Friday Executive News Summary

FROM YOUR PATRIOT POST TEAM

Thomas Gallatin: Biden’s Putin Strategy: Appeasement? — Media reports emerge suggesting that the Biden administration is pressuring Ukraine to cede territory to Russia.

Nate Jackson: Biden Is Losing His Grip — Bad policies bring terrible results, and even many Democrats are starting to notice.

Douglas Andrews: The Stuff of a Singular Medal — There is nothing so essentially American as the Medal of Honor.

Emmy Griffin: Pandemic Exposed the Dark Underbelly of Schools — COVID policies have driven teachers, parents, and kids to the brink and it’s getting worse.

Brian Mark Weber: Where Stands Our ‘Freedom in the 50 States’? — It shouldn’t be a surprise that red states are more free and prosperous than blue states.

Douglas Andrews: A Guilty Gay Racial Arsonist — The Jussie Smollett trial ended with a resounding conviction, but the con man’s punishment won’t be nearly severe enough.

Thomas Gallatin: Kamala Harris Hobnobs With Black Racists — A black activist who vulgarly blasted white women was invited to Harris’s private meeting.

In Brief: Biden’s Supreme Court Commission — The final report does exactly what he intended to do: nothing.

Top of the Fold

Inflation surges to 39-year high as consumer prices soar higher (Fox Business)
Senate vote clears way for Democrats to raise debt ceiling on their own (New York Post)
Project Veritas scores legal win in Biden diary case (Daily Caller)

Security

London court rules U.S. can extradite WikiLeaks founder and anti-American lawbreaker Julian Assange (National Review)
China and Nicaragua reestablish ties in blow to U.S. and Taiwan (Reuters)

Heartland

NYC won’t “surrender” to BLM and rioters, incoming mayor Eric Adams warns (Fox News)
New York City Council passes unlawful measure allowing noncitizens to vote in municipal elections (National Review)
New York Attorney General Letitia James suspends campaign for governor (National Review)
“Let’s Go Brandon” boat wins boat parade contest, is then disqualified because of liberal tears (PJ Media)

World

Migrant truck crashes in Mexico killing 54 (Reuters)
In need of a baby boom, China clamps down on vasectomies (Washington Post)

Notables

New Biden U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins threatens reporters in tirade, resurfaced video shows (Fox News)
Twitter suspends popular account tracking the Ghislaine Maxwell trial (Not the Bee)
Top 10 Democrats who fell for convicted felon Jussie Smollett’s hate crime hoax (Daily Wire)

Closing Arguments

Policy: The battle for Ukraine has already been lost (AEI)
Policy: Carbon offsets — not taxes or emissions caps — are the best oath to carbon neutrality (FEE)
Humor: Cruel: Jussie Smollett will be forced to share a jail cell with his attacker (Babylon Bee)

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