Wednesday Executive News Summary

Politics

Democrats abandon “free” community college as White House warns reconciliation bill ~~that costs $0~~ will shrink below $2 trillion (NBC News)
Democrats pare back Orwellian IRS bank reporting proposal (Politico)
January 6 committee recommends holding Steve Bannon in contempt (National Review)

Security

Thanks to open borders, illegal immigration arrests hit 35-year high (National Review)
Facebook acknowledges that it allows messages on human smuggling (Washington Examiner)
FBI raids DC home of Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska (Washington Examiner)
“Rachel” Levine, openly “transgender” health official, sworn in as four-star admiral (Washington Post)

Health

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas tests positive for COVID (Yahoo)
White House rolls out unnecessary plan to vaccinate hardly-at-risk kids against COVID (NBC News)
San Francisco temporarily closes In-N-Out for not enforcing vaccine mandate. Restaurant fires back: “We refuse to become the vaccination police for any government.” (Daily Wire)
Chicago FOP president estimates more than 3,000 officers defying vaccine mandate (PJ Media)
New York City to require COVID vaccinations for all public employees (WSJ)
Southwest drops plan to put unvaccinated staff on unpaid leave starting in December (CNBC)

“Social Justice”

Parents fight segregation in Boston-area public schools (Boston Globe)
Netflix “transgender” employees walking out to protest Dave Chappelle special (PJ Media)
Climate scientist quits Berkeley over canceled speaker (PJ Media)

Heartland

Record-breaking 100 ships anchored and waiting at Los Angeles and Long Beach ports (Breitbart)
Undermanned Portland police resort to traffic barrels to stop drive-bys as murders soar (Washington Examiner)
Significant decline in school enrollment for all age groups (Census.gov)

Notables

CNN goes first two weeks of October without any program reaching one million viewers (Fox News)
Terry McAuliffe shuts down interview and chides reporter for not asking “better questions” (Washington Examiner)
Long chain of failures left sailors unprepared to fight USS Bonhomme Richard fire, investigation finds (USNI)

Closing Arguments

Policy: Is the spike in federal revenue permanent? (AEI)
Policy: Ten reasons to cut debt (National Review)
Satire: Support for climate change skyrockets after computer models show it will flood California (Babylon Bee)

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