Monday Stuff For The End Of June

Yes, it's the last day of the first half of 2025, falling on a hot and sunny Monday, so here are some things going on:

From National Review, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear sites has inflicted "a very serious level of damage" on Iran's nuclear program.

From FrontpageMag, 12 surprises from the 12-day war.

From Townhall, CNN pushes an app that helps illegal aliens evade ICE, which puts its agents at risk.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the U.S. State Department revokes the visas issued to the British rap group Bob Vylan after they called for the murder of IDF soldiers.  (As with any story involving rap, the label "music" is used loosely.)

From the Washington Examiner, the Department of Justice announces charges for 324 people in the largest healthcare fraud takedown ever.

From The Federalist, several law enforcement agencies went Sergeant Schultz about threats against Trump voters in Pennsylvania.

From American Thinker, Mexico has no right to any territory in the U.S.

From MRCTV, a TikTok user claims that Abraham Lincoln was gay and musician Kurt Cobain was trans.

From NewsBusters, CNN defends New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's (D) proposal for city-owned grocery stores.

From Canada Free Press, "the Democratic Socialist party".

From TeleSUR, Peronist candidates win big in the Argentine province of Formosa and the city of Rosario.

From TCW Defending Freedom, one coronavirus narrative collapses under the slightest scrutiny.

From EuroNews, the E.U. and Ukraine make a not too ambitious but "realistic" trade deal.

From Free West Media, the FDA allegedly approves hundreds of drugs without proof that they work.

From ReMix, according to Hungarian official Balázs Orbán, polls show that most Hungarian people support their government's ban on Pride parades.

From Balkan Insight, according to a report, six Balkan countries are "failing to enforce freedom of information laws".

From The North Africa Post, the group Polisario's recent targeting of civilians vindicates its designation as a terrorist organization.

From The New Arab, according to Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, Israel wants relations with Lebanon and Syria, but will not discuss the Golan Heights.

From News18, an Iranian Shiite cleric issues a fatwa declaring U.S. President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu "enemies of God".

From The Times Of Israel, an 82-year-old woman dies from injuries suffered in a Molotov cocktail attack while attending a rally for Israeli hostage in Boulder, Colorado.

From Sp!ked, the U.K.'s Labour Party wants to ban criticism of Islam.

From Gatestone Institute, "obliterating" Iran's nuclear facilities is insufficient.

From Radio Free Asia, the Dalai Lama celebrates his 90th birthday.

From The Stream, has Trump's policy toward Syria been unveiled?

From The Daily Signal, the web of activist groups who support Hamas, Iran, and riots against ICE.

From The American Conservative, a review of the book British Grand Strategy in the Age of American Hegemony.

From The Western Journal, according to an op-ed column, Trump has earned the Nobel Peace Prize.

From ABC News, a man believed to have shot several firefights in Idaho, killing two of them, is identified and found dead.  (via The Western Journal)

From BizPac Review, a man jumps in to save his young daughter after she falls overboard on a Disney Dream cruise.

From The Daily Wire, the American medical establishment's stubborn refusal to reconsider transgender procedures for minors.

From the Daily Caller, former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany brings her third child into the world.

From the New York Post, please use bear spray only on bears.

From Breitbart, PolitiFact claims that the aforementioned Zohran Mamdani is not a communist, but he disagrees.

From Newsmax, the Supreme Court rejects ExxonMobil's appeal of a $14.25 million civil penalty imposed over the air pollution from its refinery in Baytown, Texas.

And from The Babylon Bee, San Francisco's Pride parade is followed closely by a Disinfectant parade.

A Returning Sasquatch's Sunday Dozen

Now that I've returned from my most recent undisclosed location on a sunny a very warm and sunny Sunday, here are 12 things going on:

From The Jerusalem Post, a pro-HamasPalestinian group screams "Hamas are coming" at a fundraiser attended by Israeli former hostage Noa Argamani.

From Fox News, three facts about the Iranian regime's obsession with acquiring nuclear weapons.

From Gatestone Institute, when a ceasefire prolongs a war.

From The Stream, when Christians took back the Spanish city of Córdoba.

From The Daily Signal, is the title of the movie The War on Children literally true?

From The American Conservative, everything decays and entropy wins.

From TeleSUR, the Colombian House of Representatives passes President Gustavo Petro's proposed pension reforms.

From TCW Defending Freedom, there's a hostile country in the middle of England.

From American Thinker, current threats to freedom show the genius of America's Founding Fathers.

From Townhall, New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) comes out against the existence of billionaires.

From FrontpageMag, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wonders what good is the U.S. Constitution.

And from The Washington Free Beacon, the ballad of John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

Saturday Stuff

On a very warm and sunny Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a coalition of Catholic, Orthodox and Muslim parents in Maryland wins at the Supreme Court.

