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$3.9 trillion
Donald Trump’s proposed 20% tariffs on imported goods would cost consumers $3.9 trillion, CNBC reports.
<$3
“Gasoline is approaching or has fallen below $3 a gallon in most states, returning to a national average not seen since February in one of the clearest examples of prices declining after a period of rapid inflation,” the New York Times reports. “Prices at the pump averaged $3.16 for regular gas on Tuesday, down 11 percent from this time last year.”
15 million
“With two weeks until Election Day, more than 15 million people have already cast their ballots, the clearest sign yet that voting habits were forever changed by the coronavirus pandemic and that early voting has become a permanent feature of the American democratic process,” the New York Times reports.
19%
A new PRRI survey finds 19% of Republicans say that if Donald Trump loses the 2024 election, he should declare the results invalid and do whatever it takes to assume office. Meanwhile, nearly 3 in 10 Republicans believe that true American patriots may have to resort to violence to save the country. Said pollster Robert Jones: “I’ve been doing this for 20 years, and these answers are keeping me up at night.”
$2 billion
Washington Post: “Around $2 billion in cryptocurrency has been wagered on predicting the next president on Polymarket as of Friday. The New York-based company says it receives tens of millions of visits per month.”
19
Donald Trump made at least 19 false claims in a one-hour Fox News town hall event that aired Wednesday morning – most of them debunked earlier in the campaign but some of them new, notably including an absurd claim that he is “the father of IVF,” CNN reports.
800
The Pentagon announced that more than 800 military personnel have seen their service records upgraded to honorable discharges after previously being kicked out of the military under its former “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, reports the Associated Press. It is the latest development over the decades to undo past discrimination against LGBTQ service members.
+$50 billion
Hurricanes Helene and Milton caused so much damage, government and private experts say they will likely join the infamous ranks of Katrina, Sandy and Harvey as super costly $50-billion-plus killers, reports the Associated Press. Worse still, most of the damage — 95% or more in Helene’s case — was not insured.
84%
A new Howard University poll of Black voters across the seven swing states finds that 84% of respondents said they planned to vote for Kamala Harris, while only 8% said they would support Donald Trump and another 8% remained undecided. About 63% of respondents indicated that were “very excited” about voting in November.
3,286
Morning Brew newsletter: US workers filed 3,286 petitions with the National Labor Relations Board this fiscal year, up from 1,638 three years ago. That is the first increase during a presidential term since the Gerald Ford administration in the mid-’70s, according to the Associated Press. President Biden touted the historic surge as proof that his pro-labor policies are working, contrasting his record with the Trump presidency, when there was a 22% decline. Per the AP, 16% of voters in 2020 were part of a union household, which is prevalent in the crucial battleground states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
