Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Wednesday Whatnot

On a cold rainy Wednesday, with some wintry mix, here are some things going on:

From National Review, is new congresscritter George Santos (R-NY) acting as a lightning rod for his fellow House Republicans?

From FrontpageMag, the FBI makes its first arrests in relation to attacks on pro-life pregnancy centers.

From Townhall, a Connecticut Democrat state lawmaker proposes a bill to allow illegal aliens to vote.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Texas politician Bob O'Rourke (D) is holding on to $100,000 of tainted cash from disgraced crypto kingpin Sam Bankman-Fried.

From the Washington Examiner, Senators Mike Braun (R-IN), Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) weigh in on classified documents as representatives of former Presidents Bush the Elder, Clinton, Bush the Younger, and Obama claim that their documents have been given to the National Archives.

From The Federalist, according to congresscritter Elise Stefanik (R-NY), ridding the federal government of corruption is a top priority for House Republicans.

From American Thinker, could Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) have a reason for defending President Biden?

From CNS News, there have reportedly been 278 attacks on Catholic churches since May 2020.

From NewsBusters, Big Tech blocked information over 275 million times in 2022.

From Canada Free Press, the truth about government panic over the coronavirus is finally laid bare.

From TeleSUR, Colombia refuses to send old Russian weapons to Ukraine.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. puts out a "welcome mat for a multiple murderer".

From Snouts in the Trough, is U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak just another multicultural self-enricher?

From Free West Media, will the German government's "Bundeswehr special fund" be increased to €300 billion?  (My spellchecker has no problem with the German word Bundeswehr.)

From EuroNews, human rights groups claim that the Poland-Belarus border is littered with the bodies of migrants.  (Were any trampled by the Białowieża bison?)

From Euractiv, freelance interpreters in Belgium unionize to get better pay and working conditions.

From ReMix, Germany and the U.S. decide to send tanks to Ukraine.

From Balkan Insight, Bosnia and Herzegovina finally completes the formation of a national government.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco and Saudi Arabia sign a deal to terrorism and its financing.

From The New Arab, at least eight people are killed and 58 others go missing after a migrant boat capsizes off the Libyan coast.

From Gatestone Institute, a comparison of the free world and the World Economic Forum.

From Dawn, a district court in Islamabad, Pakistan gives police permission to detain politician Fawad Chaudhry for two days.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistani President Dr. Arif Alvi approves the creation of the "Pakistan Diamond Jubilee Award 2022".

From Pakistan Today, former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan regards the detention of Fawad Chaudhry as "a part of a plan to rig elections".

From The Hans India, the railway station in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India receives the "Green Railway Station Certification".  (My spellchecker has no problem with the name "Visakhapatnam".)

From the Hindustan Times, Indian President Droupadi Murmu gives a speech on the eve of India's Republic Day.  (My spellchecker objects to both her first and last names.  Looks like places are OK, but people are not.)

From ANI, India's National Investigation Agency arrests a man who allegedly fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the Punjab Police Intelligence HQ in the city of Mohali.

From India Today, police in Ahmedabad, India detain four people in connection with a bomb threat ahead of Republic Day events.

From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina offers to correct her government's course if opposition parties can point out any failure.  (Unlike with the aforementioned Indian president, my spellchecker has no problem with the PM's names.)

From New Age, the Bangladeshi government bans the suckermouth catfish.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka's Constitutional Council meets for the first time.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan police have yet to receive a statement from former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa regarding money found at his house despite a court order that he gives one.  (Well, at least nobody found any classified documents.)

From Raajje, the Maldive Islands appoints a new high commissioner to Sri Lanka.

From The Stream, Biden gets a "new brain".

From The Daily Signal, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduces a bill prohibiting legislators and their spouses from using privileged information to trade stocks, and names it after former Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal).

From The American Conservative, right-wing commentator Pat Buchanan announces that he is retiring from writing his syndicated column.

From The Western Journal, Speaker McCarthy (R-Cal) figuratively "annihilates" a reporter who questioned his decision to remove congresscritters Adam Schiff (D-Cal) and Eric Swalwell (D-Cal) from the House Intelligence Committee.

From BizPac Review, the National Archives clams up as its disparate treatment of President Biden and former President Trump becomes obvious.

From The Daily Wire, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduces a bill to prevent non-citizens from voting in local elections in Washington, D.C.

From the Daily Caller, congressional Republicans led by Senator James Lankford (R-OK) urge the Department of Justice to enforce the law against mail-order abortion drugs.

From the New York Post, countries which foodies visit for their cuisine.

From Breitbart, New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) considers her options after a state judge strikes down the state's coronavirus vaccination rule for healthcare workers.

From Newsmax, the long-awaited expansion of New York City's Grand Central Terminal to serve Long Island Rail Road trains opens.

And from the Genesius Times, Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin is spotted on the front lines in Ukraine.

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