The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Executive Summary
Top of the Fold
9 Takeaways from Day 1 of Barrett confirmation hearings (The Daily Signal)
Trump returns to the campaign trail claiming coronavirus victory (NBC News)
Trump’s stock gains hit Republican record (Fox Business)
Memory Issues
Biden questions “memory” of voters in poll who say they’re better off now than four years ago (Fox News)
Biden forgets Mitt Romney’s name (The Washington Free Beacon)
Biden talked of attending black church as a teen, but members don’t recall it (The Washington Free Beacon)
Some Public Gatherings Are Better Than Others
Twenty-one arrested at DC protest on first day of Amy Coney Barrett hearings (Washington Examiner)
“Back the Blue” Blexit event in DC ends on mall with national anthem (The Daily Wire)
Patriot Post contributors Willie Richardson, Patrick Hampton, and Anthony Brian Logan attend DC Blexit rally (ABC 9 Chattanooga)
Columbus fans defy culture, coronavirus with holiday celebrations (The Washington Times)
Social Justice Warrior LeBron’s Lakers win title — thousands of fans ignore virus restrictions, some violently target police (The Daily Wire)
The Swamp
Pelosi faces backlash after rejecting Trump’s latest stimulus offer (Fox Business)
Gina Haspel blows off senators’ demands to quit stonewalling Congress on Russiagate oversight (The Federalist)
Around the Nation
The median household will pay more under Biden-Harris tax plan (National Review)
A farmer made a giant Biden-Harris sign out of hay bales, but it was set on fire the next day (The Washington Post)
What could go wrong? Yelp adding alerts to warn users about businesses accused of racist behavior (Yahoo! Entertainment)
The Latest on COVID-19
Johnson & Johnson pauses coronavirus vaccine trials due to unexplained illness (Reuters)
Nevada man’s COVID-19 reinfection, the first in the U.S., is “yellow caution light” about risk of coronavirus (USA Today)
National Security
U.S. forces conduct “targeted strikes” to slow Taliban advance (The Washington Times)
Meth bust at U.S.-Mexico border is second largest in history (Washington Examiner)
Closing Arguments
Policy: Beyond court packing: Here’s how Dems plan to create a one-party state (Issues & Insights)
Policy: Why Americans Can’t Just ‘Listen to the Experts’ (Real Clear Policy)
Humor: Newsom celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day by sacrificing 6 people to climate goddess Greta (Genesius Times)
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