Wednesday Whatnot

On a sunny and unseasonably warm Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, congresscritter Mike Johnson (R-LA) secures the necessary votes to become the next House Speaker.

From FrontpageMag, the case for deporting foreign nationals.

From Townhall, guess who funded the pro-Hamas activists who infiltrated an office building on Capitol Hill.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the University of Pennsylvania tries to oust a professor for two years because of her allegedly racist remarks, but now defends free expression.

From the Washington Examiner, three things to know about Speaker-elect Johnson.

From The Federalist, the Department of Justice subpoenas the phone and email logs of congressional staffers who investigated the crossfire hurricane affair.

From American Thinker, former President Obama offers Israel some "friendly advice".

From MRCTV, Harvard University creates a task force to support "doxxed" antisemitic students.

From NewsBusters, according to MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is as much to blame for the lack peace as Hamas is.

From Canada Free Press, finding your way through the cold and dark.

From TeleSUR, Hurricane Otis strengthens to category 5 and strikes southern Mexico.

From TCW Defending Freedom, not even the worst violence by terrorists upsets the left.

From Snouts in the Trough, Gen Z complains about being made to feel uncomfortable.  (In the first paragraph, the author of SitT states that this post will be left up for only one day, so click and read it while you can.)

From VRT NWS, as many as 12,000 illegal aliens undocumented migrants are living in Antwerp, Belgium.

From The Brussels Times, a Palestinian man is arrested in Anderlecht, Belgium after allegedly stating an intent to "die as a martyr by blowing himself up".  (If you read Flemish, read the story at Het Laatste Nieuws.  The TBT article also refers to the French language site La Dernière Heure, but does not provide a link thereto.)

From the NL Times, a Dutch shipping company is caught the arms embargo on Libya.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at RTL Nieuws.)

From Deutsche Welle, Germany plans to speed up its deportation of rejected asylum seekers.

From EuroNews, the Swedish coast guard rushes to clean up fuel oil that leaked from a ferry that went aground.

From Polskie Radio, Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk visits the E.U. leadership in Brussels.  (If you read Polish, read the story at Polska Agencja Prasowa.)

From ReMix, a tracking device is found on Poland's presidential car after it returns from Ukraine.

From Radio Prague, according to Prime Minister Petr Fiala, the Czech Republic will seek unequivocal support for Israel from the E.U.

From The Slovak Spectator, without the Bratislava Parking Assistant Card, parking in parts of the borough of Ružinov in Bratislava, Slovakia is gonna cost ya, pilgrim.

From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian parliament approves a declaration condemning the terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel.

From Hungary Today, contestants from over 20 countries will compete in the Dreher Hungarian Open in Budapest.

From About Hungary, according to Hungarian europarliamentcritters from the party Fidesz, the European Parliament is debating about Hungary "on the basis of false accusations".

From Voice Of Europe and the "get on your bikes and ride" department, the route of next year's Tour de France has been unveiled.

From Balkan Insight, Kosovo police open an investigation about damage to an old cemetery in the town of North Mitrovica.

From The North Africa Post, two Moroccan military aircraft carrying aid for Palestinians arrive in Egypt's El Arich airport.

From The New Arab, fuel supplies in Gaza are running out.

From the Daily Mail, Palestinian supporters in London tear down posters of Israeli women and children kidnapped by Hamas.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a 16-year-old Afghan boy in Austria is sentenced to jail for beating up his sister because she attended school.  (If you read German, read the story at Exxpress.)

From The Jerusalem Post, a note found on the body of a Hamas terrorist calls on his fellow terrorists to remove the heads, hearts and livers from Jews.

From Arutz Sheva, according to an opinion column, woke Westerners should realize that Hamas will come for them next.

From Gatestone Institute, anti-Jewish blood libel is "back with a vengeance".

From The Stream, a question for people who chant "from the river to the sea, Palestine must be free".

From The Daily Signal, President Biden states "no confidence" in Palestinian propaganda.

From The American Conservative, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) takes his fight against Dr. Anthony Fauci to the next level.

From BizPac Review, a reporter gets booed after asking the aforementioned congresscritter Johnson a loaded question about the 2020 election.

From The Daily Wire, Johnson has a history of "bluntly" confronting Democrats.

From the Daily Caller, Biden blames "extremist" Israeli settlers in the West Bank for "pouring gasoline" on the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

From the New York Post, a man drives his SUV into a bike lane in Washington, D.C. and calls a Jewish woman on a bicycle that Jews "are the devil".

From Breitbart, the Republican National Committee congratulates Speaker-elect Johnson and urges Republicans to "unite" behind him.

From Newsmax, the organization Consumer Reports finds "concerning" levels of lead and cadmium in various chocolate products.  (You chocolate makers need to realize that lead and cadmium belong in batteries, not in candy.)

And from SFGate, when in the San Francisco Bay Area, beware of automatic speeding tickets.