The Patriot Post® · Friday Top Headlines

• Florida orders first-ever statewide hand recounts as legal fights continue (Tampa Bay Times)

• Florida Democrats planned to use altered forms to “fix” mail ballots across state after deadline (Naples Daily News)

• Democrats net 36th House pickup in Maine (Politico)

• Kamala Harris compares ICE to KKK, gets slammed for “disgusting,” “horrifying” remarks (Fox News)

• Migrant caravan, Tijuana residents clash at U.S. border fence: “You’re not welcome” (The Washington Times)

• The “wall” continues to be built … slowly (National Review)

• Pentagon fails its first-ever audit (Reuters)

• Study: U.S. has spent nearly $6 trillion on war since 9/11 (The Daily Wire)

• Grassley backs Flake, supports Senate vote on Mueller protection bill (Townhall)

• Bernie Sanders targets Walmart with latest anti-corporate crusade (Reason)

• U.S. attorney accidentally reveals feds have charged Julian Assange (Washington Examiner)

• Media bias: Pretty much all of journalism now leans left, study shows (Investor’s Business Daily)

• Humor: Citing need to “believe all women,” Avenatti immediately pleads guilty to domestic violence charges (The Babylon Bee)

• Policy: The wrong time to cut defense: A new bipartisan report exposes the dangers facing America (The Washington Free Beacon)

• Policy: How misguided environmentalism is to blame for California’s wildfires (The Federalist)

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