Friday Phenomena

As the hot and sunny weather continues on a Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a review of the new Steven Spielberg movie Disclosure Day.  (If the word "review" is in your name, it might be appropriate to, you know, review something.)

From FrontpageMag, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) finds a new way to fight diseases.

From Townhall, gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton (R-Cal) reveals who's responsible for thousands of missing underage migrants.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the playbook of senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME).

From the Washington Examiner, a federal court declines stop the UFC fight in front of the White House.

From the Federalist, the aforementioned Graham Platner is a far-leftist's idea of a far-rightist.

From American Thinker, meet the Democratic Socialists of America's Red Rabbits.

From NewsBusters, a judge foils an attempt by Democrats to allow people who have never lived in North Carolina to vote there.

From Canada Free Press, if you're on a high school sports team, don't smoke, and don't even pretend to smoke.

From TeleSUR, Chilean scientists confirm the validity of legally required warning labels and restrictions on advertising for food.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the #BeKind advocates who turned their backs on Anglo-Polish student Henry Nowak.

From Snouts in the Trough, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer resorts to shooting the messenger....again.

From EuroNews, F-35 fighter jets, nicknamed "Husarz", fly over Polish cities.  (The title has the spelling "Hussarz", but it's spelled "Husarz" in the article.  The name refers to cavalry troops in the Polish army from the 1500s to the 1700s.)

From ReMix, almost 50 percent of the people in Belgian prisons are not Belgian.

From Balkan Insight, Bulgaria's governing party declares its support for the "March of the Family" on the same day as the Sofia Pride march.

From The North Africa Post, the automotive wiring company LEONI Group starts construction for a new plant in Bouskoura, Morocco.

From The New Arab, in 2025, about 1.3 million Syrian refugees went back to Syria.

From Gatestone Institute, a "good deal" cannot be made with the Iranian regime.

From The Daily Signal, right-wing commentator Victor Davis Hanson explains how California's electoral system keeps Democrats in power.

From The American Conservative, U.S. President Trump, not Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, holds the cards and should play them.

From The Western Journal, the father of murdered high school athlete Austin Metcalf blast the parents of the convicted murderer.

From BizPac Review, former Chicago Bears player Brian Urlacher blames Democrats for the team leaving Chicago.

From the Daily Caller, Columbia University reinstates mandatory admissions tests.

From the New York Post, a $300 million mansion in the London section of Knightsbridge has 24 jewel-encrusted bathrooms and just one resident, a homeless Swedish man who lives on its front porch.

From Breitbart, left-wing actress Jane Fonda will headline an event in New York City to counter the aforementioned UFC fight in front of the White House.

From Newsmax, the plane carrying Pope Leo XIV home from Spain has some technical difficulties.

And from SFGate, San Francisco novelist Dave Eggers doesn't need a smartphone, the interwebz, or your Flock camera.

Thursday Tidings

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

From National Review, the absurd controversy over repairs to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C.

From FrontpageMag, voter fraud has never been as blatant as in the recent election in Los Angeles.

From Townhall, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) brutally roasts senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME).

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX) once worked for a left-wing DEI development firm.

From the Washington Examiner, several floors in the Pentagon are evacuated over an "air quality issue" that necessitated the deployment of a hazmat crew.

From The Federalist, the hype about aliens, UAPs (formerly called UFOs) and "disclosure" appears to have been at least somewhat exaggerated.

From American Thinker, doxxing and swatting are and should be labeled as domestic terrorism.

From Newsmax, a left-wing group funded by billionaire George Soros launches a petition urging charities to support the Southern Poverty Law Center.

From Canada Free Press, should we be concerned about the company Google going into the mosquito business?

From TeleSUR, the hidden barriers facing fans of the 2026 World Cup.

From TCW Defending Freedom, at the World Cup, the soccer matches are just a sideshow.

From Snouts in the Trough, is there more to "Eurabia" than a conspiracy theory?

From EuroNews, three people are killed when a car plows into a school cycling group near Vogelwaarde, Netherlands.

From ReMix, Sweden abolishes permanent resident permits to asylum seekers and other immigrant groups.

From Balkan Insight, Croatian President Zoran Milanović is urged to strip convicted war criminal retired General Branimir Glavaš of his rank and decorations.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco and the Council of Europe strengthen their cooperation with the "New Neighborhood Partnership".

From The New Arab, after 40 years, Iraq again has a World Cup team.

From the Daily Mail, English people get angry at councils for telling them not to fly the English flag during the World Cup.

From The Guardian, a policeman is shot dead during the raid of an apartment near Toronto, Canada linked to an attack on a U.S. consulate.

From Quadrant, "the jihadis next door" in Australia.

From Gatestone Institute, trying to disarm Hamas is a charade.

From The Daily Signal, the Daughters of the American Revolution will vote on the definition of a "woman".  (A DAR member taught me to play the piano when I was a Littlefoot.)

