The Patriot Post® · Thursday Executive Summary

By Jordan Candler ·
https://patriotpost.us/articles/74014-thursday-executive-summary-2020-10-08

Top of the Fold

  • Louisiana braces for Delta to make landfall as a major hurricane on Friday (Daily Mail1)

  • Derek Chauvin, ex-officer charged with murder in George Floyd case, released on $1 million bond (NBC News2)

  • Manhattan prosecutor inquisitor can obtain Trump’s tax returns, court rules (Reuters3)

Political Debates

  • Mike Pence and Kamala Harris strike calmer tone than presidential debate but sharply contest the issues (Washington Examiner4)

  • Harris dodges Supreme Court-packing question when put on spot (Washington Examiner5)

  • Undecided voters found Harris “abrasive” and “condescending” (Fox News6)

  • Second presidential debate will be virtual, commission announces, though Trump says, “I’m not doing a virtual debate” (The Hill7)

Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate

  • Amid horrendous television ratings, NBA commissioner says league will back off social justice next season (NewsBusters8)

  • California officials knock down Hollywood-style Trump sign by freeway on private property (The Daily Wire9)

  • For the record: You will be told to check your “Christian privilege” in the very near future (Disrn10)

  • University of Iowa and John A. Logan College drop “diversity” (read: discrimination) efforts after Trump bans critical race theory (New York Post11)

  • Twenty-one scholars call for Pulitzer board to revoke “1619 Project” author’s prize (Disrn12)

Around the Nation

  • Freedom From Religion Foundation silences future prayers in Kentucky school district (Disrn13)

  • Court rules in favor of Christian adoption agency threatened by New York LGBT law (Disrn14)

  • “Defund the police” movement takes toll on NYC’s crime rate as shootings and murders spike (Fox News15)

  • Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer brings home an “F” on fiscal policy report card (Washington Examiner16)

Dumb and Dumber

  • Alyssa Milano says Michigan’s lucky to have leaders like the ones who just received an abuse of power smackdown from state Supreme Court (twitchy17)

  • “COVID is God’s gift to the Left”: Forty-eight years later, “Hanoi Jane” is still rooting for things that kill Americans (Washington Examiner18)

  • Thanks, Caption Obvious: Europe wants Biden to beat Trump, poll finds (Time19)

Other Notables

  • Puerto Rico governor endorses Trump, says he represents Puerto Ricans (Newsweek20)

  • Kamala Harris denied black supremacists existed, then they killed four people (FrontPage Mag21)

  • DOJ brings charges over scores of mail-in ballots found in New Jersey dumpsters (The Washington Free Beacon22)

  • Turkey rekindles the Armenian Genocide (FrontPage Mag23)

  • Heartwarming: New York miracle twins who were given a 10% chance of survival after developing a rare condition in the womb defy the odds and are now thriving at home (Daily Mail24)

Closing Arguments

  • Policy: COVID and the escalation of medical tyranny (Mises Institute25)

  • Policy: In defense of “me-first capitalism” (City Journal26)

  • Humor: Man who agrees with the media, universities, corporations, and Hollywood thinks he’s part of the #resistance (The Babylon Bee27)

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

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