The Patriot Post® · Friday News Executive Summary
Above the Fold
Underscoring the need for an exit strategy: Payrolls plunge 701,000 in (the first half of) March, the first jobs decline since 2010 (CNBC)
What could possible go wrong? Rep. James Clyburn, who touted coronavirus as “tremendous” political opportunity, to take helm of pandemic oversight committee (The Washington Free Beacon)
“We knew exactly where to fight this new virus”: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine unveils potential COVID-19 vaccine (WJAC)
Business & Economy
American Spirit: Fifty companies join the war on coronavirus (Washington Examiner)
Feast or famine: The lucky few winners and the many losers of the coronavirus business lockdown (Washington Examiner)
Two academic brothers have a plan for putting the country back to work in just weeks (Washington Examiner)
Government & Politics
Trump deservedly blasts Schumer over “incorrect sound bites” on coronavirus (The Hill)
Will Joe Biden forget and show up in July anyway? DNC postpones convention until August, despite Chairman Tom Perez quashing the idea a few weeks ago (Axios)
National Security
“An affront to victims of terrorism everywhere”: Pakistani court overturns conviction in death of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl (Fox News)
Be vigilant: Attackers can use Zoom to steal users’ Windows credentials with no warning (Ars Technica)
Coronavirus Task Force freezes foreign aid after troubling discoveries (The Daily Wire)
Heartland
Federal judge cites “protecting the public health” in decision to rubber-stamp gun-store shutdowns in Ventura County, California (The Washington Free Beacon)
Meanwhile, three governors face lawsuits over closures of gun stores and gun ranges (Washington Examiner)
Tennessee governor issues stay-at-home order (The Hill)
Georgia governor releases statewide shelter-in-place executive order (Fox 31)
Virus pandemic raises specter of civil unrest, which explains record gun sales (Washington Examiner)
Pandemic notwithstanding, judge won’t postpone Wisconsin election but extends absentee deadline (AP)
Baltimore broadsides civil liberties by approving surveillance planes to “reduce violence” (ABC News)
Closing Arguments
Policy: Washington’s misguided pivot to infrastructure (The Week)
Policy: A future of work that complements family life (Institute for Family Studies)
Humor: POLL: Most people unimpressed with their 30-day free trial of communism (Genesius Times)
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