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What We’re Reading Today: Dems Promote Prohibitions, Acosta Asks A ‘Ridiculous’ Question, Big Cities Shrink … And More

Some headlines that caught our eye.

Ban Everything

Hey Democratic Candidates: Are You Going To Ban All Fossil Fuels? โ€” Manhattan Contrarian

The Democrats’ Long-Term Goal Is To Repeal The 2nd Amendment โ€” CNS News

A Comprehensive List Of Everything Democrats Want To Make Illegal In America โ€” WIBC Indianapolis

Economics

Morality And Econ 101 โ€” Library of Economics and Liberty

Bernie Sanders, Common Sense, And Moral Hazard โ€” Dan Mitchell

Mayor de Blasio Calls For A Tax On Economic Growth And Progress โ€” RealClearMarkets

U.S. Middle Class Is Shrinking … Because It’s Moving Up โ€” Mark Perry

Politics

Trumpโ€™s Taliban Talks A Gambit To Do Real Good For The World โ€” And His 2020 Campaign โ€” Andrew Malcolm

Leftists Throw An โ€˜Impeach Trumpโ€™ Event. No One Shows Up โ€” Daily Wire

Does The Right Dare Fight? โ€” The American Mind

Dem Congressmanโ€™s Wife: โ€˜Mind-Blowingโ€™ Our Insurance Doesnโ€™t Cover Marriage Counseling โ€” Washington Free Beacon

Misc

CNNโ€™s Jim Acosta Asked The โ€˜Most Ridiculous Question Iโ€™ve Ever Heard Of,โ€™ Said Mnuchin โ€” Lifezette

It’s Not A Mystery Why America’s Biggest Cities Are Losing Population โ€” Reason

Christians Massacred, Media Look The Other Way โ€” Gatestone Institute

Why Hasn’t Brexit Happened? โ€” Claremont Review of Books


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