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What We’re Reading: Hidden Good News, Life In Mamdani’s NYC, The Left’s Favorite Billionaire … And More

Good News the Mainstream Press Doesn’t Want to Cover

Violent Crime In Major Cities Fell In First Half Of 2026, Survey Shows — Straight Arrow News

Tax Refunds Jumped 17% After Trump’s Signature Law, GAO Reports — Just the News

Winning: Americans’ Tax Refunds Increased by $43 Billion This Year — Breitbart

Democratic Radicalism

The DSA’s Agenda Could Cost More Than $200 Trillion—and You’ll Be Picking Up the Tab — Reason

Is the Democratic Party Facing Its Own Tea Party Moment?  —  New York Times

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin Sees Room For Leftists In ‘Big Tent’ Party — Washington Times

Democrats Are Coming for the Supreme Court — Townhall

Democratic Constituents

One Day After Release, Criminal Illegal Alien Allegedly Kills 68-Year-Old California Man — Legal Insurrection

Judge Clears Way for Trump to End Somalis’ Protections — Newsmax

You Heard it Here First

Why Democrats Might Be So Friendly to Medicaid Fraud – New York Post, August 14, 2026

For Today’s Democrats, Fraud Is A Feature, Not A Bug – Issues & Insights, Dec. 16, 2025

Good Question

A Biden Is Back – but Why?  — Andrew Malcolm, RedState

Another Biden Legacy

Depleted Strategic Oil Reserve Nears Level That Raises Concerns About Damage To Caverns, Operations — CNBC

Comin’ and Goin’

Homelessness Up 20% Under Newsom as Trump Admin Rolls Out ‘Treatment First’ Alternative — Daily Signal

 California Is Losing Billions In Taxpayer Income. Mark Cuban Warns Investment Is Next — Fox News

Dispatches from Mamdani’s NYC

Lunatic Punches NYC Synagogue Congregant, Headbutts And Spits At Security Guard In Antisemitic Attack: NYPD — New York Post

WATCH — NYC: Socialist Lawmaker Claims Stealing for ‘Biological Need’ Should Not Be Illegal — Breitbart

Properties Aren’t Property in NYC — National Review

DST

Trump Resumes Push For Senate To Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent — Just the News

Daylight Saving Time Battle Pits Senate GOP Against Trump  — The Hill

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

FAA Hires 2,000 Gamers as Air Traffic Controllers Amid Shortages — All Sides

Low Fidel-ity

The One Billionaire The Radical Left Lionizes, Celebrates, And Seeks To Imitate — American Thinker

Democratic Socialists Celebrate ‘100 Years of Fidel,’ Demand US Pay Reparations to Cuba — Newsbusters

Misc

With Debt Near $40T, GOP Bills Would Tie Debt Hikes To Spending Cuts — Center Square

Liberal White Woman Fights Fascism By Defacing National Memorial To Soldiers Who Died Fighting Hitler — Not the Bee

20 Reasons Why Wendy’s May Be Doomed — Yahoo Finance

Can Trump Make The Strait Of Hormuz A US Territory? Experts Say No — The Hill

Second Ceuta Border Invasion Attempt Underway As Military-Aged Migrants Mass Near Spanish Enclave — ZeroHedge

Humor

The Week in Pictures: Sophie’s Choice Edition — Powerline

Kentucky Derby Convenes Committee To Determine What Is A Horse — Babylon Bee

WNBA Brings In Revered Supreme Court Justice To Help Determine What A Woman Is — Babylon Bee

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