From Radio Free Asia, an Uyghur human rights activist condemns the death sentences given to two Uyghur men for a bomb explosion that killed 20 people and injured hundreds of others in Bangkok, Thailand in 2015.

From The American Conservative, "this week in hate crimes".

From The Western Journal, we know what the knife used to kill high school track athlete Austin Metcalf looked like.

From BizPac Review, the Department of Justice makes the first arrest of someone on its "Most Wanted Fraudsters" list.

From the Daily Caller, a real estate technology company lays off all of its workers in India.

From the New York Post, billionaire Citadel founder Ken Griffin "doubles down" on Miami after his feud with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D).

From Breitbart, First Lady Melania Trump launches first-of-their-kind accounts for children in foster care.

From Newsmax, a Minnesota man pleads guilty to federal charges for killing Minnesota state House Speaker Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband and the attempted murder of a state Senator and his wife.

And from the Genesius Times, Belfast, Northern Ireland is ravaged by climate change after an attack by a migrant.

A Bit Of Wednesday Whatnot

On a warm Wednesday that has alternated between sunny and rainy, here are a few things going on:

From National Review, five "extraordinary" developments in the war against Iran.

From FrontpageMag, former President Obama's library represents "the uglification of America.

From Townhall, how much oil went through the Strait of Hormuz resulting from a "secret mission".

From The Washington Free Beacon, Hamas reportedly turns Gazan hospitals and schools into torture chambers.

From the Washington Examiner, one oil tanker wasn't allowed to go through the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Federalist, the State Department shuts down multiple birth tourism networks based in Europe and Africa.  (What about the birth tourism linked to China?)

From American Thinker, democracy did not quite die in California.

From NewsBusters, co-host Sunny Hostin of The View urges Democrats to abandon their morals and vote of senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME).

From TCW Defending Freedom, nine more questions for the Hampshire County, England police.

From the Daily Mail, the Sudanese asylum seeker who allegedly stabbed a man in Belfast, Northern Ireland appears in court.

From Gatestone Institute, don't underestimate the United States of America.

From The American Conservative, the case of Cuban asset Manuel Rocha shows the dangers of conflicted loyalty.

From the Daily Caller, President Trump is considering abolishing the trade deal that he made during his first term.

From the New York Post, basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal reveals why he started taking a weight loss drug for an "overlooked condition".

From Breitbart, an Indian-born H-1B investor tells American college graduates to get jobs in rural Alaska.

From Newsmax, the U.S. military strikes Iran again.

And from BizPac Review, Vice President Vance and his family pick up some chicks.

Tuesday Tidbits

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

From National Review, the real scandal in California is not even about anything illegal.

From FrontpageMag, churches in France are being vandalized.

From Townhall, armed homeowner-1, armed burglar-0.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME) accuses former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell of lying in his memoir Lone Survivor.

From the Washington Examiner, a U.S. naval sea drone is used to rescue two Army pilots after their Apache helicopter goes down.

From The Federalist, here are the biggest cases at the Supreme Court which are worth keeping our eyes on.

From American Thinker, what's wrong with elections in California?

From NewsBusters, the worst of the CBS show 60 Minutes.

From Canada Free Press, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) kept the hoax about alleged Russian collusion with the 2016 Trump campaign alive, and is now blocking the appointment of a man who could expose him.

From TeleSUR, Cuba proposes legal reforms in four areas.

From TCW Defending Freedom, 11 questions for the Hampshire County, England police, with more to come.

From Snouts in the Trough, would "any mother" protect her son if he stabs someone?

From EuroNews, the E.U. proposes new sanctions on Russian oil, fisheries, soldiers and "shadow fleet".

From Free West Media, the erasure of whiteness is accelerating.

From ReMix, video shows a migrant trying to behead a white man in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

From Balkan Insight, Serbian prosecutors drops their claim that a former Belgrade city police chief assisted a murderer.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan farmers complete the planting phase of the their third legal cannabis cultivation.

From The New Arab, why visa barriers and high prices may prevent many Arabs from watching the World Cup soccer tournament.

From Al Jazeera, satellite photos show Iran's water crisis.

From the Daily Mail, the International Criminal Court suspends its chief prosecutor, Karim Kham from the U.K., over claims of sexual misconduct.

From Gatestone Institute, "the hierarchy of acceptable victims".

From The Daily Signal, California's mail-in ballot mess is exactly why the SAVE America Act is needed.

From The American Conservative, is former First Son Hunter Biden "the MAGA whisperer"?

From The Western Journal, President Trump's appearance at the basketball game between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs breaks the interwebz.

From BizPac Review, a woman suffering from Alzheimer's reportedly regains her ability to speak after taking mushrooms.

From the Daily Caller, according to a poll, Democrat acceptance of sex changes decreases by 11 percent from a year ago.

From Breitbart, according to senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX), locking up guns in houses is "common sense" and private gun sales should be criminalized.

From Newsmax, according to Trump, the NBA "tends to be a little left-wing", but is still "great entertainment".

