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June 1, 2021

Tuesday Executive News Summary

Harris’s tone-deaf weekend, discriminatory COVID provision struck down, MLB sued, and more.

Top of the Fold

  • Kamala Harris pays tribute to vets after tone-deaf “enjoy the long weekend” Memorial Day tweet (Daily Wire)

  • Kamala tried to make a joke to naval cadets about converting “solar and wind energy into combat power” and China is laughing at us (Not the Bee)

Government & Politics

  • Court strikes down provision in COVID relief bill that discriminated against white restaurant owners (Daily Wire)

  • Dezinformatsiya: CNN, AP, and Daily Beast describe illegal immigrant who murdered Mollie Tibbetts as “farmworker” (Washington Examiner)

  • Hunter Biden violated divorce settlement by not paying delinquent taxes (Washington Examiner)

Business & Economy

  • “Urgent crisis”: U.S. Chamber of Commerce launches plan to combat worker shortage (Axios)

  • Latest economic data show red states crushing blue states (Washington Examiner)

  • MLB, players’ union facing lawsuit for pulling All-Star Game out of Atlanta (Fox Business)

National Security

  • Coast Guard suspends search for 10 Cuban migrants from capsized boat near Florida (Reuters)

  • Biden’s border crisis leads to spike in fentanyl trafficking (Hot Air)

  • World’s largest meat processor JBS Foods hit by cyberattack (NY Post)

  • China once again suggests the coronavirus may have originated in the U.S. (Hot Air)

Around the Nation

  • Obstructionist Texas Democrats prevent GOP majority from passing election reform bill with walkout (Washington Examiner) | “No pay for those who abandon their responsibilities”: Governor Greg Abbott to veto state legislature funding (The Hill)

  • Florida governor signs bill banning males from girls’ and women’s sports (WFLA)

  • Idaho governor issues executive order repealing lieutenant governor’s executive order prohibiting mask mandate (Washington Times)

Around the World

  • “Fraud of the century”: Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu fires back at coalition effort to oust him (Fox News)

  • Iran has uranium stockpile 16x over nuclear deal limit and won’t let anyone inspect it (AMN)

  • After working-age population shrinks, China eases birth limits, will allow couples to have three children (Fox News)

Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate

  • Virginia teacher placed on leave after refusing to affirm “trans” identity for kids (Daily Wire)

  • “Blue’s Clues” is trans-propagandizing preschoolers (The Federalist)

Fair Winds and Following Seas

  • Well done, good and faithful servant: Longtime Patriot Post reader and supporter Foster Friess dies at 81 (The Hill)

Closing Arguments

  • Policy: The worst-kept secret in America: High inflation is back (Mises Institute)

  • Satire: Kamala Harris visits Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to tell him to enjoy the long weekend (Babylon Bee)

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