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What We’re Reading Today: Opinions, Economics Lessons, Energy News … And More

Some headlines that caught our eye.

Opinions

On Iran policy, Donald Trump is following the Barack Obama playbook โ€” Andrew Malcolm, McClatchy

The Post and Liberal Media Again Get It Wrong About Trump Economy โ€” Stephen Moore

Itโ€™s Not Republicans Who Are Reluctant to Accept Political Outcomes They Donโ€™t Like โ€” David Harsanyi, National Review

Economy/Economics

Warren Buffett, taxing capital income is a bad idea โ€” Lee Ohanian, The Hill

Honest Leftist Openly Acknowledges a Bigger Welfare State Requires Giant Tax Increases on Lower-Income and Middle-Class Taxpayers โ€” Dan Mitchell

The Great Conservative Crack-Up Over China โ€” John Tamny, RealClearMarkets

Energy

Germany Solar and Wind is Triple the Cost of Franceโ€™s Nuclear and Will Last Half as Long โ€” Next Big Future

Kamala Harris: Fossil Fuel Workers Can โ€˜Transitionโ€™ To Installing Wind Turbines And Solar Panels โ€” Daily Caller

It looks like a ship, floats like a shipโ€‰…โ€‰but itโ€™s an LNG plant โ€” Financial Times

American Derangement

Progressive voters already talk about an Ocasio-Cortez presidency โ€” Yahoo News

AOC Suggests We Need to Fight ‘White Supremacy’ to Combat Climate Change โ€” Tyler O’Neill, PJ Media

Elizabeth Warrenโ€™s new plan would jail lying fossil fuel executives โ€” Grist

Jane Fonda wants โ€˜Nuremberg trialsโ€™ for energy executives โ€” Washington Examiner

Democrat Mazie Hirono: We Should Believe in Climate Change as If It’s a Religion, Not a Science โ€” Townhall

Satire

Man In Critical Condition After Hearing Slightly Differing Viewpoint โ€” Babylon Bee

38-year-old man has just learned itโ€™s โ€˜could haveโ€™ not โ€˜could ofโ€™ โ€” Daily Mash

College Students Learn How Veterans Fought For Dumb Stuff Like Rights โ€” Andrew Klavan, Daily Wire

Best Headlines Of The Day

Please Climate, Kill Earth So I Don’t Have to Hear About Greta Thunberg Again โ€” Stephen Kruiser, PJ Media

Arnold Schwarzenegger runs errands in tank-like SUV โ€” New York Post

Schiff: The First Rule Of Whistleblower Club Is That You Donโ€™t Talk About Whistleblower Club โ€” Ed Morrissey, HotAir


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