On a cool cloudy Wednesday, which included just a bit of graupel, here are some things going on:
From National Review, the Republicans have become a party of governors.
From FrontpageMag, President Trump defends the American people while Democrats attack them.
From Townhall, how Speaker Pelosi's (D-Cal) hate for Trump hurt America.
From The Washington Free Beacon, Georgia senatorial candidate Jon Ossoff's (D) father has some interesting connections with China.
From the Washington Examiner, recently pardoned General Michael Flynn, whose case has finally been dismissed, will soon give his first public speech.
From The Federalist, six things to know about the petition from Texas to the Supreme Court.
From American Thinker, how do you steal a whole country?
From CNS News, according to Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), a Biden administration will advance the agenda of the far left.
From LifeZette, Newsmax gets its first-ever ratings win over Fox News.
From NewsBusters, networks go Sgt. Schulz on congresscritter Eric Swalwell's (D-Cal) relationship with a Chinese spy.
From Canada Free Press, Republicans shut out the voices of Trump and the people.
From CTV News, Health Canada approves Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine.
From TeleSUR, Mexico's Lower House approves a bill to reform the country's judicial system.
From The Conservative Woman, the trade between the U.K. and the E.U. is decreasing, so a "no-deal" Brexit is not a big deal.
From Snouts in the Trough, children will get to see snow.
From the Express, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at the European Commission to talk to its president Ursula von der Leyen.
From the (Irish) Independent, a series of letters written by Irish poet William Butler Yeats during his teenage years is auctioned for £47,000 at Sotheby's in London. (During my 1997 visit to Ireland, my tour group visited his home Thoor Ballylee.)
From VRT NWS, a monolith appears in a potato field in Baasrode, Belgium.
From Dutch News, a third Polish specialty supermarket in the Netherlands is damaged by an explosion. (Tak, to gniewa mię bardzo, I mean, yes, this really [bleep]s me off. If you read Dutch, read the story at AD.)
From Deutsche Welle, German Chancellor Angela Merkel calls for stronger coronavirus restrictions.
From Free West Media, according to an international study, efforts to educate migrant children in Germany have been ineffective.
From Euractiv, according to a study, Germany's coronavirus stimulus package disproportionately benefits men.
From Polskie Radio, according to Polish President Andrzej Duda, a preliminary agreement on the E.U. budget has been reached.
From ReMix, PKN Orlen's purchase of Polska Press could bring about the rebirth of regional press in Poland. (If you read Polish, read the story at Do Rzeczy.)
From Daily News Hungary, the city government of Budapest submits its 2021 "budget of survival".
From The Moscow Times, the lower house of Russia's parliament approves lifetime immunity for former presidents.
From Novinite, according to professor Petar Velkov, the coronavirus epidemic in Bulgaria is far from under control.
From the Greek Reporter, artifacts from the seventh century BC are found at a dig on the Greek island of Lesvos.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, parliamentary groups from Albania and Kosovo hold a meeting.
From Total Croatia News, Croatian Interior Minister Davor Božinović announces new coronavirus measures.
From Total Slovenia News, floods hit the Slovenian coast.
From the Malta Independent, 612 kilos of she-don't-lie are found at Freeport, Malta, the country's largest-ever drug bust.
From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Syrian migrant in Austria uses his dog to torture sheep to death.
From SwissInfo, the Swiss parliament removes an obstacle to same-sex marriage.
From France24, French President Emmanuel Macron sets up talks between police and the public, but some people are already sceptical.
From El País, several Spanish regions announce new coronavirus restrictions for the Christmas season.
From The Portugal News, Portugal starts its new state of coronavirus-related emergency.
From EuroNews, the head of Portugal's immigration service resigns after a Ukrainian man dies in a holding cell at the Lisbon airport.
From Morocco World News, how common in Morocco is violence against women?
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish President Erdoğan claims that the E.U. has been treating Turkey unfairly since 1963. (In point of historical fact, the E.U. was formally created in 1992 by the Treaty of Maastricht, from what had been called the European Economic Community. In 1963, there was no E.U., just its predecessor the EEC.)
From Gatestone Institute, Turkey shows "Islamist justice at its best".
From Rûdaw, human rights groups urge Iraq and the Kurdish Regional Government to end arbitrary detention.
From ArmenPress, the governor of the Armenian province of Ararat resigns.
From In-Cyprus, the Church of Cyprus denounces the desecration of the church of the Archangel Michael in Lefkoniko in the Turkish-occupied part of the island.
From The Syrian Observer, Lebanese authorities release an oil ship bound for Syria.
From The Times Of Israel, according to Prime Minister Netanyahu, coronavirus vaccination in Israel will start on December 27th.
From the Egypt Independent, Egypt produces medals to celebrate Cairo's 1050th anniversary.
From the Saudi Gazette, a court in Mecca acquits 13 defendants after reexamining the case of the Grand Mosque crane crash.
From The New Arab, the abuse of the soccer player known as Shikabala shows the anti-black racism in Egypt.
From Radio Farda, remembering Pirouz Davani, a victim of the "chain murders" in Iran.
From Pakistan Today, Pakistani minister Asad Umar warns of tougher coronavirus restrictions if violations of the current ones continue.
From Khaama Press, Taliban terrorists fatally shoot seven Afghan policemen in the province of Balkh.
From the Hindustan Times, the party Shiromani Akali Dal tells the Indian government to "stop playing games" with innocent farmers.
From India(dot)com, a Muslim man in Bemgaluru, India donates land for a temple to the Hindu deity Hanuman.
From the Dhaka Tribune, the Padma Bridge is becoming "a reality against all odds".
From the Colombo Page, the Sri Lankan navy celebrates its 70th anniversary.
From Pink News, Qatar will allow gay pride flags to be flown during the 2022 World Cup, but will still put men in jail for homosexual activity.
From Macau Business, in Egypt's Sinai region, ISIS bobby-traps homes.
From the Blitz, a journey out of Islam and the Tablighi Jamaat.
From Reuters, a former Indonesian policeman sues alleging that he was wrongly dismissed for being gay.
From The Jakarta Post, an Indonesia patrol boat captures a Malaysian-flagged vessel allegedly illegally fishing in the Strait of Malacca.
From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian state of Sabah opens its borders to international visitors from Brunei.
From The Mainichi, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government considers banning the sales of gasoline-powered vehicles by 2030.
From The Stream, white evangelical support for President Trump is not about whiteness.
From Breitbart, BLM and ProFa set up a new CHAZ in Portland, Oregon.
From NBC New York, the Chinese company Huawei reportedly tested AI software that could identify Uighur Muslims.
From The Daily Signal, 27 Republican congresscritters demand a special counsel to investigate alleged election irregularities.
From ITR Economics, OPEC makes a big decision.
From SmallBizDaily, three things that small businesses should do during this holiday season.
From The Daily Wire, school choice is essential if schools aren't.
From Fox News, former sportscaster Al Michaels wins the Ford C. Frick Award by the baseball Hall of Fame.
From The Baltimore Sun, Johns Hopkins, who founded the university named after him, and who was thought to be an abolitionist, actually owned slaves. (via the New York Post)
And from the New York Post, on a flight, things get hairy.
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