Thursday Tidbits

On a warm and cloudy Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, attacks on the Chief Twit's wealth are attacks on America.

From FrontpageMag, 70 years of rapes with 250,000 victims in the U.K.

From Townhall, the Los Angeles City Council advances a measure that would allow illegal aliens to vote in city elections.

From The Washington Free Beacon, opinion writer Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times used his column to promote Microsoft founder Bill Gates and denounce sex trafficking, but omitted Gates's ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein.

From the Washington Examiner, Vice President Vance tells Republican critics of the Iran deal to "have a little faith".

From The Federalist, the Supreme Court unanimously rules a law denying guns to marijuana users.

From American Thinker, who the real extremists on immigration are.

From NewsBusters, the top 10 media freakouts over the aforementioned Chief Twit becoming a trillionaire.

From Canada Free Press, Prime Minister Mark Carney is leading the charge to drag Canada into Godless communism.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela finds a plan for economic recovery and prosperity.

From TCW Defending Freedom, soccer's smiling invasion of the U.S. and why U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his ilk suddenly decide that it's OK to fly the U.K. flag.

From EuroNews, Switzerland is heading toward a referendum on the construction of new nuclear power plants.

From ReMix, Ukrainian drones strike an oil refinery in Moscow.

From Balkan Insight, attacks on journalists increase in Serbia.

From The North Africa Post, the Moroccan pharmaceutical group Laprophan acquires a majority stake in the Swiss company Rivopharm.

From The New Arab, the UAE bans social media use for anyone under 15.

From The Jerusalem Post, the grandson of Iranian Islamic regime founder Ayatollah Khomeini claims that the "greater jihad" has begun.

From Murtadd to Human, "the Art of the Deal" vs. the Koran.

From Gatestone Institute, President Trump's deal with Iran has already emboldened Hamas.

From The Daily Signal, Republicans squabble about Trump's plan to attack the SAVE America Act to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act extension.

From The American Conservative, Trump would win against the chickenhawks.

From The Western Journal, read the deal.

From BizPac Review, the ringleader of the group that allegedly planned attack Washington D.C. during the UFC American 250 event is an illegal alien from Mexico who benefitted from DACA.

From the Daily Caller, Senators are divided about the deal.

From the New York Post, an alleged adult day care scam is busted in Brooklyn, resulting in eight arrests.

From Breitbart, the European Parliament passes reforms to its deportation system including the establishment of return hubs outside the E.U.

From Newsmax, the Office of Management and Budget reportedly shifts $352 in funding from the Secret Service to White House security projects.

And from That Eric Alper, on his 84th birthday, here are 84 facts about Paul McCartney.

A Sasquatch's Wednesday Baker's Dozen

On a warm and sunny Wednesday, after I've been running around, here are 13 things going on:

From The Jerusalem Post, according to a source, Iran fires drones at ships in the Strait of Hormuz after signing the memorandum of understanding with the U.S.

From Palestinian Media Watch, Fatah is angry at Iran for not destroying Israel.

From Gatestone Institute, the strategic importance of President Trump's "Office of Fusion".

From The American Conservative, Anglo-Polish student Henry Nowak was really killed by policies enacted in the U.K. 27 years earlier.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the BBC admits its anti-Brexit bias, and attacks the people who exposed it.

From Snouts in the Trough, are the men in the English constituency of Makerfield smarter than its women?

From National Review, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D) continues to sell out on education reform.

From FrontpageMag, why the Muslim organization CAIR "has a problem with Memorial Day".

From Townhall, Trump lambastes Democrats for supporting a senatorial candidate with a tattoo of a Nazi insignia after calling him "Hitler" for 10 years.

From The Washington Free Beacon, former First Son Hunter Biden gets a new job.

From The Federalist, the cross burning in a Chicago park is the latest example of left-wing extremism being blamed on Republicans.

From American Thinker, senatorial candidates James Talarico (D-TX) and Graham Platner (D-ME) deserve a "come on, man", as former President Biden would say.

And from the Rolling Stone, Walter Parazaider, founding sax and flute player for the band Chicago, goes to the music studio in the sky.

Tuesday Things

On a warm and sunny Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the "Freedom 250" UFC fight can't distract from President Trump's woes.

From FrontpageMag, the real scam by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

From Townhall, you'll get a good laugh at how Trump will keep the media from lying about the deal with Iran.

From The Washington Free Beacon, New York City has a riot celebrating the Knicks winning the NBA championship, and no one seemed to care.

