Friday, October 3, 2025

Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, Qatar does not deserve President Trump's guarantee of security.

From FrontpageMag, Colombian President Gustavo Petro doubles down on the statement that got his U.S. visa revoked.

From Townhall, the Department of Justice decides to investigate the Portland, Oregon police after their arrest of journalist Nick Sortor.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump gives Hamas a deadline.

From The Federalist, leftists have abandoned debate and embraced violence.

From American Thinker, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) is neither a Spartacus nor a Socrates.

From MRCTV, a video about leftists such as Jane Fonda crying about censorship.

From NewsBusters, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt accuses the Democrats of intentionally sabotaging the U.S.

From Canada Free Press, Canada should grab a grand bargain with the U.S.

From TeleSUR, El Salvador's government bans "inclusive language" in public schools.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Arctic ice keeps on refusing to melt.

From Snouts in the Trough, Prime Minister Keir Starmer's plan to protect the U.K.'s Jewish community.

From EuroNews, 15 unidentified drones are reportedly spotted flying over a military base in eastern Belgium.

From Free West Media, the long overdue end to the war on warriors.

From ReMix, the Spanish National Police arrest 12 people in the city of Vic for allegedly creating fraudulent partnerships between Spaniards and illegal migrants.  (If you read Spanish, read the story at 20minutos.)

From Balkan Insight, seven men accused of trying to tunnel into the underground evidence storage depot of the Higher Court in Podgorica, Montenegro are acquitted due to lack of proof.

From The North Africa Post, dozens of members of the GenZ 212 movement protest peacefully in the Moroccan cities of Rabat, Casablanca and Agadir.

From The New Arab, a musical ode to displaced Sudanese and Palestinian families living in Egypt.

From YemenOnline, the Swedish government launches an investigation of "Islamist infiltration" and influence by the Muslim Brotherhood in Sweden.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, none of the 40 vessels in the Global Sumud Flotilla intercepted by Israeli forces carried any aid.

From Arutz Sheva, according to an opinion column, today it's Jews on Yom Kippur, tomorrow it will be Christians on Christmas.

From Gatestone Institute, the evil intention of destroying Israel.

From Radio Free Asia, Hong Kong plans to use AI to implement Big Brother.

From The Stream, Catholic bishops in the U.S. feed into the myth of Muslims being martyrs.

From The Daily Signal, NATO's newest member Sweden is outspending many longtime members on defense.

From The American Conservative, pressuring Russian President Putin is "a play in three acts".

From The Western Journal, just when Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gets an abortion drug back under review, the Food and Drug Administration approves another one.

From BizPac Review, a woman in Chicago smears dog [bleep] on a Tesla and quickly reaps the consequences.

From the Daily Caller, the Canterbury Cathedral gets its first female archbishop.

From the New York Post, a policeman in New York City becomes the fourth person in his family to be promoted to sergeant in the NYPD.

From Breitbart, a federal judge rules against two sanctuary cities, allowing Trump to cut off aid.

From Newsmax, the Senate rejects a stopgap measure that would have ended the government shutdown.

And from LifeNews, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) faces a lawsuit after dropping charges against an abortion supporter who allegedly assaulted a pro-life journalist.

Thursday, October 2, 2025

Thursday Things

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

From National Review, two Jews are killed in an attack at a synagogue in Manchester, England.

From FrontpageMag, how President Trump can bust the Democrat money machine that's funding ProFa.

From Townhall, illegal alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia finally might get deported.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Northwestern University's Center for Enlightened Disagreement calls for civil dialogue, but its co-chair negotiated on behalf of activists who called Jews "pigs".

From the Washington Examiner, Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signs a bill that reverses California's anti-truancy law, which was championed by then-San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris (D).

From The Federalist, former Trump White House advisor Peter Navarro recalls how he became a political prisoner during the Biden presidency.

From American Thinker, we all identify with the victims of horrific attacks.....until we don't.

From NewsBusters, according to a new Gallop poll, trust in news media has dropped to a new low.

From Canada Free Press, Pope Leo XIV appears clouded on the issues of abortion and the death penalty.

From TeleSUR, Peruvian journalists denounce the over 200 attacks against the media and demand an end to their being harassed.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the BBC program Panorama shows its bias about asylum hotel protests.

From Snouts in the Trough, is Reform party leader Nigel Farage already running the U.K.?

From EuroNews, more on the aforementioned attack at a synagogue in Manchester, England.

From ReMix, Italy moves to revive its nuclear energy industry with a new bill.

From Balkan Insight, the Romanian government approves legislation to establish a volunteer military training program.