And from the New York Post, guilty.

Monday Links

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

From National Review, why senatorial candidate Graham Platner's (D-ME) supporters don't care about his alleged past misconduct.

From FrontpageMag, the needless death of Anglo-Polish student Henry Nowak and the U.K.'s resulting shame.

From Townhall, why are so many male-identifying Democrat candidates so weird?

From The Washington Free Beacon, a U.S. probe reveals that 101 more UNWRA staffers are also Hamas personnel, and that some teachers and principals are terrorists.

From the Washington Examiner, according to Border Czar Tom Homan, most of the anti-ICE protesters engaging in violence at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark are not from New Jersey.

From The Federalist, the media shrug at the abortion of a baby with Down Syndrome after crying "eugenics" about actress Sydney Sweeney's genes jeans.  (Ironically, the founder of the organization which became Planned Avoidance Of Parenthood was a eugenicist.)

From American Thinker, Republicans have won the redistricting war, but will they secure the results?

From NewsBusters, the Supreme Court vacates a lower court's decision to uphold Biden-era Department of Energy regulations that would outlaw gas stoves and water heaters.

From Canada Free Press, California suffers "the invasion of the ballot snatchers".

From TeleSUR, the U.N. demands that El Salvador releases former San Salvador Mayor Ernesto Muyshondt from detention.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the woke left has taken over the Oxford Union Society, and the world.

From EuroNews, according to Latvian Foreign Affairs Minister Baiba Braže, French fighter jets shot down a drone over eastern Latvia.

From ReMix, a Polish model is beaten and almost gang raped in Milan before being rescued by an Italian man.  (If you read Italian, read the story at Corriere Della Sera.)

From Balkan Insight, the E.U. congratulates Prime Minister Albin Kurti on his party winning Kosovo's parliamentary elections, but urges "compromise".

From The North Africa Post, social media video shows that the Gara Djebilet mine project in Algeria is not as large as the Algerian government claimed.

From The New Arab, Israel releases Palestinian women's soccer player Rand Halawani.

From Gatestone Institute, Lebanon finally says that it does not belong to Iran.

From The Daily Signal, according to an opinion column, Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger (D) is warring with her fellow Virginia Democrats.

From Radio Free Asia, China's maritime outposts reportedly could distract Taiwan's allies if the former attacks the latter.

From The American Conservative, the ongoing fiasco involving child immigration.

From The Western Journal, the distorted Christianity of senatorial candidate James Talarico's (D-TX) pastor.

From BizPac Review, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) erupts at Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for leaving out Mormons from Christian categories.

From The Daily Caller, the Department of War updates its religious categories.

From the New York Post, a 6.1-magnitude earthquake strikes west of Cuba, and is felt in parts of Florida.

From Breitbart, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa starts cracking down on illegal migration.

From Newsmax, according to a House committee report, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) "turned a blind eye" to fraud.

And from The Babylon Bee, California election officials remind voters that there are only 30 days left to vote in the election held last Tuesday.

Sunday Stuff

On a sunny and very warm Sunday, here are some things going on:

From FrontpageMag, after being accused of assaulting women, senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME) has his best fundraising day.

From Townhall, President Trump storms out of an interview with CBS correspondent Kirsten Welker.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about the Declaration of Independence and how it made America.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump is reportedly considering a U.S. purchase of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean in order to secure the Diego Garcia military base.

From The Federalist, speaking on the anniversary of D-Day, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth warns of a new invasion on European beaches.

From American Thinker, due to the coronavirus and the ensuing government infringement on rights, Americans are older, wiser, and angrier.

From NewsBusters, CNN can't find a single Democrat in Maine who won't vote for the aforementioned Graham Platner.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Pope Leo XIV, AI, and a missed opportunity.

From The Times Of Israel, Slovenian President Nataša Pirc Musar raises the Palestinian flag at her palace after is was removed by the country's parliament.

From The Jerusalem Post, the FBI arrests three men for allegedly giving money to a person believed to be a member of ISIS.

From Gatestone Institute, there should be no trust, no illusions, and no nuclear Iran.

From The American Conservative, the Deep State might soon lose one of its spying tools.

And from Local 3, drivers on Interstate 75 in Hamilton County, Tennessee get an early Fourth of July fireworks show.

Saturday Links

On a warm and sunny Saturday falling on the anniversary of D-Day, here are some things going on:

From National Review, images from June 6th, 1944.  (The article was published yesterday, but I'll make an exception due to the content.)

From FrontpageMag, former President Obama's museum puts out tissues to visitors can cry over President Trump.

From Townhall, the Texas Rangers hold "Faith and Family Night" instead of hosting "Pride" events.

From The Washington Free Beacon, "restraining Israel is not the answer" for peace in the Middle East.

From the Washington Examiner, according to right-wing commentator Byron York, the Democrats think that senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME) can "say he's sorry and move past" his problems.

