minor hiccups in the process, that's exploding online as being proof of some sort of fraud in the election process and something that will mean that a result that is not to the liking of certain people in this country will be blamed on a rigged election. So, what I'm worried about, and, again, I think things have gone relatively smoothly in terms of voter safety at polling places, but what I'm worried about is what will come after today when any one of these little glitches becomes the basis for baseless litigation over voter fraud and potential intimidation of the people who are in charge with counting ballots."

The legal battles that unfolded from Donald Trump's team in 2020 could reappear after Tuesday's midterm election but on a Pennsylvania scale, wrote former impeachment lawyer Norm Eisen and campaign finance attorney Fred Wertheimer.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is in a unique position after a state justice passed away, making all votes 3 to 3. Already the parties are fighting over a deadlocked decision over whether mail-in ballots should be counted that were incorrectly dated. Based on the law, those ballots should be counted, but it has led to another round of lawsuits and federal cases have been filed.

Jimmy Kimmel shot back at Donald Trump on Monday night after he heard that the former president attacked him at a rally over the weekend.

Kimmel explained that all of a sudden his wife's phone started to blow up with people asking if they'd seen what Trump said. According to the 2020 election loser, Kimmel and the other late-night comedians are "dead" because they don't have Trump to make fun of anymore. Trump hasn't disappeared from the world, however. He simply isn't in the Oval Office anymore.

It's unclear whether the so-called "Red Wave" the Republicans have been talking about since early 2022 will eventually materialize, but one thing is certain, something is happening in early voting and it's helping the Democrats.

MSNBC showed numbers in Ohio, Georgia and Wisconsin that prove the enthusiasm of Democrats to get to the polls isn't as suppressed as GOP pollsters want to believe.