From FrontpageMag, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) visits the mosque where an imam had prayed that Allah would "guide the shooting" by Hamas.

From Townhall, former Vice President Harris loses some support for the 2028 Democratic nomination.

From The Washington Free Beacon, President Trump updates the Nixon Doctrine.

From American Thinker, the strike against Iran worked, which is precisely the left's problem.

From NewsBusters, The New York Times cites poor polling for Trump on Iran, but made excuses for then-President Obama on Libya.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a registered nurse recounts being subjected to a "four-year inquisition" for writing the truth about coronavirus vaccine data.

From Snouts in the Trough, is the U.K. having a heat wave or just different thermometers?

From AMU, the Taliban ban photography and videography on the campus of Kandahar University.

From The Times Of India, several Muslim groups in India come out against Zumba dance in schools, after which Kerala state Education Minister R Bindu points out that "we're not in the Middle Ages".

From Gatestone Institute, bravo to U.S. President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu for doing what the world failed to do.

From The Stream, when the Crusaders won the Battle of Antioch, perhaps miraculously.

From The Daily Signal, Trump has three major foreign policy wins in a week.

From The American Conservative, the race for New York City mayor is wide open.

From The Western Journal, an Egyptian traveler is kicked out of the U.S. after kicking a Customs and Border Protection beagle who smelled prohibited cargo in his luggage.

From BizPac Review, Trump reminds Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei that he saved him from a "very ugly" death.

From The Daily Wire, GE Appliances decides to move its washing machine production from China to Kentucky.

From the Daily Caller, Trump decides to go after government leakers.

From Breitbart, three crewmembers who worked on the production of the movie Rust settle their lawsuit against its producers and actor Alec Baldwin.

And from the New York Post, New York City plans to deploy anti-drone drones.

Friday Fuss

On a warm (but less hot than recently) and cloudy Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Supreme Court provides some welcome restraint on nationwide injunctions from district courts.

From FrontpageMag, the allegedly "genocidal" Israelis save the life of a Syrian girl.

From Townhall, almost 200 Democrat congresscritters refuse to condemn anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to columnist Masha Gessen of The New York Times, attacks on Jews in Boulder, Colorado and Washington, D.C. were "political", not anti-Semitic.

From the Washington Examiner, former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and three other former aides to then-President Biden are swept in the House Oversight Committee's autopen inquiry.  (When I went to the WE yesterday, its articles were behind a paywall, but I could freely access at least this one today.  Why this has happened, I have no idea.)

From The Federalist, University of Virginia President Jim Ryan, allegedly a big DEI supporter, resigns.

From American Thinker, why American left-wingers are in big trouble.

From MRCTV, the World Health Organization redefines "healthcare" to include abortion.

From NewsBusters, where's the new "Great Depression" that the media were griping about this past April?

From Canada Free Press, more on the aforementioned Supreme Court ruling against nationwide injunctions.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the mainstream media can't stop demonizing coronavirus vaccine skeptics.

From EuroNews, according to President Vladimir Putin, Russia is ready for a new round of peace talks with Ukraine.

From Free West Media, Israeli soldiers in Gaza tell the media outlet Haaretz that they were ordered to fire on Gazans near aid distribution sites.

From ReMix, the German Bundestag suspends family reunification for some migrants, but according to AfD party co-leader Alice Weidel, very little will change.

From Balkan Insight, the state court of Bosnia and Herzegovina jails a man for planning a terror attack on a mosque in the city of Zenica.

From The North Africa Post, the U.S imposes sanctions on Sudan for allegedly attacking civilians with chemical weapons.

From The New Arab, a woman reportedly kills her two children and then dives into the Nile in Giza, Egypt.

From Arutz Sheva, Iranian security forces raid the homes of Jews in the cities of Tehran, Shiraz, and Isfahan.

From Gatestone Institute, how globalists wage war on the planet.

From Radio Free Asia, a pro-democracy party in Hong Kong disbands due to pressure from the Chinese government.

From The Stream, according to the U.N., noticing Muslim attacks on Christians is "Islamophobic".

From The Daily Signal, 128 Democrat congresscritters reject the latest effort to impeach President Trump.

From The American Conservative, the freakout over New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D).

From The Western Journal, Mamdani calls for shifting more of New York's tax burden onto "white neighborhoods".

From BizPac Review, a world renowned economist changes his tune about Trump's tariffs.

From The Daily Wire, climate activists come out against having dogs.

From the Daily Caller, according to an opinion column, Democrats can't get themselves to admit the obvious about former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

From the New York Post, before an investigation by the Trump administration, the University of California system required DEI training including the idea that "equality isn't actually fair".

