Ricochet editor-in-chief Jon Gabriel appeared on “Tipping Point with Liz Wheeler” to discuss his chart comparing what Americans care about vs. what the media cares about.

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We’re told that only cockroaches will survive a nuclear war. That may be the case, but if cockroaches can survive a nuclear war, water bears can survive just about any apocalypse you can throw at it.

Leaving aside the question as to whether there was actual collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government during the 2016 election, it is undisputed that candidate Trump was eager for a friendship between our two nations. The most recent accounts of the president seeking out more one-on-one time with Putin at the G-20 dinner – using only a Russian translator – is the latest evidence that this enthusiasm is undiminished.

Mr. Trump has offered scores of comments about Vladimir Putin over the past four years, many times leaning over backwards to doubt whether Putin was really guilty of assassinating reporters and opposition figures. Had Putin “been found guilty,” Trump demanded? On many occasions, Trump gushed that Putin was “very nice” to him, and praised the dictator’s “strength.” On May 5, 2016, he told Fox News’s Bret Baier that “I know Russia well. I had a major event in Russia two or three years ago – Miss Universe contest – which is a big, incredible event, and incredible success … And you know what? They want to be friendly with the United States. Wouldn’t it be nice if we actually got [along] with somebody?”

Once again a person, Justine Damond, has been shot to death just because a cop got scared.

Ms. Damond had summoned the police, and when they arrived she approached the squad car to give details as to why–but– boo! —something, or someone, made a “loud noise” (y’know, like you hear all the time in urban or suburban areas) — and blam!!

On this, the day after the GOP has failed to repeal Obamacare, a dose of realism–and an antidote, to despair.

This will not exactly come as a surprise announcement for any Ricochet members, but I’ll filling in for Peter Robinson on his Uncommon Knowledge program at a special taping this Sunday at 4PM at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. My special guest will be the fellow who penned Reagan’s “tear down this wall” speech, the same Peter Robinson.

That historic address was delivered 30 years ago, and that will be the focus of my time with Peter. However, I expect our conversation will take some twists and turns before I ask “one last question.” My research has dug up some pretty exciting stuff, including his stint as a bullfighter in Tijuana and his failed attempt to open a nationwide chain of marionette repair shops.