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Wednesday Top Headlines by Publius: Small business optimism jumps to second-highest level in measure’s 45-year history; tax cuts credited (The Washington Free Beacon) .
Feds collect record individual income taxes through May; still run $532.2B deficit (CNS News) .
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Trump-basher Mark Sanford, who president called “nothing but trouble,” ousted in key South Carolina primary (Fox News) .
House GOP will vote on immigration next week, sinking discharge petition (The Hill) .
At the Pentagon, mass confusion over future of “war games” with South Korea (Washington Examiner) .
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Andrew McCabe alleges FBI, Justice Dept. failed to provide information on his firing in lawsuit (CBS News) .
DOJ takes down 2,300 alleged child sex abusers in massive national operation (The Daily Caller) .
Juanita Broaddrick book about liar-Clinton rape disappears from Amazon (PJ Media) .
“Not in my backyard”: Blue state rejects free electricity to avoid seeing a wind farm (Hot Air) .
AT&T wins court approval to buy Time Warner (CNBC) .
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Two women get kicked out of Uber after kiss — but what CNN doesn’t tell you is that the driver was Muslim (CNN) .
Humor: House Democrats draft legislation that would make it a hate crime to eat at Chick-fil-A (The Babylon Bee) .
Policy: Suspending military exercises in South Korea carries risks (The Daily Signal) .
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Here’s What Trump-Kim Jong Un Agreed Upon At Summit
by Saagar Enjeti.
Establishment Media Silent: Trump Gets
Unexpected Surprise Courtesy Of Singapore Citizens
by BEN MARQUIS.
The Democrats' IT Scandal Cover-Up
by Daniel John Sobieski
{ americanthinker.com } ~ Former DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz subverted our democracy and interfered in the 2016 election in ways Moscow could only dream of... yet while Special Counsel Robert Mueller continues to chase Russian phantoms, the case against Wasserman Schultz and Imran Awan, the IT director she and other Congressional Democrats employed, continues to drag on despite overwhelming evidence of criminality and clear national security implications. Schultz was forced to step down after hacked emails revealed that she and the DNC had their finger on the scales and actively worked to defeat commie-Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic primaries in favor of liar-Hillary Clinton. She has been forced to step aside after a leak of internal DNC emails showed officials actively favoring liar-Hillary Clinton during the presidential primary and plotting against liar-Clinton’s rival, commie-Bernie Sanders…The commie-Sanders campaign has long claimed that the party establishment had its “finger on the scales” during the bitter and surprisingly long primary, but the embarrassing new revelations proved to be the final straw for a figure who had been a lightning rod for tension within the party....
Paul Krugman’s Intellectual Dishonesty
by Mark Tapson.
Yellow Alert Has Just Been Issued
For 2 Major Volcanoes In North America
by MICHAEL SNYDER .
Trump's Real NoKo Strategy
by Thomas Gallatin: As any good coach will tell you, never take your eye off the ball. In the world of geopolitics, the same advice holds true: Define the goal, focus on reaching it and avoid rabbit trails. For President Donald Trump, his stated goal for North Korea is to see its regional and global nuclear threat ended via denuclearization. Everything else, such as an official end to the Korean War, is secondary. In the light of this clear goal, the historic Trump-Kim summit was a successful first step in the right direction. The groundwork for future developments in North Korean denuclearization was laid, but it’s also important to note that there’s still a long way to go. On Tuesday, in Singapore, Trump and Kim Jong-un signed an agreement that essentially lays out four goals both agreed to pursue going forward:
- The United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) commit to establish new US-DPRK relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity
- The United States and the DPRK will join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula
- Reaffirming the April 27, 2018 Panmunjom Declaration, the DPRK commits to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula
- The United States and the DPRK commit to recovering POW/MIA remains, including the immediate repatriation of those already identified.
As with any negotiation, both sides conceded and received something out of this initial meeting. Obviously, Kim received a huge boost to his public image and perception on the world scene as a legitimate leader worthy of time with the American president. Yet, as many have noted, Kim is a brutal dictator, and all the positive optics at the summit featuring his meeting with Trump are unpleasant to say the least. However, if offering positive rhetoric and prestige motivates Kim to give up his nukes, then it is well worth it. (Whether it was worth it to cease military exercises with South Korea, as the North demanded and Trump granted, is up for debate.) For Kim, it is much more than presenting a good image; he’s desperate to hold on to power, and with his country on the brink of starvation, giving up his nukes and making nice with the U.S. may be his only option. His life quite literally could be on the line, depending on how this all goes down.
For Trump, this is also a golden opportunity to do what no U.S. president has been able to accomplish in over 60 years — bring about an end to the long-running regional and global threat of North Korean militaristic aggression. Again, however, the concession is allowing Kim to retain his totalitarian rule. In fact, a deal further establishes that rule, so long as Kim continues to abide by his commitment to denuclearize. Such is the messy game of diplomacy, albeit without the $150 billion Barack liar-nObama gave Iran to make his deal.
Finally, as noted earlier, this process is far from over, and there are bound to be some setbacks. But always keep in mind the endgame — a denuclearized North Korea. The big question is verifying that denuclearization. And don’t forget the biggest behind-the-scenes player in this whole drama is China. You can bet Trump hasn’t forgotten it. ~The Patriot Post
https://patriotpost.us/articles/56500?utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.3539&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body
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