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What We’re Reading: Iran Amuk, Desperate Dems, Post Office Loses $2.5 B … And More

Tax Man

Americans Spend More on Taxes Than Housing and Food, Data Shows — All Sides

Democrats Want To Tax AI Companies for Job Losses That Haven’t Happened — Reason

Iran Amuk

Iran Sets Sweeping Demands to Reopen Hormuz — Newsmax

Trump Thought Opening the Strait of Hormuz Was Imminent. Iran Had Other Plans. — Wall Street Journal

As Iran War Strains High-End Munition Stocks, Trump Administration Works To Jump Start Production — Just the News

Fraud Update

White House Fraud Tracker Exposes Nearly $300 Billion Tab As Health Programs Take Center Stage — Just the News

Investigators Find ActBlue Donations Inflated For Many Wisconsin Seniors — Center Square

Rich Man, Poor Man

Millionaires In America: How Common Is It To Have A 7-Figure Net Worth? — Yahoo Finance

How Many Americans Have No Savings? — Yahoo Finance

Florida Man

Florida Man Charged After Fleeing Traffic Stop with a Cop Still Inside His Car — Breitbart

Is We Learning Yet?

America Is Arguing About Homeschooling Without Looking At The Data — The Hill

The University Of Michigan Is Now Hiding Grades From Fragile Freshman — American Thinker

Not Your Parent’s Democratic Party

Desperate Democrats Falling for Socialism and Worse — Andrew Malcolm, RedState

Resurfaced: Talarico Brags About Hiding Illegal Aliens, Calls Texas Christians ‘Christo-Fascists’ — Townhall

Clean Up in Aisle 4! Abdul El-Sayed Makes a Mess on ‘Meet the Press’ — PJ Media

Where’s Ruth?

Kamala Harris Barnstorms New Orleans, Talks Voting Rights, Urges Democratic ‘Ruthlessness’ — NOLA

Poll vs. Poll

Half of Democrat Voters Support Replacing Presidency and Supreme Court: Rasmussen Poll — Newsbusters

Americans Reject The DSA’s Policy Platform: I&I/TIPP Poll — Issues & Insights

Misc

The Fanatical Stupidity of Liberals With ‘Suicidal Empathy’ — American Spectator

Thoughts On The 25th Anniversary Of Instapundit. — Instapundit

USPS Reports $2.5B Loss In Third Quarter As Financial Woes Persist — The Hill

Meta Ordered to Pay $567 Million in New Mexico for Teen Mental Health Fund — Washington Stand

Israel Rejects Trump’s 15-Point Plan For Gaza, Netanyahu Says — BBC

The People Who Tell You ‘AI Is Changing Everything’ Are Lying — The Nerve

Synagogues Train Congregants Into Security Teams — Newsmax

Humor

The Week In Pictures: Winner and Still Champion Edition — Powerline

Senate Narrowly Avoids Doing Anything Productive Before August Recess — Genesius Times

Trump Solves Affordability Crisis By Opening Nation’s Strategic Burrito Reserve — Babylon Bee

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