Friday Executive News Summary - The Patriot Post

Government & Politics

Biden speech draws 26.9 million viewers, down 43.6% from Trump (The Hill) | CBS’s “85% Biden speech approval” poll quizzed just 169 Republicans out of 1,000 viewers (National Pulse)
Mike Pence’s publisher, Simon & Schuster, refuses to cancel memoir after staff protest (The Guardian)
FDA announces plans to ban menthol cigarettes (NY Post)
Senate confirms former Bill Nelson to head NASA (Fox News)

National Security

Feds investigating “directed energy” attack near White House in November (AMN) 
Navy will fall far below mandated 355 ships as China churns out war vessels (Washington Examiner)
China nuclear buildup faster than expected, U.S. now believes (Washington Times)

Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate

Rioter fined $12 million for helping set fire to Minneapolis police station during “mostly peaceful” BLM riots (Daily Wire)
In chilling video, antifa doxes and threatens to kill Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler (PJ Media)

Other Notables

Consumer-fueled economy pushes GDP to annualized 6.4% first-quarter gain (CNBC)
DOJ was going to arrest Derek Chauvin in court if jury found him innocent (Daily Wire)
Illinois judge finds Firearm Owner Identification Card unconstitutional (Center Square)

Closing Arguments

Policy: Qualifying the debate over qualified immunity (Newsweek)
Policy: The ideal capital gains tax rate: zero (Forbes)
Satire: Washington Post calls Biden a “very Catholic president who worships Satan” (Babylon Bee)

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