An 86-year-old man and his dog were rescued from a disabled sailboat drifting hundreds of miles off the California coast after he had not been heard from for more than two months.The man was sailing from Astoria, Oregon, to Pago Pago, American Samoa, when contact with him was lost Aug. 20, the U.S. Coast Guard announced Friday.Authorities were alerted Oct. 24 that he was overdue, launching a search for him and his sailboat, the Willow Wind.TRAGEDY AT SEA LEAVES TEEN STRANDED ON OVERTURNED BOAT FOR NEARLY 3 DAYS IN FRIGID WATERSThree days later, the Coast Guard received an emergency beacon alert from the boat and sent aircraft and a cutter to search the area. Nearby ships were also asked to assist.”Watchstanders coordinated the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento C-27 Spartan aircrew and diverted an HC-130 Hercules aircrew and the Coast Guard Cutter Robert Ward (WPC 1130), and requested assistance from nearby vessels,” the Coast Guard said.A Coast Guard aircrew spotted the Willow Wind that evening about 460 miles off San Diego.The motor vessel Grand Orion reached the sailboat early the next morning, but rough seas initially made it too dangerous to rescue the man and his dog.TEEN BOATER FOUND CLINGING TO CAPSIZED VESSEL AFTER 3 GO MISSING; 2 BODIES RECOVEREDLater that day, the Grand Orion crew was able to safely bring them aboard. The Willow Wind had damaged sails and was left drifting at sea.The following morning, a Coast Guard helicopter crew picked up the man and his dog from the Grand Orion about 170 miles west of Ventura, California.They were flown to San Diego, where the man was taken to Scripps Mercy Hospital for further evaluation. The Coast Guard did not provide additional details about his condition.CRUISE VACATION TAKES FRIGHTENING TURN AS PASSENGER IS AIRLIFTED FROM SHIP”We are grateful to the merchant mariners and Coast Guard crews whose coordinated efforts brought this search to a successful conclusion,” Coast Guard Cmdr. Jason Nguyen said in a statement.”This case highlights the importance of carrying emergency communication equipment and creating a float plan, so someone ashore knows your voyage plans.”The Coast Guard could not immediately be reached by Fox News Digital for comment.
Another One: Second Florida Woman Arrested for Threatening to Kill Trump and “Whole Entire Bloodline” – “I Am Here to Slaughter the F*ck Out of Y’all”
President Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One / TGP’s Jordan Conradson
Another Florida woman has been arrested after threatening to kill President Trump during his latest Florida rally in Daytona Beach last week.
This comes after another woman in Daytona Beach was arrested after threatening on social media to go to the Trump rally and “shoot him with my Glock,” The Gateway Pundit reported.
The suspect, 21-year-old Allison Albro, was seen crying in her mugshot, hilariously.
Allison Albro, 21, arrested after threatening to shoot President Trump at Daytona Beach rally
Now, another woman, Tammy Teresa Williams, has been indicted for threatening Trump during his latest Florida rally, according to court records.
Breanna Morello reports that Williams is accused of writing on social media, “I am coming to kill off Trump whole entire bloodline! And so many more! I am here to kill off Rodney fake ass family and I am! I am here to slaughter the fuck out of y’all humans and Tammy is!”
According to Morello, “Williams’ criminal history shows a 1996 charge of carrying a concealed firearm (adjudication withheld) and a 2019 charge of Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer.”
JUST FILED
Two women in Florida have been charged with threatening to kill President Donald Trump.
When law enforcment confronted Allison Albro she became emotionally upset and began crying when she initially began speaking, according to the FBI.
She stated she already knew why law enforcement was there to talk to her and VCSO presented her with a physical photo of the threat, which she admitted to posting.
Tammy Teresa Williams allegedly posted, “I am coming to kill off Trump whole entire bloodline! And so many more! I am here to kill off Rodney fake ass family and I am! I am here to slaughter the fuck out of y’all humans and Tammy is!”
President Trump was at a rally in Florida the day she posted this.
