The Patriot Post® · Friday News Executive Summary
Above the Fold
RELENTLESS: Economy defied early coronavirus fears in February with 273,000 new jobs, unemployment at 3.5% (Washington Examiner1)
“IT’S AN UNFORESEEN PROBLEM”: Trump signs $8.3 billion coronavirus spending bill (Fox News2)
Government & Politics
“THE APPEARANCE IS NOT GOOD”: Romney could block Republican subpoena attempt aimed at the Bidens (Fox News3)
POLICY VIOLATION: Facebook removes Trump campaign ads over census confusion (Politico4)
National Security
“DO NOT PROTECT CRIMINALS! Trump moves forward with cutting off funds to sanctuary cities (Fox News5)
FOR THE RECORD: More than 300 illegal aliens from China have been caught at the U.S. border since coronavirus outbreak (MRCTV6)
LIKELY ISLAMIST TERRORISM: Explosion near U.S. embassy in Tunis, Tunisia, prompts emergency response (Fox News7)
Heartland
EMBEZZLING AND RACKETEERING: Ex-UAW president Gary Jones charged in corruption probe (Detroit Free Press8)
IDIOCRACY: Police arrest and charge two 10-year-old Colorado boys for playing with toy guns (MRCTV9)
Closing Arguments
POLICY: Coronavirus "price gouging” is good, actually (Washington Examiner10)
POLICY: Let’s not emulate the British with limits on Internet free speech (Hudson Institute11)
HUMOR: Miracle: Coronavirus passes over houses with Chick-fil-A sauce smeared on door posts (The Babylon Bee12)
For more of today’s editors’ choice headlines, visit In Our Sights13.
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Links
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/economy-defied-early-coronavirus-fears-in-february-with-273-000-new-jobs-unemployment-at-3-5
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-cancels-trip-to-cdc-amid-coronavirus-outbreak
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/romney-could-block-senate-committee-subpoena-aimed-at-the-bidens
- https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/05/facebook-removes-trump-campaign-ad-122374
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-cutting-off-funds-to-sanctuary-cities
- https://www.mrctv.org/blog/cbp-328-illegal-aliens-china-have-been-caught-us-border-coronavirus-outbreak
- https://www.foxnews.com/world/suicide-attack-reported-near-u-s-embassy-tunisia-local-media
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2020/03/05/gary-jones-former-uaw-president-charged-corruption-embezzlement/4962472002/
- https://www.mrctv.org/blog/police-arrest-and-charge-two-ten-year-old-colorado-boys-playing-toy-guns
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/what-ed-markeys-attack-on-amazons-coronavirus-price-gouging-gets-wrong
- https://www.hudson.org/research/15784-let-s-not-emulate-the-british-with-limits-on-internet-free-speech
- https://babylonbee.com/news/coronavirus-passes-over-houses-with-cfa-sauce
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