The Patriot Post® · Thursday Executive News Summary
Government & Politics
“[Chuck Schumer] was too eager for a win”: Democrats’ infrastructure bill is blocked by Senate GOP filibuster (Washington Times)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejects Jim Jordan and Jim Banks for January 6 committee — so Kevin McCarthy wisely pulls all GOP picks (PM)
Rand Paul says he will seek criminal referral from DOJ over Anthony Fauci testimony (Washington Times) | Fauci vs. Paul and three other takeaways from the Senate COVID-19 hearing (Daily Signal)
Department of Education walks back ties to group pushing Critical Race Theory in schools (Fox News)
Entrapment ruse? FBI informants had bigger role in Governor Gretchen Whitmer kidnap plot than thought (Washington Examiner)
Health
White House weighs pushing masks (again) as COVID cases increase (Fox News)
We’re shocked — shocked! China rebuffs WHO’s terms for further COVID origins study (AP)
Big three U.S. drug distributors along with Johnson & Johnson reach landmark $26 billion opioid settlement (CNBC)
Around the Nation
Race relations at new low under President Unity™ (Washington Examiner)
Federal judge blocks Arkansas’s commonsense ban on transgender surgery for children (Washington Times)
Governor Gavin Newsom: Out-of-state vagrants are welcome in California, which already has 25% of the nation’s homeless (Washington Times)
Judge orders California to include Larry Elder him on gubernatorial recall ballot (Daily Wire)
The Karma Chronicles
- U.S. women’s soccer team takes stunning loss after kneeling for BLM at Olympic opener (Daily Wire)
Other Notables
Disney moves more than 2,000 jobs out of California and to Florida citing the latter’s pro-business policies (Not the Bee)
Families struggle to cope with inflation egged on by statist policies (The Federalist)
Enjoy this two-minute compilation of Democrats spouting all sorts of conspiracy theories about voting machines that would get “right-wing extremists” kicked off social media (Not the Bee)
Closing Arguments
Policy: Why free online porn should be banned (National Review)
Policy: The war on foster care: Ideologues stand in the way of getting help for children with severe trauma (AEI)
Humor: Brave U.S. women’s soccer team kneels during entire Olympic match, loses 303-0 (Genesius Times)
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