Some headlines that caught our eye.
Opinions
On Iran policy, Donald Trump is following the Barack Obama playbook — Andrew Malcolm, McClatchy
The Post and Liberal Media Again Get It Wrong About Trump Economy — Stephen Moore
It’s Not Republicans Who Are Reluctant to Accept Political Outcomes They Don’t Like — David Harsanyi, National Review
Economy/Economics
Warren Buffett, taxing capital income is a bad idea — Lee Ohanian, The Hill
Honest Leftist Openly Acknowledges a Bigger Welfare State Requires Giant Tax Increases on Lower-Income and Middle-Class Taxpayers — Dan Mitchell
The Great Conservative Crack-Up Over China — John Tamny, RealClearMarkets
Energy
Germany Solar and Wind is Triple the Cost of France’s Nuclear and Will Last Half as Long — Next Big Future
Kamala Harris: Fossil Fuel Workers Can ‘Transition’ To Installing Wind Turbines And Solar Panels — Daily Caller
It looks like a ship, floats like a ship … but it’s an LNG plant — Financial Times
American Derangement
Progressive voters already talk about an Ocasio-Cortez presidency — Yahoo News
AOC Suggests We Need to Fight ‘White Supremacy’ to Combat Climate Change — Tyler O’Neill, PJ Media
Elizabeth Warren’s new plan would jail lying fossil fuel executives — Grist
Jane Fonda wants ‘Nuremberg trials’ for energy executives — Washington Examiner
Democrat Mazie Hirono: We Should Believe in Climate Change as If It’s a Religion, Not a Science — Townhall
Satire
Man In Critical Condition After Hearing Slightly Differing Viewpoint — Babylon Bee
38-year-old man has just learned it’s ‘could have’ not ‘could of’ — Daily Mash
College Students Learn How Veterans Fought For Dumb Stuff Like Rights — Andrew Klavan, Daily Wire
Best Headlines Of The Day
Please Climate, Kill Earth So I Don’t Have to Hear About Greta Thunberg Again — Stephen Kruiser, PJ Media
Arnold Schwarzenegger runs errands in tank-like SUV — New York Post
Schiff: The First Rule Of Whistleblower Club Is That You Don’t Talk About Whistleblower Club — Ed Morrissey, HotAir
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