WORRIED ABOUT NOV. 3? There’s a lot to worry about, depending on what happens on and after Election Day 2020, to be sure. The most famous sermon in history shows the way to dealing with such worry, according to retired financial investment strategist Kurt Brouwer.

FIVE THINGS WE’LL LEARN ABOUT BIDEN AFTER THE ELECTION: How many can you guess before reading Issues & Insights?

IT’S NOT ABOUT HUNTER, IT’S ABOUT JOE: That’s according to Margot Cleveland, writing at The Federalist. Among other things, influence-peddling relatives are easy avenues for bribery by foreign interests.

TOOK TEAM OF 35 EXPERTS SEVEN DAYS TO WAR-GAME THE 2020 ELECTION: The “79 Days Report” team was made up of scholars and analysts with the Claremont Institute and the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Three basic scenarios were considered, according to The Federalist:

• A clear victory for President Trump, winning 32 states and 322 Electoral College votes, better than the 304 Trump won in 2016, but, due to the massive use of mail-in ballots, especially in the six states in which counting cannot commence until Election Day, victory likely won’t be formally declared until days or weeks after Election Day, as Trump would only have 248 electoral votes known for certainty.
• A clear victory for Vice President Biden, winning 26 states and D.C. for a total of 342 Electoral College votes. Again, because of the six states that cannot count mail-in ballots until Election Day, even in this scenario, victory won’t be known for certain, as Biden may only have 268 electoral votes late into election night.
• An ambiguous result, with the final election results of several states delayed and subject to intense court fights resulting in a struggle right up to the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress where the ballots of the electors are unsealed. Uncertainty could extend even beyond this as decisions for both the presidency and vice presidency are battled out in Congress and before the U.S. Supreme Court.

They seem to have all the bases covered, so you gotta read this one.

WHAT ABOUT SLAVERY AND CHRISTIANITY: It’s only a quick take, but my core point when asked about it by Bill Walton is a fundamental challenge to the Howard Zinns of the world – Get honest about who did what and why, including, I might add, Southern Christians who got it wrong about the Bible and slavery in the years leading to the Civil War.

BTW, if you aren’t already familiar with The Bill Walton Show and you appreciate civil, interesting discussion on important issues, then you’re in for a treat. Very smart guy who also happens to have a knack for encouraging conversations that enlighten and encourage. And Lord knows we need all the enlightenment and encouragement we can get these days.

A CONVERSATION ON EQUALITY BETWEEN THOMAS JEFFERSON AND MLK JR: As conceived by Bret Bernhardt, who knows a thing or three about these matters after years on Capitol Hill as chief of staff to former senators Jim DeMint (R-SC) and Don Nickles (R-OK).

This might be the start of a whole series of such conversations among historic figures: George Washington and George III, Honest Abe and Jefferson Davis, Teddy Roosevelt and FDR, and so on and so on and …

And speaking of the legacy of slavery in America, Thomas Sowell’s wisdom on this issue is unsurpassed. HT: Thom McKee and The Daily Gouge.

ONE PICTURE SAYS IT ALL ON PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION: No, it’s not grisly, but it is graphic. And Frank Turek puts it in proper context.

THE PRICE OF PANIC: Dr. Jay Richards of Catholic University sits down with Bill Walton to discuss the horrendous costs of and ludicrous justifications for the Great Coronavirus Pandemic Lockdown. Did you know we have actually endured two pandemics?

DO THE RICH BACK THE LEFT OR RIGHT? Some interesting back-of-an-envelope calculations by Capital Research Center’s Michael Hartmann.

THREE RUSSIA-GATE QUESTIONS REMAIN UNANSWERED: Capital Research Center’s Ken Braun sorts through the continuing flood of documents coming out in the Russia-gate scandal. Here’s the most interesting of the three queries (at least for me): Why is Hillary so invested in the Russia-gate conspiracy theory?

WHY TRUMP WILL WIN AGAIN: Pay particular attention to the reference by David Catron of the American Spectator to the 20 percent of registered voters who admit avoiding pollsters. And that’s just those who admit it.

