2025 Comes To An End

Once again it's New Year's Eve as the year 2025 will reach its conclusion and 2026 will begin.  I'm sure that the upcoming year will once again say "hold my beer" to the previous one.

Last year started with a terror attack in New Orleans by man who drove his pickup truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street, killing 14 people and injuring 57 others.  Later in January, a fire in southern California spread into Los Angeles and destroyed over 16,000 homes and other structures.  President Trump took office for the second time and unleashed the new Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, for short, which led to eventually significant cuts and 260,000 fewer people in federal federal government jobs.  Cuts included the dismantling of the agency USAID.  On January 29th, an American Airlines jet collided with a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter as it approached Reagan National Airport, killing everyone on the two aircraft.

The Trump administration cracked down on illegal immigration, sending ICE out to arrest people and by establishing detention centers such as "Alligator Alcatraz" in Florida.  Trump also sent National Guard personnel to help law enforcement in several U.S. cities, and issued a whole bunch of tariffs.  Under his direction, the U.S. bombed Yemen, intending to strike the Houthis, and Iran, joining Israel's efforts.  Meanwhile in Gaza, Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire, while the war between Russia and Ukraine continued without one.  On June 14, two Minnesota state legislators and their respective spouses were shot in their homes.  State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed.  After the death of Pope Francis, the Catholic Church elected Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago, to succeed him.  He took the name Leo XIV.

An object from interstellar space entered the solar system and was designated 3I/Atlas.  Right-wing activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on September 10th at a Turning Point USA event in Utah.  Starting in September, the U.S. military started attacking suspected drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.  Starting on October 1st, the U.S. government was shut down for 45 days, the longest such event in history.  Later in October, thieves broke into the Louvre museum in Paris and stole over $100 million worth of jewelry.  In November, Congress passed and Trump signed legislation to release files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  In December, a shooter killed two people at Brown University and a father and son killed at least 16 people at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.  Of course, no summary that I can write could ever be complete, so read more at On This Day, Britannica and History.

Among the people who passed away this year were actors Rob Reiner (allegedly killed by his son), Brigitte Bardot, June Lockhart, Diane Keaton, Claudia Cardinale, Robert Redford, Terence Stamp, Loni Anderson, Loretta Swit, George Wendt, Ruth Buzzi, Jean Marsh, Val Kilmer, Richard Chamberlin, Gene Hackman, Diane Ladd and Michelle Trachtenberg; sports figures Hulk Hogan, Dave Parker, George Foreman and Bob Uecker; musicians (or at least singers) Ace Frehley (Kiss), Tom Lehrer, Cleo Laine, Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath, solo), Chuck Mangione, Connie Francis, Bobby Sherman, Lou Christie, Brian Wilson (Beach Boys), Sly Stone, David Johansen (New York Dolls), Roberta Flack, Marianne Faithfull, Sam Moore (Sam & Dave), Rick Derringer (the McCoys, Edgar Winter Group, solo), Wayne Osmond (the Osmonds), Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul and Mary), Toby Myers (John Mellencamp's band), Garth Hudson (The Band), Chris Jasper (Isley Brothers), Robert John, Joey Mollard (Badfinger), Jesse Colin Young (the Youngbloods), Luís Jardim, George Kooymans (Golden Earring), Bobby Whitlock (Derek and the Dominoes), Roy Estrada (Mothers Of Invention, Little Feat), Mark Volman (the Turtles), Bobby Hart, Sonny Curtis (the Crickets), Chris Dreja (the Yardbirds), John Lodge (Moody Blues), Jimmy Cliff, Steve Cropper (Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Blues Brothers) and Tetsu Yamauchi (Free, Faces); political figures Dick Cheney, Alan Simpson, David Gergen and Carolyn McCarthy; scientist Jane Goodall; cartoonist Jules Feiffer; clothing designer Giorgio Armani; astronaut James Lovell; and base jumper/skydiver Felix Baumgartner.

For myself, 2025 included travels to eastern Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa.  Fortunately, due to various treatments, I have largely avoided the medical problems that I had in 2024.  Naturally, I expect many more interesting times, both as a blessing and as a curse, in 2026.  Happy New Year, everyone.

Wednesday Wanderings For The End Of 2025

On a cold and cloudy Wednesday on the last day of the year, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the things in 2025 that were overrated and underrated.

From FrontpageMag, President Trump's comments on recently murdered actor/director Rob Reiner.

From Townhall, the Trump administration sues Virginia over granting in-state college tuition to illegal aliens.

From The Washington Free Beacon, sharing a nomination for TWFB Men of the Year are the Minnesota motorists who called Governor Tim Walz (D) the R-word.

