Thursday Tidings

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

From National Review, the troubling ties of senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich).

From FrontpageMag, according to right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson, the U.K. should have stayed out of World War II and let Nazi Germany take continental Europe.

From Townhall, President Trump decides that the execution of the Fort Hood shooter will not be televised.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a private conference at George Washington University devolves into an anti-Israel hate-fest.

From the Washington Examiner, history suggests that the plan by the Democrats to expand their battleground map is a mirage.

From The Federalist, the "nonissue" of voting by noncitizens is getting to be a big issue.

From American Thinker, a National Guardsman is arrested in Washington, D.C. for allegedly possessing a gun.

From NewsBusters, according to the Border Patrol's official union, senatorial candidate James Talarico's (D-TX) claim that he called out then-President Biden on border security is fake news.

From TeleSUR, Brazil launches a crackdown on an alleged arson network in the Amazon region.

From Snouts in the Trough, the BBC goes nuts because the U.K.'s economy "grew" by 0.1 percent in August.

From EuroNews, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle make their first joint public appearance since returning to the U.K.

From Free West Media, a deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia might keep the Bab al-Mandan Strait open.

From ReMix, according to a poll, almost half of the Muslims and Jews in France would consider leaving the country if right-wing politician Marine Le Pen wins the 2027 presidential election.

From Russia Today, a Swedish man is detained in Russia and is accused to entering the country to carry out sabotage and terror attacks.

From Sputnik International, according to Russian Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Mikhail Ivanov, Russia sources 84 percent of its oil and gas equipment domestically.

From The Moscow Times, Ukrainian drones cause a fire at a refinery in the Russian oblast of Ryazan.

From Romania Insider, Romania's Social Democratic Party decides to form a minority government under Prime Minister-designate Luca Niculescu.

From Novinite, attacks on ships in the Black Sea near Bulgaria threaten the country's tourism industry.

From The Sofia Globe, the Bulgarian parliament approves the purchase of five more IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile systems from Germany.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev calls on the E.U. to take a position on the sale of the Lukoil refinery in the city of Burgas.

From Balkan Insight, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama blames his country's opposition for protests that turned violent on two consecutive nights.

From The North Africa Post, the U.N. shifts from managing to resolving the dispute over the region of Sahara with Resolution 2797.

From The New Arab, how defections from the Rapid Support Forces are reshaping the battlefield in Sudan.

From NDTV, the family of a Bangladeshi man beaten to death for "blasphemy" say that "he was mentally unwell".

From Gatestone Institute, the Palestinian Authority's excuses for postponing elections are the least of its problems.

From The Daily Signal, according to Brazilian former First Son Eduardo Bonsonaro, money from USAID was used to support left-wing candidates.

From The American Conservative, the deal for diesel between Presidents Trump (U.S.) and Putin (Russia) isn't what you think it is.

From The Western Journal, First Granddaughter Kai Trump undergoes surgery for a wrist injury during her first golf tournament for the University of Miami.

From BizPac Review, a left-leaning appeals court hands the Trump administration a victory over a California law requiring federal law enforcement to show IDs and badges.

From the Daily Wire, five positions abandoned by the aforementioned James Talarico in one night.

From the Daily Caller, Boomers get a bigger Social Security check while everyone else pays the price.

From Breitbart, a high school in Santa Rosa, California "punishes" a student for expressing his opinion about the "Cornell seven" on a social media account.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From Newsmax, Pope Leo's lung is healing from surgery.

And from the New York Post, is there really a such thing as "manopause"?

Tuesday Things

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

From National Review, what the pact between U.S. President Trump and Russian President Putin reveals.

From FrontpageMag, a white woman is fired from the Baltimore Rock Opera Society for having a black hairstyle, perhaps an unintended consequence of Maryland's CROWN Act.

From Townhall, hundreds of child marriages take place in Islamic migrant communities in Germany.

From The Washington Free Beacon, in an old video, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich) trashed the police. 

From the Washington Examiner, the Nobel Peace Prize given to former South Africa judge Navi Pillay rewards the lie accusing Israel of genocide.

From The Federalist, Democrats decry the search of congresscritter Ilhan Omar's (D-Min) home after praising the raid of Trump's home at Mar-a-Lago under then-President Biden.

From American Thinker, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) carries water for Hamas.

From NewsBusters, new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia stuns the press corps with her first briefing.

