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What We’re Reading Today

Some headlines that caught our eye.

NYC To Ban Hot Dogs and Processed Meats To Improve Climate — Radio 104.5

The Nation’s Worst Transit Agencies — New Geography

The odds of a recession before Nov. 2020 are dropping — Daily Torch

Nine Radical Policies 2020 Democrats Are Putting on the Table— Daily Caller

Data Undermine Booker Claim of Newark Rebound— Washington Free Beacon

Poll: Only 31 Percent of Americans Call Medicare for All a ‘Top Priority’— Breitbart

Mueller Investigation Was Driven by Pious Hypocrisy — National Review

Association Insurance Pushes On Despite Court Ruling — Kaiser Health News

Biden sounds fundraising alarm in conference call— Politico

Bernie Sanders in 1970s Senate race called millionaire senators ‘immoral’ — CNN


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John Merline

Veteran journalist John Merline was Deputy Editor of Commentary and Opinion at Investor's Business Daily. Before IBD, he launched and edited the Opinion section of AOL News, and was a member of the editorial board of USA Today. He’s been published in the Washington Post, National Review, Detroit News, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Forbes, and numerous other publications. He got his start in journalism under the tutelage of M. Stanton Evans.

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