Tuesday Executive News Summary

Top of the Fold

Record low turnout for Hong Kong “patriots only” election (Axios)

“The only way the people of Hong Kong could protest was by not voting, and voter participation fell dramatically — to its lowest level since 1997. Fewer than half of those who voted in 2019 turned out for Sunday’s elections. It’s important to keep this in mind during any discussions of communist China. Beijing signed a treaty with Great Britain vowing to preserve freedom in Hong Kong until 2047. The city was to maintain a special status as ‘one country, two systems’ — part of communist China, but free economically and politically. Well, as they always do, the communists lied. Hong Kong is now thoroughly under the iron fist of the Chinese Communist Party. Meanwhile, we’re still sending athletes to the Beijing ‘Genocide Olympics’ next year, and Joe Biden, corporate America and professional sports leagues are groveling before these communist tyrants.” —Gary Bauer

Senator Manchin says he won’t be bullied into submission on Bilk Back Better (Daily Wire)

“I knew where [Democrat negotiators] were and I knew what they could and could not do. They just never realized it because they figured, ‘Surely to God we can move one person, surely we can badger and beat one person up, surely we can get enough protesters to make that person uncomfortable enough.’ Well, guess what? I’m from West Virginia. I’m not from where they’re from, and they can just beat the living crap out of people and think they’ll be submissive, period.” —Joe Manchin

Government & Politics

Yet another poll shows Joe “Winter of Severe Illness and Death” Biden approval rating hitting new low (41%) (New York Post)
Red wave: Three more House Democrats retire, total now 23 incumbents quitting (Washington Times)
World Economic Forum summit in Davos indefinitely postponed amid Omicron panic (Daily Wire)

Security

Self-destruction: Chinese Communist Party paid DC radio station $4.4 million to broadcast propaganda (Free Beacon)
12,000 troops find religious exemption for vaccines unattainable (AP)

Culture

A trash TV show’s scumbag star: “Deeply saddened” Sex and the City cast issues joint statement on Chris Noth (Page Six)
Birds of a feather: Kim Foxx lied about contacts with Jussie Smollett’s sister, violated legal ethics, investigation finds (Fox News)
Jury begins deliberations in Ghislaine Maxwell trial (National Review)

Closing Arguments

Policy: How Biden can outfox Putin in Ukraine (National Review)
Satire: In stunning blow to democracy, legislation decided by majority of elected representatives (Babylon Bee)

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