Williams’ criminal history shows a 1996 charge of carrying a concealed firearm (adjudication withheld) and 2019 charge of Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer
— Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) November 2, 2026
Ongoing threats and violence against Trump and his supporters appear to be increasing lately.
Another deranged leftist was also arrested for threatening to shoot President Trump during a rally in Wichita, Kansas, last month.
Liberals are still mocking the death of Charlie Kirk and inciting violence against conservatives on college campuses. Recently, a University of Texas student showed up at a Turning Point event and read a poem celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death. ANTIFA at the University of Oregon also showed up at a Turning Point event with a sign that read “F-ck him right in the neck hole,” a reference to Kirk’s death.
A man inside Trump’s midterm rally in Rock Hill, South Carolina, appeared to call for a “massacre” of Trump supporters and said he was there to witness it.
And over the weekend at the University of Michigan, a liberal college student was arrested after violently assaulting a conservative activist, then threatening to kill her.
“I should have f*cking killed you when I had the f*cking chance,” the woman screamed as she was being arrested.
WATCH: El-Sayed Supporter Thrown Down by Police After Tackling Conservative Reporter on Michigan College Campus, Screams “I Should Have F*cking Killed You” During Arrest
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Incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan Goes Off on Democrats, Says Multiple People Told Him They Think They Voted for the Wrong Dan Sullivan (VIDEO)
Incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan was fired up and went off on the Democrats for adding a spoiler “Dan Sullivan” to the ballot.
“People are disgusted,” Dan Sullivan said to reporters earlier Tuesday.
“There’s no doubt people are mad. We are witnessing the biggest election cheating scandal in the history of the State of Alaska,” Dan Sullivan told reporters in Anchorage
Later Tuesday, Senator Dan Sullivan said people are getting confused and accidentally voting for the decoy Dan Sullivan.
“I’ve heard from people who think they’ve voted for the wrong guy and have apologized to me. Just like I said, the scheme is working,” Incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan told Fox News.
WATCH:
The Justice Department ramped up its criminal investigation into the Democrats’ dirty scheme to confuse Alaska voters by adding a spoiler candidate.
The Trump Justice Department on Tuesday sent 20 criminal target letters to 20 Democrats, including notorious Deep State lawyer Marc Elias, over the Decoy Dan Sullivan scheme.
Marc Elias and other Democrats are the target of the Justice Department’s criminal investigation into whether Democrat operatives in the Peltola campaign were behind a plot to confuse Alaska voters by adding a spoiler candidate named Dan Sullivan to the ballot.
The Justice Department has launched an aggressive criminal investigation into Daniel J. Sullivan. Federal prosecutors have issued more than 100 subpoenas.
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WATCH: Raging boomer slaps conservative teen activist at polling place
An elderly man both verbally and physically assaulted a young Turning Point USA volunteer at the polls, a video posted to X shows.
An 18-year-old man was volunteering with Turning Point Action outside a polling station in New Hampshire on Tuesday when an elderly man approached him and began to raise his voice. The confrontation then escalated, as depicted in a video included in Turning Point Action’s Tuesday afternoon X post.
The context of the conflict in the 40 second video is unclear. However, the elderly man is seen yelling, “you have no idea who I am, so how dare you say I don’t know much!”
The volunteer then responded, “you haven’t presented a single statistic.”
The elderly man then seemed to grow increasingly agitated, continuing to yell at the 18-year-old.
“Neither have you! G**damn. I cannot believe that bulls**t. You sat there and dare to look me in the face. And say I don’t know anything,” he shouted, gesturing at the teen before giving him the middle finger.
“That’s what I know. F*** you,” the elderly man continued, slapping the volunteer in the face.
After bystanders can be heard saying “woah,” the old man marched away.
“He stayed calm. The left got violent,” Turning Point Action’s X post featuring the video stated. “Don’t cede the ground, show up to the polls. Your vote helps us outnumber these people.”
WATCH:
An 18-year-old stood his ground at the polls in New Hampshire today and was assaulted for it.
He stayed calm. The left got violent.