From Breitbart, stocks reach record highs and inflation "stays cool".

From Newsmax, Trump calls for Iran to allow international inspection to make sure that it doesn't restart its nuclear program.

And from SFGate, a pho restaurant in Menlo Park, California is added to the Michelin Guide's bib gourmand list.  (If you're wondering what pho is, go here.)

Thursday Tidings

On a hot and sunny Thursday, both at home and here at my undisclosed locations, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Supreme Court upholds South Carolina's right to defund Planned Avoidance Of Parenthood in its state Medicaid programs.  (Since PAOP is a private organization, it has no right to receive even one red cent of taxpayer money.)

From FrontpageMag, an anti-Israel socialist wins the Democratic primary for New York City mayor.

From Townhall, President Trump's triumphs.  (Come to think of it, you need "trump" to spell "triumph".)

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, Israel and the U.S. are monitoring Iran and are ready to renew strikes against it if necessary.  (Yes, his name and his country's name are both "Israel".)

From The Federalist, Republican congresscritters subpoena a former aide to then-President Joe Biden and then-First Lady Jill Biden.

From American Thinker, the Chicago version of illegal immigration.

From MRCTV, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. exposes how the Biden administration sent migrant children to abusers and traffickers.

From NewsBusters, the media go Sergeant Schultz over the far left while panicking over the "far right".  (I'd still like someone to explain the difference between "right" and "far right" on any given issue.)

From Canada Free Press, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is all but lost in U.S. President Trump's shadow at the NATO summit.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. should quit the European Court of Human Rights.

From Snouts in the Trough, China's "tofu construction" problem.

From EuroNews, the International Space Station receives its first astronauts from Poland, Hungary and India.

From Free West Media, did Iran win the twelve-day war against Israel and the U.S.?

From ReMix, an Afghan illegal alien asylum seeker in Wangen, Germany stabs a police officer, thus making his last mistake.

From Balkan Insight, according to U.N. Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor, human rights activists are "demonized" in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

From The North Africa Post, Libya's National Oil Cooperation and Turkey's state-run energy company sign a memorandum of understanding.

From The New Arab, survivors of torture inflicted under the regime of President Bashar al-Assad seek justice and medical care.

From Gatestone Institute, is Europe heading toward jihadist pogroms?

From Radio Free Asia, thanks to a secret deal between the Laotian government and a U.K. tobacco company, Laos has some of the world's least expensive cigarettes.

From The Stream, how Hamas's grip on power stalls humanitarian aid and imperils Gazans.

From The Daily Signal, what then-President Jefferson did about hostile judges.

From The American Conservative, the right has a golden opportunity due to radical judges.

From The Western Journal, left-wing commentator and former Mr. Bill advisor James Carville warns his fellow Democrats not to cheer just yet after Zohran Mamdani wins New York City's mayoral primary election.

From BizPac Review, New York state Assemblyman Matt Slater (R) dismantles congresscritter AOC's (D-NY) "Bronx girl" act with one yearbook photo.

From The Daily Wire, more about the Supreme Court's ruling against Planned Avoidance Of Parenthood.

From the Daily Caller, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee seeks to oust congresscritter Thomas Massie (R-KY).

From the New York Post, anti-Jeff Bezos protesters unfurl a large banner as guests to his wedding start arriving in Venice, Italy.

From Breitbart, U.K. police explain to illegal aliens asylum seekers that they should not sexually abuse women.

From Newsmax, the Department of Justice investigates the University of California for its DEI hiring.

And from The Babylon Bee, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth promises that the military will not discriminate against chicks, broads, or dames.  (The military has welcomed dames for a long time.)

Petersburg National Battlefield - Part 3

As I continued exploring Petersburg National Battlefield, I left Fort Stedman and continued to Fort Morton.  This fort was known during the siege of Petersburg as the "14 gun battery", but today, the area includes these four cannons.

Petersburg National Battlefield - Part 2

Here's more from my visit to the Petersburg National Battlefield.  After leaving Confederate Battery 8, I drove to the next stop along the park's main road, Confederate Battery 9.  This area includes siege fortifications, such as those seen here.

Petersburg National Battlefield - Part 1

Today I ventured out westward from my undisclosed location and visited Petersburg National Battlefield, located partially within and partially just east of Petersburg, Virginia.  The Battle of Petersburg took place on June 15-18, 1864, and was followed by a siege that lasted until April 2nd, 1865, making it the longest military event of the Civil War.  The entrance and visitor center are located off VA Route 36.  Just outside of the visitor center are a large number of old cannons and mortars, each on a concrete support.

