The Patriot Post® · Monday News Executive Summary

By Jordan Candler ·
https://patriotpost.us/articles/71393-monday-news-executive-summary-2020-06-15

Above the Fold

  • “The Minneapolis City Council on Friday unanimously passed a resolution to pursue a community-led public safety system to replace the police department following the death of George Floyd at the hands of the city’s police,” Reuters reports, further noting, “According to the resolution, the city council will begin a year-long process of engaging ‘with every willing community member in Minneapolis’ to come up with a new public safety model.” Meanwhile, “At least seven Minneapolis police officers have resigned … and more than half a dozen are in the process of leaving,” The Hill reveals. Understandably, “Officers are feeling misunderstood and stuck in the middle of a state probe, protests, city leaders and the media.”

  • On a positive note, The Daily Signal says: “Federal health officials announced a final rule Friday scrapping an Obama-era regulation that forced medical workers to perform abortions despite their religious beliefs. The Obama administration’s 2016 regulation, already vacated by a court ruling, also redefined sex-based discrimination in health care to include questions of gender identity. The old rule would have imposed nearly $3 billion in costs on the economy, the Department of Health and Human Services said in announcing the change. Prompted by the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, the rule had not been implemented after being halted in court.”

Government & Politics

  • Explaining that “Many of my African American friends and supporters have reached out to suggest that we consider changing the date out of respect for” Juneteenth, Trump delays Tulsa rally until June 20 (Fox News)

  • Remarks by President Trump to the West Point Class of 2020 (Whitehouse.gov)

  • Joe Biden conditions support of reparations on provisions for Native Americans (Washington Examiner)

  • Biden is demanding that Facebook fact-check political ads. Facebook says no. (Business Insider)

  • Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin says White House “seriously considering” second round of direct-payment coronavirus relief (The Daily Caller)

  • John Hickenlooper fined by Colorado Ethics Committee for accepting gifts while governor (The Federalist)

Culture & Heartland

  • Atlanta police officer fired, another reassigned after black man is fatally shot (Fox News)

  • Ben Carson says Rayshard Brooks case “not clear-cut” like George Floyd’s (AJC)

  • Confusion reigns as Seattle’s seized six blocks known as CHAZ purportedly changes name to CHOP (Fox News)

  • Black Lives Matter protesters say Seattle’s autonomous zone has hijacked message (Fox News)

  • Protesters in Asheville, Portland, Nashville, and Chicago try to create autonomous zones. Police aren’t having it. (The Daily Wire)

  • Citing the “political climate,” 10 members of the Hallandale Beach Police Department SWAT team voluntarily resign (WPEC)

  • “Repentance is not enough”? Left-leaning Christianity Today calls on churches to lead on reparations (Fox News)

  • Camden, New Jersey, removes Christopher Columbus statue (Fox News)

Business & Economy

  • Trump admin considers months-long suspension of work visas (The Daily Caller)

  • Fed-up black business owners wrestle with “defund the police” (Washington Examiner)

  • Starbucks caves to Social Justice Warriors, will allow employees to wear Black Lives Matter clothing after boycott campaign (National Review)

  • More than 1,300 Chinese medical suppliers falsified registration information to sell in the U.S. (Washington Examiner)

  • Amazon is fielding probes from California and Washington over trade practices (Gizmodo)

  • Oregon governor temporarily halts state’s reopening (The Daily Caller)

National Security

  • Illegal immigration rose nearly 40% amid coronavirus reopenings (The Washington Times)

  • “Faded away into a dark nightmare”: North Korea says diplomacy with Trump has failed (USA Today)

  • Zoom acknowledges that it suspended activists’ accounts at the ChiComs’ request (NPR)

Other Notables

  • Seattle’s “autonomous zone” and the Paris Commune of 1871 are ominously similar (Foundation for Economic Education)

  • Study finds mask-wearing “most effective means to prevent interhuman transmission” (Washington Examiner)

  • Beijing district in “wartime emergency” after virus spike shuts market (CNBC)

  • London police call for protest ban after 23 officers injured during demonstrations (Washington Examiner)

Closing Arguments

  • Policy: Is Black Lives Matter an idea or an organization? (National Review)

  • Policy: Democrats accidentally make the case against teachers’ unions (Issues & Insights)

  • Humor: Protesters pull down Joe Biden after mistaking him for old racist statue (The Babylon Bee)

  • Related humor: Protesters tear down statue of Michael Jackson after pictures of him wearing blackface surface (Genesius Times)

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