I & I Editorial BoardSome headlines, issues and news that caught our eye.
On-Again, Off-Again War With Iran Is On . . . Again
President Trump Officially Restarts the 60-Day War Powers Clock Against Iran as Democrats Cry Foul — Discern Report
You can’t negotiate with Iran — The Spectator
Gaining full control of Strait of Hormuz has proven exceptionally hard for U.S. Here’s why — CBS News
Trump Cancels 20% Fee On Hormuz Oil Traffic — Donald Trump, Truth Social, via Citizen Free Press
The Battle for Hormuz: Trump Shifts Into Dangerous New Phase in Iran War — Wall Street Journal
Trump says US is investigating whether Iran stores drones in Cuba — MercoPress
China: Damaged, But Still Dangerous
China’s Chokehold — Commonplace
Chinese exports hit record high on demand for AI, green tech — Semafor
AI is not enough to arrest China’s decline — Financial Times, via Archive.today
U.S. Joins Philippines, 12 Others Demanding Beijing Respect Ruling Rejecting its South China Sea Claims — Breitbart
Supreme Court Under Threat From Violent Extremists, Justice Barrett Warns
Supreme Court Justice Barrett says the threat level against judges ‘is really high’ — CNBC
Amy Coney Barrett Details Chilling Threats Her Family Has Faced by Crazed Leftists Following Roe v. Wade Leak — Gateway Pundit
Amid Democrat Attacks On SCOTUS, Analysis Shows Jackson Is Most Partisan Justice By Far — WND News Center
The World View Of The Supreme Court’s Liberal Bloc — Francis Menton, Manhattan Contrarian
Roberts’s risks: Justices aren’t policymakers or historians — Washington Examiner Magazine
Trump’s Election Integrity Efforts Meet Resistance in Courts — Epoch Times, via The Liberty Daily
Is Russia Losing Its War Against Much-Smaller Ukraine?
Two More Refineries Hit and Revenge on the Russian Coast Guard — Hot Air
Ukraine’s New Naval Strategy Is Brilliantly Simple — PJ Media
Letting Russia Burn — Nina L. Khrushcheva, Project Syndicate, via TIPP Insights
Dems In ‘Blazing’ Internal Civil War Over Socialism
Democratic Socialists of America Calls for Abolishing the Constitution — Front Page Magazine
Democrats’ civil war is blazing — now the GOP will feast — New York Post
The Ungrateful Urban Class Turning Into the New Democratic Socialist Party — Victor Davis Hanson, Daily Signal
DSA’s communists aim to take over the Democratic Party — just as they captured . . . the DSA itself — New York Post
Carville Slams ‘Insurgent’ Democratic Socialists: ‘These People Are So F*&king Stupid I Don’t Know What To Say’ — Real Clear Politics
‘He’s Gonna Flip’: Panic As John Fetterman’s Latest Campaign Move Sparks Alarm On the Left — Mediaite
Will AI Save Slumping Smartphone Industry?
Global smartphone shipments hit 13-year low — Semafor
Apple in talks with startup that shrinks AI models to run on an iPhone — CNBC
Warsh: Fed Won’t Tolerate Inflation; June Inflation Drops Sharply
Warsh Tells Congress the Fed Has ‘No Tolerance’ for High Inflation — Wall Street Journal
Inflation cools more than expected in June as gas costs fall, underlying prices ease — AP
Miscellaneous Stuff You Shouldn’t Miss
The World Made Anew — Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
Israel Vindicated as Gaza Propaganda Exposed — Hot Air
Wealthy Americans Prefer This Grocery Chain Over Any Other, Survey Finds — Food & Wine
Cigarettes are back in vogue. How did this happen? — Washington Post, via Archive.today
We Can Still Stop Birth Tourism — Real Clear Politics
Dem Sen. Elisa Slotkin: If SAVE Act Is Passed Democrats Will Never Win Another Election In Any State — Ace of Spades, HQ (social media roundup)
Secret Camp David Summit Launches GOP’s Plan for Reconciliation 3.0 — Daily Signal
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