The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Executive News Summary
Top of the Fold
A colossally bad idea: Joe Biden releasing 50 million barrels of oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve amid self-caused gas price spike (Fox Business)
“It’s actual malice”: Rittenhouse has message to Biden for falsely labeling him a white supremacist (Fox News) | “Just sickening”: Rittenhouse blasts media coverage of his case (National Review) | Excellent: Rittenhouse says his lawyers are “taking care of” defamation lawsuits (PM)
Politics
A New York Times investigation into Beijing’s stranglehold on the material needed to make electric car batteries reveals that the president’s son helped a key acquisition. Why are we only finding about this now? (The Federalist)
Tone-deaf AOC targets “excessive bail” day after suspect out on bail hit 50+ people with car in Waukesha (Daily Wire)
Jeff Bezos “greases” way into Democrat establishment with $100 million Obama Foundation donation (Free Beacon)
CBS News/YouGov: Only three out of 10 say the country is doing “well” under Biden (Daily Caller)
“Social Justice”
“Ya’ll are in serious trouble because the wrath of karma is coming on America”: Black armed militias gather outside courthouse in Ahmaud Arbery case (Fox News)
Heresy: Catholic University of America hangs painting appearing to depict George Floyd as Jesus Christ (Washington Examiner)
Double standards: #MeToo silent on Chinese tennis star’s disappearance after assault allegations (Fox News)
Thanksgiving “myth”? Universities ask whether Americans should “reconsider” holiday as “Day of Mourning” (Fox News)
“Problematic” Theodore Roosevelt statue to be removed from NYC’s problematic Museum of Natural History (Daily Wire)
Notables
Alleged Waukesha killer charged with five counts of intentional homicide (Daily Wire) | The suspect has a rap video where he sings about kidnapping and murder in front of the car he used to run down people (Not the Bee)
Illinois Democrat fired over tweets calling Waukesha Christmas parade “karma” (New York Post)
White House says about 95% of federal workers have complied with vaccine mandate (Politico)
Closing Arguments
Policy: How China is trying to turn the U.S. against itself (National Review)
Satire: FBI drops terrorism case on Waukesha killer after learning he never protested a school board (Genesius Times)
Humor: Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes quit Fox News to join “The View” (Babylon Bee)
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