Monday Executive Summary - The Patriot Post

Above the Fold

“He was not just my brother, he was my best friend”: Robert Trump, younger brother of President Trump, has died (The Daily Wire)
NYPD union endorses Trump: “We need your strong voice across the country” (New York Post)

United States Postal Service Scheme

Nancy Pelosi summons House back to try to block USPS changes (Washington Examiner)
Joe Biden and Taylor Swift embrace bizarre USPS conspiracy (The Federalist)
Nevada sent more than 200,000 mail-in primary ballots to wrong addresses (The Washington Free Beacon)
Twenty-eight million mail-in ballots went missing in last four elections (RealClearPolitics)
For the record: Six myths about the USPS and the election debunked (The Federalist)

Democratic National Convention Circus

Biden-Harris ticket aims to spark enthusiasm at convention after low-key campaign (Fox News)
Trump “failure” on COVID-19 will be central message of Biden convention (The Hill)
Black Lives Matter movement to play elevated role at convention (The Hill)
Kamala Harris brings gun confiscation support to presidential ticket (The Washington Free Beacon)

Government & Politics

“Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to f—k things up”: Tensions linger between Biden and Obama camps (Fox News)
Federal appeals court rules law-evading Hillary Clinton does not have to testify in lawsuit over her emails (National Review)
GAO rules DHS secretary and deputy are not valid officeholders (The Resurgent)
Hawaii beach property linked to Obama, a climate alarmist, bypasses coastal protection laws (Fox News)

Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate

Portland protest turns violent; brutal assault caught on video (Fox News)
More than sixty 911 calls go unanswered during Portland riot (PJ Media)
Trump threatens to intervene in the Big Apple after another violent weekend saw 50 people shot and seven killed (UK Daily Mail)
Costs from weeks of “protests” take financial toll on cash-strapped cities (Fox News)
The 2020 San Francisco exodus is real, and historic (SFGate)

Business & Economy

South Dakota turns down extra $300-a-week unemployment benefits from Trump administration (Fox Business)
Iowa requests nearly $4 billion in disaster aid after derecho; the storm damaged or destroyed 13 million acres of corn (Fox Business)
Japan was hit by its biggest economic slump on record in the second quarter (Reuters)

Other Notables

Head-turner: Notorious Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals strikes down California’s ban on high-capacity magazines, says restrictions violate Second Amendment (Fox News)
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo inks deal to support more U.S. troops in Poland (AP)

Closing Arguments

Policy: Environmentalists should not oppose natural gas (National Review)
Policy: Here’s how your children are getting indoctrinated by leftist ideology (The Daily Signal)
Humor: Study finds most Americans trust Dr. Pepper over Dr. Fauci (The Babylon Bee)

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