Tuesday Things

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

From National Review, President Trump finally backs Ukraine.

From FrontpageMag, the Chief Twit's new party will harm Democrats the most.

From Townhall, NBC News makes a laughable pivot on former President Biden's autopen fiasco.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Israel starts talks with countries that might take in Gazans under a plan proposed by U.S. President Trump.

From the Washington Examiner, some foods might look different as their makers discontinue additives targeted by the MAHA agenda.

From The Federalist, Minneapolis, Minnesota mayoral candidate Omar Fateh (DFL) calls Somalia his "home", even though he was born in Washington, D.C.

From American Thinker, how do we explain left-wing hate for America and affection for criminal illegal aliens?

From MRCTV, Newsweek stumbles over some facts about congresscritter Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) proposal to eliminate the federal tax on profits from home sales.

From Newsbusters, NBC is the only legacy newscaster reporting about Biden's aforementioned autopen.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro accuses U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Voker Türk of serving western imperialism.

From TCW Defending Freedom, fasten your seat belts, because the pilot has eco-anxiety.

From EuroNews, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal resigns.

From ReMix, the Polish left celebrates as the Law and Justice party loses more votes to parties farther right.

From Balkan Insight, inside Russia's camps in Balkan countries for training Moldovans to destabilize their country.

From The North Africa Post, Cameroonian President Paul Biya, age 92, runs for what would be his eighth term.

From The New Arab, witnesses report massacres and executions as Syrian government forces storm the city of Suweida.

From the Daily Mail, a 12-year-old girl is forced to leave her school in Rugby, England for wearing a Union Jack dress on "diversity day".

From Gatestone Institute, "why Palestinian terrorists want a ceasefire in Gaza".

From The Stream, two questions about Attorney General Pam Bondi.

From The Daily Signal, TV hosts Chip and Joanna Gaines spotlight a gay couple on their new show Back to the Frontier.

From The American Conservative, in agreement with Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby.

From The Western Journal, floodwaters ravage the New York City subway system.

From BizPac Review, Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) complains about U.S. taxpayers footing the bill for "voter ID in Haiti, electric buses in Rwanda, and vegan food in Zambia".  (But voter ID in the U.S. is raaaacist.)

From The Daily Wire, NBC is slammed for comparing the aforementioned Biden autopen scandal to congresscritter James Comer's (R-KY) use of a digital signature.

From the Daily Caller, just one Republican congresscritter on the House Rules Committee votes to force the release of Justice Department records related the late Jeffrey Epstein.

From Breitbart, Trump blasts Senator Adam Schiff (D-Cal) over possible mortgage fraud.

From Newsmax, according to First Daughter-In-Law Lara Trump, there will be more coming from the White House about the aforementioned Jeffrey Epstein.

And from the New York Post, former NHL player Nick Tarnasky explains how during a round of golf, a hockey game broke out.

Monday Mania

Now that I've returned from Ohio, and giving myself a day off from blogging because I was too busy driving, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Trump wants us to stop wasting time about the late Jeffrey Epstein.

From FrontpageMag, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is not doing well among middle class voters.

From Townhall, Epstein's former henchwoman Ghislaine Maxwell is reportedly willing to spill the beans on his operation.

From The Washington Free Beacon, corporate donors gave bigly a charity connected to the family of California Governor Gavin Newsom (D), who took their side on various issues.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump sets a 50-day deadline for Russia to reach a ceasefire with Ukraine, or there will be more tariffs.

From The Federalist, staffers for then-President Biden admit that some pardons granted via autopen did not have his final approval.

From American Thinker, what the media won't say about the Trump administration's actions on Medicaid.

From MRCTV, public media's claims about its coverage of the floods in Texas don't live up to its boasts.

From NewsBusters, left-wing billionaire George Soros's empire gave $37 million to groups backing the aforementioned Zohran Mamdani.

From Canada Free Press, Trump saved the U.S. by turning his head.

From TeleSUR, according to Brazilian Supreme Court Chief Justice Luis Roberto Barroso, former President Jair Bolsonaro is not being persecuted.

From TCW Defending Freedom, according to Advance UK party founder Ben Habib, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer "is anti-British".

From Snouts in the Trough, does the ruling class wish to reduce the numbers of everyone else?

From EuroNews, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy offers to promote Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko to prime minister.

From Free West Media, the saga of the aforementioned Jeffrey Epstein.  (The writer does not believe that Epstein killed himself.)

From ReMix, according to a Hungarian news outlet, western agribusinesses are colonizing Ukraine.  (If you read Hungarian, read the claims of colonization at Mandiner.)

From Balkan Insight, thousands of people attend an old-style wedding in Galičnik, North Macedonia.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco will import 20 percent of its needed soft wheat from the U.S.

From The New Arab, Kurdish security forces shoot down a drone near the Arbil, Iraq airport, which hosts U.S. troops.

From Sky News, an anti-Israel group threatens business workers in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

From the Financial Express, what we know about the alleged Kentucky church shooter.

From Arutz Sheva, how Europe could be conquered because of its own tolerance.

From Gatestone Institute, the French government has another Dreyfus moment.

From Radio Free Asia, Vietnam will ban gas-powered motorcycles and mopeds in the center of Hanoi starting in July 2026.

