December 13, 2021

Monday Executive News Summary

White House censors Taiwan, Putin adds troops, illegals can fly without ID, and more.

FROM YOUR PATRIOT POST TEAM

Politics

  • With “friends” like these, who needs enemies? White House censors Taiwan at “Democracy Summit” (National Review) | National Security Council, of course, denies cutting video feed (Daily Wire)

  • Too little, too late: Jill Biden and Douglas Emhoff to visit Waukesha weeks after massacre (PM)

  • Andrew Cuomo’s top aide and Chris Cuomo planned to discredit Fox News’s Janice Dean over COVID criticism (CNBC)

Security

  • U.S. ends combat mission against ISIS in Iraq, but troops remain (The Hill)

  • Biden dismisses criticism of Afghanistan withdrawal with more lies (Fox News)

  • Vladimir Putin’s “added at least 10,000 more troops” near Ukraine after call with Biden (Daily Wire)

  • Adding insult to injury: Despite appeals from Ukraine, Biden admin holds back additional military aid to Kyiv amid diplomatic push (NBC News)

  • “Take migrants at their word”: Republicans criticize process allowing illegal immigrants to get through airport security without ID (Daily Caller)

Heartland

  • Chicago to sue disgraced Jussie Smollett after guilty hate hoax verdict (PM)

  • Gavin Newsom promises to use Texas abortion law precedent to restrict guns (Daily Wire)

  • Some NYC sanitation workers see salaries approach $300,000 due to staffing issues (Fox News)

  • Ron DeSantis budget plan contains $8 million to remove illegal immigrants from Florida (Fox News)

Health

  • Vaccine holdouts in U.S. military approach 40,000 (Washington Post)

  • New York orders businesses to require masks or proof of vaccination (National Review)

  • Boris Johnson reports UK’s first known death from the omicron coronavirus variant (Washington Post)

Notables

  • Obama economists warn: Build Bilk Back Better will make inflation worse (Daily Wire)

  • Forty-year inflation high will become key midterm election issue (Washington Examiner)

  • No mea culpa from Jussie Smollett’s media enablers (National Review)

  • The Supreme Court did no harm with the Texas abortion case (National Review)

Closing Arguments

  • Policy: Tariff hike on Canadian lumber is a mistake (National Review)

  • Policy: Why Taiwan is the lynchpin of China’s quest for global dominance (The Federalist)

  • Humor: Not again: Smollett claims he was assaulted by two prison guards in MAGA hats (Babylon Bee)

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