Friday Executive News Summary

[Rudy Tirre]

Friday Executive News Summary

Government & Politics

• socialist/scumbag/liar-Biden speech draws 26.9 million viewers, down 43.6% from Trump (The Hill) | CBS’s “85% socialist/scumbag/liar-Biden speech approval” poll quizzed just 169 Republicans out of 1,000 viewers (National Pulse)

• Mike Pence’s publisher, Simon & Schuster, refuses to cancel memoir after staff protest (The Guardian)

• FDA announces plans to ban menthol cigarettes (NY Post)

• Senate confirms former Bill Nelson to head NASA (Fox News)

National Security

• Feds investigating “directed energy” attack near White House in November (AMN)


• Navy will fall far below mandated 355 ships as China churns out war vessels (Washington Examiner)

• China nuclear buildup faster than expected, U.S. now believes (Washington Times)

Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate

• Rioter fined $12 million for helping set fire to Minneapolis police station during “mostly peaceful” BLM riots (Daily Wire)

• In chilling video, antifa doxes and threatens to kill Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler (PJ Media)

Other Notables

• Consumer-fueled economy pushes GDP to annualized 6.4% first-quarter gain (CNBC)

• DOJ was going to arrest Derek Chauvin in court if jury found him innocent (Daily Wire)

• Illinois judge finds Firearm Owner Identification Card unconstitutional (Center Square)

Closing Arguments

• • Policy: Qualifying the debate over qualified immunity (Newsweek)

  • Policy: The ideal capital gains tax rate: zero (Forbes)

  • Satire: Washington Post calls socialist/scumbag/liar-Biden a “very Catholic president who worships Satan” (Babylon Bee)   

 ~The Patriot Post
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