The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Executive News Summary
Top of the Fold
- Melania Trump says “violence is never the answer” in farewell message (Examiner)
A Farewell Message from First Lady Melania Trump pic.twitter.com/WfG1zg2mt4
— Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) January 18, 2021
Government & Politics
Congress gears up for fight over Joe Biden’s cabinet nominees (Fox News)
Biden to propose eight-year citizenship path for immigrants (AP)
Wobbly Senator Joe Manchin: “I really do” support deplatforming Republicans (Daily Wire)
For the record: There’s a lot Biden won’t be able to do with a 50/50 Senate (Hot Air)
Democrats publish bill to install Capitol fence despite claiming walls don’t work (National Pulse)
FBI and DOJ knew there was no Russia collusion by spring of 2017 (Washington Times)
Lincoln Project funneled over $10 million to its own founders’ companies (National Pulse)
Big Tech & Media
Facebook and Google allegedly cut a deal that reduced ad competition (Engadget)
Parler CEO “confident” platform will be back “by the end of the month” (Examiner)
Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate
Anti-capitalist Ibram X. Kendi pads bottom line with Netflix deal (Free Beacon)
Portland “defund police” activists have vandalized commissioner’s home seven times in three months (Hot Air)
New York University professor attributes black Trump support to “multiracial whiteness” (PJ Media)
We’re Shocked — Shocked!
Poll: Many in U.S. don’t see link between racism and health outcomes (UPI)
China’s 2020 coal output rises to highest since 2015, undermining climate pledges (Reuters)
“Captain Obvious” Headline Award
- China “could have acted more quickly” in dealing with COVID, WHO declares (Daily Mail)
Odds and Ends
U.S. surpasses 400,000 COVID deaths nearly one year after nation’s first confirmed case (NBC News)
China’s economy grew 2.3% in 2020 — no doubt augmented by its cornering the PPE market (UPI)
Caravan of illegal immigrants says Biden will help them (Post Millennial)
The states Americans headed to the most in 2020: Tennessee, Texas, and Florida (CNBC)
Closing Arguments
Policy: Biden’s foolish sabotage of the Keystone pipeline (National Review)
Policy: Where do conservatives go from here? (Issues & Insights)
Humor: Biden to build giant sandcastle along entire coastline to fight rising sea levels (Genesius Times)
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