Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Wednesday Whatnot

As the sunshine continues on a Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Big Tech censorship is a crisis of liberty even though the threat does not come from the government.

From FrontpageMag, right-wing conspiracy theories are "insane", but left-wing conspiracy theories are "not so much".

From Townhall, double standards about "violent thoughts".

From The Washington Free Beacon, the White House declassifies a document on the Trump administration's approach to China.

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Majority Leader (presumably until January 20th) Mitch McConnell (R-KY) rejects an emergency session to hold an impeachment trial.

From The Federalist, a history of Dr. Anthony Fauci's failures.

From American Thinker, what really happened before the incursion into the Capitol building.  (AT points out that this might be its longest article "in over a decade".)

From CNS News, congresscritter Jim Jordan (R-OH) points out that more Democrats objected to the electoral college vote of 2016 than Republicans did this year.

From LifeZette, Republican views on the assault on the Capitol building vary widely.

From CNS News, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk calls big tech unworthy of being the "arbiter of free speech".

From Canada Free Press, remember the name Susan Rosenberg.

From TeleSUR, according to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, prisons in Mexico will not be run by private companies.

From The Conservative Woman, does the U.K.'s Conservative Party support free speech?

From Free West Media, an American doctor and a Portuguese nurse die after receiving Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine.

From EuroNews, Italy's coalition government collapses after a junior partner leaves the coalition.

From Euractiv, three men contend to succeed Angela Merkel as the leader of the German party Christian Democratic Union.

From ReMix, according to Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, owners of social media are not above the law.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the E.U. Court of Justice fines Slovenia for failing to make changes to its legal order.

From Balkan Insight, an Orthodox bishop threatens to shake up Serbian politics.

From Rûdaw, according to a Kurdistan Democratic Party official, about 45,000 Kurds living between the Iraqi cities of Nineveh and Duhok might not be able to vote in upcoming elections.

From The New Arab, the Kuwaiti cabinet resigns a month after their government is formed.

From Coconuts Jakarta, an Indonesian children's cartoon sparks a debate on Islamic radicalism.

From Sahara Reporters, how a child protection law in the Nigerian state of Katsina leaves room for underage marriage.

From The Diplomat, Pakistan continues to sacrifice Shia Hazaras to appease anti-Shiite militancy.

From Gatestone Institute, "the double standards and hypocrisy of social media giants".

From The Stream, left-wing double standards are intended to be blatant.

From History Net, a South Korean court rules that Japan should make reparations for sexual slavery during World War II.

From Space War, leader Kim Jong Un pledges to strengthen North Korea's nuclear arsenal.

From The Daily Signal, what the data show about whether masks work.

From Breitbart, six armored vehicles used by a drug cartel are found in Becerros, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

From Fox News, the White House offers President-elect Biden the use of Blair House for the night before his inauguration, which he accepts.

From the New York Post, the House votes to impeach President Trump again.

And from The Peedmont, Governor Blackface (D-VA) bans Ted Nugent's entire discography ahead of a pro-gun rally.

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