In either this post or the next one, I might have to break away from my usual list of links to report on the House impeachment vote. Meanwhile, here on a cool sunny Wednesday are some things going on:
From National Review, neither the Republicans nor the Democrats seem to be able to govern as a majority party.
From FrontpageMag, what makes someone culturally qualified to become an immigrant to the United States?
From Townhall, according to Gallup, President Trump's approval rating increases and most Americans oppose the impeachment.
From The Washington Free Beacon, the paper China Daily, the voice of China's Communist Party, allegedly violates U.S. law by not disclosing what it spends to out its articles in U.S. papers. (Expecting communists to respect the laws of non-communist countries is wishful thinking, at best.)
From the Washington Examiner, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal) tells House Democrats, "don't cheer".
From The Federalist, Mexico has problems other than with the drug cartels.
From American Thinker, seven reasons why future historians will call this impeachment "folly".
From CNS News, the Trump administration adds to the list of crimes for which a foreigner can be denied asylum.
From LifeZette, according to White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, history will not "look kindly on these Democrats".
From NewsBusters, the Spanish-language network Univision calls Latinos who support President Trump "anti-immigrant".
From Canada Free Press, "why Americans should take heart on Impeachment Day".
From CBC News, civil rights groups want to challenge Quebec's ban on religious symbols in Canada's Supreme Court. (If you read down toward the bottom of the article, you'll find that the ban applies to government workers on the job.)
From Global News, Ontario's human rights tribunal rules that a ban on kilts for bus drivers is not discriminatory.
From CTV News, Canadian Jesuits pledge to publish the names of priests who are credibly accused of sexually abusing minors.
From TeleSUR, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will not be investigated for obstruction of justice in a murder case, due to lack of evidence.
From Morocco World News, Morocco spends more on U.S. weapons than Saudi Arabia does.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan discuss the return of Syrians.
From Turkish Minute, a Romanian judge denies a Turkish extradition request for a teacher for allegedly having links to the Gülen movement.
From Rûdaw, a Turkish court orders the formal arrest of a Kurdish journalist on terrorism charges.
From In-Cyprus, the U.N. removes mines from nine suspected hazardous areas in Cyprus.
From The Syrian Observer, a South African photojournalist who was kidnapped in 2017 is freed in northern Syria.
From Arutz Sheva, a Jewish group will repair the earthquake-damaged home of an Albanian man whose father sheltered 20 Jewish families during the Holocaust.
From The Times Of Israel, scientists find a 9,000-year-old sea wall near Haifa, Israel.
From The Jerusalem Post, thousands of IDF troops and reservists drill in the West Bank and in northern Israel.
From YNetNews, Israelis name an exoplanet after the Hebrew letter Alef.
From Egypt Today, Egypt regards the memorandum of understanding between Turkey and Libya as violating U.N. resolutions on Libya.
From StepFeed, a look at Christmas in Egypt, which is celebrated in January.
From The New Arab, protesters in Iraq block roads and bridges in response to the possible nomination of the country's minister of higher education to be prime minister.
From Radio Farda, Iran arrests 650 more people.
From IranWire, a man walking home for lunch in Sadra, Iran is shot dead.
From Dawn, an art installation draws attention to Pakistani workers in prison abroad.
From The Express Tribune, former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf blames his conviction for treason on "some people's personal animosity" towards him.
From Pakistan Today, a Pakistani cabinet subcommittee reverses a National Accountability Bureau decision to keep politician Maryam Nawaz on the Exit Control List.
From Khaama Press, raids by Special Forces and airstrikes kill or wound 16 Taliban terrorists in three Afghan provinces.
From The Hans India, students in Agra and Mathura protest against India's Citizenship Act.
From the Hindustan Times, the Indian home ministry points out that Baluchis, Ahmediyahs and Rohingyas can still apply for Indian citizenship.
From ANI, according to Indian Minister for Minority Affairs Abbas Naqvi, the Citizenship Act will not affect Muslims or other Indian citizens.
From India Today, violent protests against the Citizenship Act hit investments in the state of Assam.
From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka's foreign minister tells his Swiss counterpart that due process has been followed in the investigation of a Sri Lankan employee of the Swiss embassy.
From the Colombo Page, Switzerland's ambassador to Sri Lanka assures that Switzerland will continue to support Sri Lanka.
From Gatestone Institute, Hamas observes its 32nd anniversary.
From The Jakarta Post, an Indonesian businessman and three Indonesian companies are charged with violating U.S. sanctions on Iran.
From The Straits Times, Indonesian authorities arrest six foreigners including one Singaporean for allegedly trying to smuggle drugs.
From the Borneo Post, two suspected ISIS members from Malaysia are charged with traveling abroad intending to commit terror.
From Free Malaysia Today, a businessman urges the Malaysian government to stop allowing foreigners to run small businesses.
From The Mainichi, a court orders Tokyo Electric Power Company to pay "minimal" damages to five people who exacuated from Fukushima.
From The Stream, "thoughts at the edge of impeachment".
From Reason, Burning Man sues the federal government over its permit fees and appeals process.
From Twitchy, congresscritter Joseph Kennedy III (D-MA) invokes his kids in justifying his vote to impeach President Trump.
From Breitbart, according to a poll by CNBC, Trump's economic approval ratings are the best in a year.
From WPVI-TV, a Camden, New Jersey first grader wins a reading contest, the prize being a ride in a firetruck.
And from the New York Post, a deer scores a soccer goal and then performs a victory dance.
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