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What We’re Reading: Sober Lawmakers, Deep Drilling In China, Government Lists … And More

TDS Watch

Fury in California After Trump Suggests Iran ‘Take Out’ L.A. or San Diego  —  

Newsom calls for 25th Amendment after Trump’s remarks on California

Look to the South and East…

How the Bolsonaro Family Made a Warp Speed Political Comeback — Wall Street Journal

Latin American Left Losing Since USAID Dismantled — RealClearPolitics

Trump Allies Cruise To Victory In Bosnia And Herzegovina’s Election — Daily Caller

…But Not to the North

Canada fell to 18th from 9th in global ranking of economic freedom — Fraser Institute

Surprising No One…

Obama To Campaign With El-Sayed — Roll Call

Just Do It

Trump Says He’s Considering Gas Tax Suspension to Ease Costs — Bloomberg

Teachers’ Union Racket

AFT Dues Funded Left-Wing Infrastructure, From the Center for American Progress to the Clinton Foundation — Daily Signal

Time To File A RICO Case Against Teachers’ Unions — I&I, Sept. 18

Abundance President

S&P 500, Nasdaq Hit Record Highs As Nvidia, AMD Lead Tech Higher — Yahoo Finance

How Trump Became the Abundance President — American Greatness

Climate Hoax Update

On The Criteria For Falsifying A Scientific Hypothesis — Manhattan Contrarian

Major Research Paper ‘Proving’ Climate Change Induces Longer Droughts Withdrawn — Hot Air

Misc

Congress Isn’t Drunk, and It Hasn’t Yet Begun To Drink — John Tamny, Parkview Institute

China Accelerates Ultra-Deep Drilling to Boost Domestic Oil Supply — Oilprice.com

A Visit to a Gun Store Shouldn’t Put You on a Government List — Reason

Behind the Fairford Plot — Power Line

Talarico’s black and Hispanic outreach stalls just weeks before early voting — Blaze Media

Another Bad Idea From Sacramento: Bailing Out Local Media — Pacific Research Institute

Christianity vs. Transhumanism: The Only AI Debate That Matters — Acton Institute

We Are Not Cogs In A Government-Sponsored Wheel: The Anti-Biblical Worldview Of Socialism — Harbinger’s Daily

Fly the Jihadi Skies: Why Is This Pro-Jihad United Airlines Pilot Still on the Job? — PJ Media

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