From the Washington Examiner, congresscritter Lauren Boebert (R-Col) suggests that Trump vetoed a bill to build a water pipeline in Colorado in "retaliation" to a petition to release the Epstein files.

From The Federalist, the top ten media hoaxes for 2025, including one about a "Maryland man".

From American Thinker, actor George Clooney gets slammed on social media for his string of hypocrisies.

From NewsBusters, the ten most-read NB stories of 2025.

From Canada Free Press, 2026 will be "a walk into the great unknown".

From TeleSUR, Chile goes on red alert due to the risk of forest fires.

From TCW Defending Freedom, is the Reform UK party, led by Nigel Farage, the U.K.'s last hope?

From EuroNews, Helsinki police investigate damage to undersea cables extending between Finland and Estonia.

From Balkan Insight, tributes to notable people in the Balkans who passed away in 2025.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccans saved 29.7 percent of their GDP in the third quarter of 2025.

From The New Arab, Saudi Arabia says that it needs to know that the UAE is "serious" about pulling its troops out of Yemen.

From the Daily Mail, the U.K.'s Labour Party rules out deporting an Egyptian dissident over his Tweets calling for Jews to be killed, because they don't regard this as sufficiently bad.

From Gatestone Institute, why Israel and U.S. President Trump should be cautious about allowing Pakistani troops into Gaza.

From The Daily Signal, as Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani gets ready to take over New York City, private property owners take cover.

From The American Conservative, are American suburbs the cause of our social problems?

From The Western Journal, Trump issues his first two vetoes of his second term in office.

From BizPac Review, Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) calls for visa revocation, deportation, and denaturalization due to the fraud in Minnesota.

From the Daily Caller, a convicted Somali fraudster in Minnesota used his ill-gotten money to buy land in Kentucky.

From Breitbart, actor Michael Rapaport announces his run for New York City mayor in 2029.

From Newsmax, Trump calls the aforementioned Tim Walz a "crooked governor".

And from the New York Post, if you have squatters on your property, a samurai-inspired company can remove them.

The Last Tuesday Things For The Year

On a sunny but cold and windy Tuesday, the last of 2025, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Chinese navy conducts a live-fire exercise simulating a blockade of Taiwan.

From FrontpageMag, for two years, authorities suppressed the transgender Nashville school shooter's hate for Christians.

From Townhall, look who finally showed up at the "Quality Learing Center" in Minneapolis after YouTube user Nick Shirley's exposé.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a nominee for TWFB Man of the Year is the person who double-tapped a drug-loaded speed boat near Venezuela.

From the Washington Examiner, a federal judge rules that the Trump administration can share the Medicaid data of illegal aliens with ICE.

From The Federalist, as the year 2025 comes to an end, so should impressions of President Trump.

From American Thinker, tax law can be used to speed up deportations of illegal aliens.

From NewsBusters, 12 times in 2025 when co-hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg of The View were divorced from reality.

From Canada Free Press, one city has garbage in, but no garbage out.

From TeleSUR, President Javier Milei dissolves Argentina's National Disability Agency.

From TCW Defending Freedom, what King Charles III should have said in his Christmas message.

From EuroNews, thieves drill into a bank vault in Gelsenkirchen, Germany and steal at least €10 million worth of property.

From ReMix, Polish farmers protest against the Mercosur trade agreement.

From Balkan Insight, Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti returns to office with "a lot of work ahead".

From The North Africa Post, Egypt's National Railways operates its 43rd repatriation train to return Sudanese refugees home.  (To its credit, Egypt has been taking in refugees - other than modern Gazans, so it seems - for a very long time.)

From The New Arab, the Palestinian faction Fatah hands over its heavy weapons to the Lebanese army.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, after a "lone wolf" threatens people with a knife at a church in Rottenburg, Germany, the police and media cover up his background.  (If you read German, read the story at Jouwatch.)

From Newsweek, Iran designates the Canadian navy as a "terrorist organization".

From Jewish News Syndicate, the Palestinian Authority's strategy to keep conflict with Israel alive in Judea and Samaria.

From Gatestone Institute, American tech companies are helping terrorists to weaponize AI.

From The Daily Signal, three political losers and five political winners from 2025.

From The American Conservative, how U.S. President Trump can push Europe into securing Ukraine.

From The Western Journal, Attorney General Pam Bondi announces the arrests of 98 people in connection with alleged fraud in Minnesota, 85 of them of "Somali descent".

From BizPac Review, the Trump administration's $2 billion aid package to the U.N. comes with a warning.

From the Daily Caller, despite criticism from the Daily Beast, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Mora Namdar is more than just a "beauty salon owner".

From the New York Post, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) names a self-described "social justice attorney" to lead the city's law department.

From Breitbart, according to Dutch social scientist Ruud Koopmans, Germany is facing a "demographic time bomb" from Syrian chain migration.

