The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Executive Summary
Politics
Nancy Pelosi visits hair salon, joins long list of hypocritical Democrats blowing off lockdowns (The Federalist)
Trump ignores warnings and tours Kenosha destruction (Washington Examiner)
For the record: Left-wing violence started after Obama said to take guns to knife fights (Erick Erickson)
Appeals court grants Trump delay in financial records case (Politico)
White House slams proposal to alter historical DC monuments, says mayor should be ashamed (Fox News)
Hunter Biden holds stake in Chinese company sanctioned for human rights abuses; Joe Biden has promised to go after companies with ties to China’s repression (The Washington Free Beacon)
Kennedy dynasty suffers first loss ever in Massachusetts after Senator Ed Markey wins primary challenge (Fox News)
Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate
Hounded out by BLM: Portland’s Democrat mayor is leaving his $840,000 condo after it was repeatedly targeted by anarchists (Daily Mail)
Tony Baltimore school buckles to anti-Semitic demands of Black Lives Matter activists (The Washington Free Beacon)
Elvis Presley’s Graceland vandalized with graffiti messages including “Defund MPD,” “Abolish ICE,” and “BLM” (Fox News)
Around the Nation
Chicago passes 500 homicides this year (National Review)
Chicago faces record $1.2 billion budget shortfall following “catastrophic” economic collapse, riots, and violence (The Daily Wire)
Divorce rate skyrockets 34% amid COVID-19 pandemic (Fox News)
Business & Economy
White House moves to halt evictions through end of year as fears of coronavirus-fueled housing crisis grow (CNBC)
Trump payroll tax deferral finds few takers among businesses (The Hill)
National Security
Thanks, Captains Obvious! Russians again targeting Americans with disinformation, Facebook and Twitter say (The New York Times)
ICE arrests 2,000+ illegal immigrants in sweep, 85% of whom had criminal convictions or charges (American Military News)
Other Notables
Large antibody study that suggests longer immunity response offers hope for virus vaccine efforts (Fox News)
Teen Vogue pushes young people one step closer to socialism (Washington Examiner)
What are the Trump and Tim Scott “opportunity zones” that aim to largely help African American neighborhoods? (Sharyl Attkisson)
Closing Arguments
Policy: “Anti-racist” education is anything but (National Review)
Policy: In choosing a new prime minister, Japan should elect a champion for U.S. alliance (The Daily Signal)
Satire (we think?): Gavin Newsom says California will stay on lockdown until scientists discover cure for death (The Babylon Bee)
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