Wednesday Whatnot

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

From National Review, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles's streak of avoiding drama comes to a end.

From FrontpageMag, all of France has become a "no-go-zone".

From Townhall, how the Democrats feel about congresscritter Jasmine Crockett's (D-TX) run for the Senate.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate Erik Murray (D-Kan) names former Black Panther leader Elaine Brown as his inspiration.

From the Washington Examiner, four Republican congresscritters give their Democrat colleagues a win by forcing a vote on extended Obamacare subsidies.

From The Federalist, the Western embrace of mass immigration from the Third World is civilizational suicide.

From American Thinker, retired pitcher Curt Schilling deserves to be in baseball's Hall of Fame.

From NewsBusters, the Media Research Center presents its award for the worst quote of the year.  (The Media Research Center is the publisher of NewsBusters.)

From Canada Free Press, the U.N. ends 2025 with more fruitless results.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan environmental groups condemn U.S. President Trump's blockade of oil tankers from Venezuela.

From TCW Defending Freedom, will there be rain tomorrow.

From Snouts in the Trough, are we in day 1,382 of history's most pointless war?

From EuroNews, Russian President Putin calls European leaders "swine".

From ReMix, Polish europarliamentcritter Jadwiga Wiśniewska slams the European Parliament's vote on a safeguard clause in the E.U.'s trade agreement with Mercosur countries.  (If you read Polish, read the story at wPolitice.)

From Balkan Insight, phishing is on the rise in Montenegro.

From The North Africa Post, U.S. technicians and explosive ordnance disposal experts train Moroccan soldiers in detecting and clearing mines.

From The New Arab, how oil became a front line in the civil war in Sudan.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to an opinion column, to make terrorism backfire, Australia should rescind its recognition of "Palestine".

From Quadrant, "when murder is a sacrament".  (See John 16:2.)

From Gatestone Institute, the terror threat in Europe is an exported war that no one wants to name.

From The Daily Signal, Wall Street warns that Germany's energy policies lead to economic suicide.

From The American Conservative, what has Trump added to the Monroe Doctrine?

From The Western Journal, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announces a plan to the military Chaplain Corps to its former glory.

From BizPac Review, Trump adds five more countries and the Palestinian Authority to his travel ban.  (In this case, the label "travels" includes "or lack thereof".)

From the Daily Caller, in 2006, the aforementioned Jasmine Crockett co-rented a car with a convicted robber, in an episode that did not end well.

From Breitbart, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent kicks off the launch of "Trump accounts" for young people.

From Newsmax, the Trump administration will break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado.

And from the New York Post, outgoing New York City Mayor Eric Adams (I) leaves a ratty parting gift for his incoming successor Zohran Mamdani (D).