Some headlines that caught our eye …
Politics
Deciding Factor In 2020 Pres Campaign Will Be Surprisingly Simple — Andrew Malcolm
Biden’s ‘No’ On Medicare For All Is A Ruse — Sally Pipes, Fox
Podesta Pal In 2016: The Left ‘Conspire to Produce an Unaware & Compliant Citizenry’ — Debra Heine, PJ Media
SquadGate
Rep. Ayanna Pressley: “We Don’t Need Any More Brown Faces That Don’t Want To Be A Brown Voice” | Video — RealClearPolitics
To Ban Or Not To Ban: Nancy Vs. Steny — John Gage, Wash Examiner
McCarthy: Trump’s Tweets Weren’t Racist — President Trump
Squad Aims To Guillotine Dems’ Old Guard — Victor Davis Hanson, NY Post
Pelosi Booed On House Floor — Hannah Bleau, Breitbart
‘Trump Takes America Back To Where It Came From’ — Ron Elving, NPR
Latina Texan Ex-Judge Leaves GOP Over Trump Tweets — Chuck Lindell, Austin American-Statesman
Trump Must Admit He Went Too Far This Time — Michael Goodwin, NY Post
CensusGate
John Roberts’ Citizenship Decision Is Legally And Politically Corrupt — Ben Weingarten, The Federalist
Judge Asked To Punish Officials For Census Question Tactics — Michael Wines, NY Times
Distrust of Govt Hampers Census — Michael Macagnone, Roll Call
Econ
Left & Right Agree On Fed & That’s Too Bad — John Tamny, Real Clear Markets
2Q Looking Solid As Retail Sales Keep Rising & Manufacturing Strengthens — Sarah Chaney & Harriet Torry, WSJ
MuellerGate
Absent Mueller Testimony, Dems’ Plans B & C — Peter Van Buren, AmCon
FBI: 90% of Steele’s Claims Dubious — John Solomon, The Hill
ChineseRiceGate
Susan Rice Calls Chinese Diplomat a ‘Racist Disgrace’ on Twitter — Iain Marlow & Dandan Li, Bloomberg
Diplomat Deletes Tweets That Enraged Rice — Adam Taylor, Wash Post
Diplomat Defended China’s Internment Camps For As Many As 1 Million Muslims — Hayes Brown, BuzzFeed
Misc
Facebook Bans St. Augustine Quote as ‘Hate Speech’ — PJ Media
France Won’t Charge Burglars Targeting Jews With Hate Crimes — Ben Ariel, Arutz Sheva
Planned Parenthood Aborts CEO After 10 Months For Not Being Political Enough — Steven Ertelt, Life News
Pre-Natal Ultrasound Machine Vandalized Near Planned Parenthood Facility — Patricia Guilfoyle, Catholic News Herald
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