The Patriot Post® · Friday Executive Summary

By Political Editors ·
https://patriotpost.us/articles/74195-friday-executive-summary-2020-10-16


Top of the Fold


  • Judiciary Committee sets vote on Barrett confirmation for October 22 (CBS News1)

  • Chuck Schumer: Dems will deny GOP a quorum to advance Barrett (Power Line2)

  • House Republicans ask FBI if it had Hunter Biden’s alleged laptop during Trump’s impeachment (Fox News3)


The Twittersphere


  • Senators to subpoena Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey for “actively interfering” in election (The Daily Wire4)

  • Twitter changes hacked material policy after backlash over blocking NYPost story about Biden’s son (CNBC5)

  • 11 hacks, leaks, and hoaxes that Twitter and Facebook didn’t throttle — because they hurt Trump (The Federalist6)

  • FCC Chairman plans to amend Section 230 legal protections for media platforms (Washington Examiner7)


Political Money


  • McConnell shoots down $1.8 trillion coronavirus deal, breaking with Trump (The Hill8)

  • Soros triples election spending, pouring $70 million into 2020 efforts (The Washington Free Beacon9)

  • Ilhan Omar funnels 70% of campaign expenditures to husband’s company (The Washington Free Beacon10)

  • Bernie World builds a dark money campaign apparatus after decrying it (The Daily Beast11)


Elsewhere in Politics


  • C-SPAN’s would-be debate moderator Steve Scully suspended indefinitely after admitting he lied about being hacked to cover for anti-Trump collusion (The Federalist12)

  • Democrat Mark Kelly disciplines campaign spokesman for calling cops “worthless f—ing pigs” (AZ Central13)

  • Bruce Ohr leaves DOJ after being rebuked for contact with Christopher Steele during Russia investigation (USA Today14)


Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate



Closing Arguments


  • Policy: Paused trial shows that fearmongering over ‘Trump vaccine’ was both dumb and harmful (Washington Examiner18)

  • Policy: Will Joe Biden’s America remain a democracy or become a monarchy? (The Hill19)

  • Humor — except it’s not: Big Tech fights election interference by interfering in election (The Babylon Bee20)

For more of today’s editors’ choice headlines, visit Headline Report21.

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