The Patriot Post® · Friday Executive News Summary

By Jordan Candler ·
https://patriotpost.us/articles/80028-friday-executive-news-summary-2021-05-21

Top of the Fold

  • Israel announces unconditional cease-fire with Hamas, ending Gaza combat (Jerusalem Post)

  • Biden tries to claim credit for Egypt-brokered cease-fire (Fox News)

  • U.S. seeing wave of “textbook anti-Semitism” (Fox News)

Government & Politics

  • House very narrowly passes $1.9 billion funding bill to bolster Capitol security for security theater (NBC News)

  • Biden, who paradoxically supports the Green New Deal economic boondoggle, signs EO directing studies of climate-related financial risks (The Hill)

  • House GOP reelection arm breaks monthly fundraising record (National Review)

National Security

  • DHS closes two migrant detention centers run by ICE amid allegations of abuse and misconduct (Fox News)

  • Feds flying illegal immigrant minors into Tennessee in the dead of night (White House Dossier)

  • ICE targets 75% fewer criminal illegal immigrants under Biden rules (Washington Examiner)

Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate

  • UNC reverses tenure offer to author of The 1619 Project (Washington Times)

  • Lego reveals first LGBTQ-themed set (NY Post)

Other Notables

  • Five Oregon counties vote in favor of seceding to join Idaho (Daily Caller)

  • Chris Cuomo apologizes for advising brother, Andrew Cuomo, on response to sexual harassment allegations (Washington Examiner)

  • Consumer prices outpace wage growth as inflation surges (Daily Caller)

Closing Arguments

  • Policy: Congress needs to undo EPA’s “science massacre” (Daily Signal)

  • Satire: Lego unveils new genderless bricks with no male/female connectors (Babylon Bee)

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