Friday News Executive Summary

Above the Fold

According to Fox News, “Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced Thursday she was removing herself as a candidate to be former Vice President Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick.” The reason? “Klobuchar told MSNBC’s Lawrence O'Donnell … she believes ‘this is a moment to put a woman of color on that ticket.’” Not-so-coincidentally, “Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) said Thursday that Senate Democrats will introduce a measure making Juneteenth a national holiday,” The Hill reveals. The black senator is clearly capitalizing on today’s racial tensions with the hope of becoming Biden’s veep. The biggest problem for Harris is that her rule-of-law record is dirtier than a jail cell.
“A familiar tale is unfolding in American politics in 2020: Women are once again setting records as candidates for Congress. While the 2018 midterms saw a historic wave of Democratic candidates and general election winners, this time the surge in candidates is among Republican women running for the House. When the dust settled after the 2018 Democratic wave, the ranks of Republican women had been decimated. Just 13 were left standing. … ‘This year we’re seeing more Republican women running than ever,’ said professor Kelly Dittmar with the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. CAWP counts at least 217 Republican women who have filed to run for the House, with more state filing deadlines still to come. That’s already close to doubling the previous record of 133 filed Republican women candidates a decade ago.” (NPR)

Government & Politics

Nancy Pelosi orders removal of four portraits of Confederate House speakers — Democrats Robert Hunter, Howell Cobbs, James Orr, and Charles Crisp — from the Capitol (NBC News)
Facebook — citing “our policy against organized hate” — pulls Trump ads over inclusion of Nazi-like antifa symbol (The Washington Free Beacon)
“I invite him to resign”: Senator Tom Cotton rips John Roberts, Supreme Court over DACA decision (The Daily Caller)
Only the beginning: Senate Democrats move to gut the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (National Review)
Europeans are working with the U.S. to restructure the World Health Organization (Reuters)
Fifty-five percent believe that Biden potentially has “early stages of dementia” (The Daily Wire)
Politico agrees that polls are underestimating Trump just like in 2016 (The Daily Wire)
Senator Marco Rubio introduces the Fairness in Collegiate Athletics Act to address name, image, and likeness in college sports (Rubio.senate.gov)
Susceptible to fraud: The federal government spent nearly $3 trillion on coronavirus relief. Oversight has been a mess. (Reason)

The Latest on COVID-19

California orders people to wear masks in most indoor spaces (ABC News)
Florida shatters daily record with 3,207 new cases (USA Today)
Sweden, where no lockdown was ordered, becomes second-most-infected country (Newsweek)
People would be mentally crushed by second wave, psychologists say (Washington Examiner)

Business & Economy

Thirty percent of Americans missed their housing payments in June (CNBC)
Nevertheless, Americans are more upbeat about their personal finances (Gallup)
FHFA extends moratorium on evictions, foreclosures for two more months (USA Today)
A tidal wave of bankruptcies is coming (The New York Times)
China will speed up purchases of U.S. farm goods (MarketWatch)

Culture & Heartland

Thomas Jefferson statue should be removed from NYC Council chambers, lawmakers say (New York Daily News)
“Her only crime was being officer Rolfe’s stepmother”: Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe’s stepmother fired from her job (The Daily Wire)
Portland police prohibit “autonomous zone” from being set up (AP)
Uncle Ben’s rice to take black man off box; Cream of Wheat mulls removing black chef (The Daily Wire)
D'oh! Oakland mayor launches hate-crime probe into “nooses” in trees. Black man says it’s exercise equipment he put there. (The Daily Wire)

Other Notables

Four things to know about Juneteenth (The Daily Signal)
NYPD cops encouraged to “strike” on July 4 to give city its “independence” (New York Post)
10 times Barack Obama acknowledged that DACA was unconstitutional (PJ Media)
Hillsdale College refuses to bow to the totalitarian mob (The Federalist)
U.S. Navy graduates its first F-35C TOPGUN class (UPI)

Closing Arguments

Policy: In DACA ruling, the Roberts court chooses politics over law (Washington Examiner)
Policy: Five lessons the U.S. military learned from the pandemic (Lawfire)
Humor: Toyota reveals the Prius has been gay this whole time (The Babylon Bee)

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