The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Executive Summary
Top of the Fold
Handmaid’s Fail: Senate confirms originalist Amy Coney Barrett 52-48 and adjourns until after the election (The Washington Free Beacon1)
Supreme Court rightly rejects late ballots in battleground Wisconsin (The Washington Free Beacon2)
Leftmedia
CNN and MSNBC skip historic Senate vote confirming ACB (Fox News3)
Media excuse Joe Biden’s mix-up: He was talking about George Lopez (The Daily Wire4)
Defund NPR: Man plots to kill Biden, NPR omits from story that he was a Bernie Bro with books on Islam (PJ Media5)
Elsewhere in Politics
COVID aid on hold until after the election (Bloomberg6)
Democrats who endeavor to pack the Supreme Court say Republicans will regret Barrett confirmation (Fox News7)
In new spin, Biden floats rotating SCOTUS justices if he’s elected (New York Post8)
Trump asks justices to block North Carolina mail-in ballot extension (National Review9)
Awkward: Biden unmentioned in Barack Obama’s telling of healthcare bill’s passage (The Washington Free Beacon10)
Biden draws bulk of fundraising support from wealthiest zip codes (National Review11)
Another rapper endorses Trump, rips Biden’s tax plan (Not the Bee12)
Hunter Biden sought to avoid registering as a foreign agent in Chinese business venture (The Daily Caller13)
Déjà vu: Polls in battleground states nearly identical to 2016 (The Daily Wire14)
For the Record
Biden cannot claim to fight for our nation’s soul while supporting unborn genocide (The Federalist15)
When Kamala Harris could have pushed to investigate police shootings, she didn’t (The Federalist16)
Around the Nation
Zeta becomes a hurricane as it takes aim at already hard-hit Louisiana (Washington Examiner17)
Utility says its equipment may have sparked California blaze that’s forcing large evacuations (AP18)
Fatal police shooting of a knife-wielding black man prompts heated protests in West Philly (The Philadelphia Inquirer19)
Man who bought firearms used in San Bernardino terrorist attack gets 20 years (The Daily Signal20)
The Latest on COVID-19
Cases are skyrocketing, but deaths are flat — so far (Time21)
Hospitalized patients already taking aspirin daily were 47% less likely to die of coronavirus (Daily Mail22)
National Security
In western Arizona, over a hundred miles of new border wall is getting results (Washington Examiner23)
Germany favors U.S. partnership to thwart Russia and China’s “global supremacy” quest (Washington Examiner24)
Six cases of Chinese infiltration of universities and research — and what Trump is doing about it (The Daily Signal25)
U.S. threatens to destroy Iranian missiles shipped to Venezuela (Fox News26)
Colleges hid more than $6.5 billion in foreign funding (The Washington Free Beacon27)
Stranger Than Fiction
Elton John gets his own Barbie doll (KTLA 528)
KFC’s fried chicken-scented fire log is back (Best Products29)
Social media erupts over woman who focuses on getting her dad to vote for Biden while he’s literally dying (The Daily Wire30)
Billionaire Bill Gross allegedly blared “Gilligan’s Island” theme song on loop to annoy neighbor during dispute over sculpture (The Daily Caller31)
Other Notables
Fox announcers caught on live mic bashing military flyover said they were mimicking crew (Disrn32)
NASA discovers more water on the moon than previously thought (Disrn33)
Japan pledges to be carbon neutral by 2050 (NPR34)
Closing Arguments
Policy: Biden’s energy agenda would destroy the American energy renaissance (National Review35)
Policy: It’s time to transform the U.S.-Japan alliance (American Enterprise Institute36)
Humor: Newly sworn-in ACB immediately orders all nation’s women to wear Handmaid’s outfit (The Babylon Bee37)
Related humor: Democrats ask ACB to recuse herself from any cases involving the Constitution (The Babylon Bee38)
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Links
- https://freebeacon.com/courts/handmaids-fail-barrett-confirmed/
- https://freebeacon.com/courts/supreme-court-rejects-late-ballots-in-battleground-wisconsin/
- https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-msnbc-skip-historic-senate-vote-confirming-amy-coney-barrett-to-supreme-court