From the Washington Examiner, a woman's call to police about her son's stockpile of weapons helps to unravel an alleged plot to attack the aforementioned "Freedom 250" UFC fight.

From The Federalist, miserable old fogeys hold an anti-Trump cringefest on his birthday.

From American Thinker, what happened to the elderly white people "left behind" during the era of white flight from cities to their suburbs?

From NewsBusters, actor Rainn Wilson calls out left-wing hypocrisy over senatorial candidate Graham Platner's (D-ME) tattoo.

From Canada Free Press, a review of the upcoming movie Young Washington.

From TeleSUR, Bolivia bars the entry of an international human rights delegation.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K.'s Labour Party succeeds where Napoleon and Hitler both failed - by sinking the Royal Navy.

From Snouts in the Trough, the true horror of the Sikh murder of Anglo-Polish student Henry Nowak.

From EuroNews, a Russian artist critical of President Putin is shot dead in Biała Podlaska, Poland.

From ReMix, in a new poll, the German party AfD jumps to a record nine percent lead over the CDU, its main rival.

From Balkan Insight, Bulgarian President Iliana Yotova condemns the arson attack on two cars belonging to the Bulgarian embassy in Skopje, North Macedonia.

From The North Africa Post, Libya adopts an ambitious marine fisheries strategy for 2027 through 2037.

From The New Arab, Kuwait revokes the citizenship of two brothers who have been highly influential in shaping the music of the Gulf region.

From AMU, the Taliban bans smartphones for government employees in the Afghani province of Kandahar.

From Jewish News Syndicate, experts warn that the Palestinian Authority's cash payments to terrorists and the families of slain terrorists remains active amid international funding.

From Culture Watch, "on migration and culture".

From Gatestone Institute, China builds up its stockpile of nuclear weapons.

From The Daily Signal, 15 ProFa members are indicted for allegedly conspiring to injure federal officers.

From The American Conservative, Trump changes the conversation about Iran.

From The Western Journal, Vice President Vance explains how the current deal with Iran is different from the one made under then-President Obama.

From BizPac Review, Fox News panelist Dana Perino slams the Trump administration over a lack of transparency over the aforementioned deal with Iran.

From the Daily Caller, more on the aforementioned indictment of 15 ProFa members.

From the New York Post, former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Cal) drops a truth bomb about California's high gas prices.

From Breitbart, a left-wing pastor at a "No Kings" concert offers thanks to "every God".

From Newsmax, President Trump and Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) support the same gubernatorial candidate but different senatorial candidates in the state's Republican runoff primary.

And from SFGate, a drag queen shut down Lombard Street for four hours to film a movie in San Francisco.

Monday Mania

On a warm and cloudy Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, release the text of the deal with Iran.

From FrontpageMag, the forgotten atrocity of Phocaea, Ottoman Empire in 1914.

From Townhall, rumors that the U.S. will provide Iran $300 billion in reconstruction aid have been greatly exaggerated.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger's (D) decision to put her state back into a green energy program might cost ya more for electricity, Virginian pilgrims.

From the Washington Examiner, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) claims that President Trump directed the Department of Justice to investigate him and his wife.

From The Federalist, the media go nuts over the UFC fight in front of the White House after going Sergeant Schultz over a topless trans activist at a Pride event hosted by then-President Biden.

From American Thinker, former President Obama stiffs small business contractors who helped build his presidential center.  (As the article notes, this inaction amounts to slavery.)

From NewsBusters, callers to Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office, which was closed during the Biden years, allege being assaulted and raped by illegal aliens.

From Canada Free Press, soon-to-be-former Director Of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard "makes a grand exit".

From TeleSUR, Venezuelans are eating more.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the BBC shows its double standards about what its journalists say about Hamas.

From EuroNews, two men are convicted of conspiring to set fire to properties owned by U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

From Free West Media, Middle Eastern countries find a new route by which to transport their products.

From ReMix, a Syrian refugee whose hair saloon in Vienna has been targeted by migrant gangs claims to have never seen such lawlessness in Damascus.  (If you read German, read the story at Profil.)

From Balkan Insight, a Kosovo court sentences a former ISIS member to six years in prison for spying for Serbia.

From The North Africa Post, the Norwegian paint maker Jotun plans to build a manufacturing plant in the Moroccan region of Casablanca-Settat.  (The name "jotun" comes from Norse mythology.)

From The New Arab, the Iraqi government plans to reshuffle its military and security leadership positions.

From Jewish News Syndicate, according to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, the E.U. continues to send money to the Palestinian Authority, who then sends it to terrorists.

From Gatestone Institute, the E.U.'s two-state fantasy puts it on board for the destruction of Israel.

