The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Executive Summary
Top of the Fold
President Trump throws wrench into pork-filled COVID-19 relief by saying he won’t sign bill (ABC News)
Pelosi responds to Trump: Let’s push for $2,000 checks “this week” (The Hill)
Election Debrief
Gavin Newsom taps California election chief Alex Padilla for U.S. Senate (AP)
Biden names Bruce Reed, fiercely opposed by the “Squad,” as deputy chief of staff (Fox News)
Team Biden gently walking back election-year immigration promises (Washington Examiner)
Newsmax, OAN, and Trump campaign sued by voting systems worker who says false claims led to death threats (AP)
Georgia Runoff
- Raphael Warnock’s wife told officer that her husband is “a great actor” after domestic dispute (Fox News)
Government & Politics
Sen. Rand Paul’s “Festivus Report” reveals $54 billion in tax dollars was “totally wasted” (Fox News)
Tulsi Gabbard justifiably rips young Congress members for taking vaccine before elderly (NY Post)
“Darkest days” of COVID are ahead of us, Joe “The Grinch” Biden warns (NPR)
D'oh! Biden calls reporter asking about Hunter Biden a “one-horse pony” (Washington Examiner)
Trump announces slew of pardons (National Review)
Leftmedia
The five biggest media fails of 2020 (Daily Wire)
Twenty stories the media got horribly wrong in 2020 (The Federalist)
Washington Post depicts Republicans as rats in editorial cartoon eerily similar to anti-Semitic Nazi propaganda (Not the Bee)
Health
- U.S. deaths in 2020 top three million, by far most ever counted (AP)
Education
Cambridge Public School System identifies “white, middle-class norms” as a problem that needs addressing (Not the Bee)
Cornell student government members expel fellow senators who voted against disarming police (College Fix)
National Security
- Acting defense secretary accepts Inclusion Board’s 15 woke recommendations (Defense.gov)
Business & Economy
Walmart sued by the Justice Department for allegedly fueling opioid crisis (CBS News)
November existing home sales fall 2.5%, following record summer (AP)
In final reading, GDP increased at record 33.4% annual rate in third quarter (Washington Examiner)
Around the Nation
After SCOTUS rulings, Los Angeles County lifts ban on indoor worship services (Disrn)
Homicides hit all-time high in Memphis (Fox News)
“Memphis was just one many cities in which violent crime spiked this year. Data released earlier this month showed that 21 cities — including Los Angeles, Chicago, and Philadelphia — had an increase of 610 homicides, or 34% more, in the fall. That was slightly lower than the 42% jump seen in the summer.”
Double Standards
- Pelosi calls $600 stimulus checks “significant” but said $1,000 tax cut bonuses were “crumbs” in 2018 (Fox Business)
Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate
- Detroit suing Black Lives Matter activists for “civil conspiracy” (Fox News)
“Theater of the Absurd” Headline Award
- Face masks significantly reduce brain’s ability to recognize people (StudyFinds)
We’re gonna need a fact-check on this one…
American Spirit
- These neighbors planned a heartwarming surprise for their kind UPS driver (Not the Bee)
Belly Laugh of the Week
Someone inserted Tom Cruise’s viral meltdown into “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and the hilarious result is Santa cursing out his elves and reindeer (Not the Bee)
Merry Christmas! Here’s the worst-ever rendition of “O Holy Night” (Not the Bee)
Closing Arguments
Policy: How the Centers for Disease Control went woke (Free Beacon)
Policy: Maximizing equality of opportunity is the only way to avoid lowering standards (City Journal)
Humor: Everyone in Congress getting $100,000 bonus for coming up with such a great relief bill (Babylon Bee)
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