The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Executive Summary

By Jordan Candler ·
https://patriotpost.us/articles/74653-wednesday-executive-summary-2020-11-04

Election Results

  • No winner yet: Fight for the White House could drag on for days or weeks (Daily Signal1)

  • Democrats appear poised to keep the House but fall drastically behind expectations (Washington Post2)

  • GOP holds key Senate seats (NBC News3)

Quarter-Billion-Dollar Debacle4

  • Dems set fire to $104 million trying to unseat Lindsey Graham, who won by a landslide (Not the Bee5)

  • Mitch McConnell reelected despite Democrat challenger's $90 million war chest (Newsweek6)

Other Notables

  • So much for the polls … again: Biden’s predicted lead evaporates (Daily Mail7)

  • GOP newcomer Madison Cawthorn youngest person elected to Congress since the late 1700s (Fox News)8 

  • Kim Klacik, who went viral with a sensational roadmap9 for dilapidated Baltimore, loses House bid (Daily Mail10)

  • U.S. officially exits Paris climate accord (The Hill11)

Non Compos Mentis

  • Candidate in North Dakota who died of COVID in October wins election (USA Today12)

  • Hillary Clinton disciple James Comey tweets photo of himself with Biden gear (Disrn13)

  • Trevor Noah provokes outrage by posting a video of Florida being obliterated by the Death Star (Daily Mail14)

It’s Hazy, Man

  • Marijuana legalization measures pass in at least four states — NJ, AZ, SD, and MS (ABC News15)

  • DC votes to decriminalize hallucinogenic mushrooms by wide margin (The Hill16)

  • Oregon decriminalizes possession of hard drugs (Washington Post17)

Elsewhere Around the Nation

  • GOP Rep. Greg Gianforte wins Montana governor’s race, ending 16-year Democrat streak (The Hill18)

  • Trump’s win in Florida helps deliver a red wave of Republican victories (USA Today19)

Snippet: Not only did Trump nearly triple his 2016 margin of victory in Florida, but Republicans flipped two congressional seats held by Democrats and maintained total control of state government by winning a series of competitive state House and Senate races.

  • Florida votes for job-killing $15 minimum wage (FEE20)

  • California passes Prop 22 in a major victory for Uber and Lyft (The Guardian21)

  • Utah voted to make hunting and fishing a constitutional right (USA Today22)

  • Mississippi votes in favor of adopting new flag absent confederate battle cross (CBS News23)

  • With Proposition 115 defeat, Colorado remains among few states to not bar certain abortions (CBS424)

  • Louisiana passes amendment saying there’s no constitutional right to abortion (Daily Caller25)

Closing Arguments

  • Policy: Tech hangovers: Unresolved challenges for the next administration (AEI26)

  • Policy: A vision of a nuclear-powered planet (AEI27)

  • Humor: Democrat volunteers ensure deceased voters get “I voted” stickers too (Genesius Times28)

  • Related humor: Chicago polls turn away voters for not being dead (Genesius Times29)

For more of today’s editors’ choice headlines, visit Headline Report30.

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