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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