Church On The Main

Earlier today, when the temperature was still below 90°F, I took a hike.  I went to the Greensprings Interpretive Trail, a few miles west of Williamsburg, Virginia, which I explored back in September 2021.  This time, I wandered from that trail onto the Powhatan Creek Trail, and found my way to Church on the Main, a historic site.  Here's a sign for the church, seen from an adjacent residential street.

Malvern Hill Battlefield

This morning, I left my alternate undisclosed location and went over to my intended undisclosed location, and could check in because its water had been restored.

After settling in, I drove over to Malvern Hill Battlefield.  The Battle of Malvern Hill took place during the Civil War on July 1st, 1862 and was the last of what became known as the Seven Days Battles.  These battles marked the end of the Union's Peninsula Campaign, whose goal was to take the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.  The Confederates drove the Union back, but the Union had a resounding victory at Malvern Hill.

Today, VA Route 156 runs roughly north-south through the battlefield.  On the west side of the road are a parking lot and four cannons, which are seen here.

Exploring Again, With A Diversion

Today I drove down to eastern Virginia for my latest trip.  When I arrived at my undisclosed location, they couldn't take anyone in because the water main that normally provides their water had sprung a leak.  Since they had no water, they instead booked people wanting to check in at nearby alternate accommodations for the first night.  Hopefully, by tomorrow morning, their water will be restored and travelers such as myself will be back where we all thought we would be.  As a result, I'm now resting comfortably at an alternate undisclosed location.

To be sure, this situation cannot be blamed on my intended undisclosed location, but on the city that normally provides their water, or whoever or whatever caused the leak in the water main.  In any event, I'll be sure to post about whatever I explore in the area.  Stay tuned.

Saturday Links

As the warm and sunny weather continues on a Saturday, here are some things going on:

From Townhall, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier comes up with an interesting way to deal with illegal aliens.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the possibilities for Iran if its current regime is toppled.

From the Washington Examiner, an illegal alien in Colorado, wanted for rape in Italy, avoids being arrested after a left-wing group alerts him to the presence of ICE agents.

From American Thinker, can we have an end to the "debate" about illegal immigration?

From NewsBusters, is Hollywood's anti-Trump blacklist even worse than we thought it was?

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. Parliament's culture of death and the troubling silence from the Church of England.

From Snouts in the Trough, does the U.K. have a "Royal Air Farce"?

From Gatestone Institute, thank you, President Trump, America, and Israel.

From The Stream, celebrity Christianity and our failure to confront it.

From The Daily Signal, Donald Trump the Younger joins former Shark Tank star Mark Cuban in his criticism of drug middlemen.

From The American Conservative, what Vice President Vance has in common with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi.

From The Western Journal, the Florida Panthers win the Stanley Cup, and then damage it.

From BizPac Review, Democrats get upset over Vance mistakenly giving Senator Alex Padilla (D-Cal) a name change.

From The Daily Wire, after the Supreme Court upholds Tennessee's ban on transgender treatments for minors, the largest medical association in the U.S. takes the opposite side.

From the Daily Caller, a report from The New York Times about the company Palantir Technologies sparks a backlash from MAGA.

From the New York Post, according to a study, non-alcoholic beer is not as healthy as you might think.

From Breitbart, U.S. Agency for Global Media Senior Advisor Kari Lake announces an 85 percent workforce reduction for the agency.

And from Newsmax, Special Envoy Keith Kellogg's visit to Belarus for talks with President Alexander Lukashenko results in the release of 14 political prisoners.

Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, does the movie Jaws, released 50 years ago, still matter?

From FrontpageMag, the big lie about "stolen land".

From Townhall, congresscritter Maxwell Frost (D-FL) has an interesting take on ICE.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Israelis overwhelmingly support their country's campaign against Iran and want total victory, with or without help from the U.S.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump sanctions eight companies for aiding the Iranian military.

From The Federalist, ten years after the Obergefell v. Hodges decision which enacted same-sex marriage in all the U.S., its critics have been proven right.

From American Thinker, the Supreme Court's ruling on transgenderism is "a victory for sanity".

From MRCTV, the Los Angeles Dodgers spread misinformation about an allegedly encounter with ICE, which in reality did not happen.

From NewsBusters, Washington Post journalist Evan Hill leaks the coordinates of Iranian missile strikes in Israel.

From Canada Free Press, rewriting history to fit the narrative of climate change believers.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelans march for peace in Caracas while supporting Iran and Palestine.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the climate fearmongers want U.K. energy security minister Ed Miliband to spend £45 billion more.

From Snouts in the Trough, don't be fooled by the apologists for Iran who hate Jews.

From EuroNews, the founder of the encrypted messaging app Telegram decides to split his fortune among his more than 100 children.