From Newsmax, according to Minnesota Republican Chair Alex Plechash, Governor Tim Walz (D) should step down.

And from SFGate, a bar in Marina del Rey, California famous for its turtle races closes after more than 50 years.

Links For The Last Monday Of The Year

On a cool, sunny and windy Monday, the last one of 2025, here are some things going on:

From National Review, no, Russian President Putin does not want Ukraine to "succeed".

From FrontpageMag, at a traffic stop, a Democrat exposes what entitled left-wing elites really are.

From Townhall, according to a writer for The New York Times, noticing the alleged fraud in Minnesota is "scapegoating".

From The Washington Free Beacon, one nominee for the TWFB Man of the Year is former First Son Hunter Biden.

From the Washington Examiner, after U.S. President Trump offers Ukrainian President Zelensky a 15-year security guarantee, Zelensky asks for 50 years.

From The Federalist, the daycare center scandal in Minneapolis shows "the trajectory of blue zone fraud culture".

From American Thinker, CNN and MS NOW ignore the aforementioned fraud in Minnesota.

From NewsBusters, the top ten worst media "fact" checks of 2025.

From Canada Free Press, the Trump Administration's new National Security Strategy rightly warns Europe to stop erasing its own civilization.

From TeleSUR, the Bolivian Workers' Center confirms that it will maintain its nationwide strike.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the work people in the West who feed Islamist terrorism.

From Snouts in the Trough, is the U.K. headed for a civil war?

From EuroNews, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov threatens Ukraine after an alleged Ukrainian drone attack on President Putin's residence in the oblast of Novgorod.  (My spellchecker has no problem with the Russian word oblast.)

From ReMix, the Polish oil and gas company Orlen starts drilling in the Różańsko natural gas field.  (Drill, dziecko, drill!)

From Balkan Insight, three police officers and six ISIS terrorists are killed in a battle in Elmalik, Turkey.  (Elmalik is in the Asian part of Turkey and thus not in the Balkans.  I chose this article because BI had none about events actually in the Balkans published on today's date and not behind a paywall.)

From The North Africa Post, Mauritania plans to construct a 220 megawatt hybrid renewable power plant in the capital city of Nouakchott.

From The New Arab, in a bid to stabilize its economy, Syria launches a new currency.

From The Jerusalem Post, a British Muslim woman faces a backlash after posting positively about her experience at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport.

From the Daily Mail, a former Israeli hostage held by Hamas and used as a "sex slave".

From Gatestone Institute, no peace plan will stop Palestinian terror groups from attacking Israel.

From The Daily Signal, the aforementioned Hunter Biden still insists that "there is no laptop".

From The American Conservative, what the Christmas movie It's a Wonderful Life can teach today's conservatives.

From The Western Journal, China performs military maneuvers near Taiwan, intending to send the U.S. a "stern warning".

From BizPac Review, the Chief Twit mocks a misspelled sign at a daycare center in Minneapolis.

From the Daily Caller, Minnesotans told a Republican state legislator their concerns about Somali refugees over a decade ago, but he scolded them for it.

From the New York Post, New York City Mayor Eric Adams (I) is not sure if he will attend the inauguration of his successor Zohran Mamdani (D).

From Breitbart, the left-wing Australian government rejects calls for a national inquiry into antisemitism.

From Newsmax, Minnesota loses federal funding due to the twice-aforementioned alleged fraud.

And from The Babylon Bee, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) announces an $8 billion grant to a Somali company to investigate the three-times-aforementioned alleged fraud.

Sunday Stories

On a cool and cloudy Sunday, now that I'm back home, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a bioethicist wants surgeons to be allowed to kill patients during organ harvesting.

From FrontpageMag, imagine that the U.S. takes in only about 450,000 immigrant per year.

From Townhall, a media outlet goes nuts over the Trump White House wishing Americans "Merry Christmas".

From The Washington Free Beacon, a nominee for TWFB Poet Laureate of 2025 is Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

From the Washington Examiner, Presidents Trump (U.S.) and Zelensky (Ukraine) are set to meet at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.

From American Thinker, singer Gloria Gaynor will survive attacks on her from the left for becoming one of this year's Trump-Kennedy Center nominees.

From NewsBusters, a British channel similar to PBS allows American media host Jimmy Kimmel to give their annual "Alternative Christmas Message".

From TCW Defending Freedom, the BBC's Christmas 2025 performance is nothing short of catastrophic.

From Snouts in the Trough, what is the difference between "science" and "the science"?  (The article has yesterday's date, but is intended for both yesterday and today, so I will let the date slide.  This is the first article on SitT since it announced a break on December 19th.)

From Jewish News Syndicate, protesters call for an intifada - in Toronto, Canada.

