What We’re Reading: Trump’s Iran War, Dems Go Socialist, China v. West . . . And More

What We’re Reading: Trump’s Iran War, Dems Go Socialist, China v. West . . . And More

Trump Rejects Iran’s Six-Point Ultimatum, Says He Is ‘Now Demanding Compensation’ in ‘All Future Negotiations’ — Breitbart

Game Still On: US Enforces Hormuz Blockade as Pakistan Claims Peace Is ‘Near’ — Ed Morrissey, Hot Air

The Long View Of Iran — Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

Why We Fight — Kenneth R. Timmerman, American Thinker

Wondering about Trump and Iran and Everything — American Thinker

Iran is Refusing to Make a Deal to Help the Dems — Daniel Greenfield, Front Page Magazine

Trump has a Carter-style Iran problem as the economy drags before the midterms — CNN, via Archive.today

Iran Shuffles Military Leaders, Prepares for ‘Prolonged Confrontation’ — Breitbart

ICYMI: Americans Remain Sharply Divided Over Military Action Against Iran: I&I/TIPP Poll — Issues & Insights

Democrats Grapple With Party’s Takeover By Socialists

America’s Peak Socialism — Abandoned a Century Ago — Michael Barone, Front Page Magazine

Hillary Clinton Warns Socialists About Label That Could Haunt Them — Daily Wire

Democratic socialists oppose virtually every aspect of American foreign policy — William R. Hawkins, American Thinker

How Cancel Culture Laid The Groundwork For The Left’s Socialist Lurch — The Federalist

‘Woke 1.0’ Was No Joke, And ‘Woke 1.1’ Is An Even Bigger Nightmare — Daily Wire

Hasan Piker Says It Out Loud: DSA Practicing Taqiyya — David Strom, Hot Air

Not Winning? Just Change the Rules — VDH, American Greatness

China Has Become A Thorn In West’s Side

Corporate America’s China Neutrality Trap — The National Interest

Chinese Cameras On British Naval Drones Covertly Transmit Pictures Back To China — OSINTdefender, X

How Xi Jinping broke the China dream — Australian Strategic Policy Institute

China exports its economic problems to the world — Washington Post

Why Does The Left Hate Traditional Families?

Democrats and the Reality of Anti-Family Politics — Emmy Griffin, The Patriot Post

The Empty Baby Carriage — Committee To Unleash Prosperity

Over One-Third Of US Counties Are ‘Maternity Care Deserts,’ New Report Finds — Daily Caller

Women applaud as Massachusetts governor signs bill allowing abortion until the moment of birth — Not The Bee

Europe Faces Death Of Free Speech . . .

Freedom of Speech Dying a Slow Death in Europe — Mises Institute

The European Free Speech Crisis — Derek Lux, Real Clear Books

. . . Just When It Needs Free Speech The Most

Europe is suicidally complacent about the Islamist threat — Fraser Myers, Spiked

Ceuta invasion another step toward a Muslim Europe, And Americans Can Ill Afford To Be Smug — Washington Times

What Was the European Dream? — David Polansky, Fusion

Our Northern Neighbor Goes Hard Left

With No Opposition, Canada Has Become The Most Radically Progressive Nation In The World — Harbinger’s Daily

What’s the (free speech) deal with Canada? — The Eternally Radical Idea

Miscellaneous, But Very Important, Stuff . . .

Colombia quake death toll tops 250 as rescuers race to find survivors — Reuters

Everything’s bigger in Texas: Musk’s planned $16.8 billion chip factory is five times bigger than the world’s current largest building — Fortune

The Democrats Gave Us Today’s Inflation — American Thinker

Electoral Science Deniers — American Thinker

The Current Status of American Schools — Larry Sand, Front Page Magazine

WNBA Star’s ‘White Privilege’ Post Raises Questions About Her Flagrant Foul on Sophie Cunningham — PJ Media

How ‘Israeli’ Came to Mean ‘Jewish’ in the American Press — Commentary

Responses to the Data Center NIMBYs — RodMartin.org

 The Worst Academic Scandal in 817 Years! — Roundup, Instapundit

Happy 25th Anniversary to Professor Glenn Reynolds and the Instapundit Blog! — Legal Insurrection

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