Friday Executive News Summary
Dems rest impeachment case, Pelosi’s medals, Cuomo’s admission, and more.
Top of the Fold
House Democrats conclude Trump impeachment case, warning of potential violence if Republicans refuse to convict (Washington Post)
Pelosi says officers who protected Capitol will get Congressional Gold Medal (The Hill)
Remember back in January when Biden said the Capitol Police were racist?
- Cuomo aide admits they hid nursing home data so feds wouldn’t find out (New York Post)
Government & Politics
Schumer leaves door open to 14th Amendment measure to bar Trump from office (Fox News)
New “gun trafficking” bill could cripple legal firearms market (Bearing Arms)
Pelosi banned congresswoman’s military officer son from attending her swearing-in (Daily Caller)
Lincoln Project faces fierce backlash as more abuse evidence emerges (Fox News)
Well, except from CNN, which avoids the topic altogether.
- AG Barr quashed plea deal by fired Officer Derek Chauvin in George Floyd death (NBC)
Pandemic
Biden administration finalizes deal for 200 million vaccine doses from Pfizer, Moderna (NBC)
Biden says U.S. will have enough vaccine for 300 million people by end of July (Washington Post)
Doctor destroyed for vaccinating patients (Power Line)
White House considering domestic travel bans to stop coronavirus mutations surge (Washington Times)
Psaki admits parents shouldn’t be “satisfied” with in-person school one day a week, even as Biden slow-walks promise for reopening (Fox News)
CDC considering classifying schools into color-coded zones for reopening (CBS)
Business & Economy
- Gas prices are up 18% since Biden took office (Not the Bee)
Cancel Culture
Twitter permanently bans Project Veritas account (WFSB)
China bans BBC after harrowing report on atrocities against Uyghurs (Fox News)
Culture
So sad: “Sexting, unwanted touching, spiritual abuse, and rape”: the devastating report on Ravi Zacharias has been released (Disrn)
Berkeley dorms guarded by cops who only let students out to eat, use the bathroom, or get a COVID-19 test (Reason)
France sees foreign threat: “out-of-control woke leftism of American campuses” (Legal Insurrection)
Closing Arguments
Policy: Unemployment, inflation, and automation: The truth about the $15 minimum wage (Daily Wire)
Policy: Call transportation bailouts what they are: More welfare for labor unions (Heritage Foundation)
Not Satire: To prove cancel culture doesn’t exist, Disney fires actress who condemned cancel culture (Babylon Bee)
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