I & I Editorial BoardSome headlines that caught our eye.
Impeachment Follies
Big gamble: Democrats place hope in open hearings to win public support for impeachment — Washington Times
Impeachment a winner for Democrats? Don’t bet on it — Willie Brown, San Fransisco Chronicle
How an impeached Trump wins — Axios
Latest Impeachment Polls — Real Clear Politics
Mulvaney allies try to stonewall impeachment probe — Washington Post
Trump’s True Crime: He Made Us Laugh at Congress — Real Clear Politics
Election 2020
Biden in dead heat — with Hillary! — The American MIrror
Trump’s Re-Election Likely If Economy Stays on Course — Newsmax
Medicare Taxes for All
Warren’s $20T Health Plan Tightens Dems’ Embrace of Tax Increases — New York Times
Buttigieg: Warren’s Medicare for All Math Is ‘Controversial’ — Washington Free Beacon
Warren Suggests Laid Off Health Insurance Workers Sell Auto or Life Insurance Instead — PJ Media
Some Dems worry Warren’s Medicare for All plan is going to cost them — Hot Air
California Burnin’
Trump threatens to cut US funding for California wildfires — PBS
For fires and blackouts in CA, blame Democrats, misplaced priorities, mismanagement, and government-imposed utility monopolies, not climate change — Mark Perry, Carpe Diem
Could California give Gavin Newsom the boot? — American Thinker
China for a Day
In China, every day is Kristallnacht — Washington Post
Marvel is censoring films for China, and you probably didn’t even notice — CNET News
Economy
Earnings Tide Lifts Most Stocks — Wall Street Journal
The Truth About Income Inequality – Phil Gramm and John F. Early, WSJ
Flood of Oil Is Coming, Complicating Efforts to Fight Global Warming — New York Times
Tolerant Left
The Left Seeks to ‘Normalize’ Crime — Powerline
Parody (?)
Media Scrambles To Fact-Check Image Of Trump Riding Hero Dog Into Massive Space Battle — Babylon Bee
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