Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Tuesday Links

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

From National Review, Judge Amy Coney Barrett and the Seventh Circuit strike a blow against campuses that mix ideology with adjudication.

From Townhall, Nike's decision to pull a shoe after an objection from Colin Kaepernick has some unintended consequences.

From FrontpageMag, is nationalism good or bad?

From The Washington Free Beacon, former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper (D) finds that fundraising is difficult when you don't promise free stuff.

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) recommends that the DHS accept donations.

From The Federalist, the media misleads Americans about the border crisis.

From American Thinker, the left is not just out of control, but dangerous.

From CNS News, spend, spend, and spend some more.

From NewsBusters, the CEO of Facebook admits allowing 90 left-wing organizations to dictate policy.

From The Conservative Woman, a "groundbreaking" speech by Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage.

From the Express, Farage reveals the contempt which MEPs have for Brexit supporters.

From the Evening Standard, soon-to-be-former U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May gets after the BBC.

From the Independent, the U.K. Labour Party asks civil service to draw up plans for a second Brexit referendum.

From the Irish Examiner, why is the Irish backstop such a problem for Brexit negotiators?

From France24, tourist buses will no longer be allowed in the center of Paris.

From RFI, life support will be discontinued for a Frenchman in a coma since 2008.

From Free West Media, a "yellow vest" leader announces a hunger strike.

From VRT NWS, Charles Michel of Belgium is selected to be the next president of the European Council.

From the NL Times, Dutch cities will receive help dealing with polarization resulting from matters such as Zwarte Piet and windfarms.

From Dutch News, a Dutch socialist is acquitted of terrorism charges in Turkey.

From Deutsche Welle, the European Council nominates German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen to be the next European Commission president.

From Radio Poland, the U.S. Helsinki Commission plans to meet in Gdańsk, Poland.

From Radio Praha, the V4 doubles down on its opposition to Frans Timmermans to become the European Commission's president.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia will host 68 international volunteers this summer.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto calls for action against "anti-Hungarian attacks" in Romania.

From Hungary Today, the U.S. ambassador to Hungary welcomes the Hungarian Parliament's approval of a defense cooperation agreement between the two countries.

From About Hungary, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, Timmermans could be rejected for being "George Soros's man".

From Russia Today, two "Heroes of Russia" and seven other high-ranking officers die in a fire on board a Russian deep sea vessel.

From Sputnik International, 14 people in all are killed in the fire.

From The Moscow Times, a European court awards $100,000 to activists over rights violations by Russian authorities.

From CBC News, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau meets with new Ukrainian President Zelenskiy.

From Global News, Canadian anglophones and francophones sign a deal to protect minority language rights.

From CTV News, a Yukon man of south Asian origin leads Canadian troops in a Punjabi bhangra dance.  (The article does not state whether the man is from India or Pakistan.  The area called Punjab is shared by the two countries.)

From TeleSUR, Mexico's president deploys the National Guard to fight organized crime.

From Morocco World News, the U.N. holds a seminar on territorial self-government, including a discussion on Morocco's plan for Western Sahara.

From The Portugal News, a strike by court officials closes down many courts in Portugal.

From El País, Spain tries to figure out how to regulate electric scooters.

From EuroNews, Catalan separatists mobilize near the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.

From SwissInfo, Switzerland should establish a nationwide fine for littering.

From ANSA, the captain of the Sea-Watch 3 is released from house arrest.

From the Malta Independent, an Eritrean man is sentenced to two years in prison for attacking three police officers and a doctor.

From Malta Today, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi becomes the oldest member in the new European Parliament.

From Total Croatia News, the inscription on the new Holocaust memorial in Zagreb is not yet defined.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Montenegro and Bulgaria form an energy alliance.

From Ekathimerini, police on Rhodes arrest ten racketeers who forced children to beg.

From the Greek Reporter, a team led by a Greek researcher finds a new way to make cancer cells destroy themselves.

From Novinite, Bulgaria has the least expensive gasoline prices in the E.U.

From the Sofia Globe, a Bulgarian ship participates in a naval exercise led by the U.S. and Ukraine.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey and Russia prepare to talk again about Syria.

From Turkish Minute, the Turkish government abolishes the scholarships and loans of students who were arrested on May 10th during an LGBTI Pride march in Ankara.

From Rûdaw, Iraq creates a "loophole" in U.S. sanctions to buy electricity from Iran.

From Arutz Sheva, at an Independence Day event in Jerusalem, the U.S. ambassador to Israel recognizes the biblical, and thus Israelite, origins of America's founding principles.

From The Times Of Israel, dozens of policemen are injured and 60 people arrested in nationwide protests by Ethiopian Israelis.

From The Jerusalem Post, some Ethiopians claim that they've never been equal.

From YNetNews, according to former Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, military prep schools are becoming religious militias.

From Egypt Today, British Queen Elizabeth honors an Egyptian woman for her charity work.

From StepFeed, a Muslim actor misses a Star Wars event due to alleged racial profiling at an airport.

From Radio Farda, families of jailed Iranian ecologists again demand for their release.

From IranWire, how the Revolutionary Guards destroyed Iran's diplomatic immunity with the U.S.

From Dawn, the U.S. designates the Balochistan Liberation Army as a terrorist group.

From The Express Tribune, five cases of polio are reported in the Pakistani region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan confirms that talks on Kartarpur will be held in July 14th.

From Khaama Press, soldiers of the Afghan National Army Territorial Force seize a large cache of Taliban weapons in the province of Faryab.

From The Hans India, plastic will be banned from Mount Abu in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

From the Hindustan Times, the U.S. Senate passes a provision to give India a status similar to that of its NATO allies.

From ANI, two female members of a banned group are arrested in the Indian state of Assam.

From India Today, in three days, five passenger jets have minor incidents on Indian runways.

From the Colombo Page, two Sri Lankan officials are arrested over their alleged failure to prevent the Easter Sunday attacks.

From the Himalayan Times, police in Pokhara, Nepal arrest a Russian allegedly in the country illegally.  (Apparently, taking action against illegal aliens is OK when non-Western countries do it.)

From ABC News (where "A" stands for "Australian"), police arrest three suspected terrorists in Sydney.

From the Blitz, ISIS retains a global financial network.

From Gatestone Institute, in Germany, some hate speech is "more equal than others".

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesian police arrest the leader of Jemaah Islamiyah.

From The Straits Times, after police disperse protesters, a "tense calm" returns to Hong Kong.

From the Borneo Post, according to Malaysia's youth and sports minister, a motion to lower the voting age is bipartisan.

From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysian authorities arrest four foreign cosplayers.

From Breitbart, a Navy SEAL is found not guilty of killing an ISIS fighter.

From the New York Post, Austria bans smoking in bars and restaurants.

And from CNN, organizers of a Straight Pride Parade receive suspicious envelops full of glitter.

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