As Dr. Christine Blasey Ford gets her day in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, here are some things going on, related thereto:
From National Review, Dr. Ford's testimony changes everything and nothing.
From American Thinker, Dr. Ford "flunks" as a role model for women.
From The Federalist, the controversy over Judge Kavanaugh's alleged behavior requires more reason and less empathy.
From The Washington Free Beacon, Dr. Ford hoped that the Senate committee would have gone out to her in California.
From Townhall, the 45 "tough, forbidden" questions which a normal person would ask Dr. Ford.
From Twitter, some reasonable questions from conservative journalist Katie Pavlich.
From Breitbart's Big Government, Kavanaugh holds back tears while telling the committee about his daughter praying for Dr. Ford.
From the New York Post, a Senate staffer was sent to get Kavanaugh some tissues.
From Life News, Dr. Ford's only evidence against Kavanaugh are witnesses who disagree with her story.
From LifeZette, Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) faults Democrats for ignoring the Judiciary Committee's own investigation.
And from The Daily Caller, anti-Kavanaugh protester Linda Sarsour is arrested near the Supreme Court building.
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Here are some things going on, in other stories:
From Voice Of Europe, German Chancellor Merkel's failures show that her end is near.
From YLE, a man is arrested for allegedly burning down one of Finland's oldest wooden churches. (via Voice Of Europe)
From Deutsche Welle, a European court upholds the deportation of a terror suspect from Germany.
From the NL Times, police in the Netherlands arrest seven men allegedly plotting a terror attack.
From Dutch News, a man arrested in The Hague who had a gas bottle in his car has been released without charge.
From VRT NWS, police in Antwerp, Belgium have arrested eight Dutch nationals who allegedly had been attacking cashpoints.
From RFI, French President Emmanuel Macron visits the French West Indies.
From the Express, U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbin warns that his party could vote against Prime Minister May's Brexit deal.
From the Independent, British "far-right" activist Tommy Robinson's hearing at the Old Bailey is adjourned. (He walks free - for now.)
From the Evening Standard, the U.K. Royal Mail issues stamps featuring Harry Potter characters.
From El País, former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont is interviewed on Belgian TV. (It's been a while since I've found a story about this exiled politician.)
From ANSA, after 21 years, the chapel housing the Shroud of Turin will be reopened.
From Ekathimerini, the president and prime minister of FYROM have different messages for their citizens concerning the upcoming referendum about the country's name.
From the Greek Reporter, the cyclone Xenophon heads for Greece.
From Total Croatia News, will Croatia become an energy hub?
From The Slovak Spectator, Czechs and Slovaks build a bridge.
From Radio Praha, tomorrow will be St. Wenceslas Day in the Czech Republic. (According to a certain Christmas carol, King Wenceslas looked out on the Feast of Stephen, which falls on 12/26. The king's own feast is tomorrow.)
From Russia Today, the speaker of the Russian Duma warns against taking selfies.
From Sputnik International, the Russian government plans to boost trade with China. (This, of course, could make the Russian equivalent of "made in China" as ubiquitous as "made in China" is in the United States.)
From Hürriyet Daily News, a Turkish boy captured and released by Armenia comes home.
From Arutz Sheva, watch how Hezbollah builds missile-converting factories in Beirut.
From StokeOnTrent Live, a charity-run mosque in Stoke-on-Trent, England allowed a radical imam to preach hate. (H/T OBFSU for Retweeting this story)
From U.S. News & World Report, a woman is punished by caning in the Malaysian state of Terengganu.
From CNS News, according to a leaked report, the German Catholic Church covered up sexual abuse by at least 1,670 clergymen.
From The Washington Times, a firm in Boston is picked to evaluate medical marijuana dispensary applications.
From TubeFilter, a conspiracy vlogger is arrested for allegedly threatening YouTube employees. (via The Verge)
From Variety, Tom Hanks dresses to portray Mr. Rogers.
And from Breaking Burgh, Brett Kavanaugh turns up for his hearing with a keg of beer.
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