Let’s stop with the nonsense: Hezbollah is responsible for the massive explosion that devastated Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, last week. Most people have been reluctant to blame the Islamist terrorist group, which effectively rules Lebanon, outright, instead condemning general negligence, incompetence, and mismanagement across Lebanese institutions.
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What Newt’s Reading: Lawless Again in Seattle; Joe Biden’s Basement Strategy Will Backfire; Rove Rips Nevada’s Universal Mail-In Balloting Law, Warns ‘We Are Going to See the Potential for Fraud’; Why the Botched NYC Primary Has Become the November Nightmare; and Bezos, Beijing and the Washington Post.
Today, we need to reckon with totalitarian forces among us that, if given their way, would dispense with the American project and create a new system to ensure social justice and equality — as they define it and for our own good. But eventually, two plus two may very well equal five. And in the meantime, the memory of America would steadily fade from existence, becoming nothing more than a rumor.
What Newt’s Reading: An Invitation in the Mail for Election Fraud; Trader Joe’s Stands Up to the Cancel Mob: ‘We Do Not Make Decisions Based on Petitions’; Trump Administration Aims to Keep Telehealth Revolution Here to Stay; California’s ‘Woke’ Revolution Is Driving Out Blacks and Hispanics; and Top Dem State Challengers Silent on DC Statehood.
5 Stores to Watch For Next Week: Biden to announce his choice for VP; US GDP 2nd quarter data is worst in decades; Congress hears from tech giants at antitrust hearing; Trump orders withdrawal of troops from Germany; and EU announces first-ever cyber sanctions targeting Russia, China, North Korea.
Amid the racial unrest currently plaguing America, the idea of paying reparations to black Americans to atone for slavery is, once again, gaining popularity.
5 Stories to Watch Next Week: White House, Senate GOP working on another COVID-19 rescue package; Democratic Party to amend, vote on 2020 platform ahead of convention; Trump cancels GOP convention events in Florida; House, Senate to begin reconciling their versions of defense policy bill; and US-China tensions escalate, with both sides shutting down consulates.
The Trump administration is considering withdrawing American soldiers from South Korea. This is a dangerous idea. Even a partial withdrawal — let alone the removal of all 28,500 troops stationed there — would be a grave mistake.
How can you possibly have a public policy for dealing with COVID if your data is eight weeks old? However, that understates the problem last week when the CDC reported 1,099 deaths. The World Health Organization estimated American deaths at 4,869. The Washington Post had a range between 4,900 and 6,300, and The New York times reported 5,379 for the week. Now, how can you possibly shape policy when you have a variance of 600 percent among the different estimates?