From Canada Free Press, did Presidents Trump and Putin just kill London's oil game?

From TeleSUR, Argentina asks International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to stop an oil project near the Falkland Islands led by an Israeli oil company.  (Argentina and the article call these island the Malvinas Islands.)

From Snouts in the Trough, how the news gets twisted.

From the Irish Independent, according to Irish Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan, about one in every five prisoners in Ireland are not Irish.

From the Irish Examiner, neighbors describe an arson attack in Waterford, Ireland.

From VRT NWS, Belgian Fleming Philippa Jorissen helps in the search for Amelia Earhart's plane.

From The Brussels Times, a flower which Indonesians call the "corpse plant" is blooming in a botanical garden in Meise, Belgium.

From the NL Times, a man who allegedly set two fires at a pride event in Amsterdam went on line to praise ISIS and received money before the event.

From Dutch News, a two-year-old panda cub born in the Netherlands will be moved to China later this month.

From EuroNews, the French National Assembly opens its budget debate amid ongoing student protests.

From ReMix, more on the child marriages in Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at Welt.)

From Balkan Insight, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev summons Russia's ambassador in response to new drone attacks in the Black Sea.

From The North Africa Post, the Canadian company Inkas Aerospace & Defense is in talks to build armored vehicles and drones for Morocco.

From The New Arab, Iraqi political parties reach an agreement with Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi to complete his government.

From NDTV, who are the Yemeni Houthis and why do they attack Saudi Arabia.

From The Japan Times, Iraq has another power vacuum.

From the Abu Ali Express, the outlet Al Jazeera is in a campaign against Azerbaijan in response to its ban on girls wearing hijabs in schools.

From The Times Of India, English cricket player Ollie Pope withdraws from the inaugural draft for the Afghanistan Premier League over concerns of the Taliban's treatment of women.

From Gatestone Institute, China establishes an airbase in Laos.

From The Daily Signal, congresscritter Omar seeks funds after the aforementioned search of her home.

From The American Conservative, the late Roy Cohn was a friend and an American.

From The Western Journal, Trump tells Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign.

From BizPac Review, right-wing commentator Ann Coulter sends the twice-aforementioned Ilhan Omar some pointed "well wishes".

From the Daily Wire, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg finds a new cause.

From the Daily Caller, a black man arrested for allegedly killing a police officer reportedly targeted the victim for being white.

From the New York Post, thanks to the aforementioned Mayor Mamdani, you can say goodbye to New York City's horse-drawn carriages in Central Park.

From Breitbart, during Spain's National Day parade in Madrid, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is accused of being a son of a female dog.  (If you read Spanish, read the story at El Mundo.)

From Newsmax, Pope Leo XIV successfully undergoes surgery to remove a nodule from his lung.

And from the Genesius Times, senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX) ends his campaign to star in a remake of the movie One Flu Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Monday Links

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

From National Review, a plague researcher in Russia suddenly gets sick and dies.

From FrontpageMag, according to some on the left, fitness is now fascist.

From Townhall, the failure of socialism can be seen right here in the U.S.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich) wrote an opinion column for The Guardian in 2010 calling U.K. democracy superior to that of the U.S.

From the Washington Examiner, the Department of Justice charges 16 illegal aliens with voting illegally.

From The Federalist, under then-President Biden, the White House drove Department of Justice targeting of parents who protested Critical Racist Theory and coronavirus mandates.

From American Thinker, killing babies and killing grandmothers are two sides of the of the socialist coin.

From NewsBusters, CNN host Jake Tapper lectures on the "cocoon of tribalism".

From Canada Free Press, don't expect arsonists to put fires out.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodriguez leads the handover of rebuilt homes in the state of La Guaira.

From Snouts in the Trough, a quiz about police in England and Wales.

From EuroNews, what's driving the student violence in France?

From Free West Media, France has its own Soweto.

From ReMix, masked rioters set fire to the entrance of a high school in Paris.  (If you read French, read the story at BFM.)

From Balkan Insight, the election in Bosnia and Herzegovina see a record low turnout as former Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik's looks triumphant.

From The North Africa Post, the Moroccan and American armies start planning for the Africa Lion 2027 military exercises.

From The New Arab, can the divided coalition in Yemen turn the tied against the Houthi rebels?

From Gatestone Institute, when "journalists" are really jihadists.

