The Patriot Post® · Friday Executive News Summary
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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Links
- https://dailycaller.com/2021/06/03/anthony-fauci-christopher-park-coronavirus-origins-pandoras-box-wuhan-virology-coverup-nih-dhs-ecohealth/
- https://www.foxnews.com/media/pompeo-nih-suppress-state-dept-virus-probe
- https://www.dailywire.com/news/wither-and-die-trumps-cdc-director-allegedly-received-death-threats-after-saying-covid-19-may-have-come-from-wuhan-lab
- https://thenationalpulse.com/news/faucis-boss-admits-funding-wuhan-lab-we-had-no-control-over-what-they-were-doing/
- https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/06/03/joe-biden-proposes-minimum-15-percent-corporate-tax-for-companies-that-pay-no-federal-taxes/
- https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jun/3/gop-ready-reject-biden-counteroffer-15-minimum-cor/
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/white-house-reparations-legislation
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pence-says-he-spoke-to-trump-despite-jan-6-disagreement
- https://www.dailywire.com/news/ratings-crash-cnn-falls-out-of-cables-top-5-networks-in-prime-time
- https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/03/biden-restricting-investment-chinese-firms-491784
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/nearly-2b-sits-in-bank-biden-halt-wall-construction-busiest-region-open
- https://www.nationalreview.com/news/u-s-added-559000-jobs-in-may-falling-short-of-expectations/
- https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/weekly-jobless-claims-adp-employment-may-2021
- https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/03/covid-19-cases-deaths-vaccinations-daily-update.html
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-announces-new-incentives-including-free-beer-to-reach-covid-vaccination-goal
- https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2021/06/03/google-demotes-diversity-head-who-wrote-that-jews-have-insatiable-appetite-for-war-n1451956
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/jewish-advocacy-group-facebook-reduce-antisemitism-anti-defamation-league
- https://thefederalist.com/2021/06/04/lessons-from-the-individual-mandate-for-republicans-seeking-a-resurgence-today/
- https://babylonbee.com/news/fauci-hires-expert-technician-hildo-clintmann-to-secure-his-email-server
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