Thursday, November 19, 2020

Thursday Stories

On a sunny and cool Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, ironies abound as the left keeps politicizing the coronavirus.

From FrontpageMag, what we must believe in order to believe that former Vice President Biden won the presidential election.

From Townhall, according to President Trump's campaign lawyers, planned voter fraud was carried out in several states.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to experts, the Democrat plan to cancel student loan debt is not a good idea.

From the Washington Examiner, Republicans won all 27 House races that had been called "toss-ups".

From The Federalist, Democrats and the media reap the fruit of their own anti-Trump conspiracy theories.

From American Thinker, the coronavirus is getting less deadly.

From CNS News, presumptive president-elect Biden will admit and grant permanent status to immigrants who receive food stamps and Medicaid.

From LifeZette, Cher promises to get a coronavirus vaccine after Biden does.

From NewsBusters, CBS blasts California Governor Gavin Newsome (D) for his coronavirus hypocrisy.

From Canada Free Press, Trump campaign lawyers hold a press conference.

From CBC News, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveils a new carbon dioxide emissions plan.

From TeleSUR, a leftist party in Uruguay proposes a bill to limit the sale of land to foreigners.

From The Conservative Woman, how ministers and the media stoked an irrational fear of the coronavirus.

From the Express, supermarkets are found to be the easiest place to catch the coronavirus in England.

From the (Irish) Independent, households are becoming the new hotbed for coronavirus infection in Ireland.

From VRT NWS, the Dutch will probably have to stay home for Christmas.

From the NL Times, according to the Dutch Health Council, elderly and vulnerable people should be first in line for a coronavirus vaccine.

From Deutsche Welle, how safe in the German Bundestag when protesters gather?

From Polskie Radio, Polish authorities charge two people with spying for China.

From ReMix, former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk changes his view on the rule of law now that he's not in power.

From Radio Prague, the lower house of the Czech parliament extends the Czech Republic's coronavirus state of emergency until December 12th.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia could see another round of coronavirus testing, and other stories.

From Daily News Hungary, according to Hungarian spokesman Gergely Gulyás, billionaire George Soros has called for financial sanctions on countries that don't admit migrants.

From Russia Today, according to advocacy groups, HIV patients in parts of Russia can't get their blood tested as laboratories focus on coronavirus tests.

From Romania-Insider, according to Prime Minister Ludovic Orban, reintroducing Romania's coronavirus state of emergency is not on the table.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at România TV.)

From Novinite, Health Minister Kostadin Angelov tells Bulgarians to obey coronavirus measures or there will be stricter ones.

From the Greek Reporter, Greek anti-terrorism police arrest a suspected jihadist at a refugee camp in Athens.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, North Macedonia has directed hate speech toward Bulgaria for 30 years.

From Balkan Insight, at a war crimes trial in The Hague, former Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti comes out swinging.

From Total Croatia News, Croatia's northern and Adriatic coastal regions have the country's highest birth rates.

From Total Slovenia News, the Slovenian government extends its coronavirus closures and curfew for seven more days.

From the Malta Independent, Malta plans to tell the European Commission that it won't cede citizenship rights.

From ANSA, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte calls for a "sober" Christmas.

From SwissInfo, hundreds of protesters demonstrate in Geneva, Switzerland over coronavirus restrictions on businesses.

From France24, France's top administrative court gives the country three months to fulfill its climate change commitments.

From El País, the Spanish region of Catalonia announces more flexible coronavirus de-escalation measures.

From The Portugal News, Portugal sets up a task force to prepare for the distribution of a coronavirus vaccine.

From Free West Media, migrants send remittances back home.

From EuroNews, the E.U. wants a big increase in bird choppers by 2050.

From Euractiv, the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline is up and running.

From Morocco World News, according to a former Polisario activist, the group's "war" claims are empty threats.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey is in talks to procure Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine.

From Rûdaw, the E.U. calls on Iraq to abolish the death penalty.

From ArmenPress, the Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II thanks Russia President Vladimir Putin for trying to preserve Armenian heritage in Nagorno Karabakh.

From The Syrian Observer, more meetings take place at the Syrian presidential palace.

From The Times Of Israel, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits the Golan Heights and calls it part of Israel.

From Egypt Today, President Abdel El Sisi attends an interview of people seeking to enter Egypt's Police Academy.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, according to the Ethiopian government, leaders of the Tigray People's Liberation Front are hiding themselves and weapons in churches.

From The New Arab, camp closures in Iraq leave thousands of people destitute.

From IranWire, according to the director of a documentary about Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, "so many like her are at risk".

From Dawn, while visiting Afghanistan, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan promises that Pakistan will do all it can to reduce violence in Afghanistan.

From Khaama Press, Afghanistan places restrictions on coffin shops.

From India Today, the leader of India's army warns against crossing the Line of Control in the territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

From the Daily Mirror, according to Sri Lanka's chief epidemiologist, a rapid coronavirus antigen test is not always productive.

From The Jakarta Post, the Indonesian government threatens to fire regional leaders who neglect coronavirus protocols.

From Free Malaysia News, many school bus operators in Malaysia reach the end of the road.

From The Mainichi, according to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Japan is on "maximum alert" due record numbers of coronavirus cases.

From Gatestone Institute, Arabs warn presumptive president-elect Biden against embracing Islamists.

From The Stream, comparing President Trump to Hitler is an insult to Americans.  (I'd also say that it's an insult to the victims of Hitler's atrocities.)

From The American Conservative, stop the coronavirus lockdowns and "let people take their own risks".

From The Daily Signal, the navy's new missile interceptor could be a game-changer.

From Sino Daily, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison rebuffs a list of complaints from China.

From Fox News, according to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Cal), Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal) is the main reason for coronavirus aid not being passed.

From CBS Philly, according to New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (D), school districts will be allowed to decide what's best for them with regard to the coronavirus.

From WMUR, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu (R) imposes a statewide mask mandate.  (via Breitbart)

From Fox5, Georgia's Floyd County fires its election director after a state audit finds uncounted votes.  (via Breitbart)

From Breitbart, Trump campaign lawyer and former New York Mayor (R) Rudy Giuliani blasts the media for not reporting on evidence.

And from CheckYourFact, contrary to claims by MSNBC's Joy Reid, Moderna and Pfizer did indeed participate in Operation Warp Speed.

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