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A tale of two COVID economies: Red state recovery, blue state recession

As Democratic candidates across the nation harp on the economic devastation they attribute to the Trump administration’s mishandled COVID response, a closer look at state by state unemployment data reveals something far different: a tale of two economies on starkly divergent paths out of crushing shutdown economics. In “red” states, economic recovery is in full roar. “Blue” states, meanwhile, lag far behind, still staggering under unemployment levels associated with the deepest recessions. Suspended somewhere between these two poles are politically mixed “purple” states muddling through with fittingly middling unemployment numbers.

Biden and DNC raise record $383 million in September for election campaign fund

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) together raised a record-breaking $383 million for their election campaign fund in September, AP News reports. This amount brings Biden’s total campaign funds to $432 million in the final leg of the presidential race. President Trump’s campaign has not yet released its fundraising total for September.

World Health Organization Admits Lockdowns Were Wrong

In a major policy shift, the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged world leaders to stop “using lockdowns as your primary control method” against the coronavirus amid fears they lead to as many as 100 million deaths.

Supreme Court nominee says court should not try and make policy

US Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett will tell senators at her confirmation hearing that the court should leave policy-making to Congress and to Presidents, VOA News reports. The strongly conservative President Trump nominee appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for four days of hearings starting Monday.

White House moves forward on three arms sales to Taiwan

The White House is moving forward with three sales of advanced weaponry to Taiwan, sending in recent days a notification of the deals to Congress for approval, three sources familiar with the situation said on Monday.

Declassified FBI spreadsheet exposes folly of Steele dossier’s uncorroborated claims

An FBI spreadsheet that evaluated the credibility of Christopher Steele’s dossier found almost no corroborating evidence from official intelligence reporting, leaving analysts to grope after flimsy sources like a Democratic operative, a Russian propaganda news site and U.S. news media story leaks that amounted to circular reporting.

China tells Taiwan to prepare for war

China has told Taiwan’s opposition party to “prepare for war,” Just the News reports. The threat was made through China’s state-sponsored Global Times news outlet on Wednesday.

Trump tweets that US troops in Afghanistan should be home by Christmas

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the remaining American troops in Afghanistan “should” be home in the US by Christmas, Politico reports. In February this year, the US and the Taliban agreed that American soldiers would withdraw from Afghanistan in spring 2021.

After Chinese Scientists Steal Billions in American Research, U.S. Finally Bans Communists

The U.S. government has finally issued an official policy on the inadmissibility of foreigners affiliated with Communist or totalitarian parties. The critical new rule appears to be the Trump administration’s response to an epidemic of Communists, mainly from China, that have stolen billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded scientific research while working in the United States with Uncle Sam’s permission.

Countering China on tech minerals

President Trump has signed an executive order aimed at countering China’s drive to corner the international market on rare earth minerals — key elements used in high-tech products that are the backbone of the U.S. economy and key weapons systems.

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