Friday Executive Summary
Debate roundup, remdesivir approved by FDA, NatSec report card, and more.
Top of the Fold
Hunter Biden business associate’s text messages indicate meeting with Joe Biden (Fox News)
Judiciary Committee votes to subpoena Twitter and Facebook CEOs following attempts to suppress Hunter Biden story (National Review)
Final Debate
In more-civil debate, Joe Biden still on the defense (Washington Examiner)
Memo to swing state of Pennsylvania: Biden pledges “transition” from oil industry (Washington Examiner)
Trump grills Biden on fracking. Biden tells him to prove it with video. Trump does just that. (The Daily Wire)
Biden: “My son has not made money in … China.” Fact check: PANTS ON FIRE. (PJ Media)
Biden: “Not a single person on private insurance” lost it under ObamaCare. Fact check: FALSE. (PJ Media)
Biden says $15 minimum wage will “bail out” small businesses. Analysis found that minimum wage hike would kill two million jobs. (The Washington Free Beacon)
Biden sells COVID fear; Trump sells COVID optimism (The Daily Wire)
Leftmedia
NPR says it won’t cover Hunter Biden news because it’s a “waste” of time (Washington Examiner)
Trump releases unedited video of contentious “60 Minutes” interview (NBC News)
Elsewhere in Politics
What could possibly go wrong? Socialist Bernie Sanders makes a play for Biden labor secretary (Politico)
Lincoln Project boosted Iranian disinformation that claims Proud Boys group intimidated voters (Disrn)
At least 47.1 million have voted nationwide, and there are still 11 days until Election Day (The Washington Post)
The Latest on COVID-19
At least 14 states have a record number of coronavirus hospitalizations (The New York Times)
Factors that could lead to long-term issues (New York Post)
Remdesivir receives full FDA approval to treat coronavirus (Disrn)
The pandemic has led to a “national mental health crisis,” APA survey finds (The Daily Signal)
National Security
74% of MS-13 gang members charged were in the U.S. illegally (The Washington Free Beacon)
Putin says a Russia/China military alliance could be forged in the future (Daily Mail)
Stranger Than Fiction
National Abortion Rights Action League slammed for tweet blasting “family separation” (Disrn)
Biden falsely says America “had a good relationship with Hitler” (Disrn)
Other Notables
Third-degree murder charge dismissed against Derek Chauvin, but he still faces second-degree charges in the death of George Floyd (National Review)
Iran ordered to pay Robert Levinson’s family $1.4 billion (Sharyl Attkisson)
Closing Arguments
Policy: Iran is targeting the Strait of Hormuz. The world needs to take heed. (The Daily Signal)
Policy: Trump’s four-year national security report card: As, Bs, Cs, and several incompletes (Washington Examiner)
Humor: Democrats insist Biden was actually a Republican when he committed those crimes (Genesius Times)
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