Thursday Executive News Summary
Team Biden dismisses supply chains, Katie Couric edits RBG, huge COLA increase, and more.
Politics
Too little, too late: President Biden steps in as delays cripple supply chain (CBS News)
“One heck of a job”: Biden incredulously lauds port czar — despite supply chain crisis (New York Post)
“High class problems”: Elitist White House chief of staff dismisses supply chain crisis and surging inflation (Fox News)
Leftmedia personified: Katie Couric covered up RBG’s dislike for taking a knee (Daily Mail)
Mark Zuckerberg spent $419 million on nonprofits ahead of 2020 election — and got out the Dem vote (New York Post)
Security
What’s the point of checking in? Leaked Border Patrol docs show mass release of illegal immigrants into U.S. by Biden administration (Fox News)
Five people onboard flight out of Afghanistan “intended to hijack the aircraft” (Daily Wire)
Suicides in the U.S. Army’s active-duty forces jump 46% (Fox News)
Five dead in Islamist bow and arrow attack in Norway (BBC)
Economy
Inflation returns to highest level in 13 years (Bongino.com)
Social Security benefits to increase 5.9% in 2022 amid rising inflation (National Review)
Huge Social Security cost-of-living increase could accelerate trust’s depletion (Fox Business)
Health
Drug overdose deaths hit record high during pandemic 12-month period (Washington Examiner)
Employer vaccine mandate a step closer to reality as OSHA submits rule text to OMB for review (Fox News)
Follow the Science™: Man’s kidney transplant canceled … because donor wasn’t vaccinated (New York Post)
“Social Justice”
The REAL cover-up: Virginia Democrats voted to allow schools to refrain from reporting sexual battery last year (National Review)
Seattle school cancels Halloween over “equity,” says black kids don’t celebrate (KTTH)
D'oh! Virginia city that removed police from schools following “defund the police” protests reinstates officers (Washington Examiner)
State school board groups disavow School Boards Association’s parent inquisition (Daily Signal)
Notables
Federal judge finds DC jail warden in contempt, demands DOJ civil rights probe of January 6 detainees (Fox News)
Trump team claims Mark Milley never told them of China worries (Washington Times)
Stranger Than Fiction
- Guy with no arms robs a jewelry store at gunpoint … holding the gun with his feet (Not the Bee)
Closing Arguments
Policy: The Biden administration’s self-defeating approach to Iran and China (Washington Examiner)
Humor: Kids, here are 10 signs your parents might be domestic terrorists (Babylon Bee)
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