The Patriot Post® · Monday Executive News Summary
Top of the Fold
Mike Pence rightly removes himself from President Trump’s Electoral College hustle (Washington Examiner1)
Congress overrides Trump’s defense bill veto (NewsNation Now2)
Election Debrief
Trump urged Georgia election official to “find” votes, insisting he won (Fox News3)
At least 12 GOP senators to challenge Joe Biden’s win (Politico4)
Nothing to see here… Hunter Biden email associate is on DOJ transition team (Washington Times5)
Nancy Pelosi narrowly reelected speaker, faces difficult (and final?) two years (AP6)
Georgia Runoff
- Warnock and Ossoff level misleading claims that Loeffler is “campaigning with a Klansman” (Fox News7)
Government & Politics
Mitch McConnell blocks Democrats’ bid for quick approval of $2,000 stimulus checks (Washington Times8)
Census Bureau misses year-end deadline for delivering numbers for House seats (NPR9)
U.S. votes against UN budget over anti-Israel measure, lack of Iran action (Fox News10)
Obamacare, jocks, gay “rights,” and religion: The biggest Supreme Court cases of 2021 (Washington Examiner11)
Proposed House rules strike “non-inclusive” words (Daily Wire12) | Pelosi just proposed banning gendered terms like “father, mother, son, daughter” in the House. Yet she has “mother” and “grandmother” in her Twitter bio. (Not the Bee13)
Leftmedia
- New York Times helps teen cancel classmate with four-year-old video of slur (The Federalist14)
Health
Luke Letlow, 41-year-old congressman-elect, dies from COVID complications (Fox News15)
Novavax starts late-stage trial of vaccine in United States (Reuters16) | UK authorizes Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine (NY Times17)
China’s puppet, the World Health Organization, pledges not to find “guilty” party in COVID probe (Daily Signal18)
Abortion leads 2020 cause of death with 42.7 million killed (Disrn19)
Nanny State
LA sheriff Superspreader Task Force (yes, that’s a thing) detains 900 during party busts (FOX 1120)
New Mexico fines two churches $10,000 each for Christmas Eve services (Disrn21)
Education
The totalitarian mob comes for a Princeton professor over harmless Twitter poll question (Power Line22)
University of Chicago professor pilloried for criticizing “no white men” hiring rules (The Federalist23)
Chicago Teachers Union leader pushes for schools to remain closed … while sitting by a pool in Puerto Rico (Not the Bee24)
National Security
Julian Assange’s extradition to U.S. denied by British judge (Fox News25)
ICE deports more than 185,000 illegal aliens and 4,200 gang members in 2020 (Breitbart26) | ICE says arrestees had average of four criminal convictions or charges each (Fox News27)
U.S. facing another potential border crisis as Biden takes office (National Review28)
Iran says it plans to increase enrichment of uranium (ABC News29)
Business & Economy
President Trump extends suspension of work visas through March (Disrn30)
Mom and pop landlords struggle through eviction freeze (Washington Examiner31)
Britain’s trade agreement with the European Union enters legal force (UPI32)
Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate
Portland mayor, antifa enabler now asks for federal and state help against “radical Antifa” (Disrn33)
Emancipation Memorial honoring freed slaves in Boston officially removed (Disrn34)
New York City shootings doubled in 2020 (Washington Examiner35)
Chicago ends 2020 with 769 homicides (AP36)
Around the Nation
In 2020, FBI saw largest yearly increase of background checks in 20 years (Just the News37)
Louisville officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor to be fired (Disrn38)
Massachusetts allows abortions without parental consent, codifies Roe v. Wade (Disrn39) | Meanwhile, Ohio governor signs bill requiring cremation or burial of aborted babies (Disrn40)
Non Compos Mentis
- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver ends opening prayer for new Congress: “Amen and awoman” (Fox News41)
“Amen is a Latin word that means ‘truly’ or ‘so be it.’ Awoman is a nonsense word that means nothing. Dems find a way to make everything stupid and nonsensical. Utter clowns, all of them.” —Matt Walsh
- Ilhan Omar calls fatal police shooting of black man “state sanctioned murder.” But police say he fired first. (The Blaze42)
Other Notables
Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home vandalized on New Year’s Day (ABC 743)
Dr. Anthony Fauci admits to fudging the truth (The Federalist44)
Trump ends Obama’s 12-year run as most admired man (The Hill45)
Closing Arguments
Policy: The real villain of 2020 was Big Government (FEE46)
Policy: Trump’s regulatory legacy: A first draft (Cato47)
Humor: Government feeds five people with just 2.3 trillion loaves and fishes (Babylon Bee48)
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Links
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/pence-rightly-removes-himself-from-trumps-electoral-college-hustle
- https://fox5sandiego.com/news/politics/congress-votes-to-override-president-trumps-defense-bill-veto/
