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What We’re Reading Today: Trump’s Katrina, Killing Capitalism, Life After Bernie … And More

Some headlines that caught our eye.

Coronavirus

Coronavirus Is Priced. Inept Responses from Governments Aren’t — John Tamny, RealClearMarkets

People fighting over ‘rotten’ food on coronavirus-stricken Grand Princess cruise: passenger — New York Post

Summer Heat May Not Slow Coronavirus Outbreak, Experts From Harvard And The WHO Warn — ZeroHedge

Wouldn’t it be nifty if coronavirus were ‘Trump’s Katrina’? MSNBC thinks so — Liberty Unyielding

Dr. Drew Pinsky slams media for inciting coronavirus ‘panic’ — Washington Examiner

Krauthammer on Pandemics — National Review

Global Warming

Climate Change Lawsuits Collapsing Like Dominoes — Inside Sources

‘Net zero’ emissions – ‘A blueprint for the extinction of capitalism as we know it’ — Climate Depot

Wikipedia Airbrushes List Of Climate Skeptic Scientists Out Of History — Breitbart

Misc

The Real New York Times, Or A Parody? — Manhattan Contrarian

The Democrats’ Dilemma After Bernie — RealClearPolitics

Starbucks Learns The Cost Of Virtue-Signaling — Steven Hayward, PowerLine

California Democrats Exit Planet Earth — Joel Kotkin, New Geography

Coed Receives ‘Onslaught’ of Hate, ‘Threats of Violence’ for Saying Socialism More Dangerous Than COVID-19 — Vodkapundit

Democrats Block Measure To Prevent Terrorists From Working At TSA — HotAir

Man Parlays His Viral Gun Rights Speech into Lt. Gov. Primary Victory — The Western Journal

Will We See Real Surveillance Reform This Week? — Scott Shackford, Reason

Deirdre McCloskey on why Jeff Bezos and billionaires, even superbillionaires, should exist — James Pethokoukis, American Enterprise Institute


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