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What We’re Reading: Iran Talks On The Rocks, Blue-State Fraud, Reform The Fed? … And More

Some headlines, issues and news that caught our eye.

Iran War: Will U.S.-Iran Talks Succeed?

US puts negotiations with Iran on hold as ceasefire deadline nears — AP

Trump: I won’t let Dems pressure me into a weak Iran deal — Truth Social

Iran ‘prepared to reveal new cards on the battlefield’ as Trump threatens to drop ‘lots of bombs’ if there’s no deal — New York Post

Trump Cryptically References US Intercepted Chinese ‘Gift’ To Iran — Zero Hedge

Iran says it won’t talk. It can’t afford not to — TIPP Insights

If Iran Won’t Deal, Here’s What Comes Next — Real Clear Defense

Are We Seeing the Makings of an Iranian Civil War? — PJ Media

Iran Is Not Winning. It Is Unraveling — James E. Thorne, X

Blue States Rife With Electoral Fraud?

Virginia is for gerrymanderers: Redistricting vote Tuesday a threat to silence conservatives — Just The News

Virginia’s ‘Rigged’ Vote — Brad Todd, X

Hundreds of unopened ballots found near dumpster sparking concerns over state of Washington’s mail-in voting system — The Post

ActBlue Is Toast, and Democrats Now Have a Massive Problem — PJ Media

Bonus: The DOJ Has Found How Many Dead People on Voter Rolls? — PJ Media

Double Bonus: James Carville Gives a Terrifying Glimpse of Democrats’ Future Governing Agenda — National Review, via Archive.today

Blue States Also Rife With Financial Fraud

Exposing A Crisis In Portland — Real Clear Investigations

Maine’s Democrat ‘Giveaway’ Gov’t Contracts — Wall Street Apes

OOPS: California ‘Lost’ $425 BILLION, and the Audit Starts … Never — PJ Media

Fed Nominee Warsh Tells Congress He Wants Reforms

Warsh calls for Fed independence, reform — The Center Square

Kevin Warsh Faces Senators as Trump’s Pick to Head the Fed — Breitbart

A New Era For The Federal Reserve — Wall Street Journal

What’s Going On In China?

Is China at a Breaking Point? The Pattern Behind Attacks, Fires, and Crackdowns — CTN News

Will China get richer before it gets much, much smaller? — Financial Times

Biden FBI’s ‘Arctic Frost’ Bid To Prosecute Trump Gets Hearing …

5 ‘Arctic Frost’ Perpetrators Chuck Grassley Is Exposing Today — Including One Still At DOJ — The Federalist

Trump’s DC judicial nemesis targeted in misconduct complaint over alleged Biden DOJ ties — Fox News

… As Ex-CIA Head Brennan Scrutinized For Anti-Trump Actions

Witnesses to Potential Criminal Conduct of CIA’s John Brennan Receive Subpoenas — Conservative Treehouse

Trump ally diGenova tapped to lead DOJ probe into Brennan over Russia probe origins — Fox News

Our Bias-Free Media In Action

Over 250 journalists demand reporters ‘forcefully’ protest Trump at White House Correspondents’ Dinner — New York Post

Study: Tech Giants like Google, Apple, and Microsoft Overwhelmingly Favor Leftist Outlets in News Aggregators — Breitbart

The Atlantic’s Kash Patel Hit Piece Is Backfiring — Badly — Red State

Upshot: Trust In Media Has Tanked — The Rabbit Hole

Miscellaneous, But Important, Stuff …

All the Dream Houses of the Left — Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

US intel secretly flagged major 2020 election vulnerabilities, including voter data, memo shows — Just The News

Just how many Tehran allies are in LA and the US? — New York (California) Post

Want to Know Climate Truth? Believe the Opposite When the Media Says Something Is False — Real Clear Energy

Gabbard’s Declassified Documents Are Just The Tip Of The Left’s Iceberg — American Thinker

Demography Is Destiny — And the Left Isn’t Reproducing — American Thinker

Poll: Nearly One-Third of Registered Voters Say All Illegal Immigrants Should Be Deported — Breitbart

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