The Patriot Post® · Friday Executive News Summary
Top of the Fold
John Durham indicts Democrat lawyer/cutout/scapegoat Michael Sussmann for false statement (National Review1) | However, Durham is not expected to bring charges tied to intel assessment on Russian election interference (Washington Examiner2)
Judge rejects DOJ move to block Texas pro-life law (Fox News3)
Security
Number of migrants encamped under Texas bridge swells to more than 9,000 (Washington Times4)
Federal judge blocks Biden administration from expelling migrants under COVID public health order (National Review5)
Americans still trapped at Mazar-i-Sharif Airport in Afghanistan, and — surprise! — the Taliban is not cooperating (Daily Wire6)
“Angry and bitter”: France snubs Biden over defense agreement with Australia, cancels gala celebrating U.S.-French relationship (Daily Wire7)
Heartland
Virginia governor’s debate gets heated as Terry McAuliffe and Glenn Youngkin trade swipes (Washington Examiner8)
Arizona 2020 election audit report due for public release September 24 (Washington Examiner9)
Minnesota Supreme Court allows anti-cop ballot question concerning Minneapolis police (NPR10)
Our education dollars at work: Los Angeles high school classroom decorated with “f*** the police” poster and other left-wing symbols (Washington Examiner11)
Health
Italy mandates COVID passports for all workers (Washington Examiner12)
France suspends 3,000 unvaccinated health workers without pay (Axios13)
Combo shot for COVID and flu vaccines under development (HealthDay News14)
Who’d a thunk it? Obesity in children accelerated during the pandemic (Axios15)
Economy
Small business group announces lawsuit against Biden administration over vaccine mandate (Just the News16)
New congressional plan would push top tax rate to an astounding 60% in four states (FEE17)
The global food price crisis isn’t going away (Axios18)
Notables
Big Brother: Treasury Department seeks to track financial transactions of personal bank accounts over $600 (FEE19)
Here’s Anthony Fauci pre-pandemic laughing at the “paranoid” idea that masking is effective against infectious disease (Not the Bee20)
Closing Arguments
Policy: Eight things you need to know about the Democrats’ tax bill (Daily Signal21)
Policy: Making sense of the new poverty data for 2020 (AEI22)
Satire: CDC cautions against taking the red pill (Babylon Bee23)
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Links
- https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/09/the-real-story-in-durhams-indictment-of-democratic-lawyer-michael-sussmann/
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/john-durham-no-charges-intelligence-assessment-russian-election-interference-report
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/judge-rejects-doj-move-to-block-texas-abortion-law
- https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/sep/16/migrants-camped-under-del-rio-texas-bridge-double-/
- https://www.nationalreview.com/news/federal-judge-blocks-biden-administration-from-expelling-migrants-under-covid-public-health-order/
- https://www.dailywire.com/news/americans-still-trapped-at-mazar-i-sharif-airport-in-afghanistan-taliban-not-cooperating-biden-state-department
- https://www.dailywire.com/news/angry-and-bitter-france-snubs-biden-cancels-gala-celebrating-u-s-french-relationship
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mcauliffe-youngkin-debate
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/arizona-2020-election-audit-report-release-sept-24
- https://www.npr.org/2021/09/16/1038124610/minnesota-police-ballot-question
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/classroom%20decorated-palestinian-flag-left-wing-symbols
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/italy-mandates-covid-pass-for-workers
- https://www.axios.com/france-covid-vaccine-health-workers-suspension-b0171d6a-1b3b-4bd4-8053-3290c80bb43c.html
- https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2021/09/17/covid19-flu-combination-vaccine-under-development/5961631826432/
- https://www.axios.com/obesity-in-children-increasing-alarming-rate-a5fc720c-2a21-4da4-82af-29e1f834a7f1.html
- https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/coronavirus/small-business-group-announces-lawsuit-against-biden-administration
- https://fee.org/articles/new-plan-would-push-top-tax-rate-to-almost-60-percent-in-these-4-states/
- https://www.axios.com/global-food-prices-spiking-4c2fe588-8e6e-44e7-93a6-97495ccdea21.html
- https://fee.org/articles/treasury-department-seeks-to-track-financial-transactions-of-personal-bank-accounts-over-600/
- https://notthebee.com/article/heres-a-video-of-anthony-fauci-pre-pandemic-laughing-at-the-idea-that-masking-is-effective-against-infectious-disease-he-instead-recommends-healthy-eating-exercise-and-other-behaviors-that-ac
- https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/09/16/8-things-you-need-to-know-about-democrats-tax-increase-bill/
- https://www.aei.org/poverty-studies/how-do-we-make-sense-of-the-new-poverty-data-for-2020/
- https://babylonbee.com/news/cdc-cautions-against-taking-the-red-pill
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