Thursday Things

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

From National Review, according to testimony from a former co-worker, Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis began her romantic relationship with prosecutor Nathan Wade in 2019.

From FrontpageMag, Russian President Putin would prefer U.S. President Biden winning reelection over former President Trump retaking the office.  (In my opinion, this raises a question.  If there was any collusion between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign, why would Putin or any other Russians side with Trump against his then-rival Hillary Clinton?)

From Townhall, House Intelligence Committee chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) faces an inquiry for his ominous but rather unspecific security warning.

From The Washington Free Beacon, climate envoy John Podesta is behind Biden's pausing the export of liquefied natural gas, from which his brother stands to benefit.

From the Washington Examiner, Democratic Party elders are leaving their positions, with one notable exception.

From The Federalist, did U.S. intelligence agencies create the Russia collusion hoax before suggesting it to the aforementioned Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign?

From American Thinker, "chumming" the border to attract illegal aliens.

From MRCTV, LGBTQ activists gather in Washington, D.C. in support of "Palestine liberation".

From NewsBusters, according to TV host Whoopi Goldberg, "Tucker Putin" would be a "great" name for a stripper.

From Canada Free Press, congresscritter Barbara Lee (D-Cal), now running for Senator, wants a $50 per hour minimum wage.

From TeleSUR, Brazil toughens the conditions of its maximum security prisons.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is a "smooth-talking second-hand car salesman".  (If so, the British should buy some second-hand cars while they're still legal.)

From EuroNews, some towns in the Spanish region of Andalucía haven't had clean tap water in 10 months.

From Voice Of Europe, Greek farmers escalate their protests over rising production costs and plan to rally in Athens.

From ReMix, the E.U. demands that Hungary, Poland and Slovakia allow the import of Ukrainian grain.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Mandiner.)

From Balkan Insight, Albania reverses its 2018 online ban on sports betting.

From The North Africa Post, a record 1313 migrants died trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Tunisia to Italy in 2023.

From The New Arab, Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and the resulting presence of warships have not been kind to Yemeni fishermen.

From The Jerusalem Post, a Jewish man in Paris is stabbed six times in an antisemitic attack.  (via Breitbart)

From The Hans India, police in the Indian cities of Delhi and Gurugram strengthen their security arrangements due to protests by farmers.  (Protests are not just for European farmers anymore.)

From the Hindustan Times, the third round of talks between Indian farmers and the Indian government are underway.

From ANI, Indian President Droupadi Murmu prorogues both houses of the Indian parliament.  (To prorogue a parliament is to suspend its activities without dissolving it.)

From India Today, a mob tries to attack a police station in Churachandpur, Manipur, India.

From the Dhaka Tribune, anti-rape protesters Jahangirnagar University in Dhaka, Bangladesh warn of a tougher movement.

From New Age, a training course for health cadre officers is held at the Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan Health Minister Dr. Ramesh Pathirana calls for more domestic production of medicine.

From the Colombo Gazette, according to President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka is keen to resume a light rail transit project.

From Raajje, Maldivian President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu unveils an online program to teach Dhivehi and Islam to Maldivians abroad.

From the Bangkok Post, police raid beer bars in Chiang Mai, Thailand after complaints that they were selling balloons filled with laughing gas.

From Gatestone Institute, the axis of Hamas, Iran and South Africa.

From The Stream, crime by illegal aliens migrants is turning American cities into war zones.

From The Daily Signal, move over, fake news, it's "skewed news".

From The American Conservative, the inside story of MAGA versus congresscritter Mike Gallagher (R-Wis).

From The Western Journal, a broadcast of the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade cuts away from tight end Travis Kelce when he goes "off the rails".

From BizPac Review, Alex Soros, son of left-wing billionaire George Soros, has a new girlfriend, who is well-known to the twice-aforementioned Hillary Clinton.

From The Daily Wire, a pregnant illegal alien migrant swims across the Rio Grande and then goes into labor.

From the Daily Caller, according to Fox News analyst Jonathan Turley, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's prosecution of Trump goes into uncharted territory.

From the New York Post, when having your car washed, please refrain from throwing your drink at any of the workers.

From Breitbart, are you ready for a third-party presidential campaign by Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Mitt Romney (R-UT).

From Newsmax, 30-year mortgage interest rates rise to their highest level in 10 weeks.

And from SFGate, for a cool $3.5 million, you can have actor Nicolas Cage's former home in San Francisco, the price being reduced after it was damaged by fire.