Tuesday Executive News Summary

Election Day

Voters head to polls in contests seen as referendum on Joe Biden presidency (Fox News)
Glenn Youngkin’s crowds dwarf Terry McAuliffe’s on election eve (Politico)
Tone-deaf McAuliffe makes final pitch to Virginia alongside Randi Weingarten who nonsensically kept schools closed (Daily Wire)
McAuliffe missteps give Glenn Youngkin an opening in marquee race (National Review)

Politics

World leaders agree to end deforestation and slash methane emissions (The Guardian)
All hat and no cattle: Biden naps during “one of the most important meetings in history” (Free Beacon)
Biden calls climate crisis “an existential threat,” apologizes for Trump wisely pulling out of Paris Accord (Fox News)
“Holding this [infrastructure] bill hostage is not going to work”: Joe Manchin says he won’t be pressured into reconciliation vote (Axios)
Cori Bush unloads on Manchin: “Anti-Black, anti-child, anti-woman, anti-immigrant” (Daily Wire)
Catastrophe for religious freedom? Supreme Court allows lawsuit against Catholic hospital over refused transgender hysterectomy (National Review)

Security

Border deaths soar as 2021 sets record for most migrant fatalities (Washington Times)
Record fentanyl seizures at border contributed to soaring overdose deaths in U.S. (Washington Examiner)
Pentagon to add a climate policy czar … while China builds hypersonic missiles (Daily Wire)

Notables

The Southwest Airlines “Let’s Go Brandon” narrative appears to be crashing and burning (PJ Media)
Vaccine offers more protection against COVID than natural immunity, CDC asserts (CBS News)
Seattle police union lambasts mayor for $25,000 officer hiring bonuses after pushing defund movement (Fox News)
A plurality of Democrats want someone other than Biden to be the 2024 nominee (Fox News)

Non Compos Mentis Award

Loudoun County school board official claimed he might not have seen email informing him of sex assault — despite responding to it (Daily Wire)

Closing Arguments

Policy: What to do about the Left’s empty environmentalism (National Review)
Policy: What will drive China to war? (The Atlantic)
Satire: Colin Kaepernick sad that no slave owner will enslave him no matter how many times he tries out to be a slave (Babylon Bee)

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