Wednesday Executive News Summary - The Patriot Post

Top of the Fold

Biden finds a pipeline he likes: U.S. makes “stunning” move to waive sanctions on Vladimir Putin’s pet pipeline project (Free Beacon) | Blinken/Biden hypocritical statement from March: “Nord Stream 2 is a bad deal” (State.gov) 
Virtue-signaling Hate Crimes Act passes Congress, heads to Biden (NPR)

Government & Politics

Senate GOP will “push the pause button” on House riot commission (Washington Examiner)
New York attorney general says Trump Org probe is now criminal (AP)
Citizenship rules eased for kids born abroad via IVF or surrogacy (Roll Call)
President Decency jokes about running over reporter with vehicle during Ford test drive (Fox News)

National Security

Dozens of House Dems cite “racial reckoning” to oppose targeting gang members for deportation (Fox News)
More than 61,000 migrants released into the U.S. under Biden (Washington Examiner)
Border officials seized more fentanyl in the first four months of 2021 than during the same period in 2020 (Daily Caller)

Around the Nation

Several states report zero COVID deaths for the first time in months (Axios)
Texas governor bans mask mandates for public schools, local governments (Axios)
Officers won’t be charged in fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. (The Hill)

Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate

Black Lives Matter “stands in solidarity” with Palestinians, vows to fight for “Palestinian liberation” (Fox News)
Twitter doesn’t follow the science, suspends Spanish politician for tweeting “a man cannot get pregnant” (PJ Media)
Virginia Little League coaches must attend “antiracist” training (Free Beacon)
Ultra-woke “Saturday Night Live” hits ultra-low rating (Daily Wire)

Annals of Integrity

Tennessee to mandate bathroom signs about transgender use (AP)
“A danger for our country”: France bans woke gender-neutral language in schools (Daily Wire)
UFC fighter dedicates his victory to victims of communism (FEE)

Closing Arguments

Policy: Tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber hitting U.S. homebuyers hard (Heritage Foundation)
Policy: How monetary expansion creates income and wealth inequality (Mises Institute)
Satire: Luke Skywalker condemned for blowing up Associated Press office located on Death Star (Babylon Bee)

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