How the dynamic in this weekend’s Australian elections may foreshadow next year’s presidential election in the United States, the New York Times travels to blue-collar Ohio and finds working class voters like President Trump “punching China in the face,” the concern about Russian influence in American elections goes in a strange direction, and an example of what Joe Biden can give you that Trump can’t.

The Signs Are There Suggesting a Rerun of 2016

The story down under sounds familiar: The party of the Left entered an election that was declared “unlosable.” That party led in 60 consecutive polls and the exit polls suggested they would enjoy a big victory, sweeping the more conservative party out of power.

The party of the Left promised higher taxes and sweeping new policies to address climate change.