From The Daily Signal, according to an opinion column, we now know why the judge in Karmelo Anthony's murder trial kept cameras out of the courtroom.

From The American Conservative, what is Vice President Vance's next move?

From The Western Journal, several San Francisco Giants pitchers make their own protests against "Pride Month".

From BizPac Review, former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt (D) finds an unlikely ally to take on Mayor Karen Bass (D) over the city's fires.

From the Daily Caller, ICE arrests and plans to deport an illegal alien from Russia who was watching YouTube while operating a vehicle that hit a truck and killed its driver.

From the New York Post, the New York Knicks celebrate their NBA championship at a private club in the borough of Manhattan.

From Breitbart, according to Spanish police, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's amnesty plan could give five million more migrants "legal" status by 2030.

From Newsmax, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) endorses South Carolina state Attorney General Alan Wilson in his state's Republican gubernatorial runoff.

And from The Babylon Bee, the UFC fight in front of the White House ends abruptly as Trump brokers a peace deal between the two contestants.

Sunday Stuff For Flag Day

On a very warm and partly sunny Sunday, falling on Flag Day and President Trump's 80th birthday, here are some things going on:

From FrontpageMag, former President Obama hijacks "Juneteenth" for his museum.

From Townhall, CNN panelist Scott Jennings hammers his cohosts over the Chief Twit becoming a trillionaire.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of former First Lady Jill Biden's new memoir.

From the Washington Examiner, according to Obama, it's "doubtful" that Trump's deal with Iran will be very different from the 2015 deal made during his administration.

From American Thinker, how California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) becomes the Democratic presidential frontrunner in 2028.

From NewsBusters, according to actor Idris Elba, the fictional action hero James Bond should stay a white male.

From TCW Defending Freedom, what Jesus's cleansing of the Temple in Jerusalem can teach us about the case of Anglo-Polish student Henry Nowak.

From Gatestone Institute, a Belgian court decides that the truth is illegal.

From The American Conservative, congresscritter Thomas Massie (R-KY) recognizes the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty, and why this matters.

And from NBC News, Trump's favorite NBA basketball team wins its first championship since 1973.

Saturday Stories

On a warm and sunny Saturday, here are some things going on:

From FrontpageMag, Democrats want to seize the space program created by the Chief Twit.

From Townhall, podcaster Bill Maher's audience gasped when he said something about senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME).

From The Washington Free Beacon, why peace in Armenia matters, and President Trump deserves some credit for it.

From the Washington Examiner, the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority celebrates America 250 with an exhibition on the National Mall in D.C.

From The Federalist, the Scottish girl known as "Sophie of Dundee", who wielded an axe to defend herself and other girls from a migrant, has been vindicated, but it won't change a thing in the U.K.

From American Thinker, the New World Screwworms are baaaaaack!

From NewsBusters, Eurasian Group President Ian Bremmer suggests that the aforementioned Chief Twit became the world's first trillionaire due to a donation from Trump.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the BBC's documentary on Brexit only tells half the story.

From Snouts in the Trough, a visit to the woke world of readers of The Guardian.

From Arutz Sheva, UNWRA dismisses 70 workers over their links to Hamas.

From Gatestone Institute, the Iranian regime should not be reformed, but ended for good.

From The American Conservative, why the U.K. banned American influencer Hasan Piker.

From the Daily Caller, a gun control organization uses dubious data to single out a firearms outlet in California.

From the New York Post, Los Angeles Dodgers player Freddie Freeman gives an honest answer to kids hoping to play Major League baseball.

And from Breitbart and the "I sure hope so" department, according to Trump, a deal with Iran will be signed tomorrow.

Friday Phenomena

As the hot and sunny weather continues on a Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a review of the new Steven Spielberg movie Disclosure Day.  (If the word "review" is in your name, it might be appropriate to, you know, review something.)

From FrontpageMag, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) finds a new way to fight diseases.

From Townhall, gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton (R-Cal) reveals who's responsible for thousands of missing underage migrants.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the playbook of senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME).

From the Washington Examiner, a federal court declines stop the UFC fight in front of the White House.

From the Federalist, the aforementioned Graham Platner is a far-leftist's idea of a far-rightist.

From American Thinker, meet the Democratic Socialists of America's Red Rabbits.

From NewsBusters, a judge foils an attempt by Democrats to allow people who have never lived in North Carolina to vote there.

From Canada Free Press, if you're on a high school sports team, don't smoke, and don't even pretend to smoke.

