Monday Executive Summary - The Patriot Post

Top of the Fold

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a top swing-state newspaper, hasn’t endorsed a Republican in almost 50 years — but is backing Trump now (The Blaze¹)
Twitter restores New York Post account — and all it took was a Senate hearing² (Washington Times³)

Election Day Homestretch

Trump and Biden supporters each point to ambiguous polls as reasons for optimism (Washington Examiner⁴)
Candidates focus on crucial states during last campaign weekend (Fox News⁵)
Trump adviser Jason Miller hints legal battle to stop Dems from stealing the election (Washington Examiner⁶)
Biden pledges to “collaborate” with the Chinese Communist Party (Free Beacon⁷)
Biden also pledges to gut religious liberty, saying it gives “hate” a “safe harbor” (PJ Media⁸)
Scranton Joe’s final Philly gaffe: says he’s wearing an Eagles jacket, but it’s a Delaware Blue Hens jacket (Washington Examiner⁹)
America boards up ahead of election storm (Daily Mail¹⁰)

Elsewhere in Politics

Kamala Harris called a communist after tweeting video praising “equality of outcomes” (Disrn¹¹)
Biden staffers can’t stop calling Kamala “the next president” (Post Millennial¹²)
Another Hunter Biden laptop taken into custody during DEA raid (Washington Examiner¹³)

Leftmedia & Big Tech

Facebook removes 29K-member pro-Trump group, reinstates after Trump blasts on Twitter (Disrn¹⁴)
YouTube and Vimeo censor “Antifa: Rise of the Black Flags” documentary (Post Millennial¹⁵)
Boston Globe columnist suggests no “difference” between Trump supporters and ISIS (Fox News¹⁶)

Double Standards

Who are science’s frequent flyers? Climate researchers (Nature¹⁷)
Gavin Newsom sends kids back to class at fancy private school while public schools remain closed (Daily Wire¹⁸)

Economy

Walmart reverses decision to remove guns and ammo (The Hill¹⁹)
The corollary of fratricidal fire²⁰: Membership dues at NRA fell 33% last year (Just the News²⁰)

The Latest on COVID-19

On Friday, the U.S. broke case record for third straight day (New York Post²¹)
Europe’s fresh curbs prompt pushback (Reuters²²)
Study finds 20% of grocery workers had coronavirus, most without symptoms (New York Post²³)

National Security

American hostage rescued in West Africa by SEAL Team 6 in daring raid (Fox News²⁴)
Pentagon names civilian to oversee space policy in continued Space Force stand-up (Washington Examiner²⁵)

Around the Nation

Kyle Rittenhouse, dubiously charged with killing two Kenosha protesters, extradited to Wisconsin (NBC News²⁶)
Fraudster attempts to register dead Americans as Democrat voters in Florida (Fox News²⁷)
U.S. Postal Service likely lost thousands of Pennsylvania mail-in ballots (Free Beacon²⁸)
Texas Supreme Court denies Republican-led petition to toss out 127,000 votes cast in drive-thru voting stations (Washington Examiner²⁹)
Michigan bars and restaurants begin requiring diners’ names and phone numbers (Fox News³⁰)

Stranger Than Fiction

So close: Alyssa Milano dresses as RBG for Halloween, misspells name. Deletes and reposts. Misspells name again. Deletes. (Daily Wire³¹)
“Baby Shark” children’s song becomes the most watched YouTube video ever (Daily Mail³²)

Closing Arguments

Policy: Russia and China obstruct UN reporting on North Korea (Foundation for Defense of Democracies³³)
Policy: New price transparency rule will help transform America’s healthcare system (Daily Signal³⁴)
Humor: Business owners boarding up in case Party of Love and Tolerance loses (Babylon Bee³⁵)
Related humor: BLM/ANTIFA rioters accidentally destroy the wrong ballots (Genesius Times³⁶)

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