Molly Jong-Fast: “There is a low whine of panic emanating from Trump, and his terrible surrogates, his children. If you’re quiet you can almost hear it. Friday night, the far-right website The Washington Examiner magically produced ANOTHER Hunter Biden laptop because the first one didn’t work. But Rudy Giuliani and Steve Bannon’s October Surprise surprised no one. In fact, Bannon and Rudy’s October Surprise managed to completely embarrass the almost unembarrassable New York Post and opinion side of The Wall Street Journal. No small feat to make the WSJ opinion page blush. None of the old tricks are working. The Trump administration, which is really just the taxpayer-funded arm of the Trump campaign, decided to make Friday a ‘national day of remembrance for Americans killed by illegal aliens.’ It was a typical Trumpian xenophobia play, likely cooked up by America’s favorite Jewish Santa Monica Nazi, but the problem was that we’re in the middle of a pandemic, so it immediately prompted the question of why hasn’t Trump made a day of remembrance for the more than 230,000 Americans who’ve died of coronavirus?”

“Trump moved his ‘election day party’ from his D.C. hotel to the White House. He said later, ‘But I know the mayor has shut down Washington, D.C. And if that’s the case, we’ll probably stay here or pick another location.’ Maybe, or maybe he can see what the state, national and district-level polling is saying, and it’s saying shellacking. Maybe he’ll get the wild reality television ending he dreams of. Or maybe Trump’s just done.”