THE SHOW NOTES: Kemp vs Abrams, Paul Pelosi Coverage, & Targeting Biden +20 Seats
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HEADLINE: More than 100 pro-life orgs, churches attacked since Dobbs leak
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DATA: 21,174,265 votes have been cast early.
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Kemp vs Abrams
Lagging in the polls and struggling to raise money, Stacey Abrams capped off her final debate performance against Brian Kemp with a less-than-stellar showing. In an election that is increasingly about crime, Abrams took a shot at the 107 sheriffs that backed Brian Kemp. Watch:
To make matters worse, she backtracked on her recently held view of defunding police.
And finally, the knockout blow:
Blatant Media Bias: Pelosi Edition
Paul Pelosi was violently attacked by a deranged man with a hammer early Friday morning. The attack has led every news program and was used over the weekend by Biden and other Democrats to attack Republicans. The attacker had recent musings that ostensibly could be perceived as right of center but also claimed an invisible fairy - who sometimes appears to him in the form of a bird - attacked one of his friends. Maybe the guy’s just crazy?
Remember Kavanaugh: Nicholas John Roske intended to kill Justice Kavanaugh following the SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v Wade earlier this year. Roske traveled to Kavanaugh’s house from California with a Glock 17, two magazines of ammunition, duct tape, a tactical knife, pepper spray, and zip ties only to call the police and turn himself in. The incident received a fraction of the Pelosi coverage.
Bias examined: Politico explains that no one cared about the Kavanaugh story because “potential violence and intimidation in Washington’s political world has stopped seeming quite so newsy. Man-threatens-man has become the new dog-bites-man.” What?
Or was it because Roske was a progressive? It’s hard to see the same response if a conservative did the same thing to Justice Elena Kagan. Regardless, what about the other attacks - committee by progressive - that you’ve never heard of?
Two Election Points
From Axios: “Republicans are pouring cash into House districts that voted for President Biden by as much as 20 points, targeting under-the-radar battlegrounds amid growing signs of a red wave.”
From The New York Times: “In a sign of how close the governor’s race has gotten, the Democratic Governors Association filed paperwork in recent days to form a super PAC in New York that will prop up Ms. Hochul on TV and try to stave off losses further down the ballot.”
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The rest of the news:
Rick Scott Predicts GOP Will Win at Least 52 Senate Seats in Midterms - NR
Elon Musk posts, deletes tweet with baseless rumor about Paul Pelosi attack - NY Post
Elon Musk Wants Twitter To Charge $20/Month For People To Be Verified - Barstool
An Absolute Legend Fooled His City Inspector By Hiding An Indoor Pool In His Basement - Barstool
South Korea in shock, grief as more than 150 die in Halloween crowd surge - Politico
On Second Thought, Just Throw Plastic Away - City Journal
U.S. Treasury yields climb as investors look toward November Fed meeting - CNBC
Kremlin accused of ‘weaponizing food’ in halt of Ukraine grain deal - Politico
Biden lost temper with Zelenskyy in June phone call when Ukrainian leader asked for more aid - CNBC
Russia Launches Barrage of Strikes Across Ukraine, Targeting Infrastructure - WSJ (paywall)
Democrats Prepare for Loss of Congress as Voters Break Late to GOP - Bloomberg (paywall)
The Battle for Blue-Collar White Voters Raging in Biden’s Birthplace - NYT (paywall)
James Bennet was right - Washington Post (paywall)
Three tweets that caught my eye:
Market snapshot:
I'm looking forward to your prognostications of what is going to happen AFTER the election! If they are resorting to these extremes now, where will they go next? Good management always remembers: "Leave yourself somewhere to go. If you threaten to kill someone but do not show them a dead bleeding body, then what?"
obviously Paul forgot what their "safe" phrase was. Anything including where's Nancy was their safe phrase, but kinda hard to talk with a hammer LOL in your mouth