Don’t cede the ground, show up to the polls. Your vote helps us outnumber these people. https://t.co/aX43b5EFIT
— Turning Point Action (@TPAction) November 3, 2026
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5 tech stock stalwarts have tumbled over 50%
The technology boom version 2.0 has been driven by insatiable spending on data center infrastructure. That spending continues, but many of the companies providing the hardware necessary to run AI chatbots, like ChatGPT and Gemini, are in the midst of a brutal sell-off that’s knocked the technology-heavy Nasdaq 100 down nearly 10% and flirting with correction territory.
The pain has been particularly hard felt among semiconductors and cloud plays, many of which have been taken to the proverbial woodshed, including these five, which tumbled over 50% from summertime highs to recent lows:
Intel: -58%
Arm Holdings: -55%
Oracle: -52%
Sandisk: -53%
KLA Corporation: -52%Source: Yahoo! Historical Quotes
AI spending boom fears take root
Stocks tend to move based on emotion, and now, into its fourth year, the AI trade has gotten pretty crowded. I’ve seen this movie before during my 30-year career, so it’s not surprising to me to see the drawdowns. The usual progression: A new idea lands with many doubters and few believers. As stocks run, more converts jump on board until most of the money on the sidelines has joined the party, leaving few new buyers to step in to support stocks on pullbacks.
Tech stocks like Intel didn’t drop because their businesses have suddenly imploded. Instead, they’ve dropped because supply from sellers locking in gains has dwarfed demand. Basic economics sounds simplistic, but sometimes the simple answer is the correct one.
If there’s a specific catalyst beyond protecting gains, ratcheting back peak data-center spending is the most compelling. There’s mounting fear that we’re about to hit peak capex for data center spending in 2027, setting the stage for a slowdown.
The stakes are high, given the dollars at stake.
In mid-October, JPMorgan said 2026 AI capex for the five biggest hyperscalers (Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Oracle, and Microsoft) would be $900 billion, climbing above $1 trillion in 2027.
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Most of that spending to date has been financed by free cash flow (and, arguably, by circular financing deals, thanks to investments from the likes of Nvidia). However, companies are increasingly turning to debt, exposing balance sheets to risk.
For instance, Goldman Sachs pegged the percentage of AI capex financed by debt at 33% in 2026, up from 26% in 2025. In 2027, Goldman Sachs says 35% will be paid for by debt, totaling roughly $400 billion.
If revenue growth underdelivers or lenders get antsy and borrowing gets pricier, we could end up with a major capex reset that unravels the AI trade, or so the bear argument goes.
Technology stocks have retreated over fears that AI capex spending will peak in 2027.Nikada / Getty Images
Bank of America says demand justifies spending
There’s a silver lining to more judicious AI capex, though, suggests Bank of America. Analyst Vivek Arya thinks that if capex budget cuts happen, it would “lower peak profit but preserve compute scarcity, extend the AI cycle and support higher multiples over time.”
Think a shorter peak and a flatter runway for the entire AI cycle, which could mean less boom-and-bust action for underlying stocks.
Arya thinks there’s plenty of incentive to continue investing in AI, given surging backlogs.
“With $2.5tn+ backlog and surging enterprise adoption, demand looks durable: scarce compute, not excess capacity, is the risk,” wrote Arya in a research note shared with me.
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“Slower supply growth against resilient demand could lift utilization, support pricing and reduce overbuild risk. The result could be lower peak earnings, but a longer earnings runway and potentially higher multiples for chipmakers already valued as if the cycle is ending,” added Arya.
Major hyperscaler revenue certainly seems to support the argument for spending.
Amazon’s AWS revenue rose 39%, Microsoft Azure sales grew 49%, and Google AI revenue increased over 100% year over year in the third quarter, according to Arya.
Are beat-down tech stocks bargain bin buys?
The risk of a slowdown or debt reckoning is reflected in the most punished technology stocks. Intel has been late to the party in terms of AI-optimized chips, but optimism over U.S. fab capacity builds, and deeper pockets from U.S. and Nvidia investments caused its shares to soar before the recent drop, despite operational headwinds.
