The Patriot Post® · Thursday Executive News Summary
Government & Politics
“Pathetic and embarrassing”: Biden asks OPEC to up oil output while suffocating U.S. energy production (Washington Times)
The untouchable Hunter Biden says he lost another laptop to Russian drug dealers in video with prostitute (Breitbart)
Judge rules House can subpoena some, not all, of Trump’s taxes (Washington Times)
Common sense, part I: Senate passes amendment preventing federal funds from promoting CRT in school (Fox News)
Common sense, part II: Senate adopts amendment to provide Internet to the Cuban people (Senate.gov)
Economy
Bidenflation: Real hourly pay suffers one of the worst collapses ever (Breitbart)
Transitory inflation is fading, but sticky inflation is growing (Breitbart)
National Security
Warning shot: Senate votes to back transportation ban of COVID-positive migrants (Washington Times)
NSA quietly awards $10 billion cloud contract to Amazon, drawing protest from Microsoft (Washington Post)
Belarus revokes consent for U.S. ambassador, demands embassy staff cuts (NBC News)
Around the Nation
Loudoun County School Board, ground zero of the indoctrination battle, passes pro-“transgender” policy (National Review)
California becomes first state to require vaccine or regular COVID testing for teachers (National Review)
Other Notables
Washington Post attacks Facebook for insufficient censuring of conservatives (PJ Media)
Double standards: John Kerry family jet has emitted 30 times more carbon in 2021 than average vehicle does in a year (Daily Wire)
Eleven notable topics in Senate vote-a-rama on spending $3.5 trillion (Daily Signal)
Judge set to begin key hearing in Boy Scouts bankruptcy case (NY Post)
Tunisia was the only success story of the Arab Spring. Now its democracy is in jeopardy. (TIME)
Closing Arguments
Policy: Inflated expectations: Politicians and public health officials are setting unrealistic goals for controlling COVID-19 (City Journal)
Satire: Members of Congress excited to find out what they just spent $1.2 trillion on (Babylon Bee)
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