I & I Editorial BoardSome headlines, issues and news that caught our eye.
Trump’s Economic Sanctions: Can They Sink Iran’s Mullahs?
Blockade succeeds where sanctions failed as Iran oil exports stall — Reuters
US strikes IRGC, Iranian port targets after Trump vow to ‘hit back hard’ — Fox News
Iran president offers US olive branch, hails Russian support — Arab News
Putin Backs Iran as Trump Escalates Strikes and Economic Pressure — Newsmax, via Yahoo
Oil drops more than 3% as U.S. shifts to economic pressure on Iran, easing fears of renewed war — CNBC
Iran installs new war chiefs as Tehran signals ‘prolonged confrontation,’ expert warns — Fox News
Will Opposition To Data Centers Kill The AI Revolution?
When Media on the Left and Right Agree That Data Center Attacks Are Unfair, Maybe We Should Listen — Gary Abernathy, Real Clear Energy
Trump Follows the Data on Data Centers — Matthew Continetti, Wall Street Journal
Data centers aren’t just buildings. They are economic engines — Stephen Moore, Fox News
AI and Employment: So Far, So Good — Alex Tabarrok, Marginal Revolution
Manufacturing Boom: Factory Job Openings Soar To Three Year High — Breitbart
AI Now Undergoing Hypergrowth — Gavin Baker (with charts), X
Tech Giant Wants To Power Massive Data Center With Geothermal Energy — Daily Caller
ICYMI: Americans Fear Higher Costs, Strains On Electricity Grid, From Data Centers: I&I/TIPP Poll
Trump Engineers Dramatic Drop In Drug Prices
From $1,000 to $149: Trump just unlocked the biggest drug price drop in 60 years — Rep. Diana Harshbarger, Washington Examiner
Trump Administration Reaches Drug Pricing Deals With 9 Companies — Wall Street Journal
Mike Johnson Says Rx Prices Are at ‘Lowest Levels’ in 60 Years, Credits Trump and Republicans — Benzinga, via Yahoo
Trump’s Drug Pricing Push Now Covers 89 Percent of Branded Market — RedState
As Congress Postpones Serious Action On Spending, Deficit Hole Only Grows
House passes short-term funding bill to prevent a shutdown before the election — NBC News
Is the USA Going Bankrupt? — Stephen Moore, Committee To Unleash Prosperity, via Hot Air
Social Security nears ‘cliffs edge’ — putting recipients at risk of losing $500 a month — Aurielle Weiss, New York Post
Borrowing to Avoid Social Security Reform Could Add $46 Trillion to the Debt by 2056 — Cato Institute
Miscellaneous, But Important, Stuff . . .
Trump’s Trade War With Canada Is Costly, Absurd, and Unfunny — Reason, via Yahoo
Not a Shore Thing: Trump’s Lake America Name Swap Flops With Majority of US Citizens, New Poll Shows — Mediaite
Israel Captures Hamas Spy Chief in Daylight Raid — Legal Insurrection
The Philosophical Contradictions of Democratic Socialism — Mises Institute
Democrats grapple with candidate 9/11 controversies as anniversary approaches — Just The News
Europeans Angry Over Russian Finance Minister’s Presence At G20 Meeting In U.S. — Zero Hedge
California set to force big companies to disclose historic links to slavery — New York Post
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