Friday, August 8, 2025

Friday Phenomena For 8/8

On a warm and sunny Friday on the eighth day of the eighth month, here are some things going on:

From National Review, taking over the Gaza Strip would be a big risk for Israel.

From FrontpageMag, the Democratic Socialists of America hold a panel discussion on abolishing the family.

From Townhall, a judge who tried to hold the Trump administration in contempt is overturned by an appeals court.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Democrat attorneys general hire a law firm to sue oil companies, and the firm donates money to elect Democrat attorneys general.

Form the Washington Examiner, the Department of Justice subpoenas New York Attorney General Letitia James over her alleged mishandling of her case against then-former President Trump.

From The Federalist, the governors of blue states Illinois and New York harbor fugitive Texas state legislators.

From American Thinker, the aforementioned Democrat Texas legislators should be careful about the "debate" on gerrymandering that they wish for.

From MRCTV, host Stephen Colbert of The Late Show versus the late Johnny Carson.

From NewsBusters, allegedly civilized countries genuflect toward Hamas.

From Canada Free Press, the starvation in Gaza was invented by Hamas and the U.N.

From TeleSUR, Chileans oppose efforts to release Pinochet-era imprisoned human rights violators.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a trainee employee of a British prison contract company is fired for stating biological truth.

From EuroNews, U.K. Under-Secretary for Homelessness Rushanara Ali resigns over claims that she evicted tenants from a property that she owns and then increased its rent.

From ReMix, Poland pursues a second nuclear power plant in a continued effort to lessen its use of coal.  (As a descendant of coal miners, some of whom were Polish, I find this a bit dismaying.  If you read Polish, read the story at Do Rzeczy.)

From Balkan Insight, Bosnian crime reporter Nataša Miljanović-Zubac is detained for allegedly "disclosing official secrets".

From The North Africa Post, 11.6 million people visit Morocco during the first seven months of 2025, up 16 percent from a year earlier.

From The New Arab, what's next for Hezbollah after the Lebanese cabinet backs a U.S.-proposed disarmament plan?

From The Straits Times, according to Singaporean Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh, nation building is the responsibility of every Singaporean, not just of one party.

From Free Malaysia Today, hundreds of people in the Malaysian state of Sabah gather to demand justice for slain student Zara Qairina Mahathir.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysia's Attorney-General's Chamber orders the Royal Malaysia Police to exhume the body of the aforementioned Zara Qairina Mahathir.

From Vietnam Plus, all 20 crew members of the Vietnamese ship GT Unity are rescued after a fire breaks out in its engine room.

From the Taipei Times, Taiwan calls for being included in the Pacific Islands Forum.

From China News, the population of Przewalski horses in China surpasses 900.

From The Korea Herald, when visiting a Starbucks Korea café, please refrain from setting up your office equipment in it.

From The Mainichi, the shape of the Japanese chocolate snack "Pocky" is registered as a 3D trademark.

From Japan Today, eight things that you should not do when riding Japanese trains.

From Gatestone Institute, is the popular desire for regime change in Iran just a myth?

From The Stream, the E.U.'s fake revisionist history project.

From The Daily Signal, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) claims that former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (I) and President Trump are conspiring to rig the mayoral election.  (Cuomo was a Democrat when he was governor, but is running for mayor as an independent.)

From The American Conservative, why Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should fear former General Valery Zaluzhny.

From The Western Journal, the walkout of Democrat Texas legislators might be connected to a PAC funded by left-wing billionaire George Soros.

From BizPac Review, Senator Adam Schiff (D-Cal) says that quiet part out loud about Democrats needing illegal aliens to be counted in the census.

From The Daily Wire, Tennessee becomes the latest state to ban the purchase of candy and sugary drinks with SNAP.

From the Daily Caller, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill (R) helps fuel the left-wing war on the oil industry.

From the New York Post, New Rochelle, New York builds more housing and thus keeps its rents down, unlike many places in the region.

From Breitbart, a Moroccan migrant stand to lose his French residence permit and faces jail time after he uses the eternal flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris to light his cigarette.

From Newsmax, Attorney General Pam Bondi has reportedly authorized a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of mortgage fraud against the aforementioned Adam Schiff and Letitia James.

And from Bearing Arms, gun control in Colorado and Washington state fails to reduce gun-related homicides.

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