The Patriot Post® · Thursday Executive News Summary
Top of the Fold
It’s not a gun problem: President Biden fatuously announces “major crackdown” on gun dealers (PM)
Three months later, Kamala Harris is finally set to visit the border, even if the crisis is 800 miles away (Politico)
Government & Politics
Supreme Court rules for high school cheerleader in First Amendment dispute over social media profanity (SCOTUSblog.com)
Supreme Court sides with California farms in case involving labor union proselytizing (ABC News)
Biden removes Federal Housing Finance Agency director after Supreme Court ruling (Politico)
Bipartisan group of senators reach infrastructure “framework” deal (Washington Examiner)
Facebook announcement on conservative satire doesn’t bode well for The Babylon Bee… (PJ Media)
Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate
School board walks out in Loudoun County, Virginia, as parents criticize transgender policy and Critical Race Theory (Daily Signal) | “Our protests won’t stop”: Loudoun County parents unite against CRT “insanity” (Fox News)
Losing altitude: FAA panel recommends changing terms “cockpit” and “manmade” to “gender-neutral” equivalents (National Review)
Teddy Roosevelt statue being removed from outside American Museum of Natural History over complaints of “racism” and “colonialism” (Daily Caller)
IKEA Atlanta apologizes for Juneteenth menu that included fried chicken and watermelon (Washington Times)
Around the Nation
Governor Gavin Newsom recall becomes official; over 1.7 million signatures verified (Fox News)
Data suggests “likely” link between COVID mRNA vaccines and rare heart issues in teens (Fox News)
U.S. “trust” in news is world’s lowest (Washington Examiner)
Red state recovery: More jobs, lower unemployment (GOP.com)
Other Notables
Hong Kong’s last pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily, will close (AP) | For the record: The communist shutdown of Hong Kong’s last free press is an indictment of Western fools (The Federalist)
Antivirus pioneer John McAfee found dead in Spanish prison (AP)
Closing Arguments
Policy: “For the People Act” shows why the filibuster is needed (National Review)
Policy: Defunding the police is ridiculous. Here’s how to do real police reform (The Federalist)
Humor: “You’ll never beat the government with just guns,” says party that also believes government was almost toppled by unarmed mob on January 6 (Babylon Bee)
Related humor: King George III op-ed: You’ll never beat a tyrannical government with just guns (Babylon Bee)
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