Wednesday Executive Summary
Barrett hearings continue, COVID relief, Biden corruption, pollaganda, and more.
Amy Coney Barrett
Epic: Barrett asked to hold up notes she’s using to answer questions. She holds up a blank notepad. (The Daily Wire)
Barrett won’t commit to recusing herself from ObamaCare case, says she would follow rules (Fox News)
Barrett says original meaning will dictate approach to Second Amendment cases (The Washington Free Beacon)
Fact-checking gun control activists’ lies about Amy Coney Barrett (The Daily Signal)
The Latest on COVID-19
McConnell slates October revote on GOP COVID relief plan (Associated Press)
Nancy Pelosi calls Wolf Blitzer a GOP “apologist” during epic on-air spat (New York Post)
Pelosi, citing “leverage” over Trump, holds strong to $2.2T in COVID-19 aid (The Hill)
Even The New York Times praises Trump administration’s “remarkable efficiency” on COVID (The New York Times)
Cuomo memoir blames Republicans, right-wing media for nursing home coronavirus scandal (National Review)
Election 2020
Smoking-gun email reveals how Hunter Biden introduced Ukrainian businessman to VP dad (New York Post)
Biden’s son-in-law advises campaign on pandemic while investing in COVID startups (Politico)
Don’t believe the pollaganda: New study suggests polls are missing shy Trump voters (Bloomberg)
Data from Florida rally show 30% of attendees weren’t Republicans, 24% didn’t vote in 2016 (Washington Examiner)
Supreme Court allows Trump to wind down Census early (U.S. News & World Report)
Unmasking probe commissioned by AG Barr concludes without charges or any public report (The Washington Post)
Around the Nation
Michigan Supreme Court orders lockdown lifted immediately, rejects Whitmer’s request for delay (The Daily Wire)
Delaware man charged in Michigan governor kidnap plot was pardoned by Democrat Governor John Carney last year (Delaware Online)
FBI: Kidnapping plot also targeted Virginia governor (WORLD)
National Security
Washington secures three new arms deals with Taiwan (The Washington Free Beacon)
China, Russia, and Cuba — countries that kill journalists, keep concentration camps — elected to UN Human Rights Council (The Federalist)
Closing Arguments
Policy: COVID-19 lockdowns have been a disaster — end them now (Issues & Insights)
Policy: The country needs another relief package (National Review)
Humor: Democrat proposing to his girlfriend says he won’t reveal position on adultery until after the wedding (The Babylon Bee)
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