From American Thinker, the new revelations about the Southern Poverty Law Center even worse than the older ones.

From NewsBusters, MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart uses Trump and the Republicans as an excuse for the aforementioned Graham Platner to keep running.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the death of Anglo-Polish student Henry Nowak is a sign of civilizational collapse.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, an Afghan man is seen spying on a synagogue in Cologne, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at Focus.)

From AMU, the Taliban reportedly warn that women in the Afghani province of Herat could be detained if they violate its dress code.

From Gatestone Institute, Iran signs a $25 billion nuclear deal with Russia, which is one reason why the Iranian government must be removed.

From The American Conservative, congresscritter Thomas Massie (R-KY) won't back down.

From the Daily Caller, according to congresscritter Madeleine Dean (D-PA) the twice-aforementioned Graham Platner "has disqualified himself".

From the New York Post, Cuban authorities arrest and jail YouTube user Eddy Ceballos for his parody videos exposing Cuba's decaying infrastructure, but have yet to formally charge him with a crime.

And from Breitbart, according to Director Kash Patel, the FBI carried out two hostage rescue missions within 24 hours.

Friday Fuss

As the sunny and very warm weather continues on a Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte should not become the director of national intelligence.

From FrontpageMag, Democrats wage war against mothers and fathers, and even the terms "mother" and "father".

From Townhall, President Trump gets the last laugh on illegal immigration.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to an ex-girlfriend of his, The New York Times omitted "accusations of sexual assault" from its story about senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME).

From the Washington Examiner, the Chicago Bears move one step closer to jumping the border into Indiana.  (According to NWI(dot)com and Da Windy City, the Chicago Bears are indeed heading to Indiana.  Will they still be called "Da Bears" with an unvoiced "s"?)

From The Federalist, what the CBS show 60 Minutes and the anti-ICE riots in New Jersey have in common.

From American Thinker, the West does not have a debt to Islam.

From NewsBusters, ABC and NBC ignore disturbing new allegations against the aforementioned Graham Platner.

From TeleSUR, former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's brother Santiago is sentenced to 28 years in prison for creating and financing a paramilitary group.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. energy minister Ed Miliband "is about to cause irreversible energy damage.

From Snouts in the Trough, are the U.K.'s leaders leading the country to disaster?

From EuroNews, according to the Ukrainian navy, the drone that exploded in Constanţa, Romania was sent off course by Russian electronic interference.

From ReMix, a German man whose daughter was murdered by a Palestinian migrant asks if mourning the victims of illegal immigration is now "right-wing extremist".

From Balkan Insight, Pristina, Kosovo holds its 10th annual Pride Parade.

From The North Africa Post, construction on Morocco's Dakhla Atlantique port passes 60 percent.

From The New Arab, can the Iraqi government monopolize the use of guns under state control?

From the Daily Mail, 49 people die of thirst after the truck transporting them from Mali to Niger breaks down.

From Sky News, a former student at Surrey University is charged with attempted murder after a staff member is shot with a crossbow.

From Kurdistan24, according to prosecutors, an Australian woman accused of enslaving a Yazidi girl has not renounced her allegiance to ISIS.

From The Jerusalem Post, activists attempt to erect a statue of convicted Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti in London's Parliament Square.

From Gatestone Institute, the only way to end Iran's nuclear ambitions is to resume military strikes against it.

From The Daily Signal, according to a poll, Ohio voters support a voter ID amendment to their state's constitution.

From The American Conservative, mobile phone unlocking would be an affordability win for the FCC.

From The Western Journal, Democrats despite masculine men, which is why they elevate people like Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) and the twice-aforementioned Graham Platner.

From BizPac Review, Hollywood actor James Hardy is stabbed to death, and the alleged killer leaves a bizarre message in a 911 call.

From the Daily Caller, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli announces multiple investigations as vote counts in the state face major delays.

From Breitbart, blue collar wages increase in the Trump economy.

From Newsmax, Russian President Putin rejects Ukrainian President Zelensky's offer to meet.

And from the New York Post, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and President Trump are indeed "die hard" fans of the New York Knicks.

Thursday Things

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

From National Review, do Democratic Senators really buy candidate Graham Platner's (D-ME) assurances?

From FrontpageMag, Senator Socialism (I-VT) wants 50 percent of AI to be placed under government control.

From Townhall, New York Democratic state lawmakers observe "Pride Month" by getting rid of the terms "mother" and "father" in their legislation.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger (D) chooses an activist connected to left-wing billionaire George Soros who claimed to be "self-conscious" about her "whiteness" to serve on the state's criminal justice board.

From the Washington Examiner, former National Security Advisor John Bolton reportedly reaches a plea deal in his classified documents case.

From The Federalist, the U.K.'s censorship regime was always going to lead to the deaths of people like British-Polish student Henry Nowak.

From American Thinker, reports of the Islamophobic nature of a murder in Minneapolis turn out to be greatly exaggerated.

From NewsBusters, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry (R) signs a law that recognizes biological reality.

