Wednesday Whatnot

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

From National Review, the Biden administration imposes the strictest-ever standards for vehicle emissions in an effort to push the auto industry toward electric cars.

From FrontpageMag, President Biden's fentanyl deal with China has not prevented deaths from overdose.

From Townhall, "15 days to slow the spread", we were told.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) teases about sending expected Haitian migrants to Martha's Vineyard.

From the Washington Examiner, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra admits that "over 300,000" unidentified migrant children have been allowed into the U.S. over the last three years.

From The Federalist, Biden has no problem with high gas prices because they restrict our use of energy.

From American Thinker, the war which has lasted for thousands of years.

From MRCTV, some important truths revealed by the case Murthy v. Missouri.

From NewsBusters, shows in CBS and NBC ignore the House hearing on the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

From Canada Free Press, someone finally gives Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau an ultimatum.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela rejects accusations made by an "international fact-finding mission".

From TCW Defending Freedom, the idea of replacing U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with his fellow parliamentcritter Penny Mordaunt deserves to be laughed at.

From EuroNews, Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announces his resignation.  (My spellchecker objects to his last name, but has no problem with "Taoiseach", as long as the initial "T" is capitalized.)

From Voice Of Europe, as shown by a study of its wastewater, Antwerp, Belgium retains its status as Europe's capital of she-don't-lie.

From ReMix, the "anti-immigration" party AfD appears to be polling as well as ever in Germany's eastern states, despite being attacked by both the government and the media.  (I put "anti-immigration" in quotes because such people are not necessarily against immigration per se, but are merely against illegal immigration and/or want immigration to be limited to a finite number of immigrants.)

From Daily News Hungary, pictures from the restored Boldogkő Castle in Hungary.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Startlap.  If you're wondering how the letter "ő" is pronounced, your guess is as good as mine.)

From Hungary Today, employees at a Mercedes factory in Kecskemét, Hungary welcome their new robot coworkers.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Világgazdaság.)

From About Hungary, the NATO innovation program DIANA is expanding its network to include new sites in Hungary.

From Russia Today, reports of a planned visit to Russia by Pope Francis have been greatly exaggerated.

From Sputnik International, what Russia can learn by studying a knocked out Abrams tank left in no man's land near Berdychi, Ukraine.

From The Moscow Times, observers describe the 2024 Russian presidential election.

From The Kyiv Independent, drones reportedly strike Russia's Engels airbase and other sites in the oblasts of Belgorod and Saratov.

From Romania-Insider, Romania's governing coalition chooses its candidate for mayor of the capital city of Bucharest.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at Digi24.)

From Novinite, a grain corridor between Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine emerges as a global market hub.

From The Sofia Globe, the resumption of talks for a new Bulgarian government faces a question mark.

From Radio Bulgaria, the outgoing Bulgarian government grants two state-owned properties to the party We Continue the Change.

From Balkan Insight, a Greek journalist goes on trial for alleged defamation because of a book he wrote claiming that the Orthodox Church's Easter Holy Fire is not miraculous.  (What is this "freedom of the press" that you speak of?)

From The North Africa Post, the U.S. approves the sale of Javelin anti-tank missiles to Morocco.  (The alliance between the two countries is very old.)

From The New Arab, Saudi Arabia plans to set up a $40 billion fund to invest in AI startups.  (When our future robot overlords arrive, we might have to blame thank the Saudis.)

From The Jerusalem Post, a U.N. mission set up in Iraq to investigate alleged crimes committed by ISIS is forced to shut down.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Pakistani family in Wächtersbach, Germany sets fire to their house to defraud an insurance company, and writes Nazi slogans on its walls to deflect blame.  (If you read German, read the story at Bild.)

From Gatestone Institute, is Israel being betrayed?

From The Stream, another way by which jihad is carried out.

From The Daily Signal, according to a survey, most voters support parents having a role when their child explores gender transition at school.

From The American Conservative, what is the Republican position these days about the Chinese-connected platform TikTok?

From The Western Journal, leftists are so convinced that former President Trump will win in November that they want to boot Justice Sonia Sotomayor off the Supreme Court.

From BizPac Review, Fox News host Jesse Watters warns of an upcoming "dark and dangerous" chapter with the "deep state" preparing for war.

From The Daily Wire, a Harvard University employee flips out after being caught ripping down posters showing Israeli hostages held by Hamas.

From the Daily Caller, Fulton County, Georgia Judge Scott McAfee allows Trump and his co-defendants to appeal his ruling which allowed District Attorney Fani Willis to stay on their case.

From the New York Post, a bus company agrees to stop taking illegal aliens migrants from Texas to New York City while courts consider a lawsuit by Mayor Eric Adams (D).

From Breitbart, Trump explains why female and minority voters are moving toward him and the Republican party.

From Newsmax, according to a poll, 50 percent of New Yorkers plan to leave the city during the next five years.

From Fox News, my former governor apparently has a good chance to become my newest Senator.

And from CheckYourFact, no, congresscritter Marjorie Taylor Greene did not hold up a sign saying "Honk if you want a bloodbath".