Since today would be tax deadline day in a normal year, I'm calling this post "taxings" instead of "tidings". So whether you have filed your federal return or not, here are some things going on:
From National Review, more evidence shows that it's safe and beneficial to exercise outdoors during the coronavirus pandemic. (This means that I can go back to walking through forests as any self-respecting Bigfoot should be doing.)
From FrontpageMag, the idea of systemic racism is a conspiracy theory.
From The Washington Free Beacon, Democrat congresscritters introduce a court-packing bill.
From the Washington Examiner, then-Senator Biden (D-Del) once called court-packing "boneheaded".
From The Federalist, Democrats should be on their knees, but not for the reasons they favor.
From American Thinker, former President Trump does not resemble John Adams, Jimmy Carter or George Bush the Elder, but Andrew Jackson.
From LifeZette, congresscritter Liz Cheney (R-WY) will not endorse Trump if he runs in 2024. (Speaking of comparing him to earlier former presidents, does Trump want to emulate Grover Cleveland?)
From NewsBusters, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell creates a new social media platform named Frank.
From Canada Free Press, despite the woke, states should strengthen their election laws.
From CBC News, experts recommend shutting down travel between Canadian provinces to control the spread of coronavirus variants.
From TeleSUR, Mexico's Lower Chamber approves changes to the country's Hydrocarbon Law.
From The Conservative Woman, the black-chaired mostly non-white Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities makes a report that the race grievance industry in the U.K. won't like.
From the Express, Prince Harry might be excluded from the Royal Family gathering at Prince Philip's funeral due to quarantine requirements.
From the (Irish) Independent, Ireland reports a large drop in new coronavirus cases.
From VRT NWS, while Belgium's travel ban will soon end, it will still be "no time for a foreign trip".
From the NL Times, quarantine will become mandatory for travelers entering the Netherlands starting on May 15th.
From Deutsche Welle, the coronavirus situation in German hospitals is "dramatic".
From EuroNews, Germany's highest court rules that Berlin's rent cap is illegal.
From Allah's Willing Executioners, Muslim migrants in Germany are allegedly attacking "Chinese-looking people" and the media act like the fiction German Sgt. Schulz.
From the CPH Post, Denmark will raise the number of people who may gather together.
From Polskie Radio, Poland plans a pay increase for hospital orderlies due to the difficult tasks they have performed during the coronavirus pandemic.
From Radio Prague, Czech President Miloš Zeman regards the U.S. decision to pull out of Afghanistan a "mistake".
From The Slovak Spectator, the conditions for crossing Slovakia's borders will change on April 19th.
From Euractiv, the Slovak government is accused of doctoring nursing home coronavirus vaccination numbers.
From Daily News Hungary, according to Foreign Minister Szijjarto, Hungary will comply with NATO's decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.
From Russia Today, Russian police raid the office of the student journal DOXA and charge the editors with encouraging minors to participate in unauthorized protests.
From Romania-Insider, an exhibition of painted eggs opens at the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant in Bucharest.
From Novinite, Bulgaria's Orthodox patriarch gets a medical checkup.
From The Greek Reporter, police and protesters clash in Thessaloniki, Greece.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, members of the presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina agree on one issue and disagree on another.
From Balkan Insight, Facebook reveals the advertising costs of Albanian candidates and parties.
From Total Croatia News, what happens after Croatia's current coronavirus measures expire at midnight tonight? (If you read Croatian, read related stories at Poslovni Dnevnik and Index.)
From Total Slovenia News, a Slovenian website publishes a "non-paper" proposing changes to borders of Western Balkan countries.
From the Malta Independent, good dogs!
From ANSA, two Italian fugitives are found and arrested in Cambodia.
From ReMix, an NGO rescue ship allegedly sought to be paid €10,000 per migrant.
From SwissInfo, Swiss university students will make a partial return.
From France24, French President Emmanuel Macron visits the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, still undergoing repairs.
From Free West Media, the French town of Caudry cuts social assistance for families of delinquent children.
From El País, why have schools in Spain been able to stay open but those in neighboring countries have not?
From The Portugal News, Portuguese researchers study offshore structures for renewable energy use.
From Morocco World News, over 100 public figures in Morocco and Algeria call for a "humanitarian" crossing to be established between the two countries.
From The North Africa Post, Moroccan cafes and restaurants face tough times as Morocco's coronavirus restrictions are tightened.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey gives the U.S. a "non-paper" on how to proceed on their bilateral ties.
From Rûdaw, a car bomb explodes at a marketplace in Baghdad.
From Armenpress, according to Armenia's parliament speaker, Azerbaijan is still illegally holding Armenian POWs and civilians in detention.
From In-Cyprus, Cyprus hopes to vaccinate people aged 45 and up starting in May.
From The Syrian Observer, Syrian Kurdish forces capture two ISIS terrorists.
From Arutz Sheva, starting Sunday, Israel will no longer require face masks outdoors.
From the Egypt Independent, some companies have gained from their dam financing.
From the Ethiopian Monitor, Coca-Cola now packages Sprite in clear plastic bottles in Ethiopia. (Is this one way in which the company is trying to be less white?)
From the Saudi Gazette, five steps which foreign pilgrims must take in order to perform Umrah.
From The New Arab, a Lebanese judge orders the release of six people detained following last year's explosion in Beirut.
From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Iran signs a deal to buy 60 million doses of Russia's first coronavirus vaccine.
From The Express Tribune, Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurates the Pakistan Medical Commission's online service.
From Khaama Press, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Afghani President Ashraf Ghani as the Taliban object to the U.S. withdrawn deadline.
From The Hans India, migrant workers in the Indian state of Maharashtra try to leave after it imposes new coronavirus restrictions.
From The Times Of India, the French embassy in Pakistan advises French people to leave Pakistan.
From RAIR Foundation USA, Muslims in India call for the beheading a Hindu leader who criticized Mohammed.
From the Dhaka Tribune, garment workers in Bangladesh find it difficult to reach their factories.
From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan parliamentcritter Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe warns that handing over Colombo Port City to China would make it a Chinese colony.
From The Jakarta Post, according to an opinion column, Indonesia needs deradicalization centers.
From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia swears in a new deputy tourism minister.
From The Mainichi, fishermen and marine product workers voice distrust and worry over the Japanese government's decision to release radioactive water from the Fukushima power plant.
From Gatestone Institute, how Palestinian officials treat refugees.
From The Stream, the death of Daunte Wright exposes the left's impossible dream.
From Space War, President Biden faces a "tangle of sanctions" in talks with Iran.
From The Daily Signal, an Arizona state lawmaker tells the supporters of HR 1 to "keep your hands off our elections".
From The American Conservative, The Wall Street Journal must resist pressure to go woke.
From Newsmax, the U.S. braces for the possibility of coronavirus booster shots.
From The Daily Wire, how Yale University, foundations, the pope, and "plutocrats" go corporations involved in politics.
From Fox News, according to the CEO of Pfizer, people might need to get a third coronavirus vaccine shot within a year after the first two.
From Breitbart, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) does not rule out court-packing legislation.
From WSVN, teh stoopid is alive and well in Daytona Beach, Florida.
From the New York Post, Senator Socialism (I-VT) disagrees with the "Squad" on defunding the police.
And from ABC News, snake a snake, oh it's a snake! (via the New York Post)
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