What We’re Reading Today: Media Malpractice, Electric Car Myth, Losing Whoopi … And More

Some headlines that caught our eye.

Election 2020

It’s now Biden, Warren, Sanders — and everyone else — Politico

De Blasio logged a 7-hour work month at City Hall — New York Post

Joe Biden Suggests Banning “Magazines That Can Hold Multiple Bullets” — Real Clear Politics

‘Details Are Irrelevant’: Biden Says Verbal Slip-Ups Don’t Undermine His Judgment — NPR

Beto O’Rourke Promises to Confiscate Semi-Automatic Guns.— PJ Media

Journalistic Malpractice

Shameful: Trump Labor appointee forced to resign after Bloomberg portrays sarcastic Facebook post as anti-Semitic — Washington Examiner

How mocking anti-Semitism got a Trump official falsely accused of actual anti-Semitism — Vox.com

Bloomberg News on anti-semitism smear of fired Trump appointee: We stand by our story — Hot Air

 Brexit?

Brexit: Tory MP defects ahead of crucial no deal vote — BBC

Climate Madness

Booker unveils $3T climate plan — The Hill

Democrats to duke it out for top climate candidate title — The Hill

Climate change could be a problem in 2020 … for Democrats — Politico

Busting The Myth Of The World’s Hottest Electric Car Market — Oilprice.com

Real Conspiracy

The Comey-Brennan Conspiracy to Violate Trump’s Civil Rights — American Spectator

What to Expect When You’re Expecting FISA Abuse — Real Clear Politics

Tweetonomics

On days when President Trump tweets a lot, the stock market falls, investment bank finds — CNBC

And Now For Some Good News

Pentagon approves diversion of military construction funds for Trump’s wall — Washington Post

Misc

Supreme Court to decide whether Civil Rights Act covers ‘sexual orientation’ — Washington Times

Whoopi Goldberg slams Debra Messing’s ‘list’ idea for Trump backers: ‘We don’t go after people’ — Washington Times

While Elites Gnaw on Stale Agendas, the Future Is Full of Things We’ve Yet to Imagine — PJ Media

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