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What We’re Reading Today: Real Scandal, Left-Wing Hate, Jobs Boom … And More

Some headlines that caught our eye.

Real Scandal

6 Things to Know About the Prosecutor Investigating Spying on Trump Campaign  โ€” Daily Signal

Dossier author secretly made false felony charges against Trump associates  โ€” Washington Times

Democrats Claim โ€˜Constitutional Crisis,โ€™ Media Repeat It 386 Times โ€” Media Research Center

Election 2020

Democrats Seek to Roll Back Right-to-Work Protections โ€” Mark Tapscott, The Epoch Times

Beto Oโ€™Rourke Regrets Vanity Fair Cover: โ€˜It Reinforces That Perception of Privilegeโ€™  โ€” Washington Free Beacon

Warren Doubles Down: Itโ€™s Time To Stop Fox Newsโ€™s โ€œHate-For-Profit Machineโ€ โ€” By Sending Me Your Money  โ€” Hot Air

Economy

Amazon offers $10,000 to employees who start delivery businesses  โ€” Omaha World Herald

Tight Labor Market Giving U.S. Workers Leverage over Business โ€” Breitbart

National Security

What It Means to Put American Interests First  โ€” Mike Pompeo, Claremont Institute

State Department orders non-essential staff to leave Iraq amid escalating tensions with Iran  โ€” USA Today

States

Alabama Senate passes bill banning nearly all abortions  โ€” Fox News

America’s largest cities drowning in debt, with Chicago leading the way, study finds  โ€” Fox News

How Government Extortion Is Driving California Housing Costs Higherย  โ€” Hoover Institution

Harvard Intolerance

At Harvard, You’re Guilty Until Proven Innocent โ€” Daniella Davis, Spectator USA

McCarthyism comes to Harvard โ€” Why this should alarm us all โ€” Alan Dershowitz, Fox News

Misc

Fear, Loathing, Intolerance โ€“ and Worse  โ€” Townhall

Are You Getting Anti-Vaccine Information From Russian Propagandists?  โ€” Henry Miller, The Federalist

The Rise of ‘Greedy’ Work โ€” Kay Hymowitz, Manhattan Institute

US journalism has become more subjective: study โ€” RAND


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