The Patriot Post® · Monday Executive News Summary
Top of the Fold
Supreme Court declines to shield President Trump’s tax returns from Manhattan DA’s witch hunt (The Hill1)
U.S. officially back in unconstitutional Paris climate accord, which China and India couldn’t care less about (Daily News2)
Senator Joe Manchin rightly announces he will oppose provocateur Neera Tanden, likely defeating her Office of Management and Budget nomination (Disrn3)
Government & Politics
“It doesn’t always have to be a yes or no answer”: Press Secretary Jen Psaki dodges questions about Governor Cuomo’s nursing home failures (Post Millennial4) | Friendly fire: AOC calls for “full investigation” into nursing home scandal (Daily Caller5)
Biden admin urges passage of “Equality Act” to conflate gender identity with sexual orientation (Post Millennial6)
Democrats planning revival of congressional earmarks following GOP’s 10-year ban (Just the News7)
Prominent Democrat fundraiser sentenced to 12 years in prison for foreign money campaign schemes (Disrn8)
Donald Trump will speak at CPAC in first post-White House appearance (Fox News9) | YouTube censors new interview with Trump (Post Millennial10)
Health
Support for Biden’s handling of the pandemic falls by 5% (Blaze Media11)
Making “a bad situation worse”: Study finds Andrew Cuomo’s reckless nursing home directive may have led to 1,000 more COVID deaths (Washington Times12)
Lockdown upshot: Flu activity is “unusually low” this year (Disrn13)
An epidemic of loneliness is overspreading America — and lockdowns sure haven’t helped (FEE14)
National Security
Six more Oath Keepers associates charged in Capitol riots conspiracy case (USA Today15)
Iran refuses to change “terms” of nuclear deal as U.S. says “the ball is in their court” (Examiner16)
Business & Economy
President Biden approves Texas disaster declaration (Whitehouse.gov17)
Texas storm may cost insurers record first-quarter losses (Reuters18)
Some Texans now face huge variable-rate electricity bills to the tune of thousands of dollars (NPR19)
Biden administration announces reforms to PPP to assist small businesses (Fox Business20)
Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate
Bronx teacher fired for refusing to make "Black Panther" salute (Examiner21)
Amazon drops Ryan T. Anderson’s When Harry Became Sally book without explanation (Disrn22)
Coca-Cola holds “anti-racist” training that instructs employees to “be less white” (Not the Bee23)
Planned Parenthood committed 354,871 abortions in the past year and was given $618 million in taxpayer money (Not the Bee24)
Racism at Smith College: Whistleblower reveals institution’s psychological abuse of white employees (Disrn25)
“We want to acknowledge its harmful impact”: Disney slaps ridiculous “offensive content” label on “The Muppet Show” (Daily Wire26)
Double Standards
- The celebs who say you’re killing the planet with minivans are using private jets at record pace (Not the Bee27)
Stranger Than Fiction
A Colorado homeowner was making a sandwich when plane debris pierced kitchen ceiling (CBS428)
A gas leak led this Tennessee family to discover a family of bears living under their house (Not the Bee29)
Heartwarming
Now you can Rickroll people in 4k thanks to this hero who remastered Rick Astley’s classic “Never Gonna Give You Up” music video (Not the Bee30)
Apollo 16 lunar rover footage upscaled to a mesmerizing 4k 60fps (Not the Bee31)
Closing Arguments
Policy: The Biden-made border crisis (Daily Signal32)
Policy: How Congress can prevent Big Tech from becoming the speech police (The Hill33)
Humor: To fight white supremacy, Coca-Cola discontinues Vanilla Coke (Babylon Bee34)
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Links
- https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/539840-supreme-court-declines-to-shield-trumps-tax-returns-from-manhattan
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/u-s-officially-back-in-paris-climate-accord-after-biden-action/ar-BB1dPWvH
- https://disrn.com/news/sen-joe-manchin-announces-he-will-oppose-joe-biden-nominee-neera-tanden/
- https://thepostmillennial.com/watch-white-house-press-sec-dodges-questions-about-ny-governor-cuomos-nursing-home-failures
- https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/19/ocasio-cortez-investigation-cuomo-nursing-home/
- https://thepostmillennial.com/biden-administration-urges-passage-of-equality-act-to-rewrite-civil-rights-act-to-conflate-gender-identity-with-sexual-orientation
- https://justthenews.com/government/congress/democrats-are-planning-mount-congressional-comeback-earmarks-following-decade
- https://disrn.com/news/california-man-sentenced-for-mercenary-political-influence-scheme/
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-to-speak-at-cpac-conference-in-first-public-appearance-post-white-house
- https://thepostmillennial.com/newsmax-trump-interview-censored-by-youtube
- https://www.theblaze.com/news/biden-poll-coronavirus-response
- https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/19/andrew-cuomos-nursing-home-directive-may-have-led-/
- https://disrn.com/news/cdc-baffled-flu-activity-is-unusually-low-this-year/
- https://fee.org/articles/harvard-study-an-epidemic-of-loneliness-is-spreading-across-america/
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/19/6-more-oath-keepers-associates-charged-capitol-riot-conspiracy-case/4512038001/
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/iran-nuclear-deal-ball-in-their-court-negotiations-change-terms
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/02/20/president-joseph-r-biden-jr-approves-texas-disaster-declaration/
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-texas-insurance/texas-storm-may-cost-insurers-record-first-quarter-losses-a-m-best-idUSKBN2AJ2IS
- https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-winter-storms-2021/2021/02/21/969912613/after-days-of-mass-outages-some-texas-residents-now-face-huge-electric-bills
- https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/biden-administration-announces-reforms-to-ppp-to-assist-small-businesses
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/bronx-teacher-claims-she-was-fired-for-refusing-black-panther-salute
- https://disrn.com/news/amazon-drops-ryan-t-andersons-when-harry-became-sally-book-without-explanation/
- https://notthebee.com/article/coca-cola-holds-anti-racist-training-that-tells-employees-be-less-white
- https://notthebee.com/article/planned-parenthood-annual-report-is-out-354871-abortions-in-the-past-year
- https://disrn.com/news/racism-at-smith-college-whistleblower-reveals-institutions-psychological-abuse-of-white-employees/
- https://www.dailywire.com/news/kermit-canceled-disney-slaps-offensive-content-label-on-the-muppet-show
- https://notthebee.com/article/the-celebs-who-say-youre-killing-the-planet-with-your-minivan-are-buying-private-jets-at-a-record-pace
- https://denver.cbslocal.com/2021/02/21/debris-plane-engine-drops-through-roof-broomfield-house-pierces-kitchen-ceiling/
- https://notthebee.com/article/a-tennessee-family-discovered-bears-living-under-their-house-during-a-gas-leak-
- https://notthebee.com/article/now-you-can-rickroll-people-in-4k-thanks-to-this-hero-who-remastered-rick-astleys-classic-never-gonna-give-you-up-music-video
- https://notthebee.com/article/somebody-upscaled-the-apollo-16-lunar-rover-footage-to-4k-60fps-and-its-mesmerizing
- https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/02/19/the-biden-made-border-crisis/
- https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/539341-how-congress-can-prevent-big-tech-from-becoming-the-speech-police
- https://babylonbee.com/news/to-fight-white-supremacy-coca-cola-discontinues-vanilla-coke
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