The Patriot Post® · Friday Executive Summary

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Above the Fold

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• UPDATE: Durham probe: Ex-FBI lawyer to plead guilty in first criminal case arising from review (Fox News¹)

• Major breakthrough: Israel and United Arab Emirates agree to full normalization of relations (NBC News²)

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Government & Politics

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• Nancy Pelosi says no coronavirus relief talks until Republicans agree to a massive $2 trillion price tag (Fox News³)

• Mitch McConnell announces Senate will adjourn until September 8 unless a stimulus deal is struck (Axios⁴)

• Trump plans to deliver Republican National Convention speech on White House lawn (New York Post⁵)

• Joe Biden calls for a spurious nationwide mask mandate: “Every single American should be wearing a mask when they are outside” (The Daily Wire⁶)

• Dr. Anthony Fauci: No reason why we shouldn’t be able to vote in person (The Washington Times⁷)

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Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate

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• Oregon State Police pull out of protecting Portland courthouse after city refuses to “prosecute this criminal behavior” (The Daily Wire⁸)

• MLS players booed in Texas after they take knee during anthem (The Hill⁹)

• Justice Department finds that an obstinate Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants (Politico¹⁰)

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Health

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• UC-Berkeley study: At least 15,800 essential workers would not have contracted COVID if California had stockpiled enough masks and PPE (UK Daily Mail¹¹)

• Thirteen states make contact tracing data public. Here’s what they’re learning. (NPR¹²)

• More than a quarter aged 18-24 have “seriously considered suicide” in past 30 days, according to the CDC (The Daily Wire¹³)

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Business & Economy

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• Temporary layoffs becoming permanent job losses, as 62% of employers don’t plan to hire (Washington Examiner¹⁴)

• American Airlines prepares to drop some service to smaller cities as expiration of federal aid nears (CNBC¹⁵)

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National Security

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• “Only the Supreme Court may revise its precedent”: 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds male-only military draft (American Military News¹⁶)

• NSA and FBI expose Russian intelligence hacking tool (Reuters¹⁷)

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Culture & Heartland

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• Non compos mentis: 9/11 “Tribute in Light” memorial in NYC canceled supposedly over COVID-19 concerns (New York Post¹⁸)

• Georgia governor to drop lawsuit over Atlanta mask mandate (AP¹⁹)

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Closing Arguments

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• Policy: States have an obligation to offer parents school choice during pandemic closures (The Daily Signal²⁰)

• Policy: Why the war on nuclear threatens us all: America’s energy policies are pushing its allies into the embrace of undemocratic rivals (City Journal²¹)

• “Satire”: Biden: “A black woman will become president over my dead body” (The Babylon Bee²²)

For more of today’s editors’ choice headlines, visit In Our Sights²³.

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