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What We’re Reading Today: Russia-Russia-Russia Already, Beto Goes Batty, New York Times Does What? … And More

Some headlines that caught our eye.

Election 2020

Did The First Debate Prove Russiaโ€™s Already Hacked The Election? โ€” Ricochet

Tired, Irrelevant Democratic Candidates Point To Trump Reelection โ€” Conrad Black, American Greatness

The Lost Left โ€” American Spectator

A desperate Beto O’Rourke goes for broke, claims America was founded on white supremacy โ€” Washington Examiner

America’s First Black Billionaire Gives Trump an ‘A+,’ Says Dems Are Moving ‘Too Far Left’ โ€” PJMedia

Tom Steyerโ€™s $100 Million Vanity Project โ€” The New Republic

Truth Exposed

Ignore the Fear Mongering, Here’s What Climate Change Models Actually Say โ€” Von Mises Institute

The Cold Truth About Sweden โ€” Commentary

Keynesian Economics and Journalistic Malpractice โ€” Dan Mitchell, International Liberty

No, Americans Are Not Worse Off Today Than They Were in the 1970s โ€” Marian L. Tupy, Foundation for Economic Education

Religion

Muslim Extremists Are Main Perpetrators of Antisemitic Violence in Western Europe, Major Norwegian Academic Study Concludes โ€” The Algemeiner

Anti-Christian Attacks in France Quietly Quadrupled. Why? โ€” RealClearInvestigations

Misc

New York Times Editorial Cheers for Deregulation โ€” Future of Capitalism

Greg Ip’s Version of the Gold Standard Isn’t the Gold Standard โ€” John Tamny, RealClearMarkets

Ayn Rand on Apollo 11 โ€” Ayn Rand Institute

Megan Rapinoe: Weโ€™re Willing To Have A Conversation With Anyone โ€” Who Believes In The Same Things We Believe In โ€” Hot Air

The latest victim of SFโ€™s homeless crisis? Luxury shopping! โ€” Tim Anaya, Pacific Research Institute

Pelosi plays race card in census flap โ€” Deroy Murdock, Fox News

Introducing: the Federation of Free States, an ongoing thought experiment โ€” Notes on Liberty

NBA Frowning On Word ‘Owner’ Because of Slavery โ€” Kat Timpf, National Review


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