The Patriot Post® · Thursday Executive Summary
Above the Fold
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s Title IX sexual misconduct rule will take effect Friday after legal blocks fail (Politico1)
Budget deficit hits $2.81 trillion in just 10 months and is on track to be far more than double the $1.4 trillion all-time record set in 2009 (UK Daily Mail2)
Politics
“I’m the boss,” eh? Far Left melts down after Democrats severely limit AOC’s speaking role at convention (The Daily Wire3)
Kamala Harris flip-flops back under a microscope after VP selection (Fox News4)
“Not a great fit out here”: Republicans say Harris harms Biden in crucial Rust Belt (Washington Examiner5)
Censorship
Harris’s former press secretary is the face of Twitter censorship (National Review6)
Facebook’s CCP-linked “fact-checker” is censoring articles about CCP influence in the U.S. elections (The National Pulse7)
Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate
Murder rate spikes in 20 major American cities (The Daily Caller8)
More homicides than COVID deaths in Kansas City (KCTV9)
Chicago looters smash the doors to Ronald McDonald House while 30 frightened families huddled inside the children’s charity (UK Daily Mail10)
Georgia clothing store called racist for waiving fee for non-white customers (Fox News11)
National Security
State Department to require Chinese Confucius Institutes12 to register as foreign agents (National Review13)
“We’re going to have huge problems”: U.S. general warns of long-term ISIS resurgence (The Washington Times14)
Wrong kind of war: Federally funded nuclear weapons lab made white male employees participate in racial reeducation training (The Washington Free Beacon15)
Heartland
NBC, ABC, CBS, and CNN show zero results for reports on the five-year-old white child allegedly executed by black 25-year-old neighbor (Washington Examiner16)
DC mayor orders “defund the police” mural removed, the timing of which coincides with the veep of selection of former top cop Kamala Harris (The Post Millennial17)
Nevada governor fines banned church for holding service in opened casino (The Federalist18)
Paul Howard ousted after serving more than two decades as Fulton County DA (Fox 5 Atlanta19)
Other Notables
Workers file under a million jobless claims for first time since March (New York Post20)
EPA to peel back Obama methane controls, against wishes of Big Oil companies (Washington Examiner21)
After losing both her in-laws to COVID-19, Janice Dean is calling for an investigation of New York (The Daily Signal22)
Closing Arguments
Policy: In a second term, Trump could build on his foreign policy successes (Hudson Institute23)
Policy: First principles on human rights: freedom of speech (The Heritage Foundation24)
Humor: Andrew Cuomo named U-Haul’s top salesman for fifth consecutive year (Genesius Times25)
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Links
- https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/12/devios-midconduct-rule-blocks-fall-394390
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8620767/US-budget-deficit-climbs-record-2-81-trillion.html
- https://www.dailywire.com/news/far-left-meltdown-democrats-severely-limit-aocs-speaking-role-at-convention
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kamala-harris-flip-flops-microscope-running-mate
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/not-a-great-fit-out-here-republicans-say-kamala-harris-harms-biden-in-crucial-rust-belt
- https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/kamala-harriss-former-press-secretary-is-twitters-top-censor/
- https://thenationalpulse.com/news/ccp-linked-lead-stories-censors-national-pulse/
- https://dailycaller.com/2020/08/12/murder-rate-spike-surge-20-twenty-american-cities-united-states-coronavirus-protests-unrest/
- https://www.kctv5.com/news/investigations/comparing-local-deaths-from-crime-to-local-deaths-from-covid-19/article_2a234534-db4e-11ea-a24c-d770647ecece.html
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8621745/Chicago-looters-trashed-Ronald-McDonald-house-sick-kids-inside.html
- https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/georgia-clothing-store-racist-appointment-policy
- https://patriotpost.us/articles/70305-chinas-confucius-espionage-and-propaganda-institutes-2020-04-30
- https://www.nationalreview.com/news/state-department-to-require-confucius-institutes-to-register-as-foreign-agents-report/
- https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/12/us-general-warns-long-term-isis-resurgence/
- https://freebeacon.com/culture/federally-funded-nuclear-weapons-lab-made-white-male-employees-participate-in-racial-reeducation-training/
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/nbc-abc-cbs-and-cnn-show-zero-results-for-reports-on-the-5-year-old-white-child-allegedly-executed-by-black-25-year-old-neighbor
- https://thepostmillennial.com/dc-mayor-orders-words-defund-the-police-paved-over
- https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/12/nevada-governor-fines-banned-church-for-holding-service-in-opened-casino/
- https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/paul-howard-ousted-after-serving-more-than-2-decades-as-fulton-county-da
- https://nypost.com/2020/08/13/jobless-claims-us-workers-file-963000-claims-last-week/
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/epa-to-peel-back-obama-methane-controls-against-wishes-of-big-oil-companies
- https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/08/13/after-losing-both-her-in-laws-to-covid-19-janice-dean-is-calling-for-an-investigation-of-new-york/
- https://www.hudson.org/research/16298-in-a-second-term-trump-could-build-on-his-foreign-policy-successes
- https://www.heritage.org/civil-rights/report/first-principles-human-rights-freedom-speech
- https://genesiustimes.com/cuomo-named-u-hauls-1-salesman-for-fifth-consecutive-year/
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