The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Executive News Summary
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White House claims credit for falling gas prices: “Gas prices have been dropping for 34 days straight, about 50 cents a gallon,” boasted Joe Biden on Monday. “That saves the average driver about $25 a month.” The reduction in price is primarily due to decreased demand as drivers stay home, but Biden wants you to think he did that by begging the Saudis for more oil and tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (a substantial part of which went to China). It was everyone else’s fault when prices shot up from $2.39 to $5.02 on Biden’s watch, but it’s to his credit when some of that price pressure eases. To quote Joe Biden, that’s a bunch of malarkey. Besides, based on Biden’s math, the average driver is paying at least $100 a month more than when he took office.
No Disinformation Governance Board needed: It wasn’t long ago that the Biden administration paused its Disinformation Governance Board pending further review. Well, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that there is “no need” for the board. “We are not ready, as of yet, to provide recommendations on the Department’s most effective approach to disinformation threats,” said the DHS. Don’t think this means the idea is gone, just that branding will look different. Indeed, the same thing under a different name will commence under the stellar leadership of Kamala Harris. And given that radical leftists are committed to censorship, the issue is far from settled.
Landfills full of solar panels: Wind and solar power are supposed to be the great saviors of the planet, producing clean energy and leading us to utopia. Not so fast, says reality. We’ve covered many of the issues with solar power over the years, but the LA Times has an update: “Many [retired panels] are already winding up in landfills, where in some cases, they could potentially contaminate groundwater with toxic heavy metals such as lead, selenium and cadmium.” Gee, that sounds bad. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that California generously subsidized millions of panels over the last two decades, and they’re nearing the end of their life cycle. The problem, says the Times, “illustrates how cutting-edge environmental policy can create unforeseen problems down the road.” Nothing gets passed these guys. “The industry is supposed to be green,” said an industry expert. “But in reality, it’s all about the money.” Exactly.
Headlines
Police identify three victims, their killer, and hero bystander in Indiana mall shooting (NY Post) | Police laud actions of man who killed mall attacker (AP) | Indianapolis just latest time a good guy with a gun stopped a mass shooting (John Lott)
New York makes nearly everywhere “gun free” zone after Supreme Court ruling (Washington Times)
Bidenflation threatens almost half of small business owners (Free Beacon)
Biden could declare climate emergency as soon as this week (WaPo)
The Washington Post and New York Times get to keep Spygate Pulitzers (The Hill)
Biden halts prosecutions for most illegal border crossings (Free Beacon)
Washington mayor torched as hypocrite for complaining about border migrants bused to DC (Fox News)
Cori Bush nears $400,000 in campaign cash to private security while refusing to rein in calls to defund police (Fox News)
BLM’s latest potential martyr shot down by reality (Power Line)
Authorities yet to arrest anyone over more than 50 pro-abortion attacks (Epoch Times)
Woke college professors call on archeologists to stop identifying ancient human remains by gender (RedState)
Federal prosecutors drop charges against Colbert team members arrested at Capitol (Washington Examiner)
Transgender womanMan who impregnated two inmates removed from New Jersey female prison (NJ.com)Policy: How the post-Roe Right can reverse anti-family government policies (The Federalist)
Satire: Racist DC mayor says immigrants not welcome in her city (Babylon Bee)
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