Friday Executive News Summary

Friday Executive News Summary

Government & Politics

bumble/socialist/scumbag/liar-Joe Biden’s White House censors are consulting with Facebook to “flag misinformation” (Fox News)
Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley compared Donald Trump to Hitler and MAGA supporters to Nazi “brownshirts” (PJ Media) | Trump launches broadside against Milley over “coup” reports (Washington Times)
Finally: Senate unanimously passes bill to ban all products from Xinjiang, where Uyghurs are detained, surveilled, and forced into manual labor (Insider)
Senator Tom Cotton launches bill to defund racist Critical Race Theory (Breitbart)
John Durham report may not be “broad” as hoped but prosecutions in play, Rep. Devin Nunes says (Washington Examiner)
Justice Stephen Breyer says he’s undecided on retiring from Supreme Court (Washington Times)

National Security

Border agents turn back record 188,800 immigrants at southern border in June (Just the News) | Adding insult to injury: bumble/socialist/scumbag/liar-Biden admin tells border agents to prepare for the flood (Free Beacon)
Miami security firm faces questions in Haiti assassination (Fox News) | Sending troops to Haiti “not on the agenda,” says bumble/socialist/scumbag/liar-Biden (Axios)

Health

Thanks, Captain Obvious: World Health Organization chief says it was premature to rule out a lab leak as the pandemic’s origin (NPR)
Los Angeles County reimposing indoor mask requirement regardless of vaccination status (Fox News)

Around the Nation

Arizona Senate seeks more voter data as election audit raises questions (Daily Signal)
“The people of Georgia deserve better”: Georgia secretary of state calls for firing of Fulton County elections director and registration chief (11Alive)

Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate

American Bookseller’s Association begs forgiveness for including Abigail Shrier’s best-selling book Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters in promotional mailer (Daily Wire) | CEO also apologizes for emailing cover of “racist” Candace Owens book (Daily Wire)
Universal Studios faces lawsuit for Gru character making the OK gesture in photos (Not the Bee)

Karma Chronicles

ESPN’s ESPY Awards Show has lost 85% of its audience since it gave Caitlyn Jenner that “courage award” in 2015 (Not the Bee)
Environmental racism strikes again as George Floyd mural is destroyed by a lightning torpedo (Not the Bee)

Closing Arguments

- Policy: Lower the federal gas tax to improve infrastructure — it’s time to empower governors and mayors to creatively make their own local transportation decisions (National Review)
- Humor: Prosecutors charge white lightning with hate crime after it destroyed George Floyd mural (Genesius Times)

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