What We’re Reading Today: Rigging Primaries, Mexico Tariffs, China Massacre … And More

Some headlines that caught our eye.

Impeachment Follies

Impeachment not Democratic voters’ top concern — Washington Times

Schiff No Longer Quite So Sure About Impeachment — Hot Air

Democrats keep censure for Trump on the table — The Hill

Election 2020

Trump tries to upend the 2020 map — Politico

2020 Dem Hits Back After Ocasio-Cortez Tells Him To ‘Shashay Away’ — Daily Caller

Biden proposes $1.7-trillion plan to combat climate change — Los Angeles Times

Bernie: ‘I Fear’ Biden Will Be Hillary 2.0—No ‘Energy and Excitement’ — Breitbart

Media Blockade on Progressives Rigging Dem Primaries Again — The Hill

Mexican Standoff

Trump could face new GOP rebuke on Mexico tariffs — Politico

Mexico Says It Is Holding Back 250K Migrants amid Tariff Threat — Breitbart

Judge rejects House suit to block transfer of billions of dollars for Trump border wall — Washington Post

Mexico Cracks Down on Migrants, After Pressure From Trump to Act — New York Times

Trump’s Tariffs on Mexican Imports Would Be Biggest Tax Increase in Decades — Reason

House Dems Expected to Vote on Mass Amnesty Bill — Washington Free Beacon

China

China warns citizens against travel to the US — CNBC

Tuesday Is The 30th Anniversary Of The Tiananmen Square Massacre — Daily Caller

Pompeo Calls on China to Disclose Tiananment Massacre Details — Washington Free Beacon

Tiananmen: China rebukes Pompeo on 30th anniversary of protests — BBC News

Real Scandals

DOJ Inspector General’s Report Into FISA Warrant Allowing Obama Admin To Spy On Trump Campaign Set To Be Released — Daily Caller

Barr’s Remarkable CBS News Interview — Spectator

People’s Republic of California

 Ten Plagues of California Are Turning The Golden State into a Third-World Hell Hole — Stephen Green, PJ Media

California Gov. Newsom Proposes Penalty To Fund Health Insurance Subsidies — Kaiser Health News

Filth from homeless camps is luring rats to L.A. City Hall, report says — Los Angeles Times

Big Tech

U.S. moving toward major antitrust probe of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google — Venture Beat 

Facebook shareholder revolt gets bloody: Powerless investors vote overwhelmingly to oust Mark Zuckerberg as chairman — Business Insider

Google can tap influence army as antitrust pressure mounts — Politico

Is social media evil? More are saying yes, and that should worry Facebook — Glenn Reynolds

Misc

AOC Downplays Luxury Apartment, Says Everyone Should Have One — Washington Free Beacon

Economists’ fears of a 2020 recession in the US surge — CNN

NBC: Could Dems Face A Civil War Over Abortion? — Ed Morrissey, Hot Air

Quest Diagnostics Says Up to 12 Million Patients May Have Had Financial, Medical, Personal Information Breached — NBC New York

Why So Many Mass Shootings? Ask the Right Questions and You Might Find Out — Dennis Prager

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