The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Executive News Summary

Top of the Fold

• Terror suspects are part of the border surge, GOP warns (Washington Times¹)

“People on the terrorist watch list have been nabbed trying to cross the border as part of the latest surge of migrants, congressional Republicans revealed during a trip to the border Monday. They said agents reported having caught migrants from Yemen, Iran and Sri Lanka amid the much larger numbers of Haitians, Central Americans and others. … The lawmakers said smuggling organizations are using the massive numbers of regular migrants to create chaos, sending large groups over to overwhelm and distract Border Patrol agents.”

• Unity! Lefty lawmaker acknowledges Democrats will exploit procedural tactic to pass massive infrastructure bill without Republicans (Daily Caller²)

“Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin admitted Monday that Democrats will pass a future infrastructure bill through the budget reconciliation process. … The budget reconciliation process allows the Senate to pass legislation via a simple majority vote, avoiding the possibility of a filibuster. … Democrats are considering a new infrastructure package that would center [around] renewable energy.”

Government & Politics

• From the Department of Corrections: Washington Post admits it fallaciously quoted Trump in phone call with Georgia’s secretary of state — a call that still shouldn’t have been made (NY Post³)

Addendum: “Video shows the entire leftist media repeating the ‘find the fraud’ hoax.” —PM⁴

• Radical leftist⁵ Deb Haaland confirmed 51-40 as interior secretary (ABC News⁶)

• Trump’s exit from the world stage led to a network ratings bloodletting (Daily Caller⁷)

Odds & Ends

• God “cannot bless sin”: Vatican follows Bible, says it can’t bless same-sex marriage (Christian Post⁸)

• Two men charged with assaulting Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick with chemical spray; autopsy results still have not been released (Fox News⁹)

• “Incredible potential to taint the jury pool”: Defense in Derek Chauvin trial asks judge to delay the trial following $27 million settlement (AP¹⁰)

• “A purely precautionary measure”: Major European nations suspend use of AstraZeneca vaccine due to a few dozen reports of blood clots (AP¹¹)

• Columbia University joins 75-some schools hosting segregated graduation ceremonies (Daily Wire¹²)

Stranger Than Fiction

• Washington man arrested for allegedly stealing 400-pound slide, mounting it to child’s bunk bed at his home (Fox News¹³)

Heartwarming

• Previously paralyzed toddler walks out of hospital, and it’s exactly what you need to see today (Disrn¹⁴)

Closing Arguments

• Policy: Border crisis: Incompetence or part of the president’s plan? (Daily Signal¹⁵)

• Policy: How to end Biden’s fake climate apocalypse (American Spectator¹⁶)

• Humor: Woman who thought being a princess was too hard wants to run for president (Babylon Bee¹⁷)

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