Wrapping up my second Monday-Friday workweek in about four years. Up until the January 1, 2022, I'd been working 7 days a week! 

Today, on the 10:10AM Daily Brief: Doug Ford's pandering his way through the pandemic. Struggling to put food on the table isn't an inflation story. It's about the growing number of Canadians living on the verge of poverty. Trump and Hannity define irony! And...the things we can learn from Sunflowers!

Today on the 10:10AM Daily Brief, if you're looking for that glass half full of sunshine and unicorn, holding your breath for this final push through the pandemic, you might wanna sit down. A new study says Earth is in the middle of its next MASS EXTINCTION EVENT and there's no stopping it. Similarly, there appears to be no end to the B.S. spewing from the clowns running the circus at Queen's Park in Ontario. But with all that doom and gloom, I laughed out loud hearing about a robbery at one of my favourite music stores!

I can’t believe we spent some much angst and oxygen over declaring SNOW DAYS this week instead of pivoting to online learning for all.   And while the media was enthralled by pics and viz of Doug Ford helping dig cars out of the snow, I want to know who shot the video? Who took the pictures? Newsrooms aren’t asking. It’s a small thing, but that’s LAZY. The lack of context is unacceptable. I can get video vomit from any social media feed. We should expect more and better from newsrooms.

President Trump says there's no way Joe Biden got 80 million votes without massive fraud. Trump held a Thanksgiving Day media avail that turned into a looped rant about illegal and fraudulent ballots, he referred to Georgia's secretary of state as an "enemy of the people", and insists the 2020 election was rigged "at the highest levels."

In the meantime, the Biden-Harris team are moving forward at an unprecedented pace assembling a new administration and announcing cabinet nominees.

US President Donald Trump's campaign team continues its efforts to reverse the election results in a handful of states that have been certified in favour of President-elect Joe Biden.

Courts have dismissed claims made by Trump's legal team and the White House continues to obstruct the transition to the Biden-Harris administration.

Why does the GOP continue to support Trump's baseless claims and refuse to acknowledge Biden as President-elect?

A survey published a week after #ElectionDay2020 suggests 54% of those questioned by Maru/Blue Public Opinion Research believe voter fraud took place.

John Wright, Executive VP of Maru/Blue Public Opinion North America, joins David Schultz and Dave Trafford to talk about the post-election state of affairs as President-elect Joe Biden gets down the business and President Donald Trump refuses to concede.

It is clear, nearly two days after the polls closed in the US #2020election, that pre-election polling has no credibility. It's also clear, no matter who wins the White House, the Democratic Party is the big loser. 

The overwhelming number mail-in ballots slowed the vote counting in as many as six states and that prompted  a series of legal battles and media theatrics that only underlines a deep and concerning divisiveness across the United States.

What's next?

Just days away from the Election season finale and it's likely to be a cliff hanger. Best bets are there will be no resolution when the curtain comes down on this epic drama/reality show. But we know there will be a new season! And it's likely to start November 4, 2020.

What can we expect as US voters cast the final ballots in this election? What can we expect in the aftermath?

It will be a dead gallop from now until November 3rd - Election Day - 2020 in the United States.

Did the third and final presidential debate change any minds? What does the strategy look like in these final days of the campaign when more than 50 million ballots have already been cast?

David Schultz at Hamline University expects the #raceforthewhitehouse will come down to a handful of key counties in a few battleground states.

Most of the focus is on the lengthy line-ups at advanced polls across the United States and the record number of mail-in and absentee ballots that have already been cast in the 2020 election.

What should we make of this historic voter response? What should we make of the polls? 

This week, Dave Trafford and David Schultz are joined by Scott McLean from Quinnipiac University to help us see through the fog of numbers.