From Canada Free Press, "ideological capture" makes truth irrelevant.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodriguez meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the training that led to the death of the aforementioned Henry Nowak.

From Snouts in the Trough, does U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer think that the author of SitT is "creating division"?

From EuroNews, E.U. governments are considering restricting temporary protection for military-age Ukrainian men.

From Free West Media, more on the death of the twice-aforementioned Henry Nowak.

From ReMix, a member of the German party AfD dares the German government to prosecute her for calling Chancellor Friedrich Merz "lying Fritz".

From Balkan Insight, Romanian President Nicoşur Dan chooses europarliamentcritter Eugen Tomac as Prime Minister-designate and gives him 10 days to form a government.

From The North Africa Post, U.N. Sahara Envoy Staffan de Mistura is expected to visit the Tindouf camps in Algeria and deliver a final warning to the separatist group Polisario.

From The New Arab, ten activists from a Gaza aid convoy go on a hunger strike after being detained in Libya.

From 7News, the man who saved lives at the terror attack at Australian's Bondi Beach is charged with assaulting his father.  (via the Daily Mail)

From Gatestone Institute, what happens when jihadis perceive weakness.

From The Daily Signal, the Supreme Court upholds a combined $100 million in fines assessed by the FCC against AT&T and Verizon.

From The American Conservative, expanding the Abraham Accords would help Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but not the U.S.

From The Western Journal, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) lambastes California's process of taking weeks to count votes.

From BizPac Review, President Trump invites a Chinese-born reporter to read his anti-communism post aloud in the Oval Office.

From the Daily Caller, six Republican congresscritters join their Democratic colleagues by voting to advance a bill for more aid to Ukraine.

From the New York Post, a Lufthansa 787 Dreamliner collapses onto its front landing gear at a gate in Frankfurt, Germany.

From Breitbart, despite a recent increase, jobless claims have rarely been this low at this time of the year.

From Newsmax, North Korea unveils a new facility for making fuel for atomic bombs.

And from Page Six, former Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora sings one of the band's hits at his daughter's wedding, over a dozen years after leaving them.

A Few Wednesday Wanderings

Now that I'm back from wandering around on a Wednesday, here are a few things going on:

From National Review, Secretary of State Marco Rubio defends U.S. engagements with Cuba and doubles down on designating it as a "failed state".

From FrontpageMag, the "hidden holocaust" of Christians in Nigeria.

From Townhall, some people actually voted for former congresscritter Eric Swallwell (D-Cal) in California's gubernatorial primary.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME) admired the "German helmets" in a World War II picture of Nazi-allied troops.

From the Washington Examiner, in Alaska, you can vote for Dan Sullivan or Dan Sullivan for Senator.

From The Federalist, according to a Justice Department indictment, the SPLC allegedly paid members of the Klan who wanted to get out of the Klan to stay in the Klan.

From American Thinker, we're losing our capacity to think, and it's not just on the left.

From NewsBusters, ABC, CBS and NBC devote a total of seven minutes in a month to the Trump administration's wins against fraud.

From TCW Defending Freedom, with his album The Boys of Dungeon Lane, has Paul McCartney's "long and winding road" heading back to the Church?

From Jewish News Syndicate, the U.S. military intercepts Iranian missiles and drones fired at Kuwait and Bahrain.

From the Daily Mail, the President of the Oxford Union at Oxford University faces calls to resign after claiming that Hamas will one day be "lauded as heroes".

From Gatestone Institute, how the Netherlands has betrayed Israel.

From The American Conservative, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum consolidates her power.  (But U.S. President Trump is the "authoritarian".)

From BizPac Review, a "former al-Qaeda volunteer" wins the Democratic congressional primary in New Jersey's 12th district.

From the Daily Caller, gun-grabbers aren't just coming after your rifles any more.

From the New York Post, SpaceX sets a price for its Initial Public Offering at $135 per share.

From Breitbart, Maine gubernatorial candidate and former Governor Paul LePage (R) talks about the aforementioned Graham Platner.

From Newsmax, according to Secretary Markwayne Mullin, the Department of Homeland Security most of the contracts started under his predecessor Kristi Noem.

And from SFGate, for just $39,000, you can have your own private island in a river delta in central California.

Tuesday Tidings

As the warm and sunny weather continues on a Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt's (R) first big test.

From FrontpageMag, everyone starts walking back their 2030 "emissions" pledges.

From Townhall, Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) slams senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME) over explicit text messages.

From The Washington Examiner, Platner's top campaign strategist admits sharing explicit pictures of himself and is accused to threatening women who exposed Platner's texting past.  (I'm sure that lots of feminists, especially the "believe all women" crowd, will soon start denouncing Platner.  Yes, I know.  When Democrats do such things, the real evil is when a non-Democrat points it out.  Never mind.)

From the Washington Examiner, WE columnist Joe Concha blasts The View for its "blue no matter who" mentality.  (Concha is not the author of the article.)

