Wednesday Wanderings

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

From National Review, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) finally recognizes the harms done by excessive environmental regulation.

From FrontpageMag, the biggest miscalculations by the Iranian mullahs.

From Townhall, under then-President Biden, the FBI shut down an investigation into alleged Chinese efforts to interfere with the 2020 election, for a reason that will infuriate you.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Congressional Black Caucus threatens to boycott the chain store Target after it stops donating to their foundation.

From the Washington Examiner, Democrat congresscritters line up to oppose the "Big Beautiful Bill", recently passed by the Senate.

From The Federalist, we can't celebrate what happened in 1776 while ignoring the invasion that's happening now.

From American Thinker, this time around, President Trump is doing less "speak softly" and more "carry a big stick".

From MRCTV, the University of Pennsylvania agrees to strip Lia Thomas of "her" swimming records and apologizes to its real female athletes.

From NewsBusters, an NBC reporter frets over possible "injuries" to detainees held at "Alligator Alcatraz".  (She should.  Alligators or other nasty critters injuring any detainee who tries to escape is the whole idea.)

From Canada Free Press, Trump was within his constitutional powers when he bombed Iran.

From TeleSUR, China demands that the U.S. lifts its "blockade" of Cuba.  (In reality, the U.S. embargos and sanctions Cuba, but does not impose a blockade.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, the wonky data behind messages about global warming.

From Snouts in the Trough, a look at disability rates and benefits in various European countries.

From EuroNews, France and Switzerland shut down their nuclear power plants due to a heatwave.

From ReMix, visiting the Czech Republic might soon cost ya more, pilgrim.  (If you read Czech, read the story at Echo24.)

From Balkan Insight, buying things in Romania will soon cost ya more, pilgrim.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco shares its intermittent renewable energy expertise with other African countries.

From The New Arab, an Egyptian driver whose truck ran into a minivan, killing 19 people, goes to trial for involuntary manslaughter.

From The Jerusalem Post, two Muslim men allegedly plant explosives at tourist hotspots in Thailand.

From Gatestone Institute, Trump's worst idea ever for Gaza.

From Radio Free Asia, the Dalai Lama affirms that his successor will not be chosen by China.

From The Stream, can we now acknowledge that Trump was right to bomb Iran's nuclear sites?

From The Daily Signal, Border Czar Tom Homan credits the "Trump effect" for the low number of illegal alien encounters during June.

From The American Conservative, the "Big Beautiful" product of realignment.

From The Western Journal, leftists come up with an ugly alternative name for "Alligator Alcatraz".

From BizPac Review, Paramount agrees to give Trump a $16 million settlement in a lawsuit over deceptive editing of an interview with then-Vice President Harris on 60 Minutes.

From The Daily Wire, Trump announces a trade agreement with Vietnam.

From the Daily Caller, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) gets a primary challenger for the 2026 election.

From the New York Post, Sean "Diddy" Combs's criminal trial is over with, but he still faces 66 civil suits.

From Breitbart, more about Combs's criminal trial and its verdicts.

From Newsmax, Microsoft again lays off thousands of its employees.

And from SFGate, fireworks at a warehouse in Esparto, California undergo premature detonation.