The Patriot Post® · Friday Executive News Summary
Top of the Fold
Dems’ spendapalooza passes divided House 220-213 (AP) | “Out of touch”: Kevin McCarthy slams spending bill in eight-hour floor speech (Fox Business) | AOC interrupts McCarthy to say she voted for Joe Biden to be a new FDR (Fox News)
CBO: Funding for Biden’s spendapalooza comes up more than $367 billion short (Washington Times) | “Going to reduce the deficit”: Even after unfavorable CBO score, Biden (as usual) lies about deficit impact of Build Back Better (National Review)
Good call: Judge in Kyle Rittenhouse trial bars MSNBC from courtroom after man working for the network follows jury bus (Insider) | NBC producer who instructed man to follow Rittenhouse jury nukes social media accounts (PM)
Politics
“I don’t know whether to call you professor or comrade”: John Kennedy slams Biden’s comptroller nominee for hard-left history (Daily Wire)
Kamala Harris’ communications director resigns amid growing criticism of the VP (Fox News)
Fifteen and counting: Democrat Congressman G.K. Butterfield to retire; new district is a toss-up (AP)
Hypocrite Nancy Pelosi reportedly seen maskless at bar, breaking mask mandate (Daily Caller)
Security
DOJ charges two Iranians posing as Proud Boy members with interference in 2020 election (The Hill)
North Korea ramped up hacking attempts in 2021 (Washington Times)
Economy
Economic pressures boost Thanksgiving turkey prices by 20% (Washington Times)
Biden’s 24-hour port operation mandate has done next to nothing (Daily Wire)
What a novel idea! Ford and GM want to make their own computer chips as foreign semiconductor production stays bottlenecked (Daily Wire)
Heartland
+ Third day of jury deliberations ends without a verdict in Kyle Rittenhouse trial (NPR) | Mistrial motion looms as jurors appear deadlocked (National Review) |
Julius Jones death row sentence commuted, changed to life without parole (ABC News)
“No longer the best solution”: Massachusetts withdraws from multi-state climate pact (Washington Examiner)
“Social Justice”
KRAFT Peanut Butter releases kids book on “pronouns” for Trans Awareness Week (Not the Bee)
How activist teachers recruit kids: Leaked documents and audio from the California Teachers Association conference reveal efforts to subvert parents on gender identity and sexual orientation (Abigail Shrier)
Health
Troll Master: Ron DeSantis signs bill limiting vaccine mandates in Brandon, Florida (Fox News)
Some 2.5 million truckers say they’ll quit over vaccine mandate, industry warns (Washington Examiner
Nearly one-third of hospital healthcare workers are still not vaccinated against COVID-19 (Forbes)
All the News Narrative That’s Fit to Print
New York Times buried Kenosha reporting until after election, says ex-reporter (National Review)
“The paper needs to decide if it is in favor of press freedom for all, or only itself”: New York Times temporarily blocked from publishing Project Veritas materials (Reuters)
Polls
Quinnipiac: Biden approval rating hits new low of 36% in poll (New York Post)
Gallup: Just 19% support handgun bans. In 1961, it was 60%. (The Reload)
Notables
“The statement … only raises my concerns as to her safety and whereabouts”: China state media release supposed message (wink, wink) from missing tennis star/sexual abuse victim Peng Shuai (New York Post)
The suspicious disappearance is right out of the Chinese Communist playbook (The Federalist)
Closing Arguments
Policy: When it comes to the IRS, bigger is not better (National Review)
Policy: Biden’s act of childcare sacrifice (Newsweek)
Satire: After finding out Rittenhouse shot white males, BLM reminds everyone that all lives matter (Babylon Bee)
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