From The Jerusalem Post, the newest member of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's (D) inaugural committee praised people who tore down posters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas.

From Gatestone Institute, will the upcoming year 2026 be "a year of clarifications"?

From The Daily Signal, the "Swamp Fox" who fought against the British and changed how wars were fought in North America for a century.

From The American Conservative, President Trump's recall of about 30 ambassadors is part of a retooling of the State Department.

From the New York Post, more on the aforementioned meeting between Trump and Zelensky.

From Breitbart, the U.K. government celebrates the release of "Anglo-Egyptian activist" Alaa Abd El-Fattah, despite his view that Britons are "dogs and monkeys".

And from France24, actress/model/singer/animal welfare activist Brigitte Bardot goes to the movie set in the sky.

Friday Fuss For The Feast Of Stephen

On a cool and rainy Friday here in Virginia, on the day after Christmas as remembered in a song about a Czech duke, here are some things going on:

From The Jerusalem Post, terrorists kill two people in a series of attacks in northern Israel.

From The News Mill, an Islamic preacher in the U.K. is investigated for alleged money laundering.

From The Times Of Israel, mezuzahs are stolen from an apartment building in Toronto, Canada for the second time in several weeks, continuing a wave of anti-Jewish crime.  (A mezuzah is a piece of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah in Hebrew, enclosed in a small case and affixed to the doorposts of Jewish homes.)

From the Daily Trust, a suicide people kills five worshipers and injures 35 others at a mosque in Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria.

From Gatestone Institute, only a small number of people on the "far right" have turned against the Jews.

From The American Conservative, conflicting visions for America from Vice President Vance and gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (R-OH).

From National Review, the U.S. military, in coordination with Nigerian authorities, strikes ISIS-related terrorists in Nigeria.

From FrontpageMag, less than 50 percent of Germans are Christian.

From Townhall, President Trump takes Christmas calls from children.

From The Washington Free Beacon, one group of nominees for the TWFB men of the year are literally the bomb.

From the Washington Examiner, Ukrainian President Zelensky is "ready" to bring Trump's 20-point peace plan to a vote, if Russia agrees to a 60-day ceasefire.

From The Federalist, New York state legalizes medically assisted suicide.

From American Thinker, two years of President Javier Milei's governance in Argentina.

From NewsBusters, voters change their views of the Trump economy when show the facts, instead of media misinformation.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a review of a book about British dramatist Oscar Wilde, written by his only grandson.

From BizPac Review, the Trump administration puts Christ back in Christmas, thus pleasing many on the interwebz.

From the Daily Caller, leftists whine as Christians in Europe defend Christmas.

From the New York Post, some homebuyers in Florida use AI to buy homes without using real estate agents, thus saving themselves thousands of dollars.

From Breitbart, "Godfather of AI" Yoshua Benjio warns of job displacement by AI in all sectors.  (Like the jobs of the aforementioned real estate agents?)

From Newsmax, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces plans for a national bravery award for the civilians and first responders who confronted the attackers at Bondi Beach.

And from the Genesius Times, Google's headquarters is shut down and quarantined after a delivery man wishes a receptionist "Merry Christmas".

Merry Christmas

May all who read this blog have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

While looking for a suitable image, I ran across this article from Breitbart about the first Christmas gift.  Feel free to read it at your convenience.  See youz soon.

Tuesday Travels And Links

I'm just checking in after driving down to Virginia to visit my extended family for the Christmas holidays.  Thus, blogging will be light for the next few days, depending on how much free time I have.  For the time being, here are a few things going on:

From FrontpageMag, when will the West start to defend itself?

From The Federalist, five years after the fact, Fulton County, Georgia proves that then-(first term) President Trump's call to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R-GA) was right.

From American Thinker, there were more eligible voters in 2024 than in 2020, but the 2024 vote totals were lower than in 2020.

From TCW Defending Freedom, surviving Hamas's terror tunnels in Gaza.

From The Jerusalem Post, Hezbollah demands more money from Iran.

From Arutz Sheva, a New York City rabbi denounces Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) because 20 percent of his appointees have antisemitic views.

From the Manchester Evening News, terrorists inspired by ISIS allegedly planned to kill as many Jewish people as they could at a pro-Israel march in Manchester, England, even including children.

From Gatestone Institute, between the U.S. and China, whichever wins the nuclear fusion race also wins global primacy.

From The American Conservative, Minnesota has become a failed state.

And from the New York Post, would you give your baby the name chosen as "perfect" by AI?

Monday Links

Now that I'm (mostly) done with Christmas shopping and present wrapping on a cool and mostly sunny Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, congresscritter Elise Stefanik (R-NY) goes "over and out".

From FrontpageMag, the U.N. stages a fake famine in Kenya to save USAID and wrongly blames it on U.S. President Trump.

