The Patriot Post® · Monday Executive News Summary
Impeachment 2.0
Chuck Schumer agrees to delay President Trump’s trial until February 8 (Disrn)
A growing number of GOP senators oppose the trial (AP)
Democrats eye 14th Amendment as impeachment alternative (Washington Times)
Government & Politics
Dominion Voting Systems sues Rudy Giuliani, seeks $1.3 billion (NBC News)
Talks stalled over Senate power-sharing agreement (Fox News)
A voice of sanity: Democrat Tulsi Gabbard asks Joe Biden to denounce the targeting of all Trump supporters (Post Millennial)
Just one in five Americans have ill-considered confidence Biden can unite the country (NY Post)
Biden-Harris “committed to codifying
Roe v. Wade” the culture of death (Breitbart)Highway to hell: Pete Buttigieg says a gas tax hike is “on the table” (Disrn)
A trip down memory lane: In 2011, Nancy Pelosi praised unionists storming Wisconsin State Capitol (Fox News)
Leftmedia
The self-anointed arbiters of truth on Facebook’s oversight board to hand down “independent judgment” on Trump ban (Disrn)
Washington Post “fact-checkers” won’t count false Biden claims (Daily Wire)
Trump wasn’t exactly a role model when it came to always speaking truth, but The Washington Post evidently needs reminding that Biden’s entire career is checkered with lies.
Adding insult to injury: WaPo is caught scrubbing Kamala Harris “prisoner” story (NY Post)
New York Times deservedly ripped for labeling Biden “most religiously observant” president in 50 years (Fox News) | For the record: In 2019, Biden was refused Holy Communion at a Catholic Mass (USA Today)
Journalists celebrate the destruction of freedoms they once championed (City Journal)
The Latest on COVID-19
Researchers say 17% of Americans — 55 million people — have been infected (Daily Mail)
Hospitalizations fall to lowest levels since mid-December as U.S. reports sharp drop in new cases (Daily Mail)
Biden reinstating COVID travel ban targeting UK, Europe, and Brazil (NY Post)
Merck ends clinical trials for two inferior vaccine candidates (UPI)
Only 10 serious allergic reactions to Moderna vaccine and no deaths (Examiner)
California, with its nincompoop governor, naturally ranks last in administering vaccine doses (Hot Air)
RIP
Hank Aaron, Major League Baseball legend, dead at 86 (NY Post)
Larry King, TV talk-show icon who quizzed the famous and infamous, dies at 87 (Fox News)
Business & Economy
Biden’s actions against energy production could kill one million jobs (Breitbart)
Amazon, owned by archenemy of liberty Jeff Bezos, slams mail-in voting on unionization (Daily Wire)
Around the Nation
Kentucky bill protecting abortion survivors passes without governor’s signature (Live Action)
Chicago Teachers Union votes to defy order to return to classrooms (Examiner) | Meanwhile, Las Vegas schools begin reopening to combat surge in student suicides (Disrn)
Sarah Huckabee Sanders officially announces run for Arkansas governor (NY Post)
Around the World
More than 3,000 arrested in Russia in protests calling for release of Vladimir Putin critic Alexei Navalny (NPR)
ISIS claims responsibility for twin suicide bombings in Baghdad (Fox News)
Missile or drone intercepted over Saudi Arabia’s capital of Riyadh (CBS News)
Mexico president tests positive for COVID (Fox News)
On a Lighter Note…
Wanna see a horse smile really big for the camera and then rip an epic machine-gun fart? Of course you do. (Not the Bee)
Two anonymous donors pay off 430 medical bills in Kansas (Disrn)
Closing Arguments
Policy: Biden has reinstituted the pernicious Critical Race Theory at the federal level, but governors and local legislators can still fight it off (City Journal)
Policy: Will Biden’s policies lead to job losses? Here are possible economic impacts (Daily Signal)
Humor: Miracle! CNN’s COVID death counter begins counting backward (Babylon Bee)
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