From The Federalist, "Pride Month" is proof that institutions are not neutral.  (When are the months for the other six deadly sins?)

From American Thinker, President Trump's crackdown on fraud is "America First" for the upcoming midterms.

From NewsBusters, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) mocks Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's (D) claims that her city is the world's "gayest" and will become the "51st state".

From Canada Free Press, violence from the left is "par for the course".

From TeleSUR, Bolivians gather in the city of El Alto to demand the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the sickening footage of Polish-British student Henry Nowak as he was dying shows how twisted the U.K. police have become.

From Snouts in the Trough, an urgent appeal for money by Unicef UK.

From EuroNews, how drone incursions in Europe went from rare to all too common.

From ReMix, exposing the U.K.'s migrant grooming gang scandal.  (Reader discretion is advised.)

From Balkan Insight, seven Greek parliamentcritters from the left-wing party Nea Aristera quit, leaving it without a parliamentary group.

From The North Africa Post, the separatist group Polisario is excluded from the Korea-Africa ministerial meeting in Seoul, South Korea.

From The New Arab, which countries in the Middle East and North Africa have nuclear programs?

From Arutz Sheva, Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) claims to be "offended" by the participation of several Israeli government officials in New York City's Israel Day Parade.  (Genuine Israelis should not participate is a parade that honors Israel?)

From Jewish News Syndicate, Hezbollah's ceasefire against Israel lasts about three hours.

From Palestinian Media Watch, Palestinian Authority TV broadcasts a call to kill the Jews.

From Gatestone Institute, the E.U. sanctions Israel and welcomes the Taliban.

From The Daily Signal, Congress investigates the effects of California's sanctuary policies.

From Radio Free Asia, the Chinese government bans families of the victims of the Tianenmen Square massacre from visiting their graves.  (If you read Mandarin, read the Mandarin version of the story here.)

From The American Conservative, some disturbing links between the wars in Ukraine and Iran.

From The Western Journal, Trump chooses an acting Director of National Intelligence to succeed Tulsi Gabbard.

From BizPac Review, left-wing comedian Bill Maher can't stop praising the aforementioned Spencer Pratt.

From the Daily Caller, although Trump claims that congresscritter Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) has been "working tirelessly", he has missed 100 floor votes since March.

From the New York Post, a fake store in San Diego had an entrance to a tunnel to Tijuana, Mexico.

From Breitbart, the Spanish government claims that migrants are "healthier" than Spanish citizens.

From Newsmax, the explosion of a Blue Origin rocket during a test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station did not destroy a bunch of tanks and a support tower.

And from the Genesius Times, a statue of former President Obama performing an abortion on the Statue of Liberty is unveiled at his presidential library.

Monday Mania For The Start Of June

As the warm and sunny weather continues into the new month on a Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, universities in California "have seller's remorse" over the phase-out of SAT and ACT scores in their admission criteria.

From FrontpageMag, has Islam always been in the U.S., as claimed by former President Obama?

From Townhall, in response to defensive strikes by the U.S., Iran launches missiles and drones at Kuwait.

From The Washington Free Beacon, at the Israel Day parade in New York City, Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) is replaced by his predecessors Eric Adams (D) and Michael Bloomberg (R, I).

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Socialism (I-VT) proposes having the federal government take a 50 percent stake in two AI companies.

From The Federalist, the Democrats still haven't figured out that lawfare brings consequences.

From American Thinker, is senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME) the perfect left-wing candidate?

From NewsBusters, CBS covers another huge Medicare fraud case in California.

From Canada Free Press, why Jesus is the greatest leader in history.

From TeleSUR, Colombian presidential candidate Ivan Cepeda challenges his rival Abelardo de la Espriella to a debate prior to their electoral runoff.

From TCW Defending Freedom, are jobs sought by "neets" in the U.K. going to immigrants?

From Snouts in the Trough, how much of former First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon's story should we believe?

From EuroNews, the E.U. is set to crack down on migration by having external return hubs.

From ReMix, in 2025, foreigners committed 44 percent of violent crime on trains in Germany.

From Balkan Insight, Serbia deploys more facial recognition technology.

From The North Africa Post, according to a report, Morocco leads Africa in advanced military drone technology.

From The New Arab, the World Health Organization hails Saudi Arabia's hosting of this year's Hajj as a public health success.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Global Intifada publishes the locations of factories and ports ostensibly connected to the Israeli military.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Syrian man stabs four people in Vienna.  (If you read German, read the story at Krone.)

From The Times Of Israel, two teenage girls are injured in a car-ramming terror attack at a bus stop in the West Bank.

From Gatestone Institute, Turkey's fantasy of a Palestinian state after October 7th, 2023.

From The Daily Signal, the Supreme Court declines to take on a case related to former First Son Hunter Biden's laptop.

From The American Conservative, the recipe for a nuclear deal with Iran hasn't changed.

From The Western Journal, the U.S. launches a new round of strikes against Iran.

