What We’re Reading This Weekend: Say No Joe, Sweet Left Chicago, Greenland’s 15 Minutes…And More

Some headlines that caught our eye.

Politics

Obama Early This Year Apparently Discouraged Biden From Running — NY Times

Reagan Country Turns Blue — Steven Greenhut, American Spectator

Zogby Poll: Trump Approval Among Blacks, Hispanics Growing — Paul Bedard, Wash Examiner

Kamala Harris: Takes Guns From Those ‘who may imminently perpetrate a hate crime’ — Nate Madden, The Blaze

New Leech Species Discovered Near Washington, DC — Lila Thulin, Smithsonian

Epstein

3 Epstein Lawyers Challenge Autopsy Result of Suicide — Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit

The Theories — James Freeman, WSJ

Government

How Socialism Permeated The Chicago City Council — Chicago Magazine

To Help Reduce Pension Debt, Connecticut Eyes Privatizing Publicly Owned Assets — Steven Malanga, City Journal

The Buzz On NASA — Callum Hoare, London Express

Justice Dept Sides With Led Zeppelin On ‘Stairway To Heaven’ Copyright — Blabbermouth.net

Real Men Don’t Recycle

For Most Things, Recycling Harms the Environment — Michael Munger, American Institute for Economic Research

Study: Men Who Recycle More Likely To Have Their Sexuality Questioned — Campus Reform

The Left

Antifa Violence Feared In Portland Saturday — Gabriel Nadales, Fox

Israeli Interior Minister: Tlaib’s “hatred for Israel overcomes her love for her grandmother” — Politico

Greenland

Denmark Anti-Immigration Party Calls U.S. Buying Greenland “selling 50,000 citizens to the United States” — BBC

U.S. Buying Greenland Isn’t Crazy — Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg

U.S. Offered Denmark $100M For Greenland In 1947 — Billy Perrigo, Time

CNN Insults Alaska — Ellie Bufkin & Jerry Donleavy, Wash Examiner

Media

NY Times Chief: Coverage Shift From Trump-Russia To Trump-Racist — Byron York Wash Examiner

Scarborough On Warren: ‘At Least She Won’t Inspire Mass Shootings’ — Mark Finkelstein, Newsbusters

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