Overnight News: Federal government performs quotidian function amidst paroxysms of weeping, albeit with only one major riot.

What’s the least-worst part about Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation? For a welcome change, the left didn’t mount a huge, bogus smear campaign. That just means they’re effecting their evil elsewhere – e.g., court-packing – but it was nice to see a lady being treated almost like a lady.

CNBC: Home prices in August see biggest gains in more than two years, S&P Case Shiller says. CTRL-F ‘riot’; not found.

Housing Wire: Holy smokes — new home sales are up 32.1% year over year. CTRL-F ‘riot’; not found.

Forbes: The Hottest Housing Markets Right Now In 2020. CTRL-F ‘riot’; not found.

Housing Wire: The Three Cs of Post-Forbearance.

The Washington Examiner: Trump is forcing voters to grow up.

The Federalist: Big Tech Is Turning The United States Into A Giant Company Town.

Brendan O’Neill: People must have the right to mock Muhammad. Charlie Hebdo is right to republish the cartoons that caused such barbarism in 2015.

City Journal: Unfriending Free Speech: Who will guard the gatekeepers of our political discourse?

Issues and Insights: Left’s Post-Election Agenda: More Riots, ‘Truth Commissions,’ Other Punishment For Their Foes — That Means You.

City Journal: It’s Now the Barrett Court: The newest justice will change the dynamic among her colleagues.