The Patriot Post® · Monday Executive Summary

By Jordan Candler ·
https://patriotpost.us/articles/73594-monday-executive-summary-2020-09-21


Supreme Court


  • Support the president’s Supreme Court nominee as if your freedom depends on it — because it does (Issues & Insights1)

  • The RBG replacement and ObamaCare forever: GOP must play the long game (Issues & Insights2)

  • Amy Coney Barrett3? Trump says Supreme Court pick will “most likely” be a woman (Fox News4)

  • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi discusses possibility of impeaching Trump to stop SCOTUS nomination (The Daily Wire5)

  • “This is war”: Democrats, activists vow scorched-earth battle to block Supreme Court pick (The Washington Times6)

  • Democrats threaten to pack Supreme Court if Trump’s nomination goes through and they take the White House and the Senate (Daily Mail7)

  • RBG circa 2016: Senate should do “their job,” replace Scalia before election (New York Post8)

  • RBG circa 2020: Dying wish was to not be replaced until January (New York Post9)


Elsewhere in Politics



The Latest on COVID-19


  • Trump vows enough vaccine doses for “every American” by April (Fox News18)

  • Epidemiologists uncertain whether long-feared autumn second wave will materialize (Washington Examiner19)


National Security


  • “Serious questions going to the merits of the First Amendment claim”: Judge halts Trump administration order banning WeChat from Apple and Google app stores (CNBC20)

  • U.S. reimposes UN sanctions on Iran (The Hill21)

  • Secret documents show how North Korea launders money through U.S. banks (NBC News22)


Around the Nation


  • Tropical Storm Beta nearing Texas coast with flooding rain, storm surge, and gusty winds (The Weather Channel23)

  • Massive “F–k Cuomo and de Blasio” mural painted on Brooklyn street (New York Post24)


Closing Arguments


  • Policy: Systemic racism? Make them prove it (National Review25)

  • Policy: Is Beijing funding riots in America? It’s time to investigate (The Heritage Foundation26)

  • Satire: Trump nominates Biden to Supreme Court, forcing Democrats to accuse him of sexual assault (The Babylon Bee27)

For more of today’s editors’ choice headlines, visit In Our Sights28.

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