From Free West Media, the U.S. should not become a pawn in Israel's war against Iran.

From ReMix, Hungary increases its domestic energy production to boost its sovereignty and the security of its supply.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Magyar Nemzet.)

From Balkan Insight, Romanian President Nicoşur Dan designates centrist politician Ilie Bolojan as prime minister and tasks him with tackling the country's economic woes.

From The North Africa Post, Niger nationalizes Somaïr, a subsidiary of the French uranium company Orano.

From The New Arab, Iraqis in multiple provinces protest against Israel's war on Iran.  (Considering that Iranian missiles and Israeli aircraft are crossing Iraqi airspace, I can't blame them all that much.)

From Allah's Willing Executioners, eight children become sick, one of them dying, after eating meat from two Muslim-owned butcher shops in Saint-Quentin, France.

From AMU, according to a U.N. report, nearly 80 percent of young Afghan women are deprived of education and work.

From The Times Of Israel, authorities in Bat Yam, Israel identify a body found in the rubble of a building hit by an Iranian missile as that of the mother of a seven-year-old girl who was also killed.

From Arutz Sheva, Israel has led the fight and might possibly have opened our eyes.

From Gatestone Institute, the attempt to erase Jews.

From Radio Free Asia, lawyers in Vietnam fear their country's new licensing rules.

From The Stream, why Israel's attack against Iran is a holy stand against an Islamic evil.

From The Daily Signal, blue collar wages have increased under Trump.

From The American Conservative, Trump makes the right choice about Iran, for now.

From The Western Journal, the WNBA punishes an Indiana Fever player who came to the defense of her teammate Caitlin Clark.

From BizPac Review, ICE battles rioters in Portland, Oregon.

From The Daily Wire, Iran refuses to negotiate with the U.S.

From the Daily Caller, Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, who was appointed by the late Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) puts some key parts of Trump's "big, beautiful bill" on the chopping block.

From Breitbart, author Stephen King blames recent shootings in Minnesota on the gun.

From Newsmax, Vice President Vance visits Los Angeles.

And from the New York Post, Aflac!

Thursday Tidbits

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

From National Review, President Trump holds off attacking Iran - for the time being.

From FrontpageMag, Iran has been at war with the U.S. for 46 years.

From Townhall, according to an opinion column, Israel's strike on Iran is legitimate under international law.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, due to Iran's strike on an Israeli hospital, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei "can no longer be permitted to exist".

From the Washington Examiner, Trump gives the Chinese platform TikTok yet another reprieve.

From The Federalist, no matter how much leftists want to riot, most Americans still support ICE and deportations of illegal aliens.

From American Thinker, "end the EPA's Endangerment Finding" about carbon dioxide.

From MRCTV, legacy media outlets accuse the Supreme Court of "trampling" on "rights" for upholding a ban on mutilating minors.

From NewsBusters, PBS interviewer Christiane Amanpour allows Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi to rewrite history.

From TeleSUR, Hurricane Erik makes landfall in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, on the Pacific side of Mexico.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch needs to realize that her party has much to apologize for over the grooming gang scandal.

From EuroNews, the Council of Europe raises concerns over freedom of speech in Germany due to governmental response to pro-Gaza demonstrations.

From Free West Media, although Zionism is not an American principle, it has a strong influence in Washington, D.C.

From ReMix, three men allegedly rape a girl in Vallentuna, Sweden when she asked for help after she fell off her bicycle.  (If you read Swedish, read the story at Aftonbladet and Omni.)

From Balkan Insight, Bosnians march in the town of Foča to commemorate victims of sexual violence during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

From The North Africa Post, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda are set to sign a peace agreement brokered by the U.S.

From The New Arab, according to Syrian central bank governor Abdelkader Husriyeh, Syria has completed its first global SWIFT transfer since the start of its civil war.

From The Times Of Israel, according to the U.N., Iran executed at least 975 people in 2024.

From the Daily Mail, Pakistan refuses to take back convicted grooming gang rapists from Rochdale, England.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a man threatens to kill everyone at a church in Ambazac, France.  (If you read French, read the story at FDeSouche.)

From Gatestone Institute, Trump faces a decision about Iran's nuclear sites.

From The Stream, when the Wallachian prince known as Vlad the Impaler terrorized Islam.

From The Daily Signal, how easy is it to obtain abortion pills?

From The American Conservative, diplomatic solutions are still possible with both Ukraine and Iran.

From The Western Journal, in an opinion concurring with the ruling upholding a ban on transgender treatment for minors, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas disdains "so-called experts".

From BizPac Review, former President Obama resumes his trash talking tour.

From The Daily Wire, a criticism of Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor in her dissent from the aforementioned ruling upholding a ban on transgender treatment for minors.

