What We’re Reading: Shutdown Ends, Antisemitism’s Return, Dems’ Leftward Drift . . . And More

Some headlines that caught our eye.

Dems Lose Battle Over Shutdown, But War Over Spending Goes On

Democrats Cave on Government Funding, Will Receive Nothing for Ending Schumer Shutdown — Breitbart

The pointless government shutdown is over — but Schumer and Dems’ psychodrama only just getting started — New York Post

Another win: Trump, not Democrats, won the government shutdown — American Thinker

Washington Post editorial praises Senate Democrats who voted to end shutdown, calls failure ‘inevitable’ — Fox News

Fetterman: ACA Subsidies Weren’t Being Taken Away by GOP, Dems ‘Designed Those Tax Credits to Expire’ — Breitbart

SNAP’s $96 Billion Question — TIPP Insights

The Real Problem? Spending, Report Shows — Peter G. Peterson Foundation

How Has Antisemitism Suddenly Become OK?

Barbarians from both political extremes are at the gates – and they share a hatred of Jews and Israel — The Jewish Chronicle

Victor Davis Hanson Takes Apart Today’s Antisemitism — James Lindsay, X

Israel on Campus Coalition Releases Startling Poll Showing Rise in Campus Antisemitism — Townhall

Antisemitism Is an Urgent Problem. Too Many People Are Making Excuses — New York Times

Democrats’ Continued Leftward Drift Looks Inevitable

Are ‘Democrats the Reason Why This Country Is Unaffordable for So Many’? — Breitbart

Carville: Democrats Will Win In 2028, Congress Will Increase Supreme Court Justices From 9 to 13 — Real Clear Politics

Nancy Pelosi’s legacy is the socialist takeover of her party — Fox News

The Socialist Hypothesis Has Been Falsified — Did New York Get the Memo? — Real Clear Politics

Publicly-Funded NGOs Secretly Undermine U.S. Policy

New: USAID’s Secret Signal Chats Document Plot Against U.S. Leadership — Red State

Leftist Groups Think ‘Quiet Coup’ Through Manipulation Is ‘Democracy’ — Data Republican, X, via Instapundit

White House Cuts Flow of Tax Dollars Funneled to Leftist Gun Control Orgs and NGOs — Shooting News Weekly

The great NGO purge: Layoffs hit 22-year high as funding freezes amid RICO threats — News Target

‘Climate Change’ Fearmongers Never Change

When Less Warming Means More Fear — Roger Pielke, Jr., Substack

COP Dirty Secret: At Least Half the Balsa Wood in Wind Turbine Blades is Illegally Logged in Amazonian Rainforests — Watts Up With That?

Bad Predictions: Ice-Free Arctic By 2014 — Real Climate Science

The different worlds of wealthy nations and developing countries — Ron Stein, America Out Loud

Lies My Media Told Me

Anatomy of a Hoax — David Strom, Hot Air

BBC’s Trump deception is a stain on all of Britain — and it’s just one bit of its bias — Brendan O’Neill, New York Post

How the BBC became the propaganda arm of Hamas — Jake Wallis Simons

Here’s What The Media Aren’t Telling You About That ‘Gay Marriage’ Case SCOTUS Just Rejected — The Federalist

U.S. And Latin America: Change Coming

Bolivia Restores Ties with U.S. on President Rodrigo Paz’s First Day in Office After 20 Years of Socialist Rule — Breitbart

The Rise of Latino America — Joel Kotkin & Jennifer Hernandez, Real Clear Investigations

Miscellaneous, But Important, Stuff . . .

Trump Claims Unwinding Tariffs Would Cost $3 Trillion — Truth Social

Six Takeaways from Last Week’s Elections — Michael Baharaeen, Substack

What Does Democrats’ Blue Wave Mean For the 2026 Midterms? — Wall Street Journal

The Left (Hearts) Health Insurers — Committee To Unleash Prosperity

White leftist IU professor removed from teaching class after saying ‘Make America Great Again’ is racist — Citizen Free Press

Olympics set to ban ALL transgender athletes for LA 2028 — Daily Mail

Trump Pardons 77 Citizens Targeted By Democrats In 2020 Election Lawfare — The Federalist