October 30, 2020

Friday Executive Summary

GOP win in Minnesota, Glenn Greenwald resigns, Hunter Biden criminal probe, and more.

Top of the Fold

  • GOP wins one: Eighth Circuit says absentee ballots counted in Minnesota must be received by Election Night (The Daily Wire)

  • Glenn Greenwald announces resignation from The Intercept, slams “repression” and “censorship” (Washington Examiner)

Biden Crime Family

  • FBI conducting criminal investigation into Hunter and his associates (Washington Examiner)

  • “Smoking gun” email 100% authentic, forensic analysis concludes (The Daily Caller)

Leftmedia & Big Tech

  • Don Lemon mocks Trump supporters, compares them to addicts (Fox News)

  • Email marketing firm Mailchimp warns it may censor content (The Daily Signal)

Finding the Light

Elsewhere in Politics

  • Imagine that… Tucker Carlson says UPS can’t explain how flash drive with Biden documents got separated from package (Washington Examiner)

  • Add Florida to list of swing states where early voting data favors a Trump victory (Washington Examiner)

  • Elizabeth Warren will make case to be Biden’s Treasury secretary (Politico) (So between Bernie Sanders being the Labor secretary and Warren heading up the Treasury, the economy would be in great socialist hands!)

Economy

  • The Sky Is Falling: Episode 532: Election and COVID anxiety spark new run on grocery stores (The Hill)

  • Twitter shares plunge as user growth slows — and for good reason (Fox Business)

  • Weekly jobless claims total 751,000 vs. 778,000 expected (CNBC)

  • Exxon to cut 14,000 jobs as pandemic hits oil demand (Reuters)

National Security

  • Wisconsin Republican Party says hackers stole $2.3 million (AP)

  • But the narrative! Man behind Gretchen Whitmer kidnap plot also wanted to kill Trump (The Post Millennial)

  • Top U.S. officials briefed on an active retaliatory threat against Pentagon leaders (NBC News)

  • Democrats look to slash defense budget in 2021 (Politico)

  • U.S. to allow Americans born in Jerusalem to list Israel as birthplace (The Washington Free Beacon)

Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate

  • Philadelphia Vietnamese Baptist Church is a “total loss” after thugs burned it Tuesday night (Disrn)

  • California Trump supporters find “Racism Lives Here” signs planted on their properties (Disrn)

Around the Nation

  • Daily COVID cases in the U.S. up by record 91,000 (Reuters)

  • Walmart removes guns, ammunition from store displays ahead of election amid concerns of civil unrest (USA Today)

  • Jerry Falwell Jr. disingenuously sues Liberty University over sex scandal-driven resignation (UPI)

Around the World

  • Pakistani court sickeningly rules marriage of 13-year-old abducted Christian girl to 44-year-old Muslim man is legitimate (Disrn)

  • Former Malaysia PM claims Muslims have a right to “kill millions of French people” (The Daily Wire)

  • Bill before Canadian Parliament would prevent counselors from affirming patients who reject gender transition (Disrn)

Stranger Than Fiction

  • State trooper dates Governor Andrew Cuomo’s daughter, gets transferred close to Canada (New York Post)

  • Man falls 15 feet through New York City sidewalk sinkhole and into a rat infestation (Disrn)

  • Ten-foot python found under hood of Ford Mustang in Florida (New York Post)

Other Notables

  • Trump administration strips gray wolves of endangered species protection (Daily Mail)

  • Trump rally attendee seated behind president tears up photos of Pelosi and Schumer (Washington Examiner)

Closing Arguments

  • Policy: The results are in: Reopening fuels record economic expansion (The Daily Signal)

  • Policy: Money supply vs. liquidity — what’s the difference? (Mises Institute)

  • Humor: Ukraine treasury honors Joe Biden with a “zero cents” coin (Genesius Times)

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