The Patriot Post® · Tuesday News Executive Summary
Above the Fold
“Rioters gathered Monday in Lafayette Square before the White House where they clashed with police as they attempted to tear down a monument to former U.S. President Andrew Jackson and set up a ‘Black House Autonomous Zone,’” reports The Daily Caller, which adds: “As the rioters were forced to move further away from the statue, they began to get more angry and indignant and began to fight the police, reporters on the ground said. … The rioters then proceeded to vandalize St. John’s church… Rioters spray painted ‘BHAZ’ on the historic church, which stands for ‘Black House Autonomous Zone.’”
Meanwhile, Q13 FOX reveals: “Faced with growing pressure to crack down on an ‘occupied’ protest zone following two weekend shootings, Seattle’s mayor said Monday that officials will move to wind down the blocks-long span of city streets taken over two weeks ago that President Donald Trump asserted is run by ‘anarchists.’ Mayor Jenny Durkan said the violence was distracting from changes sought by thousands of peaceful protesters opposing racial inequity and police brutality.” It’s evidently completely lost on Mayor Durkan that this violence is because of the absurd police changes sought not just by these hooligans but by protesters at large.
Government & Politics
Biden campaign commits to three brutal debates (The Daily Caller)
Trump signs executive order suspending certain work visas through 2020 (The Hill)
Congressional Democrats sign letter demanding Education Department allow males in girls sports (National Review)
Ex-CNN “reporters” now work for the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda outfit, CGTN (The National Pulse)
New York Times taps Intercept alum and bona fide leftist to manage editorial page (The Washington Free Beacon)
National Security
Federal Communications Commission shuts down radio station run by Chinese propaganda outlet Phoenix TV (The Washington Free Beacon)
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo brands four Chinese state media outlets “foreign missions” (Washington Examiner)
Army soldier accused of planning attack on his own unit, giving classified info to Neo-Nazi group (Task & Purpose)
Health
Texas Governor Greg Abbott says tougher anti-COVID restrictions might come back (Washington Examiner)
Coronavirus cases are increasing, but deaths aren’t (Axios)
More evidence that lack of vitamin D is linked to COVID-19 severity (Relaxnews)
FDA warns nine hand sanitizers may contain a potentially fatal ingredient (USA Today)
Dutch doctor exonerated after euthanizing an unwilling patient (The Federalist)
Business & Economy
Taxpayers still on the hook for stadium debts, even though coronavirus canceled sports; but then, those stadiums weren’t likely to bring the growth the cities wanted in the first place (Reason)
Due to Seattle’s unrest, a billion-dollar investment firm is moving to Phoenix (KTAR News)
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper vetoes bill to reopen bars and gyms (Washington Examiner)
Culture & Heartland
Black NASCAR driver finds noose in garage stall — though we’re awaiting confirmation that it wasn’t a hoax (thanks to Jussie Smollett for making us skeptical of any and all claims) (PJ Media)
Funeral for Rayshard Brooks to be held at Martin Luther King Jr.‘s church (AP)
Rice University student group demands “Black House,” better ID photos, statue removal (Fox News)
Audio emerges of Jimmy Kimmel, a social-justice fraudster and misogynist, using the N-word (The Daily Wire)
Friendly fire: Black Lives Matter forces LGBTQ organization to face its history of racial exclusion (NBC News)
Colorado passes landmark law against qualified immunity (Forbes)
New Jersey ranked least patriotic state in America (New York Post)
Other Notables
Andy Ngo: My terrifying five-day stay inside Seattle’s cop-free CHAZ (New York Post)
CPAC leader warns “statues of Jesus are next.” Leftists immediately confirm his concerns. (PJ Media)
Black Lives Matter founder is an “expert” at George Soros’s Institute for New Economic Thinking who called for “opposing capitalism”; colleague admitted “We are trained Marxists” (The National Pulse)
South Korea says John Bolton’s memoir on Trump-Kim summit is distorted (Reuters)
Major League Baseball to proceed with 60-game 2020 season (Sports Illustrated)
Closing Arguments
Policy: Coronavirus cases are climbing again. So what? (Issues & Insights)
Policy: “Hate speech” and the new tyranny over the mind (The Heritage Foundation)
Humor: Quaker replaces racist Aunt Jemima with Aunt Karen to remind you of your privilege at breakfast (Genesius Times)
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