From Townhall, what a custodian at Brown University reveals adds more intrigue about the shooting there.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich), in social media posts which have been deleted, draws an equivalence between 9/11 and the U.S. response to it.

From the Washington Examiner, CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss admits to pulling a story about El Salvador's CECOT prison from 60 Minutes because it "did not advance the ball".

From The Federalist, new documents show the "shocking lengths" that then-President Obama and then-Vice President Biden went to protect protect presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and get Trump.

From American Thinker, the Supreme Court reverses a lower court decision about Catholic Charities Bureau.

From NewsBusters, the networks keep trying to tie Trump to the late Jeffrey Epstein.

From Canada Free Press, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario provincial Premier Doug Ford put on a comedy routine without laughs.

From TCW Defending Freedom, possibly the best documentary ever made about soccer.

From ReMix, a 14-year-old Muslim girl who stabbed a caregiver is regarded as so dangerous that the German government is building a "high-security container" to house her.  (If you read German, read the story at WDR.)

From The Jerusalem Post, according to a spokesman for President Bola Tinubu, 130 Nigerian schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in the state of Niger have been released.

From Jewish News Syndicate, pro-HamasPalestinian agitators harass Jews heading to a Chanukah candle lighting in İstanbul, Turkey.

From Gatestone Institute, placing Pakistan on the proposed International Stabilization Force for Gaza would result in "jihad on steroids".

From The Daily Signal, the Department of Homeland Security offers illegal aliens more money to self-deport.

From The American Conservative, this Christmas, liberals should stop being so afraid of things.

From BizPac Review, a mock funeral is held for the American penny at the Lincoln Memorial.

From the Daily Caller, Japan plans to reopen the world's largest nuclear power plant.

From the New York Post, the largest soup kitchen on Long Island is now feeding cats and dogs along with their humans.

From Breitbart, according to a poll, over 60 percent of Jews in Britain are considering leaving the country due to rising antisemitism.

From Newsmax, the Department of the Interior pauses leases on five offshore sets of bird choppers.

And from The Babylon Bee, singer Nicki Minaj reveals that her song Anaconda is about how the federal government needs to reduce its deficit spending.

Sunday Solstice Stuff

On the first day of both the week and the winter season, with mostly sunny but cool weather, here are some things going on:

From National Review, 3I/ATLAS shrugs.....maybe.

From FrontpageMag, Los Angeles legalizes assault against ICE agents and attempts to steal their vehicles.

From Townhall, when the Brown University mass shooter killed himself has been determined.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of Russian author Leo Tolstoy's last novel.

From the Washington Examiner, congresscritter Thomas Massie (R-KY) threatens to use "inherent contempt" to force the Department of Justice to fully release the Epstein files.

From American Thinker, comparing the life of Ötzi, who died about 5,000 years ago, to our cozy Christmas.

From NewsBusters, The New York Times and The Washington Post set their (figurative, I hope) hair on fire over the recently passed ban on transgender "care" for minors.

From TCW Defending Freedom, preventing the onset of puberty is an act of neurological vandalism.

From Jewish News Syndicate, according to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, waste fires set by Palestinians will be regarded as a threat to Israel's national security.

From the Daily Mail, a "deep dive" about the bombing of Pan-Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

From Gatestone Institute, Russia may get a hollow victory over Ukraine.

From The American Conservative, can President Trump convince his fellow Americans of his domestic agenda?

And from Gateway Pundit, speaking at Turning Point USA, right-wing commentator Benny Johnson tells his fellow right-wingers who their real enemies are.

Saturday Links

On a sunny but cold Saturday, here are a few things going on:

From National Review, instead of draining it, President Trump starts to rename the swamp after himself.

From Townhall, the memes about the Epstein files are coming in, and they're hilarious.

From The Washington Free Beacon, this year's foreign policy winners and losers.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump's "alcoholic's personality", as claimed by White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, comes through.

From American Thinker, it's hard being a donkey these days.

From NewsBusters, CBS host Stephen Colbert's Christmas cartoon has Trump and ICE arresting Santa Claus.

From TCW Defending Freedom, hatred of Jews is incompatible with Christianity, but not with Islam.

From Gatestone Institute, Iran's foreign support urgently needs to be cut off.

From The American Conservative, President-elect José Antonio Kast's victory heralds a new era in Chile, and in Latin America.

And from the New York Post, the hidden darkness in the man who gave the world a "willy nilly silly old bear".

Friday Phenomena

On a cool and rainy Friday that turned mostly sunny, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the suspected Brown University shooter is no longer with us, but questions about his motive remain.

From FrontpageMag, a review of a book written by the commandant of the prison where 21 Nazis were housed during the Nuremburg trials.