- https://www.dailywire.com/news/media-excuse-bidens-apparent-bush-trump-mix-up-he-was-talking-about-george-lopez
- https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/robert-spencer/2020/10/25/defund-npr-man-plots-to-kill-biden-npr-omits-from-story-that-he-was-bernie-bro-with-books-on-islam-n1086190
- https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stimulus-hopes-put-hold-until-080000635.html
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-say-republicans-will-regret-barrett-confirmation-slam-manipulation-of-supreme-court
- https://nypost.com/2020/10/26/biden-floats-rotating-supreme-court-justices-if-he-is-elected/
- https://www.nationalreview.com/news/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-block-north-carolina-mail-in-ballot-extension/
- https://freebeacon.com/democrats/biden-unmentioned-in-obamas-telling-of-health-care-bills-passage/
- https://www.nationalreview.com/news/biden-draws-bulk-of-fundraising-support-from-wealthiest-zip-codes/
- https://notthebee.com/article/another-rapper-endorses-trump-rips-bidens-tax-plan
- https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/10/26/hunter-biden-sought-to-avoid-registering-as-foreign-agent-in-chinese-business-venture-text-message-shows/
- https://www.dailywire.com/news/2020-polls-in-battleground-states-nearly-identical-to-2016-according-to-real-clear-politics
- https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/27/joe-biden-cannot-claim-to-fight-for-our-nations-soul-while-supporting-unborn-genocide/
- https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/27/when-kamala-harris-could-have-pushed-to-investigate-police-shootings-she-didnt/
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/zeta-becomes-a-hurricane-as-it-takes-aim-at-already-hard-hit-louisiana
- https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-california-evacuation-65f75b663039bde3d1bae99dae42c8ad
- https://fusion.inquirer.com/news/west-philadelphia-police-shooting-locust-20201026.html
- https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/10/26/man-who-bought-firearms-used-in-san-bernardino-terrorist-attack-gets-20-years/
- https://time.com/5903590/coronavirus-covid-19-third-wave/
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8881285/Hospitalized-patients-taking-aspirin-daily-47-likely-die-COVID-19.html
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/in-western-arizona-over-a-hundred-miles-of-new-border-wall-is-getting-results
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/keep-the-west-strong-germany-favors-us-partnership-to-thwart-russia-chinas-global-supremacy-quest
- https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/10/26/6-cases-of-chinese-infiltration-of-universities-and-research-and-what-trump-is-doing-about-it/
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/us-threatens-to-destroy-iranian-missiles-shipped-to-venezuela
- https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/u-s-colleges-hid-more-than-6-5-billion-in-foreign-funding/
- https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/elton-john-gets-his-own-barbie-doll/
- https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/kfc-fried-chicken-scented-fire-120000159.html
- https://www.dailywire.com/news/social-media-erupts-over-woman-who-focuses-on-getting-her-dad-to-vote-for-biden-while-he-is-dying
- https://dailycaller.com/2020/10/26/bill-gross-mark-towfiq-lawsuit-sculpture-emotional-distress-gilligans-island-california/
- https://disrn.com/news/leaked-audio-of-fox-announcers-may-have-been-a-set-up/
- https://disrn.com/news/nasa-finds-more-water-on-the-moon/
- https://www.npr.org/2020/10/26/927846739/a-decarbonized-society-japan-pledges-to-be-carbon-neutral-by-2050
- https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/10/joe-bidens-energy-policy-would-destroy-the-american-energy-renaissance/
- https://www.aei.org/op-eds/it-is-time-to-transform-the-us-japan-alliance/
- https://babylonbee.com/news/newly-sworn-in-acb-immediately-orders-all-nations-women-to-wear-handmaids-outfit
- https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-ask-acb-to-recuse-herself-from-any-cases-involving-the-constitution
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