From BizPac Review, ICE arrests a Mauritanian man who sought asylum claiming to be homosexual, but later married a woman.

From the Daily Caller, here are the numbers on President Trump's efforts to clean up Washington, D.C.

From the New York Post, Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt (R) tells podcaster Bill Maher a disturbing truth about the city's homeless population.

From Breitbart, the aforementioned Graham Platner's "rap sheet".

From Newsmax, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson (R) will remain in his state's Republican gubernatorial primary despite Trump endorsing Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette (R).

And from The Babylon Bee, the nation is shocked as a senatorial candidate with a Nazi tattoo turns out to be a total [bleep].

Sunday Stories For The End Of May

On a warm and sunny Sunday on the last day of May, here are some things going on:

From National Review, do we have the will, or even the desire, to prevent biotechnological anarchy?

From FrontpageMag, rioters attack a detention center for criminal illegal aliens in New Jersey.

From Townhall, a staffer for congressional candidate Manny Rutinel (D-Col) gets physical when a Republican constituent dares to ask questions.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about recent European history.

From the Washington Examiner, according to former First Lady Jill Biden, then-President Joe Biden was "slowing down" before abandoning his 2024 campaign for reelection.

From American Thinker, why aren't New Jersey Democrats apparently not bothered by ProFa?

From NewsBusters, the elite media Sunday shows finally start covering the scandals of senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME).

From TCW Defending Freedom, why it's not unchristian to oppose mass immigration.

From Gatestone Institute, a truce with Iran won't end its wars.

From The American Conservative, dealing with "the problem of painful socks".

From the New York Post, billionaire Bill Gates once tried to look like Mr. Rogers.

From Breitbart, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) plans to boycott his city's annual parade that honors Israel.

From Newsmax, Colombians starting voting in the first round of their presidential election.

And from the Daily Caller, musician Morgan Waller takes his frustrations out on his piano.

Saturday Stuff

On a warm and sunny Saturday, now that I'm back from walking in a forest like a good sasquatch, here are some things going on:

From FrontpageMag, after nine years, the shooting at a Republican practice for the Congressional baseball game is finally classified as an act of domestic terrorism.

From Townhall, senatorial candidate James Talarico's (D-TX) campaign website reveals his radical views on immigration.

From The Washington Free Beacon, what is the peace deal with Iran?

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump proposes an "America Is Back" rally to replace the Great American State Fair after a majority of its musicians back out.

From The Federalist, the swatting at the home of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is the latest "hit" from Senator Chuck Schumer's (D-NY) "whirlwind".

From American Thinker, Trump's detractors don't understand why the candidates whom he endorsed won.

From NewsBusters, in the media's information warfare, Trump can never win and then-President Biden was fine.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K.'s culture of useless degrees, entitlement and benefits has created a million Neets.

From the Daily Mail, the Taliban continues to tolerate bacha bazi in Afghanistan.

From Gatestone Institute, no matter what any Western leader has to say about it, the Iranian regime has not changed.

From The American Conservative, a review of a book about the Israel-Palestine conflict.

From BizPac Review, when in New York City, please stay out of the sewers.

From the Daily Caller, according to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, a bus driver who doesn't speak English was involved in a crash that killed five people on Interstate 95 in Virginia.

From Breitbart, Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o, cast as Helen of Troy in the upcoming adaptation of The Odyssey, admits having never heard of the epic story.

From Newsmax, some conservative judges are writing opinions that could be regarded as auditions for the next Supreme Court vacancy.

And from the New York Post, oops!

Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, the online abortion pill business is like the wild west.

From FrontpageMag, "George Floyd Square" in Minneapolis has a gift shop, a restaurant, a bar, and a self-cleaning station for getting relief.

From Townhall, the White House isn't saying it's aliens, but.....

From The Washington Free Beacon, in a post that was later deleted, senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME) questions whether there was an Armenian genocide.

From the Washington Examiner, Polish President Nawrocki moves to strip Ukrainian President Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest state honor.

From The Federalist, two lives upended by vindictive prosecutors show why the anti-weaponization fund is necessary.

From American Thinker, whom does New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) support?

From NewsBusters, Pope Leo XIV needs President Trump to tame AI.

From Canada Free Press, the stuff found in the home of a CIA agent.

From TeleSUR, Ecuadorian scientists publish the results of 30 years of research on cedar trees.

From TCW Defending Freedom, why won't the U.K. police release their bodycam footage of the murder of Anglo-Polish man Henry Nowak?

From Snouts in the Trough, who are the greatest supporters of the "Manchester Messiah" Andrew Burnham?

From EuroNews, a Russian drone carrying explosives reportedly strikes an apartment building in Galaţi, Romania.

From ReMix, according to new polling, French right-wing politician Marine Le Pen would defeat every major rival in a presidential runoff election if she become eligible to run next year.

From Balkan Insight, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev bans U.S. military aircraft from refueling at the Vassil Levski Airport in Sofia, Bulgaria because the U.S. won't let Bulgarians visit without a visa.

