June 28, 2021

Monday Executive News Summary

Derek Chauvin sentencing, Kamala Harris’s border lies, Biden’s race training EO, and more.

Top of the Fold

  • Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd (Fox News)

  • Kamala Harris blames Trump for border crisis, touts “extreme progress” on immigration (Daily Wire) | Reality check: More than half a million illegals have crossed the border since Harris was named “border czar” (Free Beacon)

Government & Politics

  • “My comments … created the impression that I was issuing a veto threat”: President Biden reiterates support for bipartisan infrastructure plan, wrongly asserts he did not issue bait and switch (CNBC)

  • Top Biden adviser blames guns for crime surge and insists Republicans defunded police (Washington Examiner) | Double standards: Democrat Jamaal Bowman pushes defunding police after requesting special police protection at his home (Daily Wire)

  • Biden EO mandates divisive, unscientific race “training” at every level of the federal government (Daily Caller)

  • We’re shocked — shocked! Biden’s tax hikes include hidden costs on middle class (Washington Times)

  • “Biden has destroyed our nation”: Trump slams Democrats during campaign-style rally in Ohio (Daily Caller)

Big Tech

  • Emails show Biden campaign demanding Facebook censor posts on election integrity (Breitbart)

  • YouTube censors human rights channel exposing prison camps in China (Not the Bee)

National Security

Around the Nation

  • Ten states — Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Montana, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas and Utah — end enhanced unemployment benefits (CBS News) | Who’d a thunk it? Americans are leaving unemployment rolls more quickly in states cutting off benefits (Fox Business)

  • Florida condo collapse death toll at nine; 152 are still missing (Miami Herald) | Engineering report in 2018 showed “major structural damage” (AP) | Washington Post reporter inevitably pushes false info about Governor Ron DeSantis’s response (The Federalist)

  • Oregon to make illegal immigrants eligible for Medicaid (Fox News)

Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate

  • Chicago violence leaves three killed, 62 injured in weekend shootings (Fox News)

  • Olympian turns away from American flag during national anthem (Daily Wire)

Closing Arguments

  • Policy: Why we cannot just “follow the science” (Law & Liberty)

  • Policy: China’s secrecy affects the United States (Daily Signal)

  • Humor: Biden says Latinx aren’t getting vaccinated because their giant sombreros make it impossible to enter pharmacies (Babylon Bee)

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