January 10, 2020

Friday Top News Executive Summary

War Powers Resolution, Iran downs airplane, environmental-law changes, and more.

Above the Fold


POLITICAL UPBRAIDING: House passes War Powers Resolution in rebuke of Trump’s actions against Iran (Fox News)

FOR THE RECORD: In 2011, Pelosi said Obama did not need authorization to attack Libya (Townhall)

CLEARLY TRUMP’S FAULT, LEFTISTS SAY: Iranian missile system shot down Ukraine flight, probably by mistake (Newsweek)

Government & Politics


CALLING PELOSI’S BLUFF: McConnell backs measure to change Senate rules, dismiss impeachment without articles (The Hill)

“OUTRAGEOUSLY SLOW AND BURDENSOME”: Trump administration proposes major changes to bedrock environmental law (NPR)

National Security


FAKE PERSECUTION: Judges denied 70% of migrant asylum claims in 2019 (Washington Examiner)

HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION: The number of people arrested or stopped entering the United States along the Mexico border fell for a seventh straight month in December (Associated Press)

DESIGNATION DENIED: Army won’t reinstate elite status of soldier given clemency by Trump (NBC News)

Heartland


ANOTHER PREVENTABLE TRAGEDY: New Jersey gave Texas church shooter plea deal that wiped out gun felony (NJ1015.com)

KALIFORNIA: Golden State considers statewide ban on gas-powered garden tools (CBS Sacramento)

Closing Arguments


POLICY: A needed update to the nation’s environmental rules (Washington Examiner)

POLICY: Climate-change alarmists are getting more delusional in their predictions (The Heartland Institute)

HUMOR: As part of settlement with Nick Sandmann, CNN hosts must wear MAGA hats during all broadcasts (The Babylon Bee)

For more of today’s editors’ choice headlines, visit In Our Sights.

The Patriot Post is a certified ad-free news service, unlike third-party commercial news sites linked on this page, which may also require a paid subscription.

Who We Are

The Patriot Post is a highly acclaimed weekday digest of news analysis, policy and opinion written from the heartland — as opposed to the MSM’s ubiquitous Beltway echo chambers — for grassroots leaders nationwide. More

What We Offer

On the Web

We provide solid conservative perspective on the most important issues, including analysis, opinion columns, headline summaries, memes, cartoons and much more.

Via Email

Choose our full-length Digest or our quick-reading Snapshot for a summary of important news. We also offer Cartoons & Memes on Monday and Alexander’s column on Wednesday.

Our Mission

The Patriot Post is steadfast in our mission to extend the endowment of Liberty to the next generation by advocating for individual rights and responsibilities, supporting the restoration of constitutional limits on government and the judiciary, and promoting free enterprise, national defense and traditional American values. We are a rock-solid conservative touchstone for the expanding ranks of grassroots Americans Patriots from all walks of life. Our mission and operation budgets are not financed by any political or special interest groups, and to protect our editorial integrity, we accept no advertising. We are sustained solely by you. Please support The Patriot Fund today!


The Patriot Post and Patriot Foundation Trust, in keeping with our Military Mission of Service to our uniformed service members and veterans, are proud to support and promote the National Medal of Honor Heritage Center, the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, both the Honoring the Sacrifice and Warrior Freedom Service Dogs aiding wounded veterans, the National Veterans Entrepreneurship Program, the Folds of Honor outreach, and Officer Christian Fellowship, the Air University Foundation, and Naval War College Foundation, and the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation. "Greater love has no one than this, to lay down one's life for his friends." (John 15:13)

★ PUBLIUS ★

“Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!” —George Washington

Please join us in prayer for our nation — that righteous leaders would rise and prevail and we would be united as Americans. Pray also for the protection of our Military Patriots, Veterans, First Responders, and their families. Please lift up your Patriot team and our mission to support and defend our Republic's Founding Principle of Liberty, that the fires of freedom would be ignited in the hearts and minds of our countrymen.

The Patriot Post is protected speech, as enumerated in the First Amendment and enforced by the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, in accordance with the endowed and unalienable Rights of All Mankind.

Copyright © 2024 The Patriot Post. All Rights Reserved.

The Patriot Post does not support Internet Explorer. We recommend installing the latest version of Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome.