The Patriot Post® · Friday Executive News Summary
Top of the Fold
Nancy Pelosi delays vote on infrastructure as Democrat infighters haggle over larger spending bill (NPR)
Biden signs temporary funding bill to prevent government shutdown for two months (CNBC)
To infinity — and beyond: Treasury secretary calls for “very destructive” debt limit to be abolished (The Hill)
Democrats’ unfair bid to legalize millions shot down. Again. (PJ Media)
Politics
Fully vaccinated Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh tests positive for COVID days before new term begins (CNBC)
Senate confirms alleged eco-terrorist collaborator to lead Bureau of Land Management (Daily Caller)
Senate also confirms Rohit Chopra as director of the noxious Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Politico)
Special Counsel John Durham issues new subpoenas in probe of FBI Russia hoax, targets Clinton campaign law firm (National Review)
Kristi Noem severs ties with Corey Lewandowski following affair allegations (Fox News) | Trump PAC fires Lewandowski over accusations (National Review)
Security
Damning if true: ISIS bomber who killed 13 soldiers was released from U.S. base during Afghanistan withdrawal (Daily Wire)
Following the southern border playbook: Hundreds of Afghans are leaving U.S. military bases before resettlement (Reuters) | We’re shocked — shocked! Multiple reports of assault, robbery among Afghan evacuees (Military Times)
U.S. kills senior al-Qaeda leader in Syria drone strike (New York Post)
Military suicide rates increasing, new Pentagon survey finds (Washington Times)
Heartland
Counterproductive ban on plastic bags begins in the nanny state of Washington (Washington Examiner)
What could possibly go wrong? Austin police to stop responding to non-emergencies like theft and burglary beginning today (Fox News)
California governor signs sweeping police reform bills (Fox News)
“Tennessee is the ideal location”: Smith & Wesson moving to the gun-friendly Volunteer State (WRCB)
Notables
Biden got a booster shot in a really elegant office … that turned out to be a prop on a stage like everything else in his presidency (Not the Bee)
Samuel Alito rebuffs Dem claims that Supreme Court abuses emergency appeals (Free Beacon)
Reporter rats out maskless Gold Star family but was mum on maskless Pelosi (Fox News)
Inflation confirmed at highest level in 40 years (Breitbart)
Closing Arguments
Policy: Biden’s proposal to allow IRS to track your bank transactions is dangerous for all Americans (Daily Signal)
Policy: Amnesty is unfair to legal immigrants (National Review)
Humor: Nation in mourning as government shutdown averted (Babylon Bee)
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