HOUR 1
- Tom & Tom talk about winter driving and auto-starters
- The tech industry is feeling the pinch of the U.S.'s economic downturn with even Strip laying off staff / (CNBC) https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/03/stripe-plans-to-lay-off-14percent-of-workers.html?
- The Justice Department busted its first national catalytic converter theft ring Wednesday and seized homes, cars, and other assets totaling a ginormous $545 million. 21 people from five states were arrested for a crime that has surged since the beginning of the pandemic. (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/multi-million-dollar-catalytic-converter-theft-ring-bust?
- Home sales lessening and the age of first-time home buyers rising / (CNN) https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/03/homes/first-time-homebuyers-hit-record-low-nar-report/index.html?
- Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) predicts a GOP sweep in swing states next week / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/video/6314932601112
- A new poll found that more than 70% of American voters in the 2022 midterm elections are not likely to vote for a candidate who supports allowing minors to undergo gender transition procedures./ (CNN) https://www.dailywire.com/news/large-majority-of-americans-say-they-wont-vote-for-candidates-who-supports-transgender-procedures-for-youth-poll
- White suburban women, a key group of midterm voters, have significantly shifted their support from Democrats to Republicans in the closing days of midterm campaigning because of rising concerns over the economy and inflation. The survey found that they favor Republicans in congressional races by 15 percentage points. / (WSJ) https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-suburban-women-swing-toward-backing-republicans-for-congress-
- Opposition to an Alaska project designed to unlock a new agriculture district in a vast wilderness area west of Nenana escalated earlier this weekwhen an Alaska Native tribe blockaded a public-use bridge for two days to keep construction crews out. The tribe, the Nenana Native Association, has since ended the blockade, but it’s still raising objections to the state’s effort to open more than 140,000 acres to farming under the state’s Nenana-Totchaket Agricultural Project, a potential farming district that the state and community of Nenana have pursued for decades. / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2022/11/03/tribe-protests-effort-to-develop-agricultural-project-in-wilderness-west-of-nenana/
HOUR 2
- Jim Minnery from Alaska Family Council on AKVoter.com re the AK Constitutional Convention vote and also on ranked choice
- Adam Holz from Focus on the Family's "Plugged In" reviews "Enola Holmes 2" "Good Night Oppy" and "Wendell and Wild"
- Dave Stieren from Governor Dunleavy's office
- Maui County Mayor Mike Victorino