From The Stream, why MAGA people are getting angry at Trump and his team.

From The Daily Signal, ICE finds 10 unaccompanied migrant children at two marijuana grow sites in California.

From The American Conservative, a new law in New York seeks to bring back tech censorship.

From The Western Journal, Trump is giving Ukraine more missiles, but not for the reason that many think.

From BizPac Review, Border Czar Tom Homan blasts a heckler.

From The Daily Wire, how the "Big Beautiful Bill" protects and saves Medicaid.

From the Daily Caller, Minnesota might have found their version of the twice-aforementioned Zohran Mamdani.

From the New York Post, the Israeli army claims to have struck military tanks in southern Syria.

From Breitbart, former President Obama tells his fellow Democrats to get out of the "fetal position" and start fighting.

From Newsmax, Trump promises to end free foreign aid.

And from The Babylon Bee, Jabba the Hutt, now weighing just 150 pounds, denies having used Ozempic.

One Last Hike In Ohio

I took most of today easy, but went for a hike in a local park close to my undisclosed location.  The park included a disc golf course.  Here's one of the "holes", including its basket.

Huron, Ohio Lighthouse

Today I went out to see another lighthouse on Lake Erie, this one in Huron, Ohio.  To see it, I had to walk from a parking lot to a viewing area along a pier.  First, I had to get past some local residents.

Thursday Tidings

I will now take a break from my vacation and do some regular blogging.  On a sunny and warm Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Secret Service suspended six agents after the attempt to assassinate then-candidate Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.

From FrontpageMag, the wrong way to remember the terror attack of 7/7/2005.

From Townhall, congresscritter Tim Burchett (R-TN) has his own theory about what happened to the late Jeffrey Epstein's client list.

From The Washington Free Beacon, while appearing on a podcast in 2020, current New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) called for an end to sending police officers to domestic violence situations.

From The Federalist, the Trump administration discontinues tax subsidies for illegal aliens.

From American Thinker, some ProFa thugs are female, and others merely claim to be female.

From MRCTV, congresscritter Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) claims that the "sad part" about the flash floods in Texas is how it affects her.

From NewsBusters, the NPR show Fresh Air has zero conservative guests.

From TCW Defending Freedom, can the U.K. stand four more years of its current government?

From Arutz Sheva, six people go on trial in connection with a 1982 terror attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris.

From The Jerusalem Post, two Palestinian police officers kill a Jewish shopping center security guard at the Gush Etzion junction in the West Bank, and are then killed by Israel security forces.

From Gatestone Institute, the new Muslim heroes.

From The Stream, money from Qatar turns a leading Catholic university into a hotbed for radical Islam.

From The Daily Signal, according to Commissioner Mark Meador of the Federal Trade Commission, his agency has "unequivocal basis" to scrutinize the transgender industry.

From The American Conservative, the U.S. is losing the drone warfare race.

From The Western Journal, it took just two questions for then-President Biden's former doctor to go hiding behind the 5th Amendment.

And from The Babylon Bee, a left-winger travels back in time and kills Hitler, but now has no one to invoke when arguing with people he disagrees with.

The Estate Of President Hayes In Fremont, Ohio

Today I visited the estate of President Rutherford B. Hayes, known as Spiegel Grove, in Fremont, Ohio.  The estate includes his presidential library and museum, his house, and his tomb.  Besides serving as the 19th American president, Hayes was also a congresscritter (R-OH), a military general, and the governor of Ohio.

Near the front entrance of the museum and library is this cylindrical monument, inscribed with a short passage from Hayes's inaugural address and topped by a sundial.

Milan, Ohio And Edison's Birthplace

Today I visited Milan, Ohio, including the birthplace of inventor Thomas Edison.  The house where he was born, which was built by his father Samuel, is now a museum.  Although his family moved away from Milan when he was seven years old, a member of his family later reacquired the house.  It officially became a museum on February 11th, 1947, the 100th anniversary of Edison's birth.

Today, a statue of Edison sits on a metal bench, with his birth house behind them.

A Brief Visit To Monroe, Michigan

After visiting the River Raisin National Battlefield Park, as shown in my earlier post, I continued further into Monroe, Michigan.  Near the city's center is this statue of General George Armstrong Custer, who grew up in Monroe.

River Raison Battlefield

As indicated in my earlier post about lighthouses on Lake Erie, there were other places that I wished to explore.  To get there, I continued westward from Port Clinton, Ohio and then northward into Michigan to the city of Monroe and River Raisin National Battlefield Park.  The park commemorates the worst defeat for U.S. forces during the War of 1812, coming at the hands of the British and a coalition of Native Americans led by Tecumseh.  It includes a visitor center, but no outdoor monuments, although it does have hiking trails.  The visitor center includes a museum, which I decided to check out.  The first thing that caught my interest was this replica of a British cannon that shot three-pound balls.

Two Lighthouses On Lake Erie

Today I ventured westward from my undisclosed location and visited two lighthouses on the shores of Lake Erie.  The first one was the Marblehead Lighthouse in the village of Marblehead.  The weather was cloudy and occasionally rainy, and much less warn than during the last few days, but did not prevent me from exploring and taking pictures.  Here's the lighthouse, and some visitors besides myself.