Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Tuesday Tidings

On a mild partly cloudy Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg gets to decide if former President Trump is right about predicting that he will be arrested today.

From FrontpageMag, one percent of Democrat-run counties account for 42 percent of murders in the U.S.

From Townhall, another witness is scheduled to testify to the Manhattan grand jury which is considering indicting Trump, which means that his possible arrest might be delayed.

From The Washington Free Beacon, California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) blames a recent spike in car thefts on car manufacturers.

From the Washington Examiner, how an indictment of Trump could trip up President Biden and his fellow Democrats before 2024.

From The Federalist, the rush on the El Paso, Texas bridge is what losing control of the border looks like.

From American Thinker, how conservatives should define "wokeness".

From CNS News, congresscritter Byron Donalds (R-FL) has a suggestion for the aforementioned District Attorney Bragg.

From Fox News, small businesses sue the Biden administration over a federal agency allegedly "picking winners and losers" based on race.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, a segment on CBS's 60 Minutes about the declining U.S. Navy sinks a decade of anti-Republican fact-checks.

From Canada Free Press, the Democrats want a picture of Trump in handcuffs (if there is one) to go viral worldwide.

From TeleSUR, left-wing dictatorships Cuba and Venezuela reject U.S. complaints on human rights abuses.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K.'s National Trust and its beavermania.

From Snouts in the Trough, it's time to give up on the "basket-cases" of Africa and Pakistan.

From EuroNews, Extinction Rebellion, NGOs and National Health Care workers plan a climate protest in front of the U.K.'s Houses Parliament in London.  (They really should protest in front of the Chinese embassy.)

From Euractiv, the European Commission wants to tighten controls at the E.U.'s external borders.

From ReMix, Iceland gets tough on immigration and crime committed by migrants.

From Balkan Insight, sentences for domestic and sexual violence in southeastern Europe are "often lenient".

From Morocco World News, Morocco's central bank raises its interest rate to 3 percent.

From The North Africa Post, citizens of countries at four corners of Africa protest against their government.

From Hürriyet Daily News, over 50,000 people have died in the earthquakes that struck Türkiye in February.

From Turkish Minute, a majority of supporters of Turkey's governing Justice and Development Party was not prepared to respond to the earthquakes.

From Rûdaw, Kurdistan regional Prime Minister Masrour Barzani condemns the killing of four Kurds who attempted to light a bonfire at a Kurdish new year celebration in Jindires, Syria.

From Armenpress, Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Paruyr Hovhannisyan tells visiting German bundestagcritters that a fact-finding mission to the Lachin Corridor and the Azerbaijani region of Nagorno-Karabakh is imperative.

From Public Radio Of Armenia, a restoration mechanism to restore negotiations between Artsakh and Azerbaijan meets international law.  (Artsakh is another name for Nagorno-Karabakh.)

From Azǝrbaycan24, a Russian peacekeeping contingent with 69 vehicles moves freely on the Khankandi-Lachin road.

From In-Cyprus, according to a study, over 50 percent of young Cypriots want to leave Cyprus.

From The Syrian Observer, according to an opinion column, President Bashar al-Assad has put Syria "up for sale".

From North Press Agency, more on the Kurdish new year celebration, known as Newroz.

From The961, a U.S. dollar is officially worth 15,000 Lebanese lira, but some traders will ask for much more.

From Arutz Sheva, Israel forces arrest terrorists who fired on the settlement of Karmei Tzur in the West Bank.

From The Times Of Israel, Israeli reserve soldiers threaten to not serve if judicial reform bills are passed.

From The Jerusalem Post, can Israel's High Court strike down the judicial reform bills?

From YNetNews, the Israeli program Marva allows young Jews in the Diaspora to simulate enlisting and serving in the IDF.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt establishes its first power plant that will convert waste into energy.

From Egypt Today, President Abdel El-Sisi orders continuing efforts to add about 3.5 million feddans to Egypt's agricultural area.  (A feddan equals 1.037 acres.)

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopian federal and regional officials seek concerted action to address challenges in the investment sector and in dealing with the contraband trade.

From the Saudi Gazette, Ramadan will start in Saudi Arabia this coming Thursday.

From Gulf News, observing Ramadan in the UAE.

From The New Arab, Saudi Arabia prepares it two holiest sites for millions of visitors during Ramadan.

From VOA, Saudi Arabia releases an American who was jailed for posting Tweets critical of its government.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From Gatestone Institute, the Biden administration is pushing Arabs toward Iran.

From The Stream, the lack of electric vehicle charging stations at interstate highway rest stops can be blamed on the federal government and the president - as in President Eisenhower.

From The Daily Signal, President Biden signs a bill that declassifies intelligence about the origins of the coronavirus.

From The American Conservative, today could see former President Trump on a perp walk.

From The Western Journal, according to an op-ed by former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R), the "get Trump" agenda in New York City "goes several bridges too far".

From BizPac Review, on Bo Snerdley's Rush Hour, Fox News host Tucker Carlson explains why he hasn't aired more of the footage from the Capitol riot.

From The Daily Wire, according to right-wing commentator Ben Shapiro, Trump supporters would be wrong to think that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) could prevent Trump from being arrested.

From the Daily Caller, Trump sets out his plan to "dismantle the deep state".

From the New York Post, U.S. home prices fall for the first time in 10 years.

From Breitbart, according to a study, Bidenflation is fueling hunger in the U.S.

From Newsmax, according to Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), the aforementioned DA Alvin Bragg should testify on the investigation and possible indictment of Trump.

And from Reuters, the new Winnie the Pooh horror film is "mysteriously" canceled in Hong Kong.  (After doing some research, I now believe that the cancellation should not be so mysterious.  The story comes via the Daily Caller.)

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