The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Executive Summary
Top of the Fold
9 Takeaways from Day 1 of Barrett confirmation hearings (The Daily Signal1)
Trump returns to the campaign trail claiming coronavirus victory (NBC News2)
Trump’s stock gains hit Republican record (Fox Business3)
Memory Issues
Biden questions “memory” of voters in poll who say they’re better off now than four years ago (Fox News4)
Biden forgets Mitt Romney’s name (The Washington Free Beacon5)
Biden talked of attending black church as a teen, but members don’t recall it (The Washington Free Beacon6)
Some Public Gatherings Are Better Than Others
Twenty-one arrested at DC protest on first day of Amy Coney Barrett hearings (Washington Examiner7)
“Back the Blue” Blexit event in DC ends on mall with national anthem (The Daily Wire8)
Patriot Post contributors Willie Richardson, Patrick Hampton, and Anthony Brian Logan attend DC Blexit rally (ABC 9 Chattanooga9)
Columbus fans defy culture, coronavirus with holiday celebrations (The Washington Times10)
Social Justice Warrior LeBron’s Lakers win title — thousands of fans ignore virus restrictions, some violently target police (The Daily Wire11)
The Swamp
Pelosi faces backlash after rejecting Trump’s latest stimulus offer (Fox Business12)
Gina Haspel blows off senators’ demands to quit stonewalling Congress on Russiagate oversight (The Federalist13)
Around the Nation
The median household will pay more under Biden-Harris tax plan (National Review14)
A farmer made a giant Biden-Harris sign out of hay bales, but it was set on fire the next day (The Washington Post15)
What could go wrong? Yelp adding alerts to warn users about businesses accused of racist behavior (Yahoo! Entertainment16)
The Latest on COVID-19
Johnson & Johnson pauses coronavirus vaccine trials due to unexplained illness (Reuters17)
Nevada man’s COVID-19 reinfection, the first in the U.S., is “yellow caution light” about risk of coronavirus (USA Today18)
National Security
U.S. forces conduct “targeted strikes” to slow Taliban advance (The Washington Times19)
Meth bust at U.S.-Mexico border is second largest in history (Washington Examiner20)
Closing Arguments
Policy: Beyond court packing: Here’s how Dems plan to create a one-party state (Issues & Insights21)
Policy: Why Americans Can’t Just ‘Listen to the Experts’ (Real Clear Policy22)
Humor: Newsom celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day by sacrificing 6 people to climate goddess Greta (Genesius Times23)
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Links
- https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/10/12/9-takeaways-from-day-1-of-barrett-confirmation-hearings/
- https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/trump-returns-trail-claiming-coronavirus-victory-playing-campaign-defense-n1242987
- https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/trump-touts-stock-market-gains-and-hes-not-far-off
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-knocks-the-56-of-voters-who-say-theyre-better-off-now-than-4-years-ago-their-memory-isnt-very-good
- https://freebeacon.com/democrats/biden-forgets-mitt-romneys-name/
- https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/members-dont-recall-bidens-attendance-at-black-church-as-teen/
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/twenty-one-arrested-at-dc-protest-on-first-day-of-amy-coney-barrett-hearings
- https://www.dailywire.com/news/beautiful-moment-the-mainstream-media-wont-report-on-candace-owens-blexit-event-ends-with-national-anthem-singing
- https://newschannel9.com/news/local/chattanooga-republicans-attend-blexit-rally-trump-speech-in-washington-dc
- https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/oct/12/columbus-day-fans-italian-americans-defy-culture-c/
- https://www.dailywire.com/news/lebrons-lakers-win-title-thousands-of-fans-ignore-virus-restrictions-some-violently-target-police
- https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/pelosi-democratic-backlash-trump-coronavirus-stimulus-deal
- https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/12/gina-haspel-blows-off-senators-demands-to-quit-stonewalling-congress-on-russiagate-oversight/
- https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/10/biden-harris-tax-plan-median-household-will-pay-more/
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/12/sign-biden-fire-farm/
- https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/yelp-adding-alerts-warn-users-182716609.html
- https://www.reuters.com/article/BigStory12/idUSKBN26Y01Q
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/10/12/covid-reinfection-virus-can-strike-twice-worse-second-time-nevada-man/5965917002/
- https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/oct/12/us-forces-conduct-targeted-strikes-slow-taliban-ad/
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/meth-bust-at-us-mexico-border-is-second-largest-in-history
- https://issuesinsights.com/2020/10/12/dems-plan-to-pack-the-senate-and-the-electoral-college-as-well-as-the-supreme-court/
- https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2020/10/12/why_americans_cant_just_listen_to_the_experts_580385.html
- https://genesiustimes.com/newsom-celebrates-indigenous-peoples-day-by-sacrificing-6-people-to-climate-goddess-greta/
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