From The North Africa Post, young protesters in Morocco can be genuine demonstrators or goons, rioters and manipulators.

From The New Arab, three Christian men are shot and killed in Anaz, Syria.

From RAIR Foundation USA, a Spanish priest faces three years in prison for telling the truth about Islam.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From the Daily Mail, still more about the twice-aforementioned attack at a Manchester, England synagogue.

From Sp!ked, how the West has failed the Danish cartoon test.

From Gatestone Institute, Qatar must apologize for its support of terrorist groups.

From The Stream, Canadian churches burn as the left provides the fuel.

From The Daily Signal, even as the federal government shuts down, construction on the border wall continues.

From The American Conservative, former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair should not be inflicted upon Gaza.

From The Western Journal, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt pushes back on criticism from the aforementioned Pope Leo XIV.

From BizPac Review, FBI Director Kash Patel cuts ties with the Anti-Defamation League because it branded Turning Point USA as an extremist group.

From the Daily Caller, Fox and Friends co-host Lawrence Jones fact-checks Senator Jeanne Shaheen's (D-NH) claim about health care for illegal aliens.

From the New York Times, a strip mall in Los Angeles blasts classical music at night to keep vagrants away.

From Breitbart, right-wing commentator Dennis Prager talks on camera for the first time since being injured and paralyzed in 2024.

From Newsmax, according to the aforementioned press secretary Leavitt, federal government layoffs due to the shutdown could reach the thousands.

And from SFGate, the actor known as "The Rock" wears heavy prosthetics for his lead role in the movie The Smashing Machine.

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Stories To Start October

On a warm and sunny Wednesday on the first day of October and the Schumer Shutdown, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's changes will make the U.S. military stronger.

From FrontpageMag, California Highway Patrol officers protect former Vice President Harris on her book tour.

From Townhall, recently arrested former Des Moines school district Superintendent and illegal alien Ian Roberts has reportedly been receiving mail-in ballots from Maryland.  (You can live in Iowa and have a high-ranking job there, but vote in Maryland, all while being in the U.S. illegally.  Interesting how that works.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, AI platforms blame "right-wing ideology" for the murder of activist Charlie Kirk.

From the Washington Examiner, a bunch of congresscritters ask to have their pay withheld during the current government shutdown.

From The Federalist, the military's recruiting crisis under then-President Biden turns out to have been a leadership problem.

From American Thinker, one benefit of the shutdown is that there will be no bull[bleep] economic reports.

From MRCTV, appearing on MSNBC's Deadline White House, former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall claims that the military has never been woke.

From NewsBusters, TV hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert talk about Kimmel's suspension, but avoid the reason for it.

From Canada Free Press, what's in a name that costs lots of money and can't even be pronounced by most people?

From TeleSURthe Federation of Kichwa Peoples of Northern Ecuador declares a temporary truce to open dialogue with the Ecuadorian government.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. is getting choked by Fabian knotweed.

From Snouts in the Trough, is Prime Minister Keir Starmer is greatest U.K. patriot ever?

From EuroNews, three alleged Hamas members are arrested in Germany for allegedly planning attacks on Jewish sites.

From ReMix, a family in Bougival, France defends their home against three armed burglars.

From Balkan Insight, the Serbian government grants citizenship to Russian nationals who were sanctioned by various countries.

From The North Africa Post, Mauritania announces plans for a nanosatellite program to boost its digital sovereignty.

From The New Arab, are Arab states legally bound to protect the Sumud Flotilla heading toward Gaza?

From The Times Of Israel, Druze in Syria push for autonomy.

From the Daily Mail, the Taliban shuts down the internet in Afghanistan to prevent "immorality".

From The Jerusalem Post, Iran claims that its missiles can reach "wherever needed".

From Gatestone Institute, should former FBI Director James Comey be convicted?

From The Stream, a revolution and other matters.

From The Daily Signal, you almost have to respect what Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is trying to do.

From The American Conservative, finding common cause with - believe it or not - activist Greta Thunberg.

From The Western Journal, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) asks Republicans to "strike a deal with" her.

From BizPac Review, former TV host Don Lemon claims that the aforementioned Secretary Hegseth is a DEI hire.

From the Daily Caller, the family of the man convicted of trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh begs a judge for leniency because he's a transgender.

From Breitbart, actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) flies to Rome and joins a call from Pope Leo XIV for Catholics to "terminate climate change".  (The article doesn't say whether he flew on a private jet.  How many Catholics does China have?)

From Newsmax, Florida officials unanimously approve a plan to build the Trump Presidential Library in Miami.

And from the New York Post, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) makes an oopsie.