Wednesday, May 13, 2026

What We’re Reading: Trump & Xi Talk, Iran Threatens, Hamas’ Awful Oct. 7 Crimes . . . And More

by Terry Jones
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Who Really Needs Whom? Trump, Xi Jinping, and the Illusion of Chinese Strength — American Greatness

Trump Ready To Raise “Core Of China’s Core Interests” In Xi Summit — Zero Hedge

Taiwan watches Trump-Xi meeting for signs China will test US resolve — Fox News

What Next In Iran?

Trump says US-Iran ceasefire on ‘life support’ following Tehran’s ‘unacceptable’ peace proposal — Fox News

Iran threatens to “teach a lesson” if U.S. attacks — CBS News

Iran’s Ghalibaf: U.S. has no alternative but to accept Iran’s ceasefire proposal — Times of Israel

US issues new sanctions over Iran’s oil shipments to China as part of Economic Fury — Jerusalem Post

Report: Hamas Raped, Assaulted And Tortured Oct. 7 Victims

New report details ‘systematic’ rape and sexual violence during Hamas’ Oct 7 attack on Israel — CNN

‘Barbarism Beyond All Imagination’ — UK Daily Mail

Sexual violence was systematic and integral to Oct. 7 attacks and their aftermath, new report says — Associated Press

NY Times Claims Israelis Rape Palestinian Prisoners: Where’s Proof?

The Story: The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians — New York Times

The Reactions: Kristof’s Extraordinary Claims About Israeli Rape Require Extraordinary Evidence. The Times Doesn’t Have It — National Review

‘Blood libel’: Israel rejects NYT column alleging widespread rape of Palestinian inmates — Times of Israel

Will Next Governor In Far-Left California Be Republican?

How California’s Governor’s Race Became Such an Unholy Mess — Intelligencer, via MSN

Not So Fast: California’s Top-Two ‘Jungle Primary’ May Be Headed for Extinction — New York Magazine, via Archive.today

Democratic Socialists of America Back Billionaire Steyer For California Governor — New York Post

Sec. Doug Burgum: ‘Energy Island’ California Is Only State Dependent on Strait of Hormuz Oil — Breitbart

There’s Something Smelly About Gavin Newsom’s Free Diaper Giveaway — Daily Caller

Dems In Funk After Losing Court Battle Over Race Gerrymandering

SCOTUS Just Ended 60 Years of Affirmative Action for House Democrats — Real Clear Politics

Alabama Is Free to Redraw Its Maps After SCOTUS Vacates District Court Ruling — Red State

Democrat, Republican Voters in Consensus: Gerrymandering Is a Problem — Newsbusters

Democrats Ask SCOTUS To Classify Virginia’s 45-Day Election As A ‘Single Day’ Event — The Federalist

Democrats ‘Norming’ Antisemitism

The Four Horsemen of the New Antisemitism — Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

Does Democratic Party Hate Jews? — American Thinker

Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice leaves Democratic Party over antisemitism concerns — Politico

Miscellaneous, But Important, Stuff To Read . . .

U.S. Inflation Breakdown In Chart Form — CNBC

A super El Niño wiped out millions of people in 1877. Are we better prepared now? — Washington Post, via MSN

Admitted CCP agent ran as a Democrat and became mayor of a California town — American Thinker

Arcadia mayor’s bust demonstrates China’s web of influence is all over California — American Thinker

A lot of kids are not going to public schools — American Thinker

Will AI Take Over Higher Education? — New Yorker, via Marginal Revolution

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