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--:-- John Bickley: I'm Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, November 21st, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Today and tomorrow will likely be the busiest travel days of the year. AAA expects there will be more than 49 million people on the roads driving more than 50 miles from home.
--:-- John Bickley: The skies will also be full. 4.7 million people are expected to fly over the Thanksgiving holiday week. That would be an all-time record in the U.S.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Travel will be hampered by some winter weather. Parts of the southeast were hit by high winds and tornadoes on Monday, and the northeast is expecting rain and snow tonight. Still, travelers will not be deterred from Thanksgiving or Christmas travel, especially since airline costs have come down.
--:-- John Bickley: The three most popular destinations are New York, Orlando, and Los Angeles.
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--:-- John Bickley: A federal appeals court has ruled that only the U Attorney General can bring cases using Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Before the decision, private citizens and civil rights groups like the ACLU or the NAACP could sue to challenge ballot access voting rules and redistricting based on race.
--:-- John Bickley: The decision by the Eighth Circuit Court only affects the seven states under its jurisdiction. Those are Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Critics say the decision guts the Voting Rights Act and will likely make its way to the Supreme Court.
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--:-- Kim Wei Lee: On the one hand, it's a technical sort of textualist reading saying only the Justice Department can bring these cases. But on the other hand, it just ignores decades of precedent, including out of the United States Supreme Court.
--:-- John Bickley: But it does also put pressure on the Department of justice to start bringing more cases and they just arguably don't bring enough.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Home sales fell again in October to a 13-year low. Month over month, sales fell 4.1% and were down a whopping 14 year over year.
--:-- John Bickley: High interest rates and high home prices seem to be the biggest factors for the decrease in sales. The average 30 mortgage rate is at 8, and the median home price is at...
--:-- Georgia Howe: Fewer home sales are also leading to a decrease in appliance sales, which is hurting big box stores like Best Buy, Home Depot, and Lowe's, which all cut their sales forecasts heading into the holiday season.
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--:-- John Bickley: The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, is under fire. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Justice Department has reached a deal with Binance to settle a years-long investigation into the company.
--:-- Georgia Howe: According to the terms of the settlement, the Binance CEO has reportedly agreed to plead guilty to money laundering charges and to step down from his leadership position.
--:-- John Bickley: The journal says the company will also admit to crimes and pay $4 billion in fines.
--:-- Georgia Howe: After threatening a thermonuclear lawsuit on Friday against left media watchdog group Media Matters, Elon Musk and the board of X have filed a 15 lawsuit in Texas federal court.
--:-- John Bickley: The suit claims that the organization Media Matters for America manipulated data and the usage of the algorithm to make it appear as if racist content was frequently appearing next to major advertisers.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The lawsuit further states that the platform had been purposefully targeted by Media Matters for years due to its stance on free speech, resulting in millions lost in ad revenue.
--:-- John Bickley: All right, those are your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com.
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