The Patriot Post® · Friday Executive Summary
Top of the Fold
The Trump economy added 638,000 jobs in October vs. 530,000 expected; unemployment rate falls to 6.9% (NBC News)
Moderate House Dems vent frustration over disappointing election results: “Don’t say socialism” (National Review) | In leaked call, Democrats admit socialism and anti-cop rhetoric cost them key races (The Federalist)
Election Notes
Biden erases Trump lead in Georgia and Pennsylvania, though legal challenges are forthcoming (Fox News)
“They’re trying to steal an election,” Trump warns (Daily Signal)
John James refuses to concede to Gary Peters in Michigan Senate race (The Hill)
Fight for Senate majority boils down to Georgia (The Hill)
Snippet: Democrats are pinning their hopes on being able to force a 50-50 Senate on a narrow, uphill path that requires them to win both seats in the typically red state. If Democratic nominee Joe Biden wins the White House, a 50-50 margin would hand them the majority because Vice President Kamala Harris could break a tie. … The dual runoffs, with the Senate majority on the line, would set the stage for a nail-biting finish to an already chaotic, historic election year, with millions already set to pour into the state.
Voter Fraud and Irregularities
Is voter fraud afoot? A look at seven claims (Daily Signal)
Republicans send criminal referral to DOJ about alleged voter fraud in Nevada (Washington Examiner)
Postal Service data show 300,000 ballots lacked delivery scan before Election Day (Washington Examiner)
Elsewhere in Politics
Leftmedia outlets ABC, CBS, and NBC all cut away from Trump’s election news conference (Fox News)
Biden says he will rejoin Paris Climate Agreement on his first day as president (Disrn)
GOP hold on Senate would eliminate top Biden threat to Trump deregulatory efforts (Washington Examiner)
Exit polls show that Donald Trump tightened race and gender gaps while winning a majority of married women (National Review)
Elitist, out-of-touch Jimmy Kimmel “shocked” at Trump’s performance, rips voters: “I overestimated the American people” (Washington Times)
A more conservative court hears same-sex foster parent case (NBC News)
Around the Nation
Affirmative action goes down in flames in deep-blue California (Daily Signal) | In a year saturated in racial grievance, California affirms ban on leftist racism (The Federalist)
Portland church stops homeless services because of damage caused by rioters (Washington Times)
Coronavirus cases climb to record 120,000 in a single day (Daily Mail)
Woke ESPN to lay off 300 employees (NY Times)
Closing Arguments
- Policy: The winner? It might be the administrative state (City Journal)
Snippet: With Congress in a stalemate, the principal forces driving much government policy will likely remain the unelected: the executive-branch rulemakers and enforcers, the private litigators, and the “new antifederalists” who try to drive national policy from state and local perches. The high stakes of modern presidential politics owe much to the national legislature’s abdication of authority to these other forces — and to the assumption that executive control can at least indirectly control the rulemaking and enforcement levers.
Policy: Why threats of election violence may be here to stay (Mises Institute)
Humor: Experts call for 15 days of counting to flatten the curve of votes for Trump (Babylon Bee)
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