Monday Executive News Summary

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

“The strikes were both necessary … and appropriately limited in scope”: Biden orders airstrikes on Tehran-backed militia groups near Iraq-Syria border (Fox News)
U.S. government releases highly anticipated UFO report (Axios)

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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