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What We’re Reading: Putin’s Nuke Threat, Pennsylvania’s Cheat, Deep State Reform . . . And More

Some headlines, issues and themes that caught our eye.

Will War Go Nuclear After Biden OK’d Ukraine Missile Strikes On Russia?

Ukraine launches US long-range missile against Russia as Putin issues nuke warning to America — New York Post

Putin Lowers Nuclear-Strike Threshold as Ukraine Launches Long-Range Missiles into Russia — National Review

Russian Forces Unleash Over 120 Missiles and 90 Drones in One of the Largest Strikes of the War Against Ukraine — Gateway Pundit

Half of Ukrainians Want Quick, Negotiated End to War — Gallup

Sweden, Finland warn residents to be ready for war: ā€˜Situation is serious’ — NY Post

North Korea may end up sending Putin 100,000 troops for his war — The Economic Times

Biden’s Latest Blunder Is an Invitation, Not an Escalation — PJ Media

Can Trump End Ukraine’s ā€˜Endless War?’ — Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

Are Pennsylvania Dems Trying To Steal A Senate Seat?

Democrats openly cheating in Pennsylvania, will anyone stop them? — American Thinker

PA Supreme Court (Again) Orders Counties to Stop Counting Illegal Ballots — Legal Insurrection

PA Dems Attempting to Steal Senate Election May End Up in Some Serious Legal Trouble — Townhall

Could We Please Talk About ’28 Dem Frontrunner Josh Shapiro Helping to Try and Steal a Senate Seat? — Red State

Republicans dig in and dispatch hundreds of lawyers to Pennsylvania’s Senate battle — Washington Examiner

Badly Needed Post-2024 Election Reckoning Continues For Dems

Fired Democrats Blast DNC After Surprise Layoffs, Raising Questions About Harris Campaign Spending — Daily Caller

The History Lesson Democrats Can’t Afford to Forget — Eli Lake, The Free Press

People are speaking out strongly, on all sides now — Michael Hooten, Gnardo Polo Substack

Democrats Still Don’t Get it — Real Clear Policy

Identity Politics Blows Up in the Democrats’ Face — American Thinker

Democrat Civil War Escalates As Party Turns on Pelosi — PJ Media

The Democratic gerontocracy forgets the lessons of its youth and maturity — Michael Barone, Washington Examiner

The New Democratic Minority — John Podhoretz, Commentary

U.S. Bureaucracy Girds For Trump-Musk-Ramaswamy Reform Push

DOGE Shares Obscene Examples of Government Waste: Nearly $1 Million to See if Cocaine Makes Japanese Quail More Sexually Promiscuous — Breitbart

How DOGE Can Drain the Swamp of $2 Trillion — James P. Pinkerton, Reason

Vivek Ramaswamy: Some Government Agencies Will Be ā€˜Deleted Outright’ — Breitbart

Ramaswamy outlines DOGE’s vision to bring ‘sweeping change’ to bureaucracy: ‘Restoring… accountability’ — Fox News

How Elon Musk’s Government Efficacy Will Drive Out the Biden-Harris Admin’s Woke Agenda — Townhall

ICYMI: Can Elon And Vivek Really Slash $2 Trillion From Bloated U.S. Budget? — Issues & Insights

Is Biden Leaving A Mess For Trump To Clean Up?

Lame-duck Biden ramps up sanctions on Israelis — and eases up on terrorists — NY Post

Biden Admin Threatened to Leave Israel Twisting in the Breeze Over Rafah Operation — RedState

Biden’s authorizing Ukraine to fire long-range missiles smells like a preemptive military coup — Jerome R. Corsi, American Thinker

Where’s Joe Biden? U.S. president misses G20 Summit group photo in Brazil — USA Today

Sidelined, Ignored, Forgotten: Joe Biden Irrelevant at His Last Major Global Summits — Breitbart

Does Left Like Punishing Voters?

Leftists Pledge to Load Up on Supplies Before Biden Leaves Office, Buy Nothing ā€˜for the Next Four Years’ to Tank Trump Economy — Breitbart

American Wallets Feel The Big Bite Of 20% Bidenflation — TIPP Insights

Climate Change Issue No Longer A Winner

Head HHS ā€˜Climate Change’ Officer Vows to Resist Trump’s Reforms — Breitbart

The Wright Stuff at Energy — Steven Hayward

The tide is turning against the green elites — Spiked

The so-called ā€˜green movement’ increases the world’s demand for crude oil — Ronald Stein, America Out Loud News

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