From the Daily Caller, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon promises to use the FACE Act to prosecute criminals who vandalize pro-life pregnancy centers.

From the New York Post, musician Ringo Starr slams lead singer Roger Daltrey of The Who for firing his son, drummer Zak Starkey.  (Ironically, Zak learned about drumming from both Keith Moon of The Who and his replacement Kenny Jones.)

From Breitbart, security officials report what might be the largest data breach in history.

From Newsmax, according to Mr. Bill, Trump should "defuse" the conflict between Israel and Iran.

And from SFGate, protesters in Los Angeles find a new purpose for the city's pink benches.

Wednesday Whatnot

On a very warm and rainy Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Supreme Court upholds Tennessee's ban on transgender treatments for minors.

From FrontpageMag, whatever is bad for Iran is good for the U.S. and the rest of the world.

From Townhall, did you hear what congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-Min) just said about the United States?

From The Washington Free Beacon, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum condemns New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani for his defense of the slogan "globalize the intifada".

From the Washington Examiner, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sends 2,000 more National Guard troops into Los Angeles.

From The Federalist, neocon rhetoric supporting the 2003 invasion of Iraq is getting repurposed for Iran.

From American Thinker, the story of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, many of whose members were Japanese Americans who had been sent to internment camps.

From MRCTV, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announces $50 million in taxpayer-funded "legal services" for illegal aliens.

From NewsBusters, the liberal media pretend that left-wing protesters represent a majority of Americans.

From Canada Free Press, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten cuts ties with the DNC which she never should have had in the first place.

From TeleSUR, former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez seeks clarification about whether she is allowed to greet supporters from her balcony.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the number one weapon against autism is common sense.

From EuroNews, europarliamentcritters fiercely debate Hungary's ban on Pride marches.

From Free West Media, who is trying to bring about World War III?

From ReMix, Swiss police search for an Eritrean migrant who allegedly fatally stabbed a man in Oberglatt, near Zurich.  (If you read French, read the story at 20 Minutes.)

From Balkan Insight, several Balkan countries evacuate their citizens from Israel.

From The North Africa Post, the computer maker American Oracle Company inaugurates a research and development center in Casablanca, Morocco.

From The New Arab, Hezbollah quietly restrains itself as Israel and Iran trade blows.

From Hasht e Subh, Kabul, Afghanistan tries to deal with a water shortage.

From Jewish News Syndicate, Iranian missiles have reportedly killed 24 people in Israel and injured over 800 others.

From Afghanistan International, the Taliban announce that their legal overhaul based on Islamic principles is almost done.

From The Jerusalem Post, Turkish President Erdoğan claims that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has outdone Hitler in committing genocide.

From OpIndia, Islamists demand that a Hindu man in Jaliapara, Bangladesh is hung for allegedly committing blasphemy.

From Arutz Sheva, Western leftists support the Iranian regime.  (The last six stories come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, Israel acted against Iran for all of us.

From Radio Free Asia, a leaked phone call between Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen puts the former's political future in jeopardy.

From The Stream, parental rights in education are on trial in back-to-back cases at the Supreme Court.

From The Daily Signal, Education Secretary Linda McMahon promises not to let gender ideology "slip through the cracks".

From The American Conservative, the Neocons are trying hard to co-opt the MAGA movement.

From The Western Journal, prepared meals sold at Walmart and Kroger are recalled as an outbreak of Listeria is investigated.

From BizPac Review, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson secures a $2 million book deal with no word from Democrats about ethics.

From The Daily Wire, more on the Supreme Court upholding Tennessee's law banning transgender treatments for minors.

From the Daily Caller, former White House press secretary Sean Spicer opines that any officials worth their salt would have recognized then-President Biden's decline.

From the New York Post, ICE ships hundreds of criminal illegal aliens out of its Newark, New Jersey detention center from which four detainees escaped.

From Breitbart, British lawmakers vote in favor of an amendment decriminalizing abortion up to the moment of birth.

From Newsmax, the Federal Reserve keeps interest rates steady.

And from the Genesius Times, Iran reveals that its previously announced "historic surprise" is a nation-wide kebab festival.

Some Late Tuesday Things

On a warm and cloudy Tuesday, now that I'm back from running around, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a school district in Virginia appears to discriminate on the basis of religion when it comes to "sexual harassment".

From FrontpageMag, a book by former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre shows why Democrats are losing male voters.

From Townhall, does Senator Alex Padilla (D-Cal) realize that his stunt against the DHS has imploded?

From The Washington Free Beacon, a poll among President Trump's supporters shows overwhelming support for Israel's actions against Iran and his response to them.

From the Washington Examiner, New York mayoral candidate Brad Lander (D) is arrested by ICE at an immigration hearing.