At Oracle, the fear of overspending to become one of the biggest hyperscalers has raised major debt concerns, contributing to its recent drop, despite the company’s argument that its backlog is solid and justifies the push.
ARM Holdings makes its money by selling semiconductor designs, and a slowdown in data center spending would crimp its upside. It has historically traded at a premium valuation because of its ‘asset-light/no-fab’ status, making it more susceptible to drawdowns as investors press sell on so-called expensive players first.
A downthrottling in capex would also be bad news for KLA Corporation, which makes inspection and measurement machines used to create semiconductors. If the data center buildout slows, so would chip demand, and the need for new fab equipment. Like ARM, KLA has long been considered a premium play in the semiconductor equipment space, trading at a higher valuation than peers such as Applied Materials and Lam Research, making it susceptible to sell-offs.
SanDisk sits in a different space, given that it makes memory, but lower spending on high-end server capacity means less memory is needed. Given the 303% surge in NAND flash memory this past year, and the historical cyclical nature of memory market demand, a bit of investors’ caution is warranted.
It’s hard to judge whether any of these individual stock drawdowns have run their course and are ready to reverse, but Arya thinks semiconductor plays aren’t overpriced relative to history.
“Since CY19, the SOX index has traded at 12.5x-30x forward PE multiple, ranging from a 20% discount to a 40% premium versus SPX. Today, 16.4x represents a 10% discount, consistent with AI-cycle troughs in CY23-1H26 and only 10pts above the deepest relative discount since CY19.”
Of course, stocks can always get cheaper, but Arya’s math shows that these stocks aren’t historically priced excessively, and that should give some modicum of comfort to bargain hunters, especially if Arya is right that a capex reset wouldn’t trigger demand destruction nearly to the extent some fear.
“The market therefore appears to be discounting capex risk before the demand data have cracked. If paying AI demand stays resilient, lower capex could reduce overbuild, preserve scarcity, extend the EPS cycle and justify higher multiples, in our opinion,” concluded Arya.
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JUST IN: Democrat Jon Ossoff Wins Reelection in Georgia Senate Race
Democrat Senator Jon Ossoff won the Georgia Senate race on Tuesday evening.
Ossoff was first elected to the US Senate in 2021.
Republican Mike Collins worked to unseat Ossoff, but he came up short.
Decision Desk HQ projects Jon Ossoff wins the GA US Senate General Election
#DecisionMade: 7:18 PM EST
Follow live results here: https://t.co/JUE5jgmAa5 https://t.co/6h8LK0HDZm
— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) November 4, 2026
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NFL Legend Rob Gronkowski Spotted Helping Turning Point Action Get Out the Vote in New Hampshire on Election Day
NFL superstar and four-time Super Bowl champion Rob Gronkowski made a surprise appearance in New Hampshire on Tuesday, November 3, joining Turning Point Action volunteers at a polling location as Americans headed to the ballot box for the critical 2026 midterm elections.
The legendary former New England Patriots tight end was spotted at a polling station in Goffstown, New Hampshire, where he posed for photographs with conservative grassroots organizers working to get voters to the polls.
According to The New England Signal, Republican state Rep. Lisa Mazur, who leads Turning Point Action’s New Hampshire turnout program, confirmed the surprise visit in a social media post Tuesday morning.
Mazur reported that Gronkowski had stopped by one of the Goffstown polling stations, where he spent time with volunteers beneath a Turning Point Action tent.
The Republican lawmaker celebrated the visit, describing it as an unforgettable Election Day experience.
Gronkowski was also accompanied at the Goffstown stop by WWE executive Paul “Triple H” Levesque, according to Mazur.
WOW Rob Gronkowski sightings at New Hampshire polling places!
TIME TO GO VOTE https://t.co/KdKyFf0cJ3
— Tyler Bowyer (@tylerbowyer) November 3, 2026
Superbowl champion Rob Gronkowski is greeting voters today in New Hampshire and telling them to vote.
