The Patriot Post® · Monday Executive Summary
Above the Fold
Trump makes a $500 billion economic appeal to black Americans while pledging to make Juneteenth a federal holiday (Business Insider1)
Video emerges of Joe Biden calling troops “stupid bastards” during 2016 speech (The Daily Wire2)
Supreme Court
Inside the White House’s plan to deploy “knife fighters” to defend Amy Coney Barrett (Fox News3)
Confirmation hearings to start October 12 (New York Post4)
There is simply no good reason to not immediately confirm Barrett (The Federalist5)
Witch-Hunt Misfire
New York Times’s 10,000-word Donald Trump tax “exposé” reveals no Russian links, no illegality, and admits the Left will be “unfulfilled” by the report (The National Pulse6)
Obama administration gave Trump a $73 million tax refund (National Review7)
Elsewhere in Politics
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi doubles down, says Biden shouldn’t debate Trump tomorrow (The Daily Wire8)
Economist Casey Mulligan projects Biden tax plan would kill three million jobs (Washington Examiner9)
Delaware State University denies Biden was a student after he claimed he “got started” at the historically black college (Daily Mail10)
For Arizona’s Democrat Senate candidate Mark Kelly, attending a forum hosted by CCP was the beginning of lucrative relationship with China (The Washington Free Beacon11)
Senator Dianne Feinstein’s husband named in university admissions scandal (WCVB12)
Voter Fraud
Voter fraud in Representative Ilhan Omar’s district (National Review13)
Virginia counties see multiple absentee ballots sent to more than 1,000 voters (Fox News14)
As states prepared mail-in ballots, Postal Service failed to update at least 1.8 million addresses (Time15)
Around the Nation
Governor Ron DeSantis lifts statewide COVID restrictions in bid to completely open Florida economy (National Review16)
Woman who tried to drive her car into a group of Trump supporters charged with attempted murder (PJ Media17)
National Security
Court rules Congress can sue over Trump’s border wall funding switch, though construction can continue for now (The Washington Times18)
Duo allegedly planned terror attacks targeting Trump Tower, other sites (New York Post19)
Judge blocks Trump administration’s ban on new TikTok downloads from U.S. app stores (CNBC20)
Closing Arguments
Policy: Two steps Trump could take now to secure missile defense improvements (Hudson Institute21)
Policy: Foster care still needs time limits: Don’t use COVID-19 as an excuse to make needy children wait for resolution (City Journal22)
Humor: Amy Coney Barrett holds press conference in Handmaid’s Tale costume just to mess with leftists (The Babylon Bee23)
Related satire: Democrats charge Barrett with racism for only having two black children (Genesius Times24)
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Links
- https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-black-americans-platinum-plan-economy-civil-rights-juneteenth-2020-9
- https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-video-emerges-of-joe-biden-calling-u-s-troops-stupid-bastards-during-speech-biden-campaign-responds
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/amy-coney-barrett-inside-white-houses-plan-knife-fighters
- https://nypost.com/2020/09/27/amy-coney-barretts-confirmation-hearings-start-oct-12/
- https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/26/there-is-simply-no-good-reason-to-not-immediately-confirm-amy-coney-barrett/
- https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/nyts-10000-word-trump-tax-expose-reveals-no-russian-links-no-illegality-and-admits-left-will-be-unfulfilled-by-the-report/
- https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/obama-wrote-trump-a-73-million-check/
- https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosi-doubles-down-says-biden-shouldnt-debate-trump-on-tuesday
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/former-trump-economist-projects-biden-tax-plan-would-kill-3m-jobs
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8778027/Delaware-State-University-says-Joe-Biden-NOT-student-there.html
- https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/for-mark-kelly-attending-forum-hosted-by-ccp-was-the-beginning-of-lucrative-relationship-with-china/
- https://www.wcvb.com/article/dianne-feinsteins-husband-named-uc-admissions-scandal/34152795#
- https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/09/new-project-veritas-video-voter-fraud-in-ilhan-omars-district/
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/virginia-counties-multiple-absentee-ballots-sent-more-than-1000-voters
- https://time.com/5893881/exclusive-as-states-prepared-mail-in-ballots-postal-service-failed-to-update-at-least-1-8-million-addresses/
- https://www.nationalreview.com/news/ron-desantis-lifts-statewide-covid-restrictions-in-bid-to-completely-open-florida-economy/
- https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2020/09/27/woman-charged-with-trying-to-ram-her-car-into-group-of-trump-supporters-n973227
- https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/25/court-rules-congress-can-sue-over-donald-trumps-bo/
- https://nypost.com/2020/09/25/duo-arrested-for-planned-terror-attacks-at-trump-tower-feds/
- https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/28/tiktok-ban-judge-blocks-order-banning-downloads-from-us-app-stores-.html
- https://www.hudson.org/research/16399-two-steps-president-trump-could-take-now-to-secure-missile-defense-improvements
- https://www.city-journal.org/covid-foster-care-time-limits
- https://babylonbee.com/news/amy-coney-barrett-holds-press-conference-in-handmaids-tale-uniform-just-to-mess-with-liberals
- https://genesiustimes.com/democrats-charge-amy-barrett-with-racism-for-only-having-2-black-children/
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