The richest and most powerful country on earth — whether due to ineptitude, choice or some combination of both — has no ability to perform the simple task of counting votes in a minimally efficient or confidence-inspiring manner.
Traders appeared to look past the presidential race and instead concentrated on the battle for the Senate, where odds were increasing Republicans would keep control.
Nancy Pelosi made on October 29: “I feel very confident that Joe Biden will be elected president on Tuesday,” she said. “Whatever the end count is on the election that occurs on Tuesday, he will be elected. On January 20 he will be inaugurated president of the United States.”
As it turns out, she was giving us a clear glimpse into the Democrats’ plans: even if Trump had a substantial lead at the end of election night, they would find enough absentee and mail-in ballots to propel Joe Biden into the White House.
Trump: To protect our security I suspended the entry of foreign refugees from terror afflicted nations. Biden has pledged a staggering 700 percent increase in refugees from the most violent terrorist hotspots anywhere on earth.”
While 8 states (per the NYT) are still waiting on final vote counts in the presidential race, it’s already clear that Tuesday was not the blowout Democratic victory that Nate Silver and a legion of other idiot pundits had expected.
The chart above shows the length the central banks went during the coronavirus pandemic. Consensus exists between central bankers that the QE programs are more effective in easing the monetary policy. That is, more effective than cutting the rates below zero.
The fate of the United States presidency hung in the balance Wednesday morning, as President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden battled for three familiar battleground states — Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania — that could prove crucial in determining who wins the White House.
A late burst of votes in Wisconsin from Milwaukee gave Biden a small lead, but it was too early to call the race.
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell in choppy trading on Wednesday as the results of the presidential contest so far failed to yield a clear winner on election night.
Israeli police prohibit Jews from praying from atop the Temple Mount. But for some reason, they did not even approach the young man despite his overt prayer for Trump’s win.
