November 3, 2020

Tuesday Executive Summary

Election Day notes, 1776 Commission, manufacturing accelerates, gun sales, and more.

Election Day 2020

  • Almost 97 million Americans have cast early votes — nearly doubling the total from 2016 (NBC News)

  • Pennsylvania’s Democrat AG shows his cards, declares “Trump is going to lose” (American Greatness)

  • Trump would be first president to lose while polling favorably on the economy (Washington Examiner)

  • Biden loses “clearly favored” rating from Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight at last minute (Washington Examiner)

  • Pelosi says House “prepared” to pick president if need be (Washington Examiner)

  • Even if Republicans lose the majority, the difference between 50 and 51 Democrat senators could be huge (National Review)

Elsewhere in Politics

  • Social media censors Trump tweet knocking Supreme Court’s Pennsylvania vote (Fox News)

  • Democrats debate fate of Trump probes if Biden wins (The Hill)

  • Police say Biden-Harris vehicle likely at fault in “Trump Train” incident (Daily Wire)

  • Trump establishes pro-America 1776 Commission (National Review)

Economy

  • U.S. manufacturing accelerates to near two-year high (Reuters)

  • Two major mall owners file for bankruptcy, citing rent losses (CBS News)

  • 2020 sets all-time gun sales record (Free Beacon) | Joe Biden and Kamala Harris want to destroy the Second Amendment (NRA-ILA)

National Security

  • Suspect timing: Judge blocks Trump immigration rule on public benefits (AP)

  • NATO allies spend $50 billion more on defense thanks to Trump playing hardball (Daily Signal)

  • U.S. seizes largest-ever shipment of fuel and weapons from Iran (Disrn)

Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate

  • Leftist activists plan unrest in DC (Washington Times)

  • Anti-capitalist rioters smash windows of businesses during violent Portland march (Daily Caller)

  • Oakland’s move to defund police inevitably meets homicide spike (SF Chronicle)

  • Big Businesses target “racism” in U.S., stay mum on China’s abuses (Daily Signal)

Around the Nation

  • Judge rejects GOP bid to toss 127,000 drive-thru ballots in Harris County, Texas (CNBC)

  • 13,000 Florida felons could boost Biden after celebrities pay $27 million in fines and fees (The Hill)

  • And here we thought Halloween was over… Dead people caught voting in NYC (NY Post)

  • Judge limits Governor Newsom’s powers during coronavirus pandemic (AP)

Stranger Than Fiction

  • Yale Professor says Hitler improved lives of his followers, unlike Trump (Free Beacon)

  • Celebrities who say they’ll leave America if President Trump is reelected (after making similar promises in 2016 that they didn’t keep) (Fox News)

  • Florida fisherman creeps up and harpoons whopping 13-foot, 1,000-pound alligator he says “stalked” him for years (Daily Mail)

Other Notables

  • Four dead, 17 injured in Vienna Islamist attack (AP)

  • Supreme Court rejects qualified immunity defense for the first time in years (Volokh Conspiracy)

  • SCOTUS sides with Black Lives Matter activist over injured police officer (Washington Times)

Closing Arguments

  • Policy: Action civics is teaching our kids to protest (Daily Signal)

  • Policy: Employment effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit (AEI)

  • Humor … sort of: Leftists demand peaceful transfer of power by destroying the country (Genesius Times)

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