From The Federalist, according to a study, Americans are more conservative than their congresscritters.

From American Thinker, are the Iranian ayatollahs facing their downfall?

From MRCTV, according to Senator John Kennedy (R-LA), PBS and NPR use tax dollars to lie to you about the coronavirus, racism, and former First Son Hunter Biden's laptop.

From NewsBusters, for Pride Month, the ABC show Good Morning America tries to hype up "guncles".

From TCW Defending Freedom, will the inquiry about grooming gangs announced by U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer hear from whistleblowers who have been silenced?

From EuroNews, illegally entering Poland from Belarus or the Russian oblast of Kaliningrad is gonna get more difficult.

From ReMix, rats!

From AMU, the Taliban flog at least 125 people in 16 Afghan provinces.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a tailor shop owned by Turks bans Jews from entering - in Kleinmachnow, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at Journalistenwatch.)

From Gatestone Institute, will U.S. President Trump agree to a "deal" that allows the Iranian government to keep its secret sites and stay in power?

From Radio Free Asia, widespread pay cuts and layoffs in China drive down consumer spending and fuel fears of deflation.

From The Stream, Protestant evangelicals gain ground in Peru despite a U.S.-born Peruvian citizen becoming pope.

From The Daily Signal, the Senate passes a major cryptocurrency law.

From The American Conservative, a Trump-supporting intellectual takes on the "inverted neocons".

From The Western Journal, the NAACP decline to invite Trump to its annual convention, the first such snub in 116 years.

From BizPac Review, the Minnesota shooting suspect not only allegedly killed a lawmaker and her husband, but also shot their service dog, who had to be euthanized.

From The Daily Wire, the number of illegal aliens released into the U.S. by Customs and Border Protection in May is a big fat zero.

From the Daily Caller, the Chief Twit reportedly targets New York Attorney General Leticia James in a showdown about free speech.

From the New York Post, according to a study, cannabis is not good for your heart.

From Breitbart, an illegal alien who escaped from a detention center in Newark turns himself in to the New Jersey State Police, but they refuse to arrest him.

From Newsmax, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Trump's policies have created an almost 2 percent wage increase for hourly workers.

And from The Daily Squib, Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, recently prevented from sailing to Gaza, prepares to get on a boat to Iran.

Monday Mania

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

From National Review, did President Trump keep Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei alive?

From FrontpageMag, Israel had been torturing Gazans - by making them fat.

From Townhall, Trump keeps doing well on inflation.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) requests $600,000 of taxpayer money for a left-wing group accused of training illegal aliens to avoid ICE.

From the Washington Examiner, Randi Weingarten and Lee Saunders, both labor union leaders, leave the Democratic National Committee.

From The Federalist, deportations of illegal aliens have decreased the U.S. murder rate.

From American Thinker, the secret weapon of the children of Israel.

From MRCTV, the left-wing media weep over possible cuts to USAID and avoid covering the bribery case of a USAID official.

From NewsBusters, CNN's selective coverage of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D).

From Canada Free Press, when does a protest stop being a protest?

From TeleSUR, Panamanian Security Minister Frank Abrego announces the arrest of the leader of a banana industry union for allegedly advocating for criminal acts.

From TCW Defending Freedom, now even people who favor coronavirus vaccinations admit that they have side effects.

From Snouts in the Trough, a Democrat supporter allegedly murders two Democrats.  (Records show that when he lived in Oklahoma, the suspected Minnesota shooter registered to vote as a Republican.)

From EuroNews, a German court sentences a doctor from Syria to life imprisonment for torture and murder he committed while in Syria.

From Free West Media, reimagining the European approach to war.

From ReMix, two Afghan migrants go on trial for allegedly drugging and raping two teenage girls in Zabergäu, Germany.

From Balkan Insight, three people convicted of attacking drama students in Belgrade, Serbia get suspended sentences.

From The North Africa Post, the French aerospace company Figeac Aéro plans to produce aluminum parts of the Boeing 737 Max in Morocco.

From The New Arab, Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa issues a decree forming a Supreme Committee for People’s Assembly Elections.

From the Daily Mail, Pakistan threatens to attack Israel with nuclear weapons if Israel nukes Iran.

From Jewish News Syndicate, posters alleged at the Jew in Belgium lobbies for genocide.

From The Jerusalem Post, a report shows Iran's infiltration of the U.K.

From Arutz Sheva, a 94-year-old woman is among eight people killed by an Iranian missile that struck in Bat Yam, Israel.

From Gatestone Institute, Israel has ended China's status in the Middle East.

From Radio Free Asia, Lao democracy activist Joseph Akaravong is stabbed in a knife attack - in Pau, France.

