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What We’re Reading Today: Trump’s Economy, Voting With Their Feet, Scary Socialists … And More

Some headlines that caught our eye.

Election 2020

In Democrats’ war on Donald Trump, ‘stupid’ economy still stubbornly good โ€” Glenn Reynolds, USA Today

Democrats Double Down On Hating America โ€” Kurt Schlichter Townhall

Who Really Believes Biden Can Beat Trump? โ€” American Spectator

Would President Joe Biden Become 25th Amendment Material? โ€” Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

Swalwell Drops Out Of Presidential Race โ€” Daily Signal

Economy

Americans are moving from higher-tax states to lower-tax states โ€” Cato At Liberty

Americans are $10 trillion better off thanks to rising stocks under Trump โ€” Stephen Moore, The Hill

More evidence the US economy is growing in all the most important ways โ€” New York Post

US Economy Sprints Through the Finish Line โ€” The Bridge/Mercatus Center

Crude

If The U.S. Oil Industry Can’t Survive $56 Oil, It Needn’t Exist โ€” John Tamny, Forbes

Video of the day: Life without petroleum-based products โ€” Mark Perry, Carpe Diem

Venezuelaโ€™s Main Oil Refinery Shuts Down After Blackout โ€” Oilprice.com

Criminals

Fact Check: Antifa Is for Angry White Fascists โ€” Vodkapundit

Antifa Is Dangerous and Itโ€™s Time for the Feds to Step In โ€” The Daily Signal

If Antifa Isnโ€™t Checked, Beware The Backlash Against Their Violence โ€” The Federalist

Misc

Socialists Are Scary, but Capitalists Are Their Own Worst Enemies โ€” Reason

Maybe You Are an Individualist Too โ€” American Institute for Economic Research

Epstein Was Banned From Mar-a-Lago Club After Soliciting Teen, Trump Provided Info Against Epstein To Lawyer For Victims โ€” Weasel Zippers

AG Barr: Citizenship question Can Be Added Legally To Census โ€” Jaqueline Thomsen, The Hill

See Saturn Tues Night As It Makes Closest Pass To Earth โ€” Brian Lada, Accuweather


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