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 News¹)

• Moderate House Dems vent frustration over disappointing election results: “Don’t say socialism” (National Review²) | In leaked call, Democrats admit socialism and anti-cop rhetoric cost them key races (The Federalist³)

Election Notes

• Biden erases Trump lead in Georgia and Pennsylvania, though legal challenges are forthcoming (Fox News⁴)

• “They’re trying to steal an election,” Trump warns (Daily Signal⁵)

• John James refuses to concede to Gary Peters in Michigan Senate race (The Hill⁶)

• Fight for Senate majority boils down to Georgia (The Hill⁷)

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 Signal⁸)

• Republicans send criminal referral to DOJ about alleged voter fraud in Nevada (Washington Examiner⁹)

• Postal Service data show 300,000 ballots lacked delivery scan before Election Day (Washington Examiner¹⁰)

Elsewhere in Politics

• Leftmedia outlets ABC, CBS, and NBC all cut away from Trump’s election news conference (Fox News¹¹)

• Biden says he will rejoin Paris Climate Agreement on his first day as president (Disrn¹²)

• GOP hold on Senate would eliminate top Biden threat to Trump deregulatory efforts (Washington Examiner¹³)

• Exit polls show that Donald Trump tightened race and gender gaps while winning a majority of married women (National Review¹⁴)

• Elitist, out-of-touch Jimmy Kimmel “shocked” at Trump’s performance, rips voters: “I overestimated the American people” (Washington Times¹⁵)

• A more conservative court hears same-sex foster parent case (NBC News¹⁶)

Around the Nation

• Affirmative action goes down in flames in deep-blue California (Daily Signal¹⁷) | In a year saturated in racial grievance, California affirms ban on leftist racism (The Federalist¹⁸)

• Portland church stops homeless services because of damage caused by rioters (Washington Times¹⁹)

• Coronavirus cases climb to record 120,000 in a single day (Daily Mail²⁰)

• Woke ESPN to lay off 300 employees (NY Times²¹)

Closing Arguments

• Policy: The winner? It might be the administrative state (City Journal²²)

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 Institute²³)

• Humor: Experts call for 15 days of counting to flatten the curve of votes for Trump (Babylon Bee²⁴)

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