The Patriot Post® · Monday Executive Summary
Supreme Court
Support the president’s Supreme Court nominee as if your freedom depends on it — because it does (Issues & Insights)
The RBG replacement and ObamaCare forever: GOP must play the long game (Issues & Insights)
Amy Coney Barrett? Trump says Supreme Court pick will “most likely” be a woman (Fox News)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi discusses possibility of impeaching Trump to stop SCOTUS nomination (The Daily Wire)
“This is war”: Democrats, activists vow scorched-earth battle to block Supreme Court pick (The Washington Times)
Democrats threaten to pack Supreme Court if Trump’s nomination goes through and they take the White House and the Senate (Daily Mail)
RBG circa 2016: Senate should do “their job,” replace Scalia before election (New York Post)
RBG circa 2020: Dying wish was to not be replaced until January (New York Post)
Elsewhere in Politics
Joe Biden resurrects false claim that helped cost him chance at presidency in 1988 (The Daily Wire)
Senior Biden campaign cybersecurity expert participated in racist internet troll group (Washington Examiner)
Why isn’t the mainstream media covering this story? Bail fund promoted by Kamala Harris helped man accused of sexually assaulting a child (The Daily Caller)
CNN quiet as Biden claims nobody would have died from virus if Trump had “done his job” (The Washington Times)
Democrat Tulsi Gabbard says voter fraud “serious threat,” seeks to outlaw ballot harvesting (JusttheNews.com)
Pelosi stonewalls bill that would crack down on ChiCom Confucius Institutes (The Washington Free Beacon)
Emmy Awards heavy on anti-Trump politics: “This isn’t a MAGA rally” (Fox News)
The Latest on COVID-19
Trump vows enough vaccine doses for “every American” by April (Fox News)
Epidemiologists uncertain whether long-feared autumn second wave will materialize (Washington Examiner)
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 (CNBC)
U.S. reimposes UN sanctions on Iran (The Hill)
Secret documents show how North Korea launders money through U.S. banks (NBC News)
Around the Nation
Tropical Storm Beta nearing Texas coast with flooding rain, storm surge, and gusty winds (The Weather Channel)
Massive “F–k Cuomo and de Blasio” mural painted on Brooklyn street (New York Post)
Closing Arguments
Policy: Systemic racism? Make them prove it (National Review)
Policy: Is Beijing funding riots in America? It’s time to investigate (The Heritage Foundation)
Satire: Trump nominates Biden to Supreme Court, forcing Democrats to accuse him of sexual assault (The Babylon Bee)
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