The Patriot Post® · Friday Executive Summary
Republican National Convention
“Land of Greatness”: Everything you need to see from the final night of the RNC (The Daily Caller)
Full transcript of President Trump’s speech (The Patriot Post)
David Dorn’s widow eviscerates the Black Lives Matter narrative (PJ Media)
Alice Johnson praises Trump for First Step Act, urges compassion for “forgotten faces” (The Hill)
Elsewhere in Politics
After watching three days of the RNC, Pelosi says Joe Biden should stay in his basement (The Federalist)
White supremacist who organized Charlottesville race riots endorses Biden (The Federalist)
Sen. Rand Paul thanks DC cops for saving him from “crazed mob” (Fox News)
Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate
Having “solved” so-called systemic racism with
tour de forceair ball, NBA players decide to resume playoffs (ESPN)New York Times sympathizes with adults who pursue sex with 13-year-old girls (The Federalist)
The Latest on COVID-19
White House signs $750 million deal with Abbott Labs to buy 150 million rapid coronavirus tests (Business Insider)
CDC director clarifies change in coronavirus testing guidelines after backlash (The Hill)
Around the Nation
Hurricane Laura leaves six dead, homes flattened, coastal towns flooded in Louisiana (The Weather Channel)
17-year-old suspect in Jacob Blake protest shooting is charged with two counts of homicide (NBC News)
Boneheaded Virginia Senate approves bill to downgrade penalty for assaulting a police officer (National Review)
U.S. Marshals recover 39 missing children in Georgia operation (FOX 5 Atlanta)
Homeschooling rate doubles as school satisfaction plummets (Foundation for Economic Education)
Other Notables
After correction, study that claimed mutilating trans people helps them now finds the opposite (The Federalist)
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe resigning over resurfacing of chronic illness (Fox News)
Closing Arguments
Policy: California’s green dream is actually a nightmare (Washington Examiner)
Policy: Why does the Post Office forbid private competition? (Foundation for Economic Education)
Humor: Millions of American pets eager to vote by mail in their first presidential election this year (Genesius Times)
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