Required reading from around the web of the best, most interesting, or most though provoking things we’ve read:
Newsmax: Trump: Russia Will ‘Help With North Korea’
“Russia has agreed to help with North Korea, where relationships with us are very good and the process is moving along,” said Trump on Twitter. “There is no rush, the sanctions remain! Big benefits and exciting future for North Korea at end of process!”
Fischer: Everyone Is Smart Except Trump
“It really is quite simple. Everyone is smart except Donald J. Trump. That’s why they all are billionaires and all got elected President. Only Trump does not know what he is doing. Only Trump does not know how to negotiate with Vladimir Putin. Anderson Cooper knows how to stand up to Putin. The whole crowd at MSNBC does. All the journalists do.They could not stand up to Matt Lauer at NBC. They could not stand up to Charlie Rose at CBS. They could not stand up to Mark Halperin at NBC. Nor up to Leon Wieseltier at the New Republic, nor Jann Wenner at Rolling Stone, nor Michael Oreskes at NPR, at the New York Times, or at the Associated Press. But — oh, wow! — can they ever stand up to Putin! Only Trump is incapable of negotiating with the Russian tyrant. Remember the four years when Anderson Cooper was President of the United States? And before that — when the entire Washington Post editorial staff jointly were elected to be President? Remember? Neither do I.”
Tucker Shocks Panel When He Drops Country Actually Influencing Elections — Mexico
“Fox News television host Tucker Carlson explained that the country that has had the greatest influence on the United States’ elections is actually Mexico for ‘packing our electorate’ […] Tucker’s message was clear — the United States’ immigration problem has allowed for illegal aliens to have a measurable impact on this country’s elections.”
Read more/watch video at Daily Caller.
Freiburger: Judge rejects Planned Parenthood suit against Trump prioritizing abstinence education
“A federal judge has sided with the Trump administration in a lawsuit challenging its move to prioritize faith-based, abstinence-focused programs for dispensing family-planning dollars. […] On Monday, District Court Judge for the District of Columbia Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee, issued his ruling in the case, Reuters reports.”