What We’re Reading: War (Again) With Iran, China’s Challenge, High Court Under Threat . . . And More

President Trump Officially Restarts the 60-Day War Powers Clock Against Iran as Democrats Cry Foul — Discern Report

You can’t negotiate with Iran — The Spectator

Gaining full control of Strait of Hormuz has proven exceptionally hard for U.S. Here’s why — CBS News

Trump Cancels 20% Fee On Hormuz Oil Traffic — Donald Trump, Truth Social, via Citizen Free Press

The Battle for Hormuz: Trump Shifts Into Dangerous New Phase in Iran War — Wall Street Journal

Trump says US is investigating whether Iran stores drones in Cuba — MercoPress

China: Damaged, But Still Dangerous

China’s Chokehold — Commonplace

Chinese exports hit record high on demand for AI, green tech — Semafor

AI is not enough to arrest China’s decline — Financial Times, via Archive.today

U.S. Joins Philippines, 12 Others Demanding Beijing Respect Ruling Rejecting its South China Sea Claims — Breitbart

Supreme Court Under Threat From Violent Extremists, Justice Barrett Warns

Supreme Court Justice Barrett says the threat level against judges ‘is really high’ — CNBC

Amy Coney Barrett Details Chilling Threats Her Family Has Faced by Crazed Leftists Following Roe v. Wade Leak — Gateway Pundit

Amid Democrat Attacks On SCOTUS, Analysis Shows Jackson Is Most Partisan Justice By Far — WND News Center

The World View Of The Supreme Court’s Liberal Bloc — Francis Menton, Manhattan Contrarian

Roberts’s risks: Justices aren’t policymakers or historians — Washington Examiner Magazine

Trump’s Election Integrity Efforts Meet Resistance in Courts — Epoch Times, via The Liberty Daily

Is Russia Losing Its War Against Much-Smaller Ukraine?

Two More Refineries Hit and Revenge on the Russian Coast Guard — Hot Air

Ukraine’s New Naval Strategy Is Brilliantly Simple — PJ Media

Letting Russia Burn — Nina L. Khrushcheva, Project Syndicate, via TIPP Insights

Dems In ‘Blazing’ Internal Civil War Over Socialism

Democratic Socialists of America Calls for Abolishing the Constitution — Front Page Magazine

Democrats’ civil war is blazing — now the GOP will feast — New York Post

The Ungrateful Urban Class Turning Into the New Democratic Socialist Party — Victor Davis Hanson, Daily Signal

DSA’s communists aim to take over the Democratic Party — just as they captured . . . the DSA itself — New York Post

Carville Slams ‘Insurgent’ Democratic Socialists: ‘These People Are So F*&king Stupid I Don’t Know What To Say’ — Real Clear Politics

‘He’s Gonna Flip’: Panic As John Fetterman’s Latest Campaign Move Sparks Alarm On the Left — Mediaite

Will AI Save Slumping Smartphone Industry?

Global smartphone shipments hit 13-year low — Semafor

Apple in talks with startup that shrinks AI models to run on an iPhone — CNBC

Warsh: Fed Won’t Tolerate Inflation; June Inflation Drops Sharply

Warsh Tells Congress the Fed Has ‘No Tolerance’ for High Inflation — Wall Street Journal

Inflation cools more than expected in June as gas costs fall, underlying prices ease — AP

Miscellaneous Stuff You Shouldn’t Miss

The World Made Anew — Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

Israel Vindicated as Gaza Propaganda Exposed — Hot Air

Wealthy Americans Prefer This Grocery Chain Over Any Other, Survey Finds — Food & Wine

Cigarettes are back in vogue. How did this happen? — Washington Post, via Archive.today

We Can Still Stop Birth Tourism — Real Clear Politics

Dem Sen. Elisa Slotkin: If SAVE Act Is Passed Democrats Will Never Win Another Election In Any State — Ace of Spades, HQ (social media roundup)

Secret Camp David Summit Launches GOP’s Plan for Reconciliation 3.0 — Daily Signal

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