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What We’re Reading Today: Republicans Attack, LeBron James’ Job, Arrested For Words … And More

Some headlines that caught our eye.

Straight News

Chaotic scene as Republicans disrupt impeachment deposition โ€” Associated Press

PG&E begins next round of blackouts to prevent California wildfires โ€” United Press International

California ‘veered’ out of its lane in climate pact with Quebec: U.S. lawsuit โ€” Reuters

After Slamming Trump, Biden Apologizes For Referring To ‘Partisan Lynching’ In 1998 โ€” National Public Radio

Opinions

It’s the Job of LeBron James to Be the Best at Basketball, Not To Fix China โ€” John Tamny, RealClearMarkets

Progressives are all too willing to cut constitutional corners โ€” George Will

Losing it: Hillary Clinton has become completely delusional โ€” Joseph Curl, Washington Times

Strange But True

Goat rams through sliding glass door, naps inside bathroom โ€” Associated Press

Bears open doors of unlocked SUV, steal pack of gum โ€” United Press International

Illinois man with name tattooed on neck allegedly gave police false ID โ€” Fox News

Lost Minds

NYT’s Krugman Suggests Trump Will Use โ€˜Mobโ€™ Tactics to โ€˜Rough Upโ€™ Impeachment Witnesses โ€” Washington Free Beacon

UConn students ARRESTED for ‘ridiculing’ speech in viral video โ€” Campus Reform

Breaking news from Gloria Steinem: Donald Trump โ€˜was never electedโ€™ โ€” Twitchy

Misc

Anxiety Rises’: Biden Opens Up Biggest Lead As Dems Fret Over 2020 Options โ€” Ed Morrissey, Hot Air

7 Leftist Words in a Dictionary Near You โ€” Daily Signal

Why Washington D.C. Compulsively Lies About Donald Trump โ€” Mark Hemingway, The Federalist

Why โ€˜Uncomfortableโ€™ Books Like โ€˜To Kill a Mockingbirdโ€™ Are Precisely the Ones Kids Should be Reading โ€” Intellectual Takeout/Acculturated

Woke preschoolers: indoctrinating our youngest children โ€” Mercatornet

Make Sure To Buy Your Sustainable Halloween Treats And Nag The Kids โ€” Pirate’s Cove


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