The Patriot Post® · Thursday Executive Summary
Top of the Fold
- Hunter Biden in 2017 sent “best wishes” from “entire Biden family” to China firm chairman (Fox News) | Joe, who never lies, “confident” Hunter did nothing wrong (Fox News)
Election Debrief
Biden considering pro-China Disney CEO for ChiCom ambassador (National Review)
Biden calls Pete Buttigieg’s (ahem) husband “Kirsten,” snubs gay GOP cabinet member (NY Post)
Raphael Warnock’s voter registration group failed to pay unemployment taxes (Free Beacon)
“Need new leadership”: AOC says time’s almost up for Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer (Washington Times)
Leftmedia
Despite his supposed downfall, Jeffrey Toobin is holding on to his post at CNN (Fox News)
Disgraced fake newsman Dan Rather gets journalism awards named in his honor (Washington Examiner)
Education
Nation’s top high school poised to pick students based on race, not achievement (The Federalist)
For the record: Jill Biden’s doctorate is garbage because her dissertation is garbage (National Review)
Economy
Retail sales fell 1.1% in November, biggest drop in seven months (AP)
However, the Fed raises its economic outlook, sees 4.2% growth next year and 5% unemployment (CNBC)
U.S. brands Vietnam and Switzerland as currency manipulators (AP)
Supreme Court will hear NCAA case on college athlete pay, which could upend business model (Politico)
Big Tech
- Texas and nine other states file new antitrust lawsuit against Google (CNBC)
Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate
Cartoon Network is promoting the use of self-selected pronouns to six-year-olds (Not the Bee)
Guardians of the Galaxy comic confirms Star-Lord is bisexual (Entertainment Weekly)
Culture
- Study finds a third of young American adults have no religious affiliation (Disrn)
Around the Nation
Feds cut off California over abortion insurance mandate (Free Beacon)
Free-speech suppressor Andrew Cuomo signs bill banning sale of Confederate flags (NY Post)
Fleeing New Yorkers resulted in an estimated $34 billion in lost income (Reuters)
“All told, a net 70,000 people left the metropolitan region this year… About 3.57 million people left New York City this year between Jan. 1 and Dec. 7, according to Unacast, which analyzed anonymized cell phone location data. Some 3.5 million people earning lower average incomes moved into the city during that same period, the report showed.”
Religious Liberty
- Ninth Circuit enjoins Nevada COVID order discriminating against houses of worship (National Review)
“Climate Change”
Biden to tap the military to further ambitious climate agenda (Washington Times)
Britain to ban new petrol cars by 2030 on road to net zero emissions (Reuters) | Meanwhile, Toyota’s chief correctly says electric vehicles are overhyped (WSJ)
“Theater of the Absurd” Headline Award
- How to talk to your friends and family about COVID, vaccines, and wearing masks (NBC News)
Caveat emptor. This same “enlightening” news outlet infamously reported on May 15, “Fact check: Coronavirus vaccine could come this year, Trump says. Experts say he needs a ‘miracle’ to be right.”
Double Standards
- Governor of Rhode Island encourages people to stay home, gets caught at wine bar (Fox News)
Non Compos Mentis
Canadian bookstore kicked out a lady who didn’t have hands because she wouldn’t put a mask on. Then they threatened to call the police when she tried to explain. (Not the Bee)
Paris fined 90,000 euros for naming too many women to senior positions (NPR)
Stranger Than Fiction
For $33,000, you can hire Amber Heard, who admitted to abusing Johnny Depp, to talk about domestic violence (Daily Wire)
Murder suspect escapes prison van during stop at Indiana McDonald’s (Disrn)
Other Notables
Here are the most searched terms on Google in 2020 (Not the Bee)
MLB officially reclassifies the Negro Leagues as major league (Disrn)
Closing Arguments
Policy: The college debt debate is a culture war battle (National Review)
Policy: Is this the end of cities in America? (The Hill)
Humor: Seattle announces reverse purge where one night a year laws will be enforced (Babylon Bee)
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