From The North Africa Post, a Chinese medical technology company builds its first plant in Africa in Morocco.

From The New Arab, 27 civilians are killed in attacks by the Rapid Support Forces in the Sudanese state of North Kordofan.

From the Daily Mail, British authorities decide against giving two brothers accused of assaulting a police officer at Manchester Airport a third trial.

From Afghanistan International, the U.N. confirms that Taliban officials and fighters have committed sexual violence against Afghan women.

From Gatestone Institute, the Muslim Brotherhood's efforts to destroy the U.S. from within, Part I: the jihad in Texas.

From The Daily Signal, how the IRS is taking on the networks that might be funding ProFa.

From The American Conservative, Prime Minister "two-tier" Keir Starmer divides the United Kingdom.

From The Western Journal, congresscritter Frederica Wilson (D-FL) abruptly decides against running for reelection.

From BizPac Review, Trump announces that a "final determination" is underway to secure a peace deal with Iran.

From the Daily Caller, an ICE agent is arrested over a non-fatal shooting in Minnesota.

From the New York Post, a South Carolina man suspected of killing a hospital worker in 2001 kills himself after being questioned about the case by police.

From Breitbart, U.S. Customs and Border Protection stop an attempt to smuggle $1.1 million worth of she-don't-lie into Texas.

From Newsmax, according to former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison, the proposed peace deal with Iran is a "good beginning".

And from SFGate, a record-breaking amount of rain in San Francisco could push back the start of peak fire season in California.

Thursday Tidbits

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

From National Review, former First Lady Jill Biden's unbelievable story that she thought that her husband then-President Biden had a stroke during his 2024 debate with then-former President Trump.

From FrontpageMag, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) starts implementing communism.

From Townhall, the chaos in Newark, New Jersey shows that leftists care more about illegal aliens than about working-class American citizens.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a Muslim New York City councilwoman condemns a fellow Muslim New York City councilwoman for daring to criticize the aforementioned Mayor Mamdani's treatment of Jews.

From the Washington Examiner, the FBI arrests a former CIA official for allegedly stealing $40 million worth of gold bars.

From The Federalist, President Trump's fund for Biden-era lawfare is just, but more needs to be done.

From American Thinker, congresscritter Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) lost and MAGA won - bigly.

From NewsBusters, networks hide the antisemitism from a Texas congressional candidate and the pro-illegal alien mob in New Jersey.  (I realized a long time ago that the left-wing bias in the media is not in what they say, but in what they don't say.)

From Canada Free Press, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will go down in history as the WEF supporter who made Canada the hill on which communism died.

From TeleSUR, according to President Claudia Sheinbaum, foreign interference might threaten Mexico's elections.

From TCW Defending Freedom, why surrogacy is not much better than slavery.

From EuroNews, according to High Representative Kaja Kallas, the E.U. cannot be a neutral mediator between Ukraine and Russia.

From ReMix, a Polish soldier on trial for firing warning shots at illegal migrants at the border with Belarus is acquitted of wrongdoing.  (If you read Polish read the story at WP Wiadomości.)

From Balkan Insight, Croatian Finance Minister Tomislav Ćorić proposes new taxes on "excessive" profits and changes taxes on short-term rentals.  (How does his proposal define "excessive"?)

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan and Finnish business confederations launch a business council in Helsinki, Finland.

From The New Arab, according to U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, negotiations with Hamas over an interim government for Gaza are expected within a week.

From the Daily Mail, the U.N. accuses Israel of committing sexual violence in war zones, along with Hamas and ISIS.

From The Standard, councillors in the London borough of Tower Hamlets vote to increase their pay.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, the Austrian National Union of Students at the University of Vienna invites an Islamist who earlier pledge allegiance to al-Qaeda.  (If you read German, read the story at ZurZeit- if the page will load.)

From The Jerusalem Post, an "Allahu Akbar" breaks out at a railroad station in Winterthur, Switzerland.

From Quadrant, the burka is a "slap in the face".

From Gatestone Institute, "why any deal with Iran is a mistake" for the U.S.

From The Daily Signal, former congresscritter T.J. Fox (D-Cal) goes to prison.

From The American Conservative, how Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva might help Trump end the war with Iran.

From The Western Journal, more on the aforementioned Jill Biden thinking that her husband Joe had a stroke during a debate.

From BizPac Review, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is not afraid of snakes, or of those who criticize his snake-handling.

From the Daily Caller, my state decides to lessen the penalties for youth crime.

From the New York Post, a new wearable ultrasound patch can monitor high-risk pregnancies.

From Breitbart, a Sikh man in the U.K. is convicted of murder for stabbing an Anglo-Polish man after lying about racist abuse from the victim.

From Newsmax, the aforementioned Prime Minister Carney seeks a new Canadian partnership with the U.S.

And from the Genesius Times, to prove that he's a real Texan, senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX) goes on a deer hunt.