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What We’re Reading: How To Remember 9/11, Trumponomics, Bankrupt Iran … And More

Some headlines, issues and news that caught our eye.

How Will We Remember 9/11?

Never Forget 9/11 — Cal Thomas, Townhall

American Heroes of 9/11: Todd Beamer and the Passengers of Flight 93 — Townhall

A 9/11 Story Some Want Us to Forget — Wall Street Journal

Mamdani’s 9/11 pen: A socialist’s contempt for the dead — Kyle McClay, American Thinker

Trumponomics Kicks Into High Gear As Midterms Near

Trumponomics triumphs in US jobs report — just in time for the midterms — Daniel McCarthy, NY Post

Americans Without College Degrees Are Having One of the Best Job Markets in Years — Wall Street Journal

Trump Economic Advisor Christopher Phelan: Jobs Gains Under Trump Higher than 77 Bloomberg Economists’ Projections — Breitbart

Data Shows The Economy Is Clearly Running Hot — Carson Group Insights

Good News and Bad News on Middle-Class Incomes — Committee To Unleash Prosperity

Capital Spending Boom Lifts US Manufacturing Beyond AI — Breitbart

Is Iran Losing, Or Just Biding Its Time?

Only two ways to ensure US victory in Iran — James Zumwalt, American Thinker

Bessent: Iran Blockade, Sanctions ‘One of the Most Powerful One-Two Punches’ in History of Economic Isolation — Breitbart

What Is The Significance Of The Mecca Pact? — Janet Levy, American Thinker

Iran’s Oil Dollars Are Drying Up — and Plunging It Deeper Into Crisis — Wall Street Journal

US carried out covert four-month Hormuz mine-clearing mission — Financial Times, via Iran International

Trump’s GOP Midterm Convention Seeks To Rally Rank And File

Trump and the GOP Take Their Midterm Show to Dallas — Real Clear Politics

Trump To Use Convention To Turn Out MAGA voters — Fox News, via MSN

GOP faces brutal midterm headwinds as Republicans paint election as ‘competition with communism’ — Fox News

Extra Credit: The Counterrevolution: Victor Davis Hanson Surveys Trump’s Fall and Rise — PJ Media

After Stunning Vote, Is Germany Ready For A Sharp Right Turn?

German chancellor vows to stay in office despite AfD triumph in state election — The Guardian

Germany’s AfD ROBBED of Victory as Mail-In Ballots Flip Results in Saxony-Anhalt — Gateway Pundit

Europe wrestles with impact of historic regional gains for Germany’s AfD — BBC, via MSN

Merz has no good answers as the far right targets his downfall — Politico Europe

U.S. And European Conservatives Finding Common Ground

The Charm of the New Transatlantic Axis of the Right — American Greatness

European Revolution 2026 — Armstrong Economics

British Citizens Clash with Police as Organized NGO Boats Arrive with More Unwanted Migrants — Conservative Treehouse

The Fraudsters Among Us: They’re Still Here

89% of Americans Believe That Government Is Corrupt — Armstrong Economics

Another Day, Another Big New Fraud Bust, and We’re Loving It — RedState

Critics say California’s new ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’ will make uncovering fraud more difficult — Baltimore Sun

Miscellaneous, But Still Important, Stuff …

The Democratic Chicken — or the Socialist Egg? — Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

Looking Back on the 2016 Essay That Changed American History — Newsline, AMAC

Smithsonian head Lonnie Bunch announces retirement amid pressure from Trump — Just The News

A Dose of Reality for You DSA Kiddies — Christopher Chantrill, American Thinker

President Trump Signs National Security Emergency Order to Prevent the Rigging of the 2026 Midterms — Gateway Pundit

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