The Patriot Post® · Wednesday News Executive Summary
Above the Fold
Long lines, voting-machine malfunctions, ballot hiccups… Messy Georgia primary raises alarms for November (Fox News)
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell taps black Senator Tim Scott to head up GOP police-reform efforts (Washington Examiner)
Culture & Heartland
Funeral held Tuesday for George Floyd in Houston (AP)
Christopher Columbus statue at Richmond’s Byrd Park torn down, thrown into lake (WRIC)
Inevitably, NYPD officers are retiring in droves over leadership’s mishandling of riots (The Daily Wire)
HBO Max pulls “Gone With the
WindOutrage Mob” from library amid racial tensions (Fox News)“Cops” defunded: Police reality show is canceled after 33 seasons due to George Floyd protests as fate of hit series “Live PD” hangs in the balance (UK Daily Mail)
National Security
Air Force Gen. Charles Brown becomes first black service chief (Stars and Stripes)
Baltic nations brace for U.S. troop withdrawal as Russia waits and watches (Washington Examiner)
Decades of lax oversight allow Chinese telecoms to conduct espionage in U.S. (The Washington Free Beacon)
Other Notables
Attorney General William Barr on John Durham investigation: “I’m very troubled by” what “has been called to my attention so far” (The Daily Wire)
WHO politically backs off claim that people without virus symptoms aren’t a transmission risk (Politico)
Merriam-Webster is revising its definition of racism after a Missouri woman’s emails claimed it fell short of including the systemic oppression of certain groups of people (AP)
The COVID pandemic aside, Nasdaq hits 10,000 for the first time ever, up nearly 11% year-to-date (Business Insider)
Closing Arguments
Policy: Basing troops in Europe is about U.S. security. A pullout would be unwise. (The Daily Signal)
Policy: If black lives matter, defund Planned Parenthood, not the police (The Daily Wire)
Satire: Black owners disguise their businesses as Planned Parenthood so rioters won’t burn them down (Genesius Times)
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