John Sununu has a real chance to win! https://t.co/7ZlTcVdtEr
— Robert Kruse (@robert_kruse15) November 3, 2026
Former Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski greets voters at the polls in Bedford, New Hampshire, while encouraging residents to get out and vote.
#patriots #robgronkowski #voting #electionday https://t.co/sLSibMyJtv
— Boston 25 News (@boston25) November 3, 2026
Gronkowski was also seen greeting voters outside Bedford High School alongside his longtime girlfriend, Camille Kostek.
The NFL legend took photos with supporters, signed memorabilia, and encouraged residents to exercise their constitutional right to vote.
Speaking with NBC Boston, Gronkowski delivered a message that transcended party lines.
“My message out here in New Hampshire is just to go out there and vote,” Gronkowski said.
He emphasized that participation in the election mattered regardless of political affiliation.
The former Patriots star also met with Republican New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte, who thanked Gronkowski and Kostek for visiting the polling location.
According to CBS Boston, Gronkowski’s surprise appearance attracted considerable attention, with Bedford police warning residents about heavy traffic near the polling site.
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MS NOW’s Katy Tur: Trump Closing Message Goes After ‘Voters Who Are Islamophobic’
MS NOW/SnapStream
In the Tuesday afternoon election pre-game coverage on MS NOW, The Moment host Katy Tur continued her progressive network’s disdain for President Trump and Republicans’ overall messaging against far-left Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, and called Trump’s closing message an attempt to go after “voters who are Islamophobic.”Frequent contributor Molly Jong-Fast first said El-Sayed’s campaign in Michigan was “trying to make right” the issues the party had in 2024 in the state, mainly the far-left uncommitted vote as a protest over Israel’s War on Hamas after October 7th, 2023. She described the new election cycle for Democrats with El-Sayed in Michigan as the party “making peace.”MS NOW Political Director Shawna Thomas also joined Tur’s panel and took time to praise the embattled DNC and chair Ken Martin’s funding for Michigan. She then noted the close race in the 2024 Senate between now-Senator Democrat Elissa Stlokin and Republican candidate Mike Rogers, also running in 2026, while Trump won the state in 2024. MS NOW’s Katy Tur claims Trump’s closing message for the midterms at the reflecting pool speech was “calling El-Sayed a terrorist” and “jihadist,” as he was “going after voters who are Islamophobic, trying to drum that up.” pic.twitter.com/R2y1qzlC3d— Nick (@nspin310) November 3, 2026 Tur responded, “And she didn’t win it by much. And so that’s why Republicans are still so focused on Michigan, as you were saying.”\But she then turned to attack Trump’s closing message, first by mocking the reflecting pool speech: “And, Jon, we heard the president yesterday in his closing message ahead of the midterms to about 60 people on the reflecting pool, 20 minutes of which he spent talking about the reflecting pool and the algae and the disrepair that he says he fixed.”In Tur’s own closing message, she returned to the discussion over El-Sayed and claimed there was “Islamophobia” at play, pointing at voters in the process:When he got to the election cycle, he focused in on Michigan and not on, you know, the policies or the, you know, the affordability crisis, or any of the things that people have said they are worried about on the top of the polling. Instead, he called El Sayed a terrorist, a jihadist, going after voters who are Islamophobic, trying to drum that up.No mention was made of El-Sayed’s alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, which he freaks out at any slight mention of in questions from reporters, including tense interviews with NBC’s Tom Llamas and Fox News’s Bret Baier.Furthermore, Morning Joe co-host Jonathan Lemire chimed in, also mocking the reflecting pool speech, before first claiming the claims of El-Sayed’s connection to the DSA were false, since he was not a dues-paying member: Mornings Joe’s Jonathan Lemrie then echoed disdain for what he called “anti-Islamic rhetoric” and claimed the Stevens’ endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers insulted Black voters and could help El-Sayed. pic.twitter.com/neVopzdnva— Nick (@nspin310) November 3, 2026 But you’re correct that the lead has become in many ways the symbol of the Democratic Party this cycle. At least Republicans are trying to make him that, you know, because of his affiliations with the DSA, though he himself, not a member.Lemire then decided “anti-Islamic rhetoric”:“But of course, we’re seeing this now, this sort of recycled, reheated, I mean, let’s call it for what it is, anti-Islamic rhetoric from President Trump and a number of his fellow Republicans. He’s trying to make El