Some headlines that caught our eye….
Iran
Bolton To Iran: Don’t Mistake U.S. Prudence For Weakness — John Bacon, USA Today
Pompeo Denies U.S. Used Intermediary Country To Urge Tehran To Negotiate — John Bowden, The Hill
Gen. Keane: Trump Conducting First U.S. Strategic Offensive Against Iran In 39 Years — Sam Dorman, Fox
U.S. Launches Cyber War On Iran — Ellen Nakashima, Wash Post
World
Kim Jong-un To ‘Seriously Contemplate the Interesting Content’ of Trump’s ‘Excellent’ Letter — BBC
Putin’s Bodyguards Get Rewarded With Political Power — The Economist
France Is Committing Suicide — Giulio Meotti, Gatestone Institute
Election 2020
Biden Sucks Up To Al Sharpton — Jonathan Martin & Katie Glueck, NY Times
Most Dems Want 28% Corp Tax, Some Much Higher — Laura Davison, Bloomberg
Buttigieg Unashamedly Attacks Reagan Tax Cuts — Nicholas Ballasy, PJ Media
Once Again For 2020, Wall Street Luminaries Cozy Up To Dems — Robert Schroeder, Market Watch
Prominent Hedge Fund Mgr Fine With Biden’s Massive Campaign Tax Increase — Yun Li, CNBC
2020 Race: ‘Income Inequality’ Vs. Prosperity — Rasheen Ayesh, Axios
Elizabeth Warren’s Socialism Dressed In Capitalist Jewelry — James Freeman, WSJ
Scandal
Why Wasn’t Everyone Looking for Hillary’s Missing Emails? — American Greatness
Mayor Pete In South Bend Town Hall Hell Over Racial Police Shooting — Jack Turman, CBS
Mueller Report Set To Be Published As Graphic Novel — Zack Budryk, The Hill
Random House Gives Mueller Prosecutor Andrew Weissman Trump-Russia Book Deal — Alexandra Alter & Mark Mazzetti, NY Times
Supreme Court
Liberal Justices Warn Supreme Court Will Overturn More Big Precedents — Ariane de Vogue, CNN
Justices ‘Take’ The Fifth Amendment — WSJ
Economy
Government Needs a Tax Diet — Steven Greenhut/American Spectator
Higher Min Wage Would Devastate Low-Skill Restaurant & Food Workers — Mark Perry, AEI
McDonald’s Tests Robot Fryers and Voice-Activated Drive-Throughs — Wall Street Journal
The Left
Socialist Prof: Bernie Speech Ignored Dangers of Left-Wing Authoritarianism — Yascha Monk, The Atlantic
70 Demonstrators Arrested Claiming NY Times Not Reporting On ‘Climate Emergency’ — AP
Socialism Should Be Greek To Americans — Panos Mourdoukoutas, Forbes
You Only Think You Want Socialism — Joseph Mendola, Concord Monitor
Society
Judge Orders Disabled British Woman To Have Abortion At 22 Weeks — Lukas Mikelionis, Fox
20 Dems At Planned Parenthood Forum Embrace Abortion With No Restrictions — Will Weissert, ABC
NYC’s 1912 ‘Suffrage Cafeteria’ & the History of ‘Feminist Restaurants’ — Reina Gattuso, Atlas Obscura
Lying About Rape Encouraged To Get Abortions — Sarah Terzo, Live Action
Guns Are for Everybody — Reason
The Economics of Religion — City Journal
EcoWatch: Those Impossible Burgers Are Neither Healthier Nor More Eco-Friendly — Hot Air
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