The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Executive News Summary

By Jordan Candler ·
https://patriotpost.us/articles/81854-wednesday-executive-news-summary-2021-08-11

Top of the Fold

  • A defiant Andrew Cuomo resigns, bowing to political pressures after sexual harassment report (Just the News)

  • Senate approves $1 trillion infrastructure plan (Fox Business) | Six troubling leftist wins in the legislation (Daily Signal)

  • Senate passes framework of $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package in party-line vote (Fox Business) | Most GOP senators sign pledge to force Dems to raise debt ceiling without Republican votes (National Review)

  • Consumer prices continued to rise in July; inflation surged 5.4% from previous year (National Review)

Government & Politics

  • CDC corrects data on Florida COVID outbreak after media blithely reported bad numbers (Fox News)

  • President Biden “checking” if he can overrule states and order universal masks in schools (NY Post) | Pediatricians: Masking and social distancing impacting child development (Hot Air)

  • Senator Rand Paul suspended from Youtube for stating the truth about cloth masks (Daily Caller)

  • Congressman Ron Kind retiring, damaging Democrat Party’s hopes of controlling the House in 2022 (Fox News)

National Security

  • NSA inspector general opens investigation into allegations of illegal spying on Tucker Carlson (Glenn Greenwald)

  • Biden nominee for assistant secretary for defense nuclear proliferation claims Iran not pursuing nuclear weapons, contrary to evidence (Free Beacon)

  • Taliban complete northeast Afghan blitz as three more provincial capitals fall (AP)

Around the Nation

  • Texas House speaker signs warrants to arrest 52 wayward Democrats (Dallas Morning News) | Texas Supreme Court allows arrest of runaway lawmakers (Free Beacon)

  • “I quit your policies, I quit your training, and I quit being a cog in a machine that tells me to push highly politicized agendas”: Loudoun County teacher resigns at school board meeting (Fox News)

Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate

  • Man shouts “N-word” at Colorado Rockies game. No, wait, it’s just more leftist hysteria. (PJ Media)

  • Batman’s sidekick, Robin, comes out as bisexual in upcoming comic (Fox News)

Annals of Integrity

Other Notables

  • Ivy League analysis just destroyed Biden’s biggest argument — job creation — for the infrastructure bill (FEE)

  • Dominion Voting Systems sues Newsmax and OAN for defamation (The Wrap)

  • DOJ to review 9/11 files regarding Saudi Arabia following families’ criticism (Washington Examiner)

Closing Arguments

  • Policy: Electric vehicle mandates are costly and counterproductive (City Journal)

  • Humor: After resigning for sexual harassment, Andrew Cuomo immediately hired by CNN (Babylon Bee)

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