7. Alleged political vandalism in North Alabama
- A Morgan County woman, Vicky Gibbons, has been sharing her story of how she allowed campaign signs for former Vice President Joe Biden to be put in her front yard, and shortly after they were put up, the signs and her car were vandalized.
- The Biden signs were spray-painted, and “Trump” was also reportedly painted on the hood of Gibbon’s car. She said, “It’s what I would expect from the kind of people Trump has attracted as additions to the Republican Party.”
6. Vote on coronavirus relief this week or not at all
- There will be a vote in the U.S. Senate this week on a “skinny” coronavirus relief bill of $500 billion, as announced by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). The funding will be for vaccine production, schools, the Paycheck Protection Program and unemployment benefits. The vote will be held on Wednesday.
- But Nancy Pelosi doesn’t seem to be sold on this and has set a deadline for Monday for anything to get done, saying that she and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin need to reach an agreement within 48 hours if they want to pass a coronavirus stimulus relief bill before the nation votes on November 3.
5. Social media continues to do itself no favors while helping Biden
- Former Vice President Joe Biden has recently been criticized after the New York Post released a report on Hunter Biden and their dealings with Burisma Holdings in Ukraine. After Twitter and Facebook censored the story, there’s been renewed criticism of Biden as his ties to social media have been revealed with a relationship between Democrats and the companies.
- Former Facebook executive Jessica Hertz and former Twitter executive Carlos Monje have both been hired for the Biden transition team. Both of these hiring decisions were made just days after the campaign asked Facebook to censor President Donald Trump’s posts and days after Twitter censored the Hunter Biden story.
4. Voting is apparently super-hard, so you need to register to vote today
- To qualify to vote in the general election on November 3, you have to be registered by the end of the day on October 19 in Alabama. Voter registration is closed for the last 14 days leading up to the election, and you have to be 18 years or older to register.
- Meanwhile, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill has said that there have been a record number of voters request absentee ballots with 1,000 absentee ballots cast, which surpasses the previous record of 89,000. It’s expected that by Election Day, 150,000 people will have voted absentee; overall, we’ll have a record 2.8 million voters participate in this election.
3. Journalists against journalism
- While Joe Biden and his son deal with issues with a laptop in Delaware, the American media is in full-blown defense mode with the New York Times covering the way the story was published at the New York Post instead of the stories that were uncovered.
- Even with all the attacks on the story, the facts are pretty simple: Neither Hunter Biden nor Joe Biden claims the hard drive isn’t real or his. A business partner of the younger Biden confirmed it, and the repairman has gone on the record. But, the media’s decision that unverified sources don’t count is a new standard in the Trump era, and hilariously, the media is now pushing a completely unverified angle of the whole thing being Russian misinformation with no evidence of that being true.
2. Saban never had the coronavirus after all
- University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday last week, and it was initially expected that he wouldn’t be able to coach the game against Georgia. However, through following Southeastern Conference (SEC) testing protocols, it was determined Saban had a false positive.
- On Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Saban received three consecutive negative coronavirus tests after his initial positive. By protocol standards, it was determined that his initial test was a false positive, and he was able to coach on the sidelines for Saturday’s game.
1. Jones cites one poll to claim the race is tight
- In a series of emails sent to his supporters and then echoed in the media, U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) claims polling shows that he has either pulled into a statistical tie, is within the margin of error or is leading former Auburn head coach Tommy Tuberville in the race for U.S. Senate in Alabama.
- The poll being cited has him with a 48-47 lead over Tuberville and represents the only poll showing him with a lead or within 10 points at fivethirtyeight.com.
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