13 REASONS TO AVOID PENN: There is one Republican employee at the University of Pennsylvania for every 13 Democrats. Not to worry, though, because political discrimination in hiring is illegal, so that ratio must surely be coincidental, right?

REMEMBER WHEN THE INTERNET WAS OPEN? That was back in the days when Silicon Valley believed “Information Wants to be Free.”

DON’T LIKE THE SUPREME COURT? Blame former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and his Democratic colleagues in 2013. Funny how we never hear about that in the MSM these days.

THIS MAY BE THE MOST INTERESTING THING YOU READ TODAY: 10 Amazing Things about your mind and your brain. The political significance is not immediately obvious but, just to cite one example, if there is no such thing as the human mind, the legitimacy of claims on behalf of individual freedom is seriously compromised.

HOLD ON THERE, MOLLIE! YOU SAY TRUMP WILL WIN? Mollie Hemingway, who is clearly among the smartest journalists in Cable World these days, looks at the data from the key battleground states and finds — surprise! — that President Donald Trump is doing better there than he did in 2016. Maybe you better get ready, Joe, cauz that basement could get real old real fast, starting Nov. 4.

LOOK WHAT RIOTS, QUARANTINE DID TO A GREAT AMERICAN CITY: Chris Bedford and John Daniel Davidson of The Federalist assess what’s left of Minneapolis, beginning at radical Left shrine at “Floyd Square,” where George Floyd died. Coming soon to your city, too?

SURPRISE! COVID QUARANTINE DOESN’T APPEAR TO HARM TEENS: This new study from the Institute for Family Studies and the Wheatley Foundation finds teens benefitted during the quarantine from … wait for it … more family time. What does that tell us ought to be a key goal of social policymakers, regardless of the current public health situation?

YALE PROFS WANTS CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AGAINST BARRETT: And we wonder why so many of our kids become Antifa automatons on campus?

UNDERSTANDING WHAT’S AT STAKE IN 2020 IS REALLY QUITE SIMPLE: That’s according to Claremont Institute’s Thomas Klingenstein. The issues are three and easy to grasp, but the simplicity doesn’t prevent 2020 being “a referendum on the Founding. Whether America was founded in 1619 as the BLM Democrats contend, or in 1776, as Lincoln and until very recently all Americans believed.”

HT: Thom McKee and Daily Gouge.

HOW HARRIS/BIDEN WILL KILL THE REPUBLIC: Issues & Insights lays it out in cold, hard detail. Pack the Court. End the Senate Filibuster. Admit D.C. and Puerto Rico as states. And more.

HARD FACTS ABOUT COVID DEATHS: Worldwide, we humans have killed 33 unborn boys and girls for every one Covid victim so far this year. The numbers for smoking, cancer, etc. are stark as well.

JUDGE TELLS DC MAYOR TO BACK OFF HISTORIC CHURCH: In a decision that was made public late Friday, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Trevor McFadden granted Capitol Hill Baptist Church’s request for a preliminary injunction against Mayor Muriel Bowser’s anti-Covid edict against all congregational meetings of 100 people or more.

IS THIS THE ULTIMATE IN TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME? Keith Olberman has again left ESPN to do Far-Left political commentary, only this time he’s also applying for Chief Commissar for Ideological Purity in the coming Harris-Biden USA of CHAZ. Here’s his first criminal referral:

“So, let us brace ourselves. The task is two-fold: the terrorist Trump must be defeated, must be destroyed, must be devoured at the ballot box, and then he, and his enablers, and his supporters, and his collaborators, and the Mike Lees and the William Barrs, and Sean Hannitys, and the Mike Pences, and the Rudy Gullianis and the Kyle Rittenhouses and the Amy Coney Barretts must be prosecuted and convicted and removed from our society while we try to rebuild it and to rebuild the world Trump has destroyed by turning it over to a virus.”

FATHERS ARE THE FORGOTTEN KEY TO SOCIAL WELFARE: Dr. Patrick Fagan of Marripedia cites multiple data-driven studies during the Trump era that demonstrate the crucial importance of fathers being present and genuinely involved with their kids. But you would never know that from how federal social welfare programs are focused.