1.) President Biden's decision to drop out of the race should be no surprise to faithful Sunday Summary readers as I wrote on November 5th and again on November 12th that Biden would not be the Democrat's nominee. My reasoning was provided on August 20th when I reported that both parties were on a path to nominate candidates with historically low approval ratings. As Trump started to gain momentum and Biden continued losing ground, Democrats hit the "eject" button on their candidate, while Republicans moved forward with theirs. November will be the ultimate judge of the two paths…
2.) Oddly, Democrats chose the one candidate in V.P. Kamala Harris who has approval ratings just as low (if not lower) than former President Trump.
3.) I continue to believe President Biden is unfit to continue in office. On the night of his oval office speech, The U.S. literally intercepted a joint Russia/China bomber incursion into Alaska's Air Defense Identification Zone -- a first such joint operation. This is no time to play games, Biden should resign.
4.) Also unfit for office, Secret Service Director Cheatle finally resigned after a painful bipartisan grilling by the Government Oversight Committee. 5.) The Thomas Jefferson Institute last year joined an effort to reverse the expansion of the Joint Employer Rule by the National Labor Relations Board -- a change that would have significantly increased the liability risks and costs to employers, increased efforts to unionize, and altered use of labor subcontractors. Our challenge to this change in court led to its complete reversal, which was just upheld on appeal last week -- a big win for a growing economy, employees, and the Thomas Jefferson Institute.
6.) The Virginia Manufacturers Association held a major Energy Summit where business leaders, energy experts, regulators, Senator Warner and Governor Youngkin all gave the same warning: increasing demand for energy in the Commonwealth (due mostly to data centers and AI) would soon outpace supply (due mostly to the shuttering of gas and coal plants and the refusal to build any carbon based energy plants). Our Steve Haner covered the Summit and echoed the speakers' warning about the dangerous impact of the Virginia Clean Economy Act and the urgent need to build reliable dispatchable energy to supplement the less reliable planned solar and wind projects.
7.) If you think reducing energy demand is the answer, the Loudoun Chamber of Commerce held a conference on the benefits of data centers -- including lower real estate taxes, a diversified economy, jobs, and energy efficiency. Data centers account for 40 percent of Loudoun County's budget.
8.) Understanding the need for reliable energy, AG Jason Miyares has joined 24 other states in filing an emergency motion before the Supreme Court to block the EPA's new power plant regulations which will be overly burdensome on existing coal, natural gas and oil-fired plants. We are literally killing our energy companies on the false gospel of green extremists. Miyares, again showing great leadership in fighting back to defend Virginia…
9.) Governor Youngkin's Executive Order 33 to restrict cell phones in schools is too important to be politicized, as discussed by Thomas Jefferson Institute's Chris Braunlich. Chris lays out the educational and mental health impact of cell phones and the need for action. This chart should be a wake up call to all parents -- monitor and restrict your children's screen time, their mental health depends on it! | 
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