From Townhall, a county in Georgia admits to not following the election rules in 2020.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Northwestern University's campus in Qatar claims to give Middle Eastern woman a quality education, but almost 40 percent of its graduates come from elite Qatari families.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump's reclassification of marijuana "will go up in smoke".

From The Federalist, a Milwaukee County, Wisconsin judge is found guilty of obstructing ICE.

From American Thinker, the ugly truth about gun control and its advocacy.

From NewsBusters, broadcast networks go Sergeant Schultz about about a murder in Reston, Virginia allegedly committed by an illegal alien who was released by a Soros-funded district attorney.

From Canada Free Press, is Congress a gentlemen's club or a street gang?

From TeleSUR, Mexico sends 80,000 barrels of fuel to Cuba, aboard two Liberian-flagged ships.

From TCW Defending Freedom, according to the U.K.'s National Energy System Operator, Net Zero will cost £350 billion.

From EuroNews, a fugitive German neo-Nazi activist convicted of incitement to hatred wishes to separate himself from his female alter-ego.

From Euractiv, 2025 has been an annus horribilis for European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

From ReMix, an "African type" male is on the run in Switzerland after allegedly sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl and beating up her 69-year-old female caregiver.  (If you read German, read the story at Blick.)

From Balkan Insight, the U.S. bans the import of car tires made in Zrenjanin, Serbia by the Chinese business Shandong Linglong Tire Company due to the suspected use of forced labor.

From The North Africa Post, the German company WIKA Group opens a subsidiary in Casablanca, Morocco.

From The New Arab, a fundraising drive to reconstruct the Syrian city of Aleppo raises $150 million.

From The Jerusalem Post, antisemitic graffiti is posted near a Jewish community center in Tuscon, Arizona.  (My spellchecker objects to "antisemitic", but the article uses this exact spelling.  Is my spellchecker antisemitic?)

From Jewish News Syndicate, the University of Sydney fires a lecturer who accused Jewish students of being "depraved baby-killers".  ("Baby-killers"?  You mean like Hamas?)

From the Brussels Signal, an Italian court blocks the expulsion of an imam based in Turin, Italy.

From The Business Standard, a Hindu man is beaten to death for alleged blasphemy, and his body tied to a tree and set on fire in Bhaluka, Bangladesh.  (While seaching on Google for the name Bhaluka, I found another article about this incident on The Indian Express.)

From Arutz Sheva, "we are not all brothers", because we choose life and they don't.

From Gatestone Institute, the U.S. government's dangerous courtship with Bangladeshi Islamists.

From The Daily Signal, the Jewish festival of Chanukah is relevant for everyone, but not in the way that you might think it is.

From The American Conservative, Western guarantees of security for Ukraine are dangerous and counterproductive.

From The Western Journal, the Trump administration halts the visa program by which the aforementioned Brown University shooter got into the U.S.

From BizPac Review, Illinois faces power shortages and rising electric bills after closing several power plants.  (What is this "law of supply and demand" you speak of?)

From the Daily Caller, English comedian Russell Brand takes a swipe at his ex-wife Katy Perry's romance with former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

From the New York Post, why the twice-aforementioned Brown University shooter may have targeted Brown and an MIT physics professor.

From Breitbart, four Venezuelans, including alleged leaders of the gang Tren de Aragua, are charged with terror offenses in Texas.

And from Newsmax, congresscritter Elise Stefanik (R-NY) decides to suspend her gubernatorial campaign and to not seek reelection to her current office.

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Today I got an error message when I clicked on Free West Media.  I will thus assume that the site is having technical difficulties.  Meanwhile, The Stream no longer publishes articles but has been converted into a TV app.

Thursday Tidings

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

From National Review, the DNC cannot reveal why it lost the 2024 elections.

From FrontpageMag, polar bears stubbornly refuse to go extinct.

From Townhall, an illegal alien from El Salvador is released from jail in Reston, Virginia after a district attorney refuses to prosecute him, and a day later allegedly kills someone.

From The Washington Free Beacon, my governor made a campaign ad in 2022, praising Maryland public schools, which was filmed inside the elite private school attended by his kids.

From the Washington Examiner, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will step up its efforts to denaturalize immigrants who got their citizenship fraudulently.

From The Federalist, the real target of the left's attack on Confederate General Robert E. Lee is America itself.

From American Thinker, President Trump's speech yesterday was bombastic but accurate.

From NewsBusters, ABC rages over Trump's speech.

From Canada Free Press, New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) opens the door for legalizing assisted suicide.

From TeleSUR, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum offers to promote a peaceful solution between the U.S. and Venezuela.

From TCW Defending Freedom, let's be honest about the terror attack at Australia's Bondi Beach.

From EuroNews, according to the Estonian foreign ministry, three Russian border guards briefly entered Estonian territory.

