What We’re Reading: Iran War’s End?, Corrupt Cali, Communist Cuba Teeters … And More

Some headlines, issues and news that caught our eye.

Is Iran War’s End Near?

Where American support for Trump’s Iran strikes stand as new polls roll in — Fox News

Is the Iran war ending soon? What Trump has said — USA Today

How America’s Oil and Gas Dominance Has Weakened Iran — Wall Street Journal

Our Long Road to War With Iran — Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

Iranian threat, appeasement, and history — American Thinker

Update On Iran War — Iran International

Epic Fury Is Legal and It Is America First — Townhall

In Cali, Politicians’ Dreams Come True, But Business’ Dreams Die

Gov. Newsom’s wife collected $3.7 million from gender nonprofit — Cal Coast News

Did The Newsom Charity Accomplish Anything? — Townhall

California Dreamin’ Isn’t What It Used To Be — Real Clear Politics

Yamaha pulling out of California after nearly half a century: HQ headed to Georgia — New York Post, California Edition

We visited “ground zero” for hospice fraud: Los Angeles, California — CBS News Investigations

Huge wake-up call for Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris as dire poll released — New York Post, California Edition

Sympathy For The Devils

CNN Valorizes Islamic Terror Bombers, Then Claims It Was Just a Mistaken Tweet — Ace of Spades HQ

Sorry, Mayor, But NYPD Says IEDs Thrown By Terrorists Were Real — Townhall

Bombings in Belgium, Sweden and New York: Get The Pattern? — Front Page Magazine

53 Dems Vote Against Calling Iran the Biggest State Sponsor of Terror — PJ Media

Islam, America’s Survival, And Popper’s Paradox — American Thinker

Trump To Congress: No SAVE Act, No New Bills Signed

Trump refuses to sign another bill — SAVE Act must pass first — MXM News

Thune rejects Trump on SAVE Act: ‘The votes aren’t there for a talking filibuster’ — The Hill

U.S. Diplomats In The Crosshairs

Shots fired at US Consulate in Toronto in ‘absolutely unacceptable’ attack — NY Post

Explosion at US embassy in Oslo may have been terrorism, Norway police say — BBC

Is Cuba Soon To Have A Friendly Fall?

Trump’s ‘Friendly Takeover’ of Cuba Closer Than Expected — USA Today, via Ed Morrissey, Hot Air

US Close to Surprise Cuba Economic Deal — News Max

‘Viva Trump’ Graffiti Surfaces During ‘Apocalyptic’ Weekend Protests in Cuba — Breitbart

Cuba Should Accept Trump’s ‘Friendly Takeover’ — The Patriot Post

Miscellaneous Important Stuff To Read And Ponder …

The Moment Mass Migration Started — Compact

Will Johnny Ever Learn To Read? Pushback Against Science of Reading Mandates — Vince Bielski, Real Clear Investigations

Domestic energy dominance makes us safer — Washington Examiner

The Party Democrats Want and the Party Democrats Have — City Journal, Manhattan Institute

The Nightmare Scenario Leading to a Wealth Tax — Dan Mitchell, Center for Freedom and Prosperity

Also: Is the nightmare scenario for global energy here? — Daniel Yergin, Financial Times

Over 60% Of Illegal Immigrant Households Get Welfare — Jessica Vaughan, Center for Immigration Studies Director, via RNC Research

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