The Patriot Post® · Monday Executive Summary

By Jordan Candler ·
https://patriotpost.us/articles/74231-monday-executive-summary-2020-10-19

Top of the Fold

  • Source on alleged Hunter Biden email chain verifies message about Chinese investment firm (Fox News)

  • Supreme Court will hear Trump appeal to exclude illegal immigrants from census (CNBC)

  • Hypocritical obstructionist Nancy Pelosi gives Trump 48-hour deadline to compromise on COVID relief (The Daily Wire)

Politics

  • NBC debate moderator partisan cheat took father to Obama’s Christmas party and family donated thousands to Democrats including Joe Biden (Washington Examiner) | Video surfaces of moderator “tipping off” Hillary Clinton campaign on interview questions in 2016 (The Daily Wire)

  • Biden town hall attendees identified as ex-Obama speechwriter, wife of prominent Democrat (Fox News)

  • Chris Coons says his “mind is open” to packing the Supreme Court (Washington Examiner)

  • Biden granddaughter “couldn’t agree more” that Joe will implement “agenda of the far left” (The National Pulse)

Social Media

  • Facebook uses incorrect fact check to censor Susan B. Anthony List ads (National Review)

  • Facebook expert in charge of election integrity formerly worked as policy adviser to Joe Biden on Ukraine (Washington Examiner)

  • Twitter censors White House health expert for questioning mask-wearing (The Daily Wire)

  • Twitter refuses to unlock New York Post account (The Daily Wire)

  • RNC files FEC complaint against Twitter, claims company made “illegal in-kind contribution” to Biden campaign (Fox News)

The Latest on COVID-19

  • Cases surge past 40 million infections worldwide (Fox News)

  • Ten counties account for 22% of fatalities, 11% of population (The Daily Signal)

  • Study: 1/3 of excess deaths were not due to the coronavirus (Washington Examiner)

Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate

  • NYPD woes mount: Patrol chief’s sudden retirement part of “troubling” exodus (Fox News)

  • Record number of Seattle cops leave force in September (The Washington Free Beacon)

Around the Nation

  • San Diego changes school grading practices to eliminate behavioral factors (The San Diego Union-Tribune)

  • Protesters fill casket outside nursing home with thousands of copies of Andrew Cuomo’s new book (Washington Examiner)

  • Time to pay the piper: Chicago ranks “rattiest” city for sixth year in a row (actual rats, not politicians) (Washington Examiner)

  • Feds withheld $4 million from 9/11 health program over NYC debts (National Review)

Business & Economy

  • After a reprieve, a wave of evictions expected across U.S. (Reuters)

  • Midwest derecho in August was historically costly, with damage reaching $7.5B (Fox Business)

National Security

  • Mexico’s corrupt former defense minister arrested in Los Angeles (The New York Times)

  • China threatens to detain Americans if U.S. prosecutes Chinese scholars (The New York Times)

Other Notables

  • Gretchen Whitmer caught with controversial sign after claiming “lock her up” is inciting "terrorism" (The Daily Wire)

  • French teacher beheaded after showing caricatures of Muhammad (The Daily Wire)

Closing Arguments

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