The Patriot Post® · Tuesday News Executive Summary
Above the Fold
Attorney General William Barr is “directing each of our United States Attorneys to also be on the lookout for state and local directives that could be violating the constitutional rights and civil liberties of individual citizens.” Speaking of overstepping, a judge decreed yesterday that Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s lockdown “exceeds his emergency authority and violates individual civil rights,” according to the AP.
Tyson Foods chairman John Tyson ominously laid bare this weekend, “The food supply chain is breaking.” He elaborated, “There will be limited supply of our products available in grocery stores until we are able to reopen our facilities that are currently closed.” The shuttering of processing facilities represents a critical crack in the food-supply pipeline. Supply chains are complex, and any disruption can lead to a bottleneck that must be alleviated.
Yesterday, the director of the World Health Organization pontificated, “The world should have listened to the WHO carefully.” Recall that in mid-January, the ChiCom-supporting WHO erroneously claimed, “Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission” of COVID-19. Moreover, it wasn’t until two months later that WHO finally declared a pandemic.
Government & Economy
According to The Hill, “Congress must keep its promise to give insurers billions of dollars in unpaid ObamaCare funds, the Supreme Court ruled Monday.” Justice Samuel Alito, the lone dissenter, “said the Court provided a ‘massive bailout’ for insurance companies.”
Chapter 11 bankruptcy has been declared by Diamond Offshore Drilling, “becoming the second major victim of the oil market crash so far, after Whiting Petroleum filed earlier this month,” OilPrice.com reports. Expect a slew of additional bankruptcies in the ensuing weeks and months. However, that’s not a reason for politicians to muddy the waters.
Trump lays out new coronavirus testing “blueprint” as states weigh reopening (NBC News)
Second Amendment
Supreme Court dismisses New York gun-rights case on technical grounds (the restrictions had already been abandoned) (The Washington Free Beacon)
U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez tosses California’s “onerous and convoluted” ammunition purchase law (AP)
24th Judicial Circuit Judge Judge F. Patrick Yeatts says Gov. Ralph Northam’s gun-range shutdown violates state law (The Washington Free Beacon)
Other Notables
Two more people come forward to corroborate account of Joe Biden accuser (Bongino.com)
Michael Flynn files court documents with evidence he was “deliberately set up” by the FBI (The Daily Wire)
Senate will return on May 4 to start Phase 5 coronavirus relief bill (The Hill)
New York cancels Democrat presidential primary, angering Bernie Bros (The New York Times)
Closing Arguments
Policy: Why can’t America build things anymore? (The Week)
Policy: Ending the lockdowns isn’t about saving money. It’s about saving lives. (Mises Institute)
Humor: Inspiring: Celebrities spell out “We’re all in this together” with their yachts (The Babylon Bee)
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