What We’re Reading: DC-Texas Showdown, Drone Attacks, Biden Corruption . . . And More

Some headlines and issues that caught our eye.

Who’ll Win Texas-D.C. Fight Over Immigration?

No, Texas Has Not “Defied” The Supreme Court — Reason

Voters back Texas border wall, feel Biden starting ‘civil war’ — Washington Examiner

‘Denationizing’ the United States — American Thinker

745K Foreign Nationals Biden Freed into U.S. in 2023 Exceeds 2 Mos. of American Births — Breitbart

The Cold Civil War Gets Warmer — Michael Walsh, The Pipeline

Biden’s re-election year crisis can be described in 4 words: It’s the border, stupid — NY Post

Turning the border against Trump — Don Surber

Drone Kills 3 Americans, More Violence In Mideast

3 US service members killed, at least 34 injured in drone attack in Jordan by ‘radical Iran-backed militant groups’ — NY Post

Biden’s reversal confirms Donald Trump was right about Houthis — Washington Examiner

Biden’s two-state ‘solution’ would be a disaster for Israel — NY Post

The Israel-Hamas War has exposed the danger of Islamic identity politics — Spiked

California’s Spiral Continues

California: where freedom goes to die — Spiked

(Another) Major Business Pulls Out of San Fran Downtown Office Tower — Federalist Papers

The 2 Reasons California’s YIMBY Reforms Are Failing — Reason

California’s Economic Decline: College Students Look to Starbucks for Post Graduation Jobs — California Globe

California Business Exodus For Friendlier States Continues — California Globe

Whose Democracy?

Defenders of ‘democracy’ want Voter ID off ballot — Las Vegas Review-Journal

How ‘Our Democracy’ Became Undemocratic — Wall Street Journal

The Dems’ Delusion That They Are the Defenders of Democracy Will Cost Them the Election — Newsweek, via MSN

Democrats Promise To Save ‘Democracy’ By Destroying It — The Federalist

Our Democracy™: The Democratic Weaponization of Government and the Need for Decentralization — American Greatness

Biden Corruption Stain On White House Grows

Joe Biden met chairman of Chinese company that paid family millions: former Hunter associate — New York Post, via MSN

$1.5M for Hunter Biden paintings? Financial details revealed in House GOP probe — USA Today

President Joe Biden, his family’s alleged involvement in corruption schemes linked to Ukraine — MenaFN

Biden Business Associate: CCP-Linked Company Met Joe Biden and Paid $3M After He Left Vice Presidency — Breitbart

DoJ: Hunter’s Laptop Is Real, Spectacular, and So Was the Cocaine on His Holster — Hot Air

Tough Times For UN, Globalist Movement

U.S. Stops Funding UNRWA After Staff Involved in Hamas October 7 Terrorist Attack — Breitbart

Israel says UNRWA staff implicate themselves, more complicit in crimes — Ynet News

UN urges reversal of funding pause for Palestinian agency, vows to punish staffers — Deccan Herald

UN’s Agenda 2030 Communicates an Evil Agenda — American Thinker

Climate Change Distortions

Global Warming: Observations vs. Climate Models — Heritage Foundation

‘Siege of Paris’ — Farmers Shut Down Entrances to French Capital in Protest Against Green Agenda — Breitbart

How Climate Policy Went Wrong — Wall Street Journal, via Archive Today

Is China In Outright Decline?

China’s Population Decline Continues — Council On Foreign Relations

The “Mary McCarthy” Rule for Discussing the PRC’s Economy and Economic Data… and the WEF — American Greatness