From TeleSUR, Chilean scientists confirm the validity of legally required warning labels and restrictions on advertising for food.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the #BeKind advocates who turned their backs on Anglo-Polish student Henry Nowak.

From Snouts in the Trough, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer resorts to shooting the messenger....again.

From EuroNews, F-35 fighter jets, nicknamed "Husarz", fly over Polish cities.  (The title has the spelling "Hussarz", but it's spelled "Husarz" in the article.  The name refers to cavalry troops in the Polish army from the 1500s to the 1700s.)

From ReMix, almost 50 percent of the people in Belgian prisons are not Belgian.

From Balkan Insight, Bulgaria's governing party declares its support for the "March of the Family" on the same day as the Sofia Pride march.

From The North Africa Post, the automotive wiring company LEONI Group starts construction for a new plant in Bouskoura, Morocco.

From The New Arab, in 2025, about 1.3 million Syrian refugees went back to Syria.

From Gatestone Institute, a "good deal" cannot be made with the Iranian regime.

From The Daily Signal, right-wing commentator Victor Davis Hanson explains how California's electoral system keeps Democrats in power.

From The American Conservative, U.S. President Trump, not Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, holds the cards and should play them.

From The Western Journal, the father of murdered high school athlete Austin Metcalf blast the parents of the convicted murderer.

From BizPac Review, former Chicago Bears player Brian Urlacher blames Democrats for the team leaving Chicago.

From the Daily Caller, Columbia University reinstates mandatory admissions tests.

From the New York Post, a $300 million mansion in the London section of Knightsbridge has 24 jewel-encrusted bathrooms and just one resident, a homeless Swedish man who lives on its front porch.

From Breitbart, left-wing actress Jane Fonda will headline an event in New York City to counter the aforementioned UFC fight in front of the White House.

From Newsmax, the plane carrying Pope Leo XIV home from Spain has some technical difficulties.

And from SFGate, San Francisco novelist Dave Eggers doesn't need a smartphone, the interwebz, or your Flock camera.

Thursday Tidings

On a hot and sunny Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the absurd controversy over repairs to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C.

From FrontpageMag, voter fraud has never been as blatant as in the recent election in Los Angeles.

From Townhall, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) brutally roasts senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME).

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX) once worked for a left-wing DEI development firm.

From the Washington Examiner, several floors in the Pentagon are evacuated over an "air quality issue" that necessitated the deployment of a hazmat crew.

From The Federalist, the hype about aliens, UAPs (formerly called UFOs) and "disclosure" appears to have been at least somewhat exaggerated.

From American Thinker, doxxing and swatting are and should be labeled as domestic terrorism.

From Newsmax, a left-wing group funded by billionaire George Soros launches a petition urging charities to support the Southern Poverty Law Center.

From Canada Free Press, should we be concerned about the company Google going into the mosquito business?

From TeleSUR, the hidden barriers facing fans of the 2026 World Cup.

From TCW Defending Freedom, at the World Cup, the soccer matches are just a sideshow.

From Snouts in the Trough, is there more to "Eurabia" than a conspiracy theory?

From EuroNews, three people are killed when a car plows into a school cycling group near Vogelwaarde, Netherlands.

From ReMix, Sweden abolishes permanent resident permits to asylum seekers and other immigrant groups.

From Balkan Insight, Croatian President Zoran Milanović is urged to strip convicted war criminal retired General Branimir Glavaš of his rank and decorations.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco and the Council of Europe strengthen their cooperation with the "New Neighborhood Partnership".

From The New Arab, after 40 years, Iraq again has a World Cup team.

From the Daily Mail, English people get angry at councils for telling them not to fly the English flag during the World Cup.

From The Guardian, a policeman is shot dead during the raid of an apartment near Toronto, Canada linked to an attack on a U.S. consulate.

From Quadrant, "the jihadis next door" in Australia.

From Gatestone Institute, trying to disarm Hamas is a charade.

From The Daily Signal, the Daughters of the American Revolution will vote on the definition of a "woman".  (A DAR member taught me to play the piano when I was a Littlefoot.)

From Radio Free Asia, an Uyghur human rights activist condemns the death sentences given to two Uyghur men for a bomb explosion that killed 20 people and injured hundreds of others in Bangkok, Thailand in 2015.

From The American Conservative, "this week in hate crimes".

From The Western Journal, we know what the knife used to kill high school track athlete Austin Metcalf looked like.

From BizPac Review, the Department of Justice makes the first arrest of someone on its "Most Wanted Fraudsters" list.

From the Daily Caller, a real estate technology company lays off all of its workers in India.