From Euractiv, Brussels, Belgium gets inundated with tractors.  (It's been a while since I've used this source.  I don't even remember why I dropped it.  So let me give it another chance for the time being.)

From ReMix, a right-wing activist in Berlin successfully defends himself against two ProFa thugs.

From Balkan Insight, Albanian parliamentcritters throw bottles and clash with guards.

From The North Africa Post, the Moroccan government allocates 121,000 hectares of state-owned agricultural land for projects by young people.  (A hectare is about 2.47 acres.)

From The New Arab, Egypt hints at possibly intervening in Sudan's civil war.

From The Jerusalem Post, over 1,000 civilians have reportedly been killed, about one third by summary execution, by the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan after they took over a displacement camp.

From Jewish News Syndicate, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas calls the October 7th, 2023 massacre as "the greatest day in Palestinian history".

From The Times Of Israel, the U.K. makes its first arrests for chants of "globalize the intifada".

From Gatestone Institute, the lament of foreign journalists and why Hamas suddenly wants them in Gaza.

From The Daily Signal and the "believe it or not" department, the acting head of the EEOC urges white males to promptly report discrimination.

From The American Conservative, few magazine editors have had the talent or influence that the recently departed Norman Podhoretz did.

From The Western Journal, in his Presidential Walk of Fame, Trump trolls Mr. Bill.  (Oh, noooooo!)

From BizPac Review, the NEA keeps on shoveling out the woke garbage.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritter and gubernatorial candidate Elise Stefanik (R-NY) has gone full MAGA, but Trump still hasn't endorsed her.

From the New York Post, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. adds Trump to its name.  (This is sure to drive some people bonkers, as Trump tends to do.)

From Breitbart, a former mayor of Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico hides in a bathroom to avoid attending an anti-corruption hearing.

From Newsmax, for some 'holiday cheer", the Department of Homeland Security rolls out their latest "worst of the worst" list.

And from SFGate, a new martini at the Marea restaurant in Beverly Hills, California is gonna cost ya quite a bit, pilgrim.

Wednesday Whatnot

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

From National Review, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles's streak of avoiding drama comes to a end.

From FrontpageMag, all of France has become a "no-go-zone".

From Townhall, how the Democrats feel about congresscritter Jasmine Crockett's (D-TX) run for the Senate.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate Erik Murray (D-Kan) names former Black Panther leader Elaine Brown as his inspiration.

From the Washington Examiner, four Republican congresscritters give their Democrat colleagues a win by forcing a vote on extended Obamacare subsidies.

From The Federalist, the Western embrace of mass immigration from the Third World is civilizational suicide.

From American Thinker, retired pitcher Curt Schilling deserves to be in baseball's Hall of Fame.

From NewsBusters, the Media Research Center presents its award for the worst quote of the year.  (The Media Research Center is the publisher of NewsBusters.)

From Canada Free Press, the U.N. ends 2025 with more fruitless results.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan environmental groups condemn U.S. President Trump's blockade of oil tankers from Venezuela.

From TCW Defending Freedom, will there be rain tomorrow.

From Snouts in the Trough, are we in day 1,382 of history's most pointless war?

From EuroNews, Russian President Putin calls European leaders "swine".

From ReMix, Polish europarliamentcritter Jadwiga Wiśniewska slams the European Parliament's vote on a safeguard clause in the E.U.'s trade agreement with Mercosur countries.  (If you read Polish, read the story at wPolitice.)

From Balkan Insight, phishing is on the rise in Montenegro.

From The North Africa Post, U.S. technicians and explosive ordnance disposal experts train Moroccan soldiers in detecting and clearing mines.

From The New Arab, how oil became a front line in the civil war in Sudan.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to an opinion column, to make terrorism backfire, Australia should rescind its recognition of "Palestine".

From Quadrant, "when murder is a sacrament".  (See John 16:2.)

From Gatestone Institute, the terror threat in Europe is an exported war that no one wants to name.

From The Daily Signal, Wall Street warns that Germany's energy policies lead to economic suicide.

From The American Conservative, what has Trump added to the Monroe Doctrine?

From The Western Journal, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announces a plan to the military Chaplain Corps to its former glory.

From BizPac Review, Trump adds five more countries and the Palestinian Authority to his travel ban.  (In this case, the label "travels" includes "or lack thereof".)

From the Daily Caller, in 2006, the aforementioned Jasmine Crockett co-rented a car with a convicted robber, in an episode that did not end well.

From Breitbart, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent kicks off the launch of "Trump accounts" for young people.

From Newsmax, the Trump administration will break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado.

And from the New York Post, outgoing New York City Mayor Eric Adams (I) leaves a ratty parting gift for his incoming successor Zohran Mamdani (D).