From The Stream, why the U.S. again needs dangerous men.

From The Daily Signal, the aforementioned suspected Minnesota shooter has been arrested.

From The American Conservative, the challenge of finding the over 7,000 children lost due to then-President Biden's immigration policies.

From The Western Journal, Trump orders ICE to concentrate on blue urban areas.

From BizPac Review, after actor Sean Penn faults podcast host Bill Maher for having dinner with Trump, Mahar points out that Penn met with Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

From The Daily Wire, the Trump administration pauses ICE arrests at farms and hotels.

From the Daily Caller, according to a poll conducted before the start of anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles, most Hispanic voters support Trump's deportation policy.

From the New York Post, New York City mayoral candidate and former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) is hit with an ethics complaint after failing to disclose his $2.6 million in nuclear stock options.

From Breitbart, Iran reportedly cries uncle.

From Newsmax, according to Trump, kicking Russia out of the then-G8 might have led to its war in Ukraine.

And from The Babylon Bee, in solidarity with the "no king" protests, the fast food chain Burger King changes its name to Burger Democratically Elected Leader.

Stories For Father's Day

Now that I'm back home after driving through lots of mist and rain, here are some things going on:

From National Review, "five films that understand fatherhood".

From FrontpageMag, we have no kings, just drag queens.

From Townhall, when congresscritter (who later became Speaker) Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal) slammed her fellow Democrats for not securing the border in 2005.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about the Allied Powers in World War II.

From the Washington Examiner, the wife of the suspected Minnesota shooter is detained, questioned and released during a traffic stop near Onamia, Minnesota.

From American Thinker, The New York Times reveals the hypocrisy of the "no kings" movement.

From NewsBusters, the liberal media laughed ten years ago when then-private citizen Donald Trump entered politics.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a twig that twitched, and some other items.

From AMU, the Taliban dismisses female teachers without compensation or pension.

From The Sun, Lakuwara terrorists kill over 200 people in Yelwata, Benue, Nigeria.  (This website is in Nigeria.)

From Arutz Sheva, a Holocaust survivor is pulled from a collapsed building in Rehovot, Israel after it was damaged by an Iranian missile.

From The Jerusalem Post, Iran claims to have shot down an Israeli plane, but shows footage from a video game.

From Gatestone Institute, President Trump is on his way to some crucial summits.

From The Stream, a writer remembers his father who passed away a year ago.

From The Daily Signal, the audit of the Smithsonian Institution for politicized content is only the beginning.

From The American Conservative, the U.S. should not get involved in another war in the Persian Gulf.

From The Western Journal, three New Zealand parliamentcritters are suspended for disrupting the reading of a bill with a Haka dance.

From The Daily Wire, a brick with "free Palestine" written on it is thrown through the window of a kosher grocery store in Brookline, Massachusetts.

From the Daily Caller, rioters storm a building used by ICE in Portland, Oregon and injure at least four officers.

From Breitbart, according to White House Director of Communications Steven Cheung, the "no kings" protests were "a complete and utter failure".

From Newsmax, according to former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Iran is in a "death spiral" after Israeli attacks.

And from the New York Post, a New York City man is dragged to a look-alike contest for actor Pedro Pascal - and wins it.

Saturday Stuff For Flag Day

On a cool and rainy Saturday falling on Flag Day, President Trump's birthday, and the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, here are some things going on:

From National Review, two Minnesota state legislators and their spouses are shot, one fatally along with her husband, allegedly by a man impersonating a police officer.

From FrontpageMag, Israel takes Iran's "death to Israel" chant seriously.

From Townhall, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) appointed the aforementioned alleged shooter to the Governor’s Workforce Development Board in 2019.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Israel attacks Iran's oil and gas infrastructure.

From American Thinker, to deal with left-wing rioters, Trump should look to his earliest predecessor.

From NewsBusters, NBC portrays today's Army parade as something like those in "North Korea and Russia".

From TCW Defending Freedom, British wildlife advocates who demand culls of deer to "save the forests" want to reintroduce "elk".

From The Times Of Israel, a missile launched toward Israel by the Houthis in Lebanon injures five Palestinians in Sa'ir, West Bank.

From AMU, the Taliban forbid women under 40 years old from entering a market on the border between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.

From Gatestone Institute, time ran out for Iran.

From The Stream, it's still possible to celebrate sin, but without U.S. tax dollars.

From The Daily Signal, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has become a useful idiot for Hamas.

From The American Conservative, a tribute to the recently departed musician Brian Wilson.

From The Western Journal, according to police, the aforementioned Minnesota shooting suspect had flyers for the anti-Trump "No King" protests in his vehicle.

And from SFGate, line dancing goes mainstream in San Francisco.