From National Review, why the world's worst idea won't die.
From FrontpageMag, a look at those "peaceful protesters".
From Townhall, the left-wing effort to revise U.S. history.
From The Washington Free Beacon, former Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis (D) relies on big donations from abortion groups and George Soros in her run for congress.
From the Washington Examiner, record economic growth could occur during this year's third quarter. (This would offset to some extent the record economic contraction during the second quarter.)
From The Federalist, teachers unions attempt political blackmail.
From American Thinker, newly released police body cam footage of George Floyd's arrest should make Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison nervous.
From CNS News, the group of congresscritters known as "the Squad" appear to have found a new member.
From LifeZette, former First Lady Michelle Obama complains that the Trump administration has caused her to have a "low-grade depression".
From NewsBusters, supporters of former Vice President Biden terrified of the expected debates against President Trump.
From Canada Free Press, the national crisis faced by the U.S.
From CBC News, the Canadian government signs an agreements with the companies Pfizer and Moderna to obtain millions of doses of potential coronavirus vaccines.
From Global News, Health Canada recalls more hand sanitizers.
From The Portugal News, the Gadiana International Bridge between the Spain and the Portuguese region of Algarve opens all four of its lanes.
From France24, the French government will grant the country's "struggling" wine sector €250 million.
From SwissInfo, the Spanish government asks the Swiss government for legal aid concerning the fugitive former king.
From the Malta Independent, Malta's Underwater Cultural Heritage Unit adds three new historical sites.
From Malta Today, a group of migrants rescued by an oil tanker are heading to Malta.
From Total Slovenia News, Italy will send more soldiers to its border with Slovenia to deal with migrants and their smugglers.
From Total Croatian News, 222 flares are lit on the Krk bridge in Rijeka, Croatia in memory of the 222 defenders killed in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County during Croatia's war of independence.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to President Zoran Milanović, Croatia is not the same state as it was 25 year ago.
From Balkan Insight, Turkish women's rights groups plan protests in several cities in support of the Istanbul convention.
From Ekathimerini, 18 young migrants are transferred from Greece to Belgium.
From the Greek Reporter, Greece sends a rescue team and equipment to Beirut, Lebanon after the explosions which went off there.
From EuroNews, seven people die and four more are injured in the crash of a car believed to have been transporting migrants near Alexandroupolis, Greece.
From Novinite, 97 illegal houses will be demolished in the Roma neighborhood of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
From The Sofia Globe, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov claims to be willing to resign but want to keep his government in place.
From Radio Bulgaria, clashes take place before and after a national conference of Borissov's party GERB in Sofia.
From Romania-Insider, a Romanian alpinist fights to save Europe's rarest species of fish. (This site's articles were behind a membership paywall yesterday but not today.)
From Russia Today, Tomsk Polytechnic University in Siberia develops a less expensive way to produce artificial blood vessels.
From Sputnik International, a Russian Su-27 intercepts two U.S. aircraft over the Black Sea.
From The Moscow Times, five Russian swimmers complete a relay swim for environmental causes across Lake Baikal. (This achievement deserves the "badass" label.)
From Daily News Hungary, changes are planned for Budapest's public transportation system.
From Hungary Today, St. Stephen's Day Mass will be celebrated at the basilica named after him in Budapest on August 20th. (This St. Stephen was Hungary's first king, and should not be confused with the Jewish man named Stephen whose death by stoning is recorded in the Acts of the Apostles, and whose feast day is December 26th. If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)
From About Hungary, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban writes a letter of condolence to Lebanon.
From The Slovak Spectator, how to read the label on a Slovak bottle of wine.
From Radio Prague, Czech political parties are on methods for voting under coronavirus quarantine.
From Polskie Radio, according to conservative leader Jarosław Kaczyński, the Polish cabinet will be reshuffled by early October.
From ReMix, why political correctness and speech censorship don't work in Poland. (I'd like to add the "political correctness" label, but Blogger allows only so many total letters for labels. Maybe I should use the abbreviation "PC" instead.)
From the CPH Post, a roundup of news in Denmark, including a war on electric scooters.
From Deutsche Welle, a German right-wing suspect admits killing regional politician Walter Lübcke.
From Free West Media, a "Mediterranean-looking" migrant allegedly gropes the Interior Minister of the German state of Thuringia.
From the NL Times, police end an anti-mask demonstration in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
From the Dutch News, 7,600 people file claims against Dutch state railways for its role in transporting people to Nazi concentration camps. (If you read Dutch, read the story at NOS.)
From VRT NWS, 225 workers at a meatpacking company in Oostrozebeke, Belgium go into self-isolation after 18 are found to have the coronavirus.
From The Brussels Times, the Belgian province of Antwerp slightly relaxes is coronavirus measures but keeps its curfew.
From the Express, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has the U.K.'s transportation department launch Operation Block.
From the Evening Standard, the mayor of Luton, England steps down after being spotted violating coronavirus lockdown rules.
From the (U.K.) Independent, good dog!
From the (Irish) Independent, gardaí recover 10 allegedly stolen dogs in Rathkeale, Ireland.
From the Irish Examiner, Ireland's first drive-through confirmation service is held in the parking lot of a church in the County Limerick neighborhood of Caherline.
From The Conservative Woman, why men marching while wearing black uniforms is a threat to democracy.
From Snouts in the Trough, did the BBC just try (and fail) to blackmail the U.K. government?
From The Stream, the massive explosions in Beirut, Lebanon and the end of the world.
From Sino Daily, U.S. plans to have the "highest level" of American official to visit Taiwan since 1979 anger communist China.
From The Daily Wire, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) begs New Yorkers who fled to Connecticut or the Hamptons to return after learning how much in state taxes the rich pay.
From Fox News, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) "condemns" media mogul Oprah Winfrey's comments on "white privilege".
From the New York Post, a NASA satellite uses cloud-penetrating radar to take a "slice" of Tropical Storm Isaias.
And from the AP News, satellite images of penguin droppings in Antarctica indicate that their population is rising. (via the Daily Caller)
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