DEMOCRATS MAY NOT BE PLEASED WITH ROSTER OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES — WHO WILL BAIL THEM OUT? GRASSLEY WORRIES THAT IG REPORT IS GETTING WATERED DOWN

TODAY’S TOP TEN

DEMOCRATS WONDER WHETHER THERE’S SOMEONE ELSE to take on Trump. Washington Post.

GRASSLEY WORRIED THAT DEEP STATE IS MESSING with release of IG report on Obama FISA abuse. Chuck Ross.

WILL EXTREME POSITIONS ON ABORTION SINK the Democratic Party in 2020? American Thinker.

BUTTIGIEG FOCUS GROUPS IN SOUTH CAROLINA found being gay “a barrier” for black voters. The State.

GEORGE SOROS’ PLAYBOY SON HOSTS OBAMA, Holder, McAuliffe for fundraiser to redistrict New York. Daily Caller.

THE 7 MOST RIDICULOUS ECONOMIC PROPOSALS from the recent Democratic debate. Fox Business.

CNN’S JAKE TAPPER SMEARS GOP SENATOR Josh Hawley without evidence. Shelby Talcott.

TED CRUZ CHIDES AMERICAN COMPANIES for turning blind eye to suppression in China. Daily Caller.

KENTUCKY SENATE CANDIDATE MCGRATH ATTENDS dinner hosted by radical Muslim group CAIR. Free Beacon.

6 CRAZY SCHOOL DISTRICT RESPONSES to parents mad about LGBT indoctrination of pre-schoolers. The Federalist.

COMMENTARY WORTH READING

Why do they hate him so? Victor Davis Hanson.

“Climate change” extremism isn’t popular and never will be. John Daniel Davidson.

Democrats’ “immigrants first” policy. Betsey McCaughey.

VIDEOS WORTH WATCHING

Undercover video exposes alleged sexual misconduct by CNN exec. Project Veritas.

Ron Johnson: Media’s greatest power is bias by omission. Fox News.

Media serves fresh baloney on Turkey and Trump. Media Research Center.

OFFBEAT BEAT

The city with the best internet in America might surprise you. Fast Company.

TWEETS OF NOTE

(@startupdaemon) The original mistake about leadership is that leadership is about telling people what to do. Action leads, the words follow. Tweet.

(@TonyHeller0) The Washington Post says Americans should be taxed in order to prevent bad weather caused by Chinese power plants, and they believe their thinking is progressive. Tweet.

MOST CLICKED ITEM YESTERDAY

FORMER FOX HOST GRETA VAN SUSTEREN CALLS OUT Chris Wallace for Trump “smear.” Epoch Times.

DRUDGE LEAD AT TIME OF EMAIL 

ANXIETY GROWS OVER 2020 PROSPECTS; ‘IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE?’ Drudge.