The Patriot Post® · Friday Executive News Summary

By Jordan Candler ·
https://patriotpost.us/articles/80337-friday-executive-news-summary-2021-06-04

Coronagate

  • Government officials encouraged COVID-19 origin cover-up (Daily Caller1)

  • Mike Pompeo: NIH tried to suppress State Department virus probe; Fauci repeating ChiCom “excuses” (Fox News2)

  • President Trump’s CDC director received death threats after saying COVID may have come from Wuhan Institute of Virology (Daily Wire3)

  • “We had no control over what they were doing”: Anthony Fauci’s boss admits funding Wuhan lab (National Pulse4)

Government & Politics

  • Joe Biden proposes minimum 15% corporate tax for companies that pay no federal taxes (Breitbart5) | However, the no-tax-hike Senate GOP is ready to reject the counteroffer (Washington Times6)

  • White House tepidly endorses reparations legislation (Washington Examiner7)

  • Mike Pence delivers speech embracing “MAGA” agenda despite rift over Capitol riot (Washington Examiner8)

  • Trumpless CNN falls out of cable’s top 5 networks in prime time (Daily Wire9)

National Security

  • Biden executive order broadens Trump policy restricting investment in Chinese firms (Politico10)

  • $2 billion of border wall money sits idle in bank as busiest migrant area left wide open (Washington Examiner11)

Economy

  • U.S. added 559,000 jobs in May, falling short of expectations for second consecutive month (National Review12)

  • On the flip side, jobless claims drop to pandemic low of 385,000 (Fox Business13)

Other Notables

  • Daily U.S. COVID case counts remain below 20,000 as nation averages 1.1 million vaccine shots per day (CNBC14) | Nevertheless, Biden announces new bribes, including free beer, to reach vaccination goal (Fox News15)

  • Google demotes — but doesn’t terminate — diversity head who wrote that Jews have “insatiable appetite for war and killing” (PJ Media16)

  • Anti-Defamation League calls on Facebook to reduce antisemitism on platform (Washington Examiner17)

Closing Arguments

  • Policy: Lessons from the individual mandate for Republicans seeking a resurgence today (The Federalist18)

  • Humor: Dr. Fauci hires expert technician Hilgo Clintmann to secure his email server (Babylon Bee19)

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