Friday Fuss

As the cold and cloudy weather continues into Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, after some uncertainty, Speaker Johnson (R-LA) wins reelection.

From FrontpageMag, the left still won't name the ideology behind the New Orleans attack.

From Townhall, the New Orleans attack is an example of "globalize the intifada".

From The Washington Free Beacon, a Columbia University professor claims that modern Jews do not descend from the ancient Hebrews.

From the Washington Examiner, Vice President Harris swears in the new Senators.

From The Federalist, that which did not kill Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth made him stronger.

From American Thinker, yes, someone is eating the cats, or at least killing them.

From MRCTV, over 73,000,000 babies were aborted in 2024.

From NewsBusters, MSNBC resumes its campaign to take down the aforementioned Pete Hegseth.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela releases images showing that detained Argentine police officer Nahuel Gallo is still alive.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a look at British war-themed movies.

From Snouts in the Trough, prepare yourselves for four years of sneering from the U.K. media.

From EuroNews, talks on forming a coalition government in Austria collapse after the party Neos pulls out.

From ReMix, according to Polish journalists and academics living in Germany, immigration is to blame New Year's Eve violence.  (If you read Polish, read the story at Do Rzeczy.)

From Balkan Insight, will another election in Bulgaria end years of political turmoil?

From The North Africa Post, citizens of all African countries will soon be able to visit Ghana without a visa.

From ArmenPress, the U.S. reiterates its support for a peace process in Armenia and Azerbaijan.

From Public Radio Of Armenia, Armenia congratulates Poland as it assumes the E.U. Council presidency.  (I wanted to link stories from AP and PROA yesterday, but neither site published anything then.)

From The New Arab, according to the UNHCR, 115,000 Syrian refugees have returned from neighboring countries after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.

From the Egypt Independent, tourists from Saudi Arabia spent 75 billion Egyptian pounds in Egypt in 2024.  (As the article indicates, this is the equivalent of $14 billion.)

From Egypt Today, Presidents Abdel El-Sisi (Egypt) and Yoweri Museveni (Uganda) discuss situations in the horn of Africa.

From the Sudan Tribune, Sudanese Minerals Minister Mohamed Bashir Abunommo accuses Chad of aiding the paramilitary forces fighting against the Sudanese army.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopian Airlines acquires its third A350-1000 aircraft.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia affirms its support for unity in Syria.

From Iran International, Iran seeks a prisoner exchange with Italy if it releases Italian journalist Cecilia Sala.

From Khaama Press, the World Food Program will be able to provide food for only half of the hungry people in Afghanistan during the coming winter due to a shortage of funds.

From AMU, Afghanistan gets snowed in.

From Dawn, the Pakistani province of Punjab cracks down on plastic.

From The Express Tribune, according to provincial Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, terrorism has increased in Pakistan since the ouster of Prime Minister Imran Khan.

From Pakistan Today, the government of the aforementioned province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa steps up its efforts to establish peace between warring tribes in the district of Kurram.

From Gatestone Institute, Christians in Syria face an existential terrorist threat.

From The Stream, will 2024 go down as the year when transgender radicalism was neutered?

From The Daily Signal, Senator John Thune (R-SD) takes office as the Senator majority leader, and promises to protect the filibuster rule.

From The American Conservative, how should the Western media cover Iran, especially in light of the detention of the aforementioned Cecilia Sala?

From The Western Journal, more on Speaker Johnson's reelection.

From BizPac Review, comedian Rob Schneider reported asked Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong about launching a "MAGA-friendly" version of The View.

From The Daily Wire, the owner of the Tesla Cybertruck used in the Los Vegas bombing recalls the hour he spent with the suspect who rented it.

From the Daily Caller, New York judge Juan Merchan orders that President-elect Trump will be sentenced on January 10th.

From the New York Post, an Asian-American businesswoman sues PayPal for alleged anti-Asian racial bias.

From Breitbart, Trump's team accuses President Biden of "exacting political revenge" by banning new oil and gas drilling on the Atlantic and Pacific continental shelves.

From Newsmax, Trump's incoming trade policies are a wake up call for the world's CEOs.

And from SFGate, most people are failing at a strategy game based on the San Francisco Muni Metro.