From the New York Post, billionaire Citadel founder Ken Griffin "doubles down" on Miami after his feud with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D).

From Breitbart, First Lady Melania Trump launches first-of-their-kind accounts for children in foster care.

From Newsmax, a Minnesota man pleads guilty to federal charges for killing Minnesota state House Speaker Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband and the attempted murder of a state Senator and his wife.

And from the Genesius Times, Belfast, Northern Ireland is ravaged by climate change after an attack by a migrant.

A Bit Of Wednesday Whatnot

On a warm Wednesday that has alternated between sunny and rainy, here are a few things going on:

From National Review, five "extraordinary" developments in the war against Iran.

From FrontpageMag, former President Obama's library represents "the uglification of America.

From Townhall, how much oil went through the Strait of Hormuz resulting from a "secret mission".

From The Washington Free Beacon, Hamas reportedly turns Gazan hospitals and schools into torture chambers.

From the Washington Examiner, one oil tanker wasn't allowed to go through the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Federalist, the State Department shuts down multiple birth tourism networks based in Europe and Africa.  (What about the birth tourism linked to China?)

From American Thinker, democracy did not quite die in California.

From NewsBusters, co-host Sunny Hostin of The View urges Democrats to abandon their morals and vote of senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME).

From TCW Defending Freedom, nine more questions for the Hampshire County, England police.

From the Daily Mail, the Sudanese asylum seeker who allegedly stabbed a man in Belfast, Northern Ireland appears in court.

From Gatestone Institute, don't underestimate the United States of America.

From The American Conservative, the case of Cuban asset Manuel Rocha shows the dangers of conflicted loyalty.

From the Daily Caller, President Trump is considering abolishing the trade deal that he made during his first term.

From the New York Post, basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal reveals why he started taking a weight loss drug for an "overlooked condition".

From Breitbart, an Indian-born H-1B investor tells American college graduates to get jobs in rural Alaska.

From Newsmax, the U.S. military strikes Iran again.

And from BizPac Review, Vice President Vance and his family pick up some chicks.

Tuesday Tidbits

On a warm and partly sunny Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the real scandal in California is not even about anything illegal.

From FrontpageMag, churches in France are being vandalized.

From Townhall, armed homeowner-1, armed burglar-0.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME) accuses former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell of lying in his memoir Lone Survivor.

From the Washington Examiner, a U.S. naval sea drone is used to rescue two Army pilots after their Apache helicopter goes down.

From The Federalist, here are the biggest cases at the Supreme Court which are worth keeping our eyes on.

From American Thinker, what's wrong with elections in California?

From NewsBusters, the worst of the CBS show 60 Minutes.

From Canada Free Press, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) kept the hoax about alleged Russian collusion with the 2016 Trump campaign alive, and is now blocking the appointment of a man who could expose him.

From TeleSUR, Cuba proposes legal reforms in four areas.

From TCW Defending Freedom, 11 questions for the Hampshire County, England police, with more to come.

From Snouts in the Trough, would "any mother" protect her son if he stabs someone?

From EuroNews, the E.U. proposes new sanctions on Russian oil, fisheries, soldiers and "shadow fleet".

From Free West Media, the erasure of whiteness is accelerating.

From ReMix, video shows a migrant trying to behead a white man in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

From Balkan Insight, Serbian prosecutors drops their claim that a former Belgrade city police chief assisted a murderer.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan farmers complete the planting phase of the their third legal cannabis cultivation.

From The New Arab, why visa barriers and high prices may prevent many Arabs from watching the World Cup soccer tournament.

From Al Jazeera, satellite photos show Iran's water crisis.

From the Daily Mail, the International Criminal Court suspends its chief prosecutor, Karim Kham from the U.K., over claims of sexual misconduct.

From Gatestone Institute, "the hierarchy of acceptable victims".

From The Daily Signal, California's mail-in ballot mess is exactly why the SAVE America Act is needed.

From The American Conservative, is former First Son Hunter Biden "the MAGA whisperer"?

From The Western Journal, President Trump's appearance at the basketball game between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs breaks the interwebz.

From BizPac Review, a woman suffering from Alzheimer's reportedly regains her ability to speak after taking mushrooms.

From the Daily Caller, according to a poll, Democrat acceptance of sex changes decreases by 11 percent from a year ago.

From Breitbart, according to senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX), locking up guns in houses is "common sense" and private gun sales should be criminalized.

From Newsmax, according to Trump, the NBA "tends to be a little left-wing", but is still "great entertainment".

And from the New York Post, guilty.