1. Very good news to see Florida step up and plan to create lasting legal protection for medical status and against vaccine mandates. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/10/21/ron-desantis-calls-special-session-to-take-legislative-action-against-vaccine-mandates/

2. Economic prospects dramatically worsen as Bidenflation takes hold. GDP models suddenly shrink, industrial production suddenly drops off, housing starts reverse course, and core inflationary pressures dramatically spike. http://www.shadowstats.com

3. Is an employer vaccine mandate the unlawful practice of medicine? A South Carolina suit says yes. https://www.wjbf.com/csra-news/srs-lawsuit-complaint-in-court-filed-over-vaccine-mandate/

4. NBA ratings continue to struggle in the woke era. https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2021/10/nba-ratings-opening-night-viewership-mixed-warriors-lakers-nets-bucks/

5. Democrats in trouble in Senate races in New Hampshire, Nevada, Arizona, and Georgia. Add in Mancin's flirtation with switching sides, and odds are high of a GOP sweep coming in a year's time. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/senate/

• Bonus: Trump did start his new media empire, as some of us recommended over a year ago, but better late than never. Devil will be in the details. "TMTG aims to be a conglomerate with plans to operate a news network that competes with CNN, a streaming platform that competes with Disney+, and a technology services business that competes with Amazon Web Services." https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/21/22738240/donald-trump-truth-social-spac-dwac-stock-merger