A Few Tuesday Tidbits

Now that I'm back from running around on a cold and partly cloudy Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the White House goes into damage control after Chief of Staff Susie Wiles criticizes President Trump and other officials.

From FrontpageMag, Muslims plotting attacks on Christmas markets in Poland and Germany are arrested by police.

From Townhall, the charges faced by Nick Reiner, who allegedly killed his parents Rob and Michele.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich) proposes commuting the sentences of juvenile offenders facing life in prison.

From the Washington Examiner, Education Secretary Linda McMahon rips Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) for allowing "ghost students" to apply for college.

From The Federalist, according to "newly uncovered emails", the FBI did not believe they had probable cause to raid Trump's home at Mar-a-Lago, but did it anyway.

From American Thinker, the lack of a suspect in the Brown University mass shooting is unremarkable.

From NewsBusters, the Saturday Night Live caricature of Trump brags about seizing an oil tanker and shooting Santa Claus.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a new study exaggerates the safety of coronavirus vaccines.

From Arutz Sheva, Hezbollah allegedly violated its ceasefire with Israel 1,925 times during the past year.

From Jewish News Syndicate, video footage shows two people fighting against one of the shooters during the Bondi Beach, Australia terror attack.

From The European Conservative, more on the aforementioned thwarted attack in Germany.

From The Times Of Israel, one of the Bondi Beach attackers was a teenage preacher for an Islamic group.

From Gatestone Institute, the Australian government shows "moral bankruptcy on parade".

From The Daily Signal, the Pentagon is "escalating" its investigation of Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ).

From The American Conservative, the second Trump administration is pushing for a merger of technology and government.

From The Western Journal, according to a report, at least two of the five leftists arrested in connection with an alleged plot set off bombs in Los Angeles are transgender.

And from the Genesius Times and the "on second thought" department, police in Providence, Rhode Island release an image of the Brown University shooting suspect.

Monday Mania

On a cold and cloudy Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Republicans have an opportunity on health care.

From FrontpageMag, the person who killed two American National Guard personnel and an interpreter in Syria was a member of the Syrian government security forces.

From Townhall, Republican congresscritters drop a bombshell about crime rates in Washington, D.C.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Australian authorities investigated one of the Bondi Beach shooters for possible links to ISIS but decided that he was not a threat.

From the Washington Examiner, will President Trump finally tell Republicans to allow Obamacare to defund itself.

From The Federalist, Trump's shocking and unprecedented seizure of an oil tanker really isn't.

From American Thinker, nobody on the right is celebrating the murder of actor/director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele.

From NewsBusters, the liberal ladies of The View wonder where all the hate is coming from, but need to look in the mirror.

From Canada Free Press, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker defies the U.S. Constitution.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela stops its natural gas supply deals with Trinidad and Tobago.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the terror attack at Bondi Beach in Australia is yet another bloodbath in the global intifada, aided by Western stupidity.

From Snouts in the Trough, do you trust the climate "Damascene" conversion of the lying U.K. Tories?

From EuroNews, all eyes are on Italy as the Mercosur agreement hangs in the balance.

From Free West Media, Trump tries to end jus soli.

From ReMix, for the first time ever, over half of the first graders in Vienna, Austria do not speak German.

From Balkan Insight, Croatia's plan for storing nuclear waste dismays activists in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

From The North Africa Post, the airline Royal Air Maroc launches nine new direct routes to three continents in 2026.

From The New Arab, NGO workers go on trial in Tunisia for allegedly aiding illegal irregular migrants.

From The Jerusalem Post, Hamas observes its 38 anniversary and calls the October 7th, 2023 attacks a "towering milestone".

From Gatestone Institute, can "peacekeepers" and "monitors" in Gaza succeed, other than in wishful thinking?

From The Daily Signal, congresscritter Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) makes her last legislative push before leaving the House of Representatives.

From The American Conservative, only a MAGA leader can hold the right together after Trump steps down.  (Trump supporters have often been accused of being in a "Trump cult".  In my opinion, if the MAGA movement does not continue after Trump's term as president, then that accusation will have been proven correct.)

From The Western Journal, we could all learn something from right-wing actor James Woods's response to the deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner.

From BizPac Review, ABC News rolls out the fearmongering "science" about polar bears.

From the Daily Caller, no suspect has been identified in the Brown University shooting, after FBI Director Kash Patel's premature victory lap.

From the New York Post, Providence, Rhode Island police release low-resolution footage of a "person of interest" allegedly tied to the Brown University shooting.

From Breitbart, a tribute to the aforementioned Rob Reiner.

From Newsmax, the man who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters is recovering after surgery for two bullet wounds.

And from The Babylon Bee, after being charged with several felonies, Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore is forced to move to the NFL.