Thursday, April 1, 2021

Stories For April Fool's Day

On the first day of April, when you know that you shouldn't trust anyone, here are some things going on:

From National Review, ten radical rules that are changing America.

From FrontpageMag, Georgia's new voting law suppresses fraud, not voters.

From Townhall, Georgia Governor Kemp (R) will not be "bullied" by woke corporations over the state's new voting law.

From The Washington Free Beacon, how the "defund the police" movement killed real police reform.

From the Washington Examiner, President Biden's stimulus checks are being spent on guns, especially AR-15s. (He might become America's greatest gun salesman, a distinction that once went to his former boss.)

From The Federalist, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R) can't explain why she voted the bill to protect female athletes in her state.  (Apologies to The Who for using their term "can't explain".)

From American Thinker, HR 1 is not as bad as you think, it's even worse.

From CNS News, White House press secretary Jen "Circle Back" Psaki and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) have an awkward moment about Asians.

From LifeZette, former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) weighs in on the movement to recall his current successor.

From NewsBusters, CNN allocates 41 seconds to the story of human smugglers dropping two small children over the border wall.

From Canada Free Press, Holy Week will always be with us.

From Global News, football champion Tom Brady pulls an April Fool's prank.

From TeleSUR, a surge in coronavirus cases forces Chile to close its borders.  (Would congresscritter AOC (D-NY) object to this use of the term "surge"?)

From The Conservative Woman, the U.K.'s RSPB, bird choppers, and a change of direction.

From Snouts in the Trough, why does a government-run school in England need a "marketing and public relations officer"?

From the Evening Standard, Pimlico Academy in London gives in to student protests and agrees to take down the U.K. flag.

From the Irish Examiner, the remains of a murdered teenager are found in Drogheda, Ireland.

From The Brussels Times, thousands of people party in the Bois de la Cambre in Brussels as the result of an April Fool's joke.

From Dutch News, Easter weekend might bring some global warming to the Netherlands.

From ReMix, according to Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński, no one will impose LGBT or gender ideology on Poland.

From Hungary Today, the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic hits Hungary "with devastating force".

From Free West Media, a human rights activist known for defending the rights of ethnic Russians is arrested in Estonia.

From Russia Today, San Marino regards Russia's first coronavirus vaccine as "well-trusted".

From The Sofia Globe, according to Health Minister Kostadin Angelov, Bulgaria is "at the peak" of a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

From Ekathimerini, Greece plans to offer €330 million to help restaurants and bars to reopen.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the Croatian government prepares a "national recovery and resilience plan".

From Balkan Insight, police seize illegal weapons at 18 locations in Tirana, Albania.

From Malta Today, an international coalition of media organizations calls for Malta to criminalize violence against journalists.

From RFI, Prime Minister Jean Castex promises to get tough on people who violate France's coronavirus rules as the country endures the third wave of the pandemic.

From Euractiv, a French data watchdog will start checking for compliance with cookie policies.

From EuroNews, according to the WHO, the coronavirus vaccine rollout in Europe is "unbearably slow".  (This story's WHO should not be confused with The Who mentioned above.)

From The North Africa Post, according to "experts", the Algerian-backed Polisario Front is a threat to Europe.

From Turkish Minute, Turkish women's rights experts are split on Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul convention.

From The Jerusalem Post, who will represent English speakers and diaspora Jewry in Israel's new Knesset?

From Egypt Today, Egypt demands compensation for the losses incurred from the grounding and refloating of the ship Ever Given.

From The New Arab, Saudi Arabia prohibits the word "maid" in job advertisements.

From IranWire, the Revolutionary Court of Tehran sentences a language rights activist to four and a half years in prison.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan rejects opening trade with India.

From The Hans India, a panel appointed by India's Supreme Court to study the country's new farm laws submits a report.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka, India, Bhutan and Bangla Desh plan to hold a joint military exercise.

From The Straits Times, deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces yet another charge.

From the Borneo Post, nine cases of the South African coronavirus variant are found in Malaysia.

From Vietnam Plus, according to Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, coronavirus vaccines will be distributed equally in Vietnam.

From Gatestone Institute, Iran still hides key parts of its nuclear program as the U.S. again tries bribery.

From The Stream, the Iraqi governorate of Mosul gives permission to destroy a section of an ancient Nineveh wall to expand a road, to the consternation of Iraqi Christians.

From the eponymous site of Steve Gruber, how much will America take from the Biden administration?  (via LifeZette)

From The American Conservative, the school attack which America has forgotten.

From Newsmax, the FBI performed a record 4.7 million gun background checks in March.  (The article links a story at CNN, but clicking it gives me an error message.)

From the New York Post, accused Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell reportedly wants to be treated like "wealthy men".

From Fox News, a pastor calls on African Americans to "reevaluate" their stance on the Democrat party after black faith leaders are not invited to an event with Vice President Harris.

From The Daily Wire, the Biden administration announces a coronavirus vaccine ad campaign.

And from HistoryNet, America's last World War I doughboy.

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