What We’re Reading Today: The ‘I Run Iraq’ War, Washington Post Vs. CNN, Bloomberg Loves California … And More

Some headlines that caught out eye …

Iran/Iraq

Sanctions Against Iraq? – Matt Stieb, New York Magazine

US Slams Russia, China at UN For Not Condemning Embassy Attack – AFP

US Moving Some Troops Out of Iraq? – Courtney Kube, Mosheh Gains, & Richard Engel, NBC

Chevron Removing Personnel From Northern Iraq – Gary McWilliams, Reuters

All The President’s Military Hardware – Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics

Royal Navy to Persian Gulf – Kurt Zindulka, Breitbart

Strait of Hormuz Safe For Now – CNBC

NFL Ex-Defensive Tackle: Iran Should Attack White House – Louis Casiano, Fox

Impeachment

Romney: I Want Bolton In Trial – Joshua Caplan, Breitbart

Wash Post Attacks CNN On Shabby Dossier Reporting – Joseph Wulfson, Fox

Election, 2020

Biden Gets 3 Swing District Endorsements – Rebecca Klar, The Hill

Bloomberg Looks To California As Model – Michael Blood, AP

World

Turkey Sending Military Advisers To Libya – Tuvan Gumrukcu & Orhan Coskun, Reuters

Beijing Will Relent In War On Shadow Banking – Shuli Ren, Bloomberg

Immigration

US Sending Mexican Asylum Seekers To Guatemala – Mica Rosenberg, Reuters

2019: The Year Trump ‘effectively’ Shut Off Asylum At Border – Camillo Montoya-Galvez, CBS

Energy

Furthest-Left States Have Biggest Carbon Footprint – Valerie Volcovici, Reuters

Michigan’s $250M Solar Power Farm – WJRT

Misc

Populism Rising – Sky Palma, Raw Story

Since 2013, 367 Abortion Facilities Closed – Cheryl Sullenger, Operation Rescue

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