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What We’re Reading: Rotten Apple,  Potheads, Trump Poll Stunner … And More

Tariff Fight

From 10% To 15%: Trump Escalates Tariff Fight Hours After Supreme Court Rebuke – Washington Times

Majority Of Americans Approve Of Supreme Court’s Ruling On Trump Tariffs – The Hill

They Did Deals With Trump to Get Lower Tariffs. Now They Are Stuck. – New York Times

California Leavin’

Steven Spielberg Fleeing California Ahead of Proposed Wealth Tax – Breitbart

What Will California Gas Prices Do in 2026? – Hot Air

Newsom’s Latest Pardon Shields Attempted Murder Convict From ICE Deportation – Washington Times

Panicked Dems Fear  ‘Zombie Campaigns’ Will See California Elect A Republican Governor – California Post

Is We Learning Yet?

The U.S. Spent $30 Billion To Ditch Textbooks For Laptops And Tablets: The Result Is The First Generation Less Cognitively Capable Than Their Parents — Fortune

Big, Rotten Apple

Incredibly Mamdani’s NYC Budget Exceeds Entire State of Florida – X

NYC Democrats Require ID to Shovel Snow—But Oppose for Voting! – Breitbart

Don’t Mess With Frequent Fliers

Homeland Security suspends TSA PreCheck and Global Entry airport security programs – New York Post

DHS Reverses Suspension Of Precheck As It Takes Shutdown Steps – Yahoo News

Media Bias Update

Watch as CNN’s Fake News on DHS Arrests Gets Obliterated – RedState

Fact-Check the News You’re Getting, Question Major Media Reports, Americans Agree – Newsbusters

Religion of Peace

Taliban’s New Criminal Code Allows Wife Beating If Bones Not Broken: Report –Straight Arrow News

50 Million Muslims Now Live In Europe — And Growing At Twice The Rate Of Christians. – X

Dopes

A Huge Study Finds A Link Between Cannabis Use In Teens And Psychosis Later – NPR

Influencers Push Cognitive, Health Benefits Of Nicotine In Image Makeover – Kaiser Health News

Misc

ABC Poll Stunner: Americans STILL Trust Trump More Than the Dems — and in Every Category, Too! – PJ Media

Why Are Media Already Creating So Many 2028 Presidential Candidates? – Andrew Malcolm, RedState

Crybully Tucker Carlson Claims Detained At Ben Gurion Airport – US Embassy and Israelis Deny – Legal Insurrection

The SAVE Act: Why Are Senate Republicans Dithering? – American Spectator

A ‘Bellwether’ Social Media Addiction Trial Is Underway. It Could Set Off A Chain Reaction – CNN

From Venezuela To Immigration Crackdown, Project 2025 Provided Trump’s Roadmap – BBC

Democrats And The Chinese Government Agree: Trump’s Latest Deregulatory Action Is Terrifying – Daily Caller

NASA Delays Astronaut Moon Mission Again After New Rocket Problem – WUSF

Should Drug Companies Be Advertising to Consumers? – Kaiser Health News

Non-Woke Game Of Thrones Spinoff Explodes In Popularity – Zerohedge

Humor

Tucker Uncovers Shocking Evidence That Israel Controlled By Jews – Babylon Bee

The Week In Pictures: Game of Stones Edition – Powerline

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  • Trump’s tariffs are hurting the democratic party’s Wall Street donors hard, that’s why they’re squealing like stuck pigs. Too bad Trump doesn’t know that Wall Street is rooting for him to fail, otherwise, he would be far more serious about saving American industry.

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