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What We’re Reading: Hormuz Again, Scromiting, Barbaric Bill … And More

Getting Hormuz Straight

Traffic In Strait Of Hormuz Skyrockets Nearly 400%, As Analysts Say Iran’s Grip On Critical Waterway Weakens — New York Post

Competing Claims Emerge on Who Controls Strait of Hormuz As Trump Launches ‘Economic D-Day’ — All Sides

Iran Is Losing Its Grip As New Data Show Ships Thumbing Their Noses at Them in Strait of Hormuz — RedState

Fruits and Nuts

Troubled Homeless Agency Rents Digs In Luxe LA Tower — With Helipad, Car Service And Cold Plunge — California Post

Raman’s Role In Tackling Homelessness Comes Under Scrutiny In L.A. Mayor’s Race — Los Angeles Times

Gavin Newsom’s Sneaky Tax Return ‘Release’ Sparks Outrage — California Post

California Governor Signs Privacy Bill Dubbed ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’ by GOP Critics — Ground News

Ain’t Easy Bein’ Green

Another Green Energy Project Canceled As Costly Hydrogen Failures Continue To Mount — Just the News

People’s Republic of New York

New Yorkers Could Get Billed Twice Under Mamdani’s Taxpayer-Funded Store Scheme — Fox News

Why Do You Think They Call it Dope?

Cases Of ‘Scromiting’ Condition Tied To Cannabis Use Spike Among Teens, Young Adults: New Study — The Hill

News the Leftist Media Doesn’t Want You to Know About

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

Report: More People Have Died From Heat In France This Summer Than All US Mass Shootings In History — Not the Bee

Dispatches from the Tolerant Left

Hasan Piker Mocks Charlie Kirk by Singing Tribute Song Made After His Assassination as Audience Cheers — Breitbart

El-Sayed Under Fire Online After Taking Aim at Usha Vance, Female Trump Aide in Weekend Social Media Posts — Ground News

Misc

Trump Accounts Get an Unlikely Endorser: Gavin Newsom — New York Times

A Call to Power: Islamic Leaders See Ballot Box as Path to Paradise — Real Clear Investigations

Trump Brushes Off $40 Trillion National Debt, Says US Can Grow Its Way Out Of Spending Problem — Daily Caller

Democratic Voter Registrations Plunge Across the U.S. as GOP Numbers Grow, Analysis Shows — Washington Stand

Yes, You’re Reading It Right: Dan Sullivan Endorses Dan Sullivan Over Dan Sullivan in AK Senate Race — Townhall

‘Barbaric’: Even Dems Are Calling Out Law Allowing Abortion Up Until Birth — Townhall

Humor

The Week In Pictures: Dog Days of Summer Edition — Powerline

AOC: I Froze My Eggs In Case I Wanted To Get An Abortion Later In Life — Genesius Times

Newsom Signs Law Requiring All Cars To Be Horses By 2030 — Babylon Bee

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