What We’re Reading: Contempt For Fauci, Dems Turn Socialist, Iran War’s End, Again? . . . And More

What We’re Reading: Contempt For Fauci, Dems Turn Socialist, Iran War’s End, Again? . . . And More

Sen. Rand Paul Introduces Resolution To Hold Fauci In Contempt Of Congress — Matt Margolis, PJ Media

After years of debate, former COVID response coordinator acknowledges pandemic source ‘probably a lab leak’ — Fox News

Five Lessons Learned From the Fauci Fiasco — Stephen Moore, Townhall, via The Patriot Post

The Dumb, Arrogant Liars Who Are Also Journalists — J.B. Shurk, American Thinker— Breitbart

NY’s Mamdani Is New Face Of Democrats’ Turn To Socialism

Mamdani Goes After Pro-Business Policies — Wretchard The Cat, X

You Can’t Make This Up: Mamdani’s Socialist Grocery Stores to Require IDs — Red State

Mamdani’s War on New York Business Is a Double-Header — Stephen Green, PJ Media

Mamdani’s universal childcare plan will cost taxpayers billions more than planned as costs balloon: report — New York Post

Scamdani and the Truth About City-Owned Grocery Stores — Jamie Wilson, PJ Media

Economists Slam NYC Mayor Mamdani’s $70M Taxpayer-Funded Government Grocery Store Plan as Socialist Disaster — I Stand For Freedom

As Dems’ Destructive March To Socialism Continues, Big-Bucks Supporters Bail

The Democrat Establishment’s Pivot on DSA Insurgency Begins, and This Is Not Gonna Go Well — Sister Toldjah, Red State

Pipers At The Exit Gates Of The Democrat Party — BattleSwarm Blog

The Democrats’ Biggest Donors Have Gone on Strike — Wall St. Journal, via Taegan Goddards Political Wire

‘It’s beyond embarrassing’: Ken Martin and the DNC have a 2028 problem, donors warn — Politico

Reminder: Socialism’s Perfect Failure Record Is Worth Recalling in the Voting Booth — PJ Media

The Inside Story of How Democrats Lost the Working Class

Spain Illegal Migrant Crisis: It Ain’t Over Yet

Nick Shirley’s New Video Dismantles the Left’s Narrative on Ceuta’s Migrant Crisis — PJ Media

EU ministers close ranks behind Spain after Ceuta migration crisis — Politico

Ceuta migrant surge exposes Spain-Morocco tensions as Islamist groups reportedly seek to exploit border crisis — Fox News

Is U.S.-Iran War Set To End Soon, Or Is It Just Another Head Fake?

Trump says Iran facing ‘last chance before decapitation’ — — Breitbart

Forget the nuke: Trump is finally going for Tehran’s throat — Washington Examiner

What Iranians Really Think About the War — And Their Regime — The National Interest

The Coup Clock Is Ticking in Tehran — Struan Stevenson, Real Clear World

Can New Right-Leaning Leaders Fix Latin America’s Problems?

Latin America leaves public security in the hands of the military — El Pais, via MSN

Maps show ‘pink tide’ recede as Latin America shifts to the right — USA Today

Cuba plunges into darkness as electric grid collapses — Reuters, via NBC News

US sends more intel assets to Cuba — Politico

Other Miscellaneous, But Important, Stuff . . .

Islam’s Rising in America with Aaron Shuster — Real Clear Investigations

America Is Not Prepared for a War on Our Water — The Free Press

Dow Soars 1,000 Points, S&P Hits Record High After Scott Bessent Says Iran Deal Is Close — Breitbart

Iran And Russia: Ripe For A Cascading Failure? — Allan J. Feifer, American Thinker

Americans’ Confidence in TV News and Newspapers Remains Rock Bottom — The Economist/YouGov Poll, via MRC NewsBusters

Canada: The Illusion Of Free Healthcare — Christian Vezilj, American Thinker

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