Friday Phenomena

On a cloudy and relatively cool Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the media's blinders on President Biden are embarrassing.

From FrontpageMag, the IRS decides that drug dens should be tax-exempt.

From Townhall, what Border Patrol sector chiefs say about border walls working.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate and former congresscritter Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL) and her husband own a $3 million house, but she wants her student loan to be forgiven.

From the Washington Examiner, a televised event for congresscritters seeking to replace Kevin McCarthy (R-Cal) as speaker falls apart.

From The Federalist, homeless encampments shut down a gay bar in Denver.

From American Thinker, "life imitates Charlie Brown" and Lucy.

From MRCTV, an entire collegiate women's swim team says "no" to having a trans teammate.

From NewsBusters, right-wing journalist Tucker Carlson exposes how transgender medical procedures have become lucrative.

From Canada Free Press, former Speaker McCarthy (R-Cal) tries to rewrite history.

From CBC News, like France, Canada has a bedbug problem.

From TeleSUR, former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe will stand trial for alleged procedural fraud and witness bribery.

From TCW Defending Freedom, no, Greenland's ice sheet is not melting away.

From Snouts in the Trough, British stupidity about high-speed trains.

From EuroNews, Hungary and Poland (again) block the E.U. from making a joint declaration on immigration.  (I say dobrze wam, meaning "good for you", to Poland.  As for what to say to Hungary, I have no idea.)

From Voice Of Europe, according to a survey, Poles are increasingly less inclined to support aid for Ukraine.  (If you read Polish, read the survey at Rzeczpospolita.)

From ReMix, the war in Ukraine has put strains on the relationship between Poland and Hungary.

From Balkan Insight, a border crossing between Romania and Ukraine is closed due to attacks from Russian drones.

From The North Africa Post, the aircraft engine maker Pratt & Whitney invests $100 million to build a factory in Morocco.

From The New Arab, according to the Syrian Democratic Forces, Turkey has bombed northeastern Syria, targeting energy infrastructure and killing 15 people.

From Dawn, Pakistani interim Health Minister Dr. Nadeem Jan blames polio in Pakistan on people from Afghanistan.

From The Hans India, in the Indian state of Haryana, paying your overdue property taxes are gonna cost ya a little bit less, pilgrim.

From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport gets its third terminal.

From the Daily Mirror, the Sri Lankan Supreme Court rules that the party Sri Lanka Muslim Congress's decision to expel parliamentcritter Naseer Ahamad from its membership is valid.

From Raajje, Maldivian President Ibrahim Solih established the "Office of the President-elect".

From the Bangkok Post, police in Thailand warn against scams.

From The Straits Times, when in Singapore, don't go wandering around carrying a knife.

From Tempo(dot)Co, police in Jakarta Indonesia disperse Greenpeace's giant octopus-shaped monster.

From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian rice importer Padiberas Nasional denies that its product has been mixed with "plastic rice".

From Vietnam Plus, the Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast shows off four of its models at the Geneva International Motor Show Qatar 2023.

From the Taipei Times, Taiwan has the freest Internet in Asia.

From The Korea Herald, according to a South Korean think tank, North Korea might launch a spy satellite later this month.

From The Mainichi, two fishery organizations in the Japanese prefecture of Fukuoka buy inland forests.

From Gatestone Institute, noted lawyer Alan Dershowitz and the Chief Twit discuss free speech and antisemitism.

From The Stream, is quoting the Bible in public forbidden?

From The Daily Signal, when reporters and Democrats get cozy.

From BizPac Review, a protester allegedly rams his car into the back of one of presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy's (R) campaign vehicles.

From The Daily Wire, according to former European Commission President Jean-Claude Junker, Ukraine is not ready to join the E.U.

From the Daily Caller, former First Lady/Senator (D-NY)/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls for "MAGA" supporters to be deprogrammed.

From the New York Post, Biden gets some economic facts confused.

From Breitbart, the fatal accident involving a member of the Biden family, who wasn't Joe's first wife.

And from Newsmax, according to former Vice President Pence, Biden's plan to allow more border wall construction is "too little, too late".