I & I Editorial BoardSome headlines that caught our eye.
COVID-19 & Schools
Message From Schools About Reopening: ‘We’re Ready to Go’ — The Epoch Times
Trump Officials Push Schools to Reopen, Setting Up a Fight — Bloomberg News
DeVos ‘very seriously’ considering withholding funding from schools that don’t reopen — The Hill
Coronavirus Task Force to Focus on Southern Outbreaks, School Reopenings — Bay 9 News
U.S.-Mexico Trade Deal Goes Into Effect
Mexican President López Obrador praises U.S.-Mexico relations — Los Angeles Times, Via YouTube
Trump meets Mexican president at White House, despite Democratic objections — Fox News
China’s Hong Kong Beatdown
Overnight, a Hong Kong Hotel Is Transformed Into China’s State Security HQ — Wall Street Journal
China’s Great Firewall descends on Hong Kong internet users — The Guardian
Hong Kong Schools Ban Students from Protesting against National-Security Law — National Review
U.S. tech giants face hard choices under Hong Kong’s new security law — Reuters
China Demands Total Obedience From Hong Kong And Everyone Else — Newsweek
U.S.-China Tibet Trade Spat
China, U.S. trade tit-for-tat visa curbs over Tibet — Reuters
State Department Bars Chinese Officials Who Restrict Access to Tibet — New York Times
Russia ‘Bounty’ On U.S. Troops
CENTCOM commander doubts Russian bounty intel tied to U.S. troop deaths in Afghanistan — Fox News
Russia Denies Allegations It Paid Militants To Kill U.S. Troops As ‘Nonsense’ — NPR
U.S. Economy & Business
Fed’s $600 Billion Lending Program Will See More Interest If Economy Slumps, Official Says — Wall Street Journal
United Airlines to furlough nearly 36,000 employees — Fox News, Via YouTube
Bed Bath & Beyond is closing 200 stores as quarterly sales tumble nearly 50% — Business Insider
Brooks Brothers files for bankruptcy, plans to close dozens of stores — Boston.com
Think Tanks, Long Reads & Interesting Miscellany
The Moment: Confronting the prospect of death by COVID — Mark Tapscott, HillFaith blog
The academic Trumpists: American professors who support the Trump presidency — David L. Swartz, Theory and Society
Bjorn Lomborg: New green deals detrimental to post-Covid economic recovery — New Zealand Herald
Using these vague “policy violations,” Google is now threatening to demonetize us. It’s part of Big Tech’s effort to silence conservative voices.