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-insists-he-won-georgia-in-call-with-state-election-official-urges-him-to-find-votes-report
- https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/02/ted-cruz-electoral-college-challenge-453430
- https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/3/alexander-mackler-hunter-associate-biden-team/
- https://apnews.com/article/politics-coronavirus-pandemic-nancy-pelosi-2c4793b39dcfae18b2c66a8659042e2f
- https://www.foxnews.com/us/warnock-ossoffs-loeffler-campaigning-klansman
- https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/dec/29/mcconnell-blocks-democrats-bid-quick-approval-2000/
- https://www.npr.org/2020/12/30/951566925/census-to-miss-year-end-deadline-for-delivering-numbers-for-house-seats
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/us-votes-against-un-budget-anti-israel-iran
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biggest-supreme-court-cases-2021
- https://www.dailywire.com/news/proposed-house-rules-strike-non-inclusive-words-father-son-sister-mccarthy-responds
- https://notthebee.com/article/pelosi-just-proposed-banning-gendered-family-terms-like-father-mother-son-daughter-in-the-house-she-has-mother-and-grandmother-in-her-twitter-bio
- https://thefederalist.com/2020/12/29/nyt-helps-teen-cancel-classmate-with-video-of-slur-he-saved-for-four-years/
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/luke-letlow-41-year-old-congressman-elect-dies-of-covid-19
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-novavax-vaccine-idUSKBN292171
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/world/europe/uk-covid-19-vaccine-oxford-astrazeneca.html
- https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/12/28/world-health-organization-pledges-not-to-find-guilty-party-in-probe-of-covid-19-in-china/
- https://disrn.com/news/abortion-was-by-far-2020s-leading-cause-of-death-in-the-world/
- https://www.foxla.com/news/la-sheriff-superspreader-task-force-detains-900-during-nye-party-busts
- https://disrn.com/news/new-mexicos-democratic-administration-fines-two-churches-10000-declares-the-congregations-pro-virus/
- https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/12/the-mob-comes-for-prof-george.php
- https://thefederalist.com/2021/01/04/u-chicago-science-professor-under-assault-for-criticizing-no-white-men-hiring-rules/
- https://notthebee.com/article/chicago-teachers-union-leader-pushes-for-schools-to-remain-closed-while-sitting-by-a-pool-in-puerto-rico
- https://www.foxnews.com/world/british-judge-denies-extradition-of-julian-assange
- https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/12/27/ice-deports-185k-illegal-aliens-4-2k-gang-members-2020/
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ice-illegal-immigrants-2020-criminal-convictions-charges
- https://www.nationalreview.com/news/u-s-facing-another-potential-southwest-border-crisis-as-biden-takes-office/
- https://abcnews.go.com/International/iran-plans-increase-enrichment-uranium/story?id=75007418
- https://disrn.com/news/president-trump-extends-suspension-of-work-visas-through-march/
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mom-and-pop-landlords-struggle-through-eviction-freeze
- https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2020/12/31/British-PM-Boris-Johnson-queen-give-final-approval-to-Brexit-deal/1191609416052/
- https://disrn.com/news/portland-mayor-asks-for-federal-state-help-against-antifa/
- https://disrn.com/news/emancipation-memorial-honoring-freed-slaves-officially-comes-down-in-boston/
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/new-york-city-shootings-doubled-2020
- https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/chicago-ends-2020-769-homicides-gun-violence-surges-75005949
- https://justthenews.com/nation/economy/2020-shattered-records-gun-buying-activity-amid-lockdowns-riots-presidential
- https://disrn.com/news/officer-who-fatally-shot-breonna-taylor-will-be-fired/
- https://disrn.com/news/massachusetts-legislature-overrides-governors-veto-to-allow-abortions-without-parental-consent-codifies-roe-v-wade/
- https://disrn.com/news/ohio-governor-signs-bill-for-women-to-cremate-bury-aborted-babies/
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rep-cleaver-ends-opening-prayer-for-new-congress-amen-and-awoman
- https://www.theblaze.com/news/ilhan-omar-reacts-dolal-idd-death-body-cam-footage
- https://abc7news.com/nancy-pelosi-san-francisco-home-vandalized/9265112/
- https://thefederalist.com/2020/12/28/dr-fauci-admits-he-has-treated-the-american-people-like-children/
- https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/531906-trump-ends-obamas-12-year-run-as-most-admired-man-gallup
- https://fee.org/articles/why-the-real-villain-of-2020-was-big-government/
- https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/2020-12/regulation-v43n4-2-updated.pdf
- https://babylonbee.com/news/miracle-government-feeds-five-people-with-just-23-trillion-loaves-and-fishes
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