Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Tuesday Tidbits

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

From National Review, conservatives make a cultural comeback.

From FrontpageMag, Governor Gavin Newsom (D) wants Democrats to control 94 percent of the congressional seats from California, even with only 45 percent of the registered voters.

From Townhall, this "white savior" nonsense from the left over Sydney Sweeney's jeans ads has got to stop.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark) presses the IRS to investigate CAIR's tax-exempt status due to "ties to terrorist organizations".

From the Washington Examiner, Texas Democrat state legislatures plan to stay in Illinois to stop their Republican colleagues from redrawing the state's congressional districts.  (Wisconsin Democrat state legislators did the same sort of thing a few years back, also going to Illinois.  See definition 1 in the Urban Dictionary.)

From The Federalist, redistricting is not a "threat to democracy", but four Democrat tactics are.

From American Thinker, no more free rides for left-wing "public broadcasting".

From MRCTV, the U.K. reuses a coronavirus-era speech to silence criticism of subsidized migration.

From NewsBusters, journalist Paul Krugman faulted President Trump for accusing the BLS of fudging job numbers, but he did the same thing.

From TeleSUR, Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses Peru of violating the Rio de Janeiro Protocol by seizing Colombian territory.

From TCW Defending Freedom, five independent scientists demolish the myth of catastrophic climate change.

From EuroNews, no, French President Emmanuel Macron does not have a 7 percent approval rating from all French citizens.

From Free West Media, is Trump taking America to war?

From ReMix, the Romanian government imposes more austerity measures, which results in more protests.  (If you read Hungarian, the site Mandiner has related stories about the austerity measures and about the protests.)

From Balkan Insight, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić pardons a woman accused of attacking two student protesters.

From The North Africa Post, women in U.N. peacekeeping military operations start their training in Agadir, Morocco.

From The New Arab, human rights organizations call for the UAE to disclose the fate of abducted Egyptian-Turkish poet and dissident Abdulrahman Qawadari.

From the Sudan Tribune, a Sudanese pro-democracy group calls for the National Congress Party and the associated Sudanese Islamic Movement to be designated a terrorist group.

From IranWire, an Iranian official recommends easing the enforcement of hijab laws.

From Iran International, a conservative official believed to be close to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei is appointed to lead Iran's Supreme National Security Council.  (Does this guy believe in free market economics, limited government and personal responsibility?)

From Khaama Press, officials from the International Organization for Migration visit Afghanistan amid the mass deportation of migrants from Iran.

From Hasht e Subh, between the Taliban and tradition, women's freedoms decrease in Afghanistan.

From AMU, according to several local sources, the Taliban are digging tunnels in the Afghani province of Kandahar.

From Dawn, the Indus River delta in Pakistan is sinking and shrinking.

From The Express TribuneElection Commission of Pakistan disqualifies nine lawmakers from the party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's Foreign Office denies the involvement of any Pakistanis in the war in Ukraine.

From the Daily Mail, according to an official at the U.K.'s Office for Budget Responsibility, immigration is creating "serious problems" for public services and standards of living.

From Gatestone Institute, how Hamas sees the Western willingness to recognize "Palestine".

From The Stream, double standards on free speech.

From The Daily Signal, a group of Democrat congresscritters write a letter to Trump calling for the U.S. to recognize Palestinian statehood.

From The American Conservative, MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk's limited hangout.

From The Western Journal, Trump takes a walk on - and some questions from - the White House roof.

From BizPac Review, a former NFL player is convicted of running a dog-fighting operation.  (No, this is not about Michael Vick.)

From The Daily Wire, Congress subpoenas records from the Department of Justice, and former officials including Mr. Bill and Ms. Hill in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein case.

From the Daily Caller, more on the aforementioned subpoenas.

From the New York Post, according to officials, almost 90 percent of aid trucks in Gaza are looted by starving Palestinians or "armed actors" before reaching their destinations.

From Breitbart, Trump supports the 2nd Amendment.

From Newsmax, Trump states that he will "probably" not run for a third term.

And from SFGate, if you're in Samuel P. Taylor State Park in Marin County, California, beware of wasps.

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