Sayed the boogeyman here.Lemire then coped that Democrat Haley Stevens’ endorsement for Rogers actually helped El-Sayed, and claimed it insulted Black voters: We’ll see what impact, if any, the Haley Stevens switch here, that her reverse endorsement will have, quite likely not much. And frankly, it might even backfire to what she intended. Certainly, we’ve heard stories in the last 24 hours or so, 48 hours in Michigan, that it’s actually fired up voters there, Democrats there, including some black voters who feel like they’ve been, you know, were used as a pawn at the Black church where Rogers and Stevens appeared together to make that endorsement official and the like.He concluded, “But, you know, this is certainly one of the most closely watched Senate races of the cycle, but it’s not clear that Trump’s attacks have really landed.”The transcript is below. Click “expand”:MS NOW’s The Moment with Katy TurNovember 3, 20262:13:52 PM Eastern(…)MOLLY JONG-FAST: Also, I do think there’s a feeling – What Abdul is doing in Michigan, after – it’s a sort of trying to make right in a way that Democrats, you know, felt – I think there were a lot of Democrats that felt they were not listened to about certain things in the ‘24 cycle. And so in some ways, I think there’s been a sort of like making peace and a sort of kumbaya- ish, like part parts of the party getting together in Michigan.SHAWNA THOMAS: And also trying to rebuild in Michigan. I think if you talked to Curtis Hotel, who is the Michigan Democratic Party chair, you know, I talked to him earlier this year and he said despite the fact that the DNC has taken a lot of BS for not having as much money at the end of this election as the Republicans did, he gave Ken Martin credit for sending money to Michigan early on so that they could build some of that, so that they could act on the fact that Elissa Slotkin won her Senate race. But President Trump won the state.KATY TUR: And she didn’t win it by much. And so that’s why Republicans are still so focused on Michigan, as you were saying. And, Jon, we heard the president yesterday in his closing message ahead of the midterms to about 60 people on the reflecting pool, 20 minutes of which he spent talking about the reflecting pool and the algae and the disrepair that he says he fixed. When he got to the election cycle, he focused in on Michigan and not on, you know, the policies or the, you know, the affordability crisis, or any of the things that people have said they are worried about on the top of the polling. Instead, he called El Sayed a terrorist, a jihadist, going after voters who are Islamophobic, trying to drum that up.JONATHAN LEMIRE: Well, we’ve levied criticisms at President Trump all year long for being out of touch. But to be fair, algae is an 80/20 issue, so he’s right on that one. But you’re correct that the lead has become in many ways the symbol of the Democratic Party this cycle. At least Republicans are trying to make him that, you know, because of his affiliations with the DSA, though he himself not a member. But of course, we’re seeing this now, this sort of recycled, reheated, I mean, let’s call it for what it is, anti-Islamic rhetoric from President Trump and a number of his fellow Republicans. He’s trying to make El Sayed the boogeyman here. We’ll see if it works. Polls certainly suggest that El Sayed has a lead, although I agree, I wouldn’t say it’s plus 11. We’ll see what impact, if any, the Haley Stevens switch here, that her reverse endorsement will have, quite likely not much. And frankly, it might even backfire to what she intended. Certainly, we’ve heard stories in the last 24 hours or so, 48 hours in Michigan, that it’s actually fired up voters there, Democrats there, including some black voters who feel like they’ve been, you know, were used as a pawn at the Black church where Rogers and Stevens appeared together to make that endorsement official and the like. But, you know, this is certainly one of the most closely watched Senate races of the cycle, but it’s not clear that Trump’s attacks have really landed.(…)
CNN’s Movie Trailer-Style Open to Election Night Coverage Was as Dumb as You’d Expect
Screenshot via CNN/Snapstream
Ahead of showing off its brand-new Washington bureau studio, CNN opened Election Night in America with a movie trailer-style opening that echoed the farcical, biased productions that ABC News has become known to churn out (going back through 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, and beyond), framing Democrats as inevitable and noble while Republicans are fringe and weak.The narrator boomed from the get-go: “Election day is here. The polls are open, and control of Congress is up for grabs.” After a clip of Abdul el-Sayed saying he “we won’t back down” and Mike Rogers telling a crowd “we have a state to save,” the narrator returned with his first thumb on the scale: “Voters across America have a chance to upend the political order in Washington.”
