The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Executive News Summary
Politics
“Part of the process”: President Biden callously downplays Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin harassment (National Review) | Meanwhile, Sinema is further confronted in airport and plane (Fox News)
DOJ launching effort to
combat “threats of violence” against school officialsbully studious parents (Fox News)Less whistling and more blowing: Facebook “whistleblower” donated 36 times to Democrats (National Pulse)
Biden admin reverses commonsense policy banning federally funded clinics from making abortion referrals (Daily Wire)
Security
Texas braces for White House-triggered surge of 60,000 Haitian migrants (Washington Examiner)
Taiwan “on alert” after record 56 Chinese warplanes enter its air defense zone (NBC News)
Health
We’re shocked — shocked! China polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test orders soared before first reported COVID case; government contracts show surges in Wuhan-area purchases starting in May 2019 (Human Events)
Lockdown-obsessed New Zealand admits it can no longer get rid of coronavirus (AP)
What could possibly go wrong? New York’s largest health provider fires 1,400 employees who refuse vaccine (Washington Examiner)
Francis Collins, longtime head of NIH, will resign (Fox News)
Fake Hate Crimes
A black Douglasville, Georgia, neighborhood was terrorized by notes from the Ku Klux Klan. It turns out a black woman sent them. (Daily Wire)
Black Emory University employee arrested for allegedly painting racist graffiti on school building (Daily Wire)
Racist graffiti that led to school walk-outs in Chesterfield, Missouri, was painted by black student (Daily Wire)
Notables
Already, 2021 is second-highest gun sales year ever (Washington Examiner) | Almost half of new gun buyers are women (The Hill)
Governor Ron DeSantis’ wife diagnosed with breast cancer (Fox News) | Sick Twitter trolls mock Casey over diagnosis (New York Post)
French clergy sexually abused over 200,000 children since 1950, report finds (Reuters)
Closing Arguments
Policy: Regulating health prices is not costless (RealClearPolicy)
Policy: The new secession movement (City Journal)
Humor: In major disaster for humanity, Facebook comes back online (Babylon Bee)
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