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What We’re Reading Today: Nancy’s Instructions, Warren Backpedals, Star Wars Trouble … And More

Some headlines that caught our eye.

Impeachment Circus

โ€˜Donโ€™t Cheerโ€™: Pelosi Instructs Democrats Not to Gloat After Impeachment — Washington Free Beacon

Warning lights are flashing for Democrats as they prepare to impeach Trump — CNN

Some House Democrats push Pelosi to withhold impeachment articles, delaying Senate trialย  โ€”ย  Washington Post

Trump approval up 6 points since launch of impeachment inquiry: Gallupย  โ€”ย  The Hill

TDS

Flashback: 58% of Democrats supported impeaching Trump โ€ฆ a month after he was sworn inย  — Hot Air

Election 2020

Warren tempers Medicare for All rhetoric, calling it a ‘choice’— Yahoo News

Democrats are sleepwalking into a Biden disasterย — The Week

CNBC: Trump’s Economic Approval Hits Highest Level in Year — Newsmax

Facing a 2020 drubbing, the left begins lining up its excuses — American Thinker

Real Scandals

IG Horowitz Tells Senate: I Did Not Say No Political Bias in FBI Investigation — Breitbart

Media Ignores FISA Courtโ€™s Scorching Criticism of FBI Conduct in Surveillance Applications. — PJ Media

Minimum Wage, Maximum Pain

Large Minimum Wage Hike Strikes Again, Killing Restaurant Jobs in California and Washington State — Legal Insurrection

Real Scandals

IG Horowitz Tells Senate: I Did Not Say No Political Bias in FBI Investigation — Breitbart

Media Ignores FISA Courtโ€™s Scorching Criticism of FBI Conduct in Surveillance Applications. — PJ Media

Obamacare

Appeals court says Obamacare individual mandate unconstitutional and sends law back to lower court — CNN

Bad News

Administration Takes First Step to Allow Drug Imports From Canada — MSN

Climate โ€˜Changeโ€™

Big Coal Is Not Dead Yet โ€” Report Shows The World Demands More Coal Than Before Paris Deal — Daily Caller

Land of Fruits and Nuts

Stein: Governor Newsom doubling down to dismantle the California economy – California Political Review โ€“ Capital Review

A Lost Hope

Yet Another Dismal Star Wars Movie — National Review

‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ is getting the worst reviews since ‘Phantom Menace’ — USA Today

Parody (?)

ACLU calls for tampons in men’s rooms in order to achieve ‘menstrual equity’ — Fox News

Santa Claus Accused Of Quid Pro Quo For Giving Children Gifts In Exchange For Good Behavior — Babylon Bee


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