The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Executive Summary
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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