WATH: CNN’s movie trailer-style open to ‘Election Night in America’ was as absurd and biased as you thought it would…. pic.twitter.com/LC3TdXSvXE— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 3, 2026
WATH: CNN’s movie trailer-style open to ‘Election Night in America’ was as absurd and biased as you thought it would…. pic.twitter.com/LC3TdXSvXE— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 3, 2026
Of course, the insinuation here was that the “upend[ing]” is glorious thing.And, what do you know, it played right into a clip from Texas socialist James Talarico saying, “we are going to shock the nation.”The video grew infinitely more gleeful for the party most of CNN likely voted for, gushing over Democrats delivering Trump “a potentially crippling roadblock.” Also, take notice of how some of the Republican soundbites in the rest of the video are framed as cultural, while Democrat soundbites are pinned as on-message:CNN NARRATOR: Will President Trump’s second term get a green light, or hit a potentially crippling roadblock?PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I’m going to be impeached. [SCREEN WIPE] They’re going to impeach me.CNN NARRATOR: From coast to coast, candidates are delivering their closing pitches to voters who are frustrated with both parties and the direction of the country.STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON (R-TX): Everything costs more. Everything’s up except your paycheck.SENATOR JON OSSOFF (D-GA): It’s the most corrupt administration of all time.FORMER GOVERNOR ROY COOPER (D-NC): We need to end this war in Iran.MICHAEL WHATLEY: I will stand up to the woke mob.In between a clip of former President Obama swooning over “change…in the air,” the CNN narrator must have suffered a thrill up his leg in framing the Democrats as noble: “Tonight, Democrats are chasing a political comeback, with an energized electorate and history on their side…aiming to take back the House and put a check on the White House.”When it came to the Senate, the CNN narrator briefly fretted: “It’s tougher map in the Senate with must-win seats for Democrats in razor-thin races, and any state could decide at all.”Following another set of el-Sayed and Rogers soundbites and then one each for Maine Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and cousin-kissing Democrat Troy Jackson, the voice of God quickly restored the hope of the liberal base tuning in:CNN NARRATOR: But the battlefield is full of deep-red states that Republicans are scrambling to keep in their column.TALARICO: Texas is not for sale.PAXTON: If we lose Texas, we lose America.SENATOR ROGER MARSHALL (R-KS): It’s time that modern-day patriots stand up.ADAM HAMILTON: I’m going to fight for the people of Kansas.The ad footnoted the woefully undercovered races: “Outside Washington, both parties clashing for control in governors races across the country.”There was one exception in terms of national coverage of governorships, though.Sure enough, the Ohio race was the only contest to receive mention in the form of a soundbite from Democrat Amy Acton and Republican Vivek Ramaswamy.It closed with a liberal flourish (click “expand”):CNN NARRATOR: And, at the center of it all, a President with everything on the line.TRUMP: Please pretend I’m on the frickin’ ballot, will ya?CNN NARRATOR: This is CNN’s coverage of Election Night in America. The fight for control of Congress, the contests for governor, and the direction of the country at stake.CONGRESSMAN MIKE COLLINS (R-GA): Get out there! Get out there and vote.OSSOFF: Are you ready to win?CNN NARRATOR: It’s democracy in action. Voters are choosing. The world is watching, and anything is possible.To see the relevant CNN transcript from November 3, click here.
No One Learns Anything
It would be lightning striking a functioning Ford Pinto on a sunny day for the American voting public to learn anything.