Friday Phenomena

On a cold and snowy Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the boring truth comes out about the alleged January 5th pipe bomber.

From FrontpageMag, Somali sex offenders in Minnesota.

From Townhall, another Afghan man is arrested for allegedly planning a mass shooting.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the IT firms which discriminate against Americans.

From the Washington Examiner, according to a delayed report, inflation rose to 2.8 percent in September.

From The Federalist, the U.S. Conference of Catholics Bishops undermine their credibility on immigration by making money off the trafficking of children.

From American Thinker, for military personnel considering "disobeying illegal orders".

From NewsBusters, news networks ignore an allocution from Venezuela's former spy chief.

From Canada Free Press, protesting from the left-wing red-green axis.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets force an illegal aircraft to land in the state of Apure.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season was a dud.

From EuroNews, E.U. legislators agree to say nyet to Russian gas by 2027.

From Free West Media, the E.U. inevitably marches against globalism.

From ReMix, the arrest of a mechanic and his son who shot burglars while defending their workshop in Romagnieu, France results in outrage.  (If you read French, read the story at BMF and Le Dauphiné Libéré.)

From Balkan Insight, young Bulgarians successfully protest against a proposed 2026 government budget, which fuels hope for more protests.

From The New Arab, the Popular Forces militia in Gaza confirms that its leader Yasser Abu Shabab has been killed.

From the Daily Mail, an alleged rapist in Gowa, Indonesia is given brutal vigilante punishment.

From Organiser, a terrorist group based in Pakistan reportedly recruits 5,000 women.

From Arutz Sheva, out of fear of its leaders being eliminated by Israel, Hamas bans them from bringing electronic or medical equipment to meetings.

From the Orissa Post, Hindu schoolgirls in the Pakistani province of Sindh are allegedly pressured to convert to Islam in order to continue their studies.  (Orissa is a former name of the Indian state of Odisha.  My spellchecker has no problem with either name.)

From Gatestone Institute, the Chinese social credit system is being forced on the world.

From The Stream, Turkish President Erdoğan and Pope Leo XIV weaponize the latter's pilgrimage against Israel.

From The Daily Signal, President Trump receives the first-ever "FIFA Peace Prize".

From The American Conservative, the U.S. military sends another alleged drug boat to Davy Jones's Locker.

From The Western Journal, the Supreme Court rules in favor of the Republican redistricting in Texas.

From BizPac Review, former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines celebrates the new Texas "bathroom bill".

From the Daily Caller, the Supreme Court will decide if Trump can abolish automatic birthright citizenship by executive order.

From the New York Post, wildlife officials try weird methods to lure a bear out from under a house in Altadena, California.

From Breitbart, several Minnesota Democrats allegedly received thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from Somali scammers.

From Newsmax, according to a survey, Americans have a strong and bipartisan support for Ukraine against Russia.

And from SFGate, the best poke fish in the U.S. is not in Hawaii, but in the California mountain town of Big Bear Lake.