From The Daily Signal, Senate Democrats kill the Stop Insider Trading Act.

From The American Conservative, there's nothing conservative about Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's love of war.

From The Western Journal, the FBI secretly tracked the phone activity of White House Chief of Staff and then-former President Trump's lawyers.

From BizPac Review, Border Czar Tom Homan explains that people in the U.S. illegally are deportable even if they haven't committed other crimes.

From the Daily Wire, former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt finds a new gig.

From the Daily Caller, President Trump taps a slush fund to send checks to 20 million Americans.

From the New York Post, former President Obama plans to campaign in Detroit for the aforementioned Abdul El-Sayed.

From Breitbart, right-wing parties secure a majority in the Brazilian Senate.

From Newsmax, the FBI arrests a Chinese woman for allegedly spying on the family of Taiwan's president.

And from NBC News, former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL), who went to prison for covering up allegations of sexual abuse, is no longer with us.

Thursday Things To Start October

On a warm and sunny Thursday at the start of October, here are some things going on:

From National Review, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the thwarted FlyDubai hijacker underwent "Islamist radical indoctrination".

From FrontpageMag, white paint on your walls is racist.

From Townhall, a fundraiser for senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich) has an "interesting" take on the thwarted FlyDubai hijacking.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the aforementioned Adbul El-Sayed exaggerates claims about erasing medical debt.

From the Washington Examiner, what to know about the botched execution of convicted murderer Christa Pike in Tennessee.

From The Federalist, the Department of Justice files a judicial misconduct complaint against several Minnesota judges for allegedly "pandering" to The New York Times about deportations.

From American Thinker, the enemies of the West have realized that the way to defeat us is to turn us against ourselves.

From NewsBusters, Comedy Central podcaster Jon Stewart doesn't like being called a socialist for wanting health care to be.....(wait for it).....socialized.

From Canada Free Press, California builds a fortress to protect fraud.

From TeleSUR, former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador presents his new book.

From Snouts in the Trough, do charities lie to get our money?

From EuroNews, Russia tells Hungarian embassy and consulate staff to go home.

From Free West Media, the geopolitical battle behind the war between the U.S. and Iran.

From ReMix, the principal of a school in Rouen, France is hit in the face with a firework mortar, and the entrance to the school is set on fire.  (If you read French, read the story at Paris Normandie and a related story at Ici.)

From Balkan Insight, thousands of people in Pristina, Kosovo again protest against the war crimes convictions of four former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco has secured enough fuel to last through the end of 2026, but has to import electricity.

From The New Arab, the Houthis in Yemen mass their forces near the border with Saudi Arabia.

From Le Figaro in English, inside France's standoff against fundamentalist Islam.

From the Express, fury erupts in response to a Muslim preacher in the U.K. telling Muslim men to discipling their wives.

From Gatestone Institute, Hamas and Iran will not voluntarily give up their fight.

From The Daily Signal, the Senate confirms Secretary of Labor nominee Keith Sonderling.

From The American Conservative, U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham takes a risky gamble on pension reform.

From The Western Journal, President Trump takes away the only argument from the Democrats against the SAVE America Act.

From BizPac Review, former congresscritter Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) is investigated for allegedly placing bets on his pardon from then-President Biden.

From the Daily Wire, the aforementioned FlyDubai hijacker had a "bizarre" practice dealing with women.

From the Daily Caller, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee (R) halts executions for the rest of this year after the aforementioned botched execution of Christa Pike.

From the New York Post, at the playoff baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, a hockey game breaks out - in the upper deck stands.

From Breitbart, according to the aforementioned Andy Burnham, there is a "strong indication" that the Iranian government was involved in the alleged terror plot against a U.K. air force base.

From Newsmax, a D.C. Superior Court judge permanently dismisses a criminal case against a former Olympian who was accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

And from SFGate, a restaurant in Escondido, California really belongs to a bunch of elephants.

Wednesday Whatnot

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

From National Review, why someone like Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) can't be ruled out for the 2028 presidential campaign.  (Since Cruz was born in Canada, he himself might not be eligible.)

From FrontpageMag, online converts to Islam show us what it's all about.

From Townhall, FBI Director Kash Patel confirms that the Biden administration spied on lawful gun owners.

From The Washington Free Beacon, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) picks a "gay communist" for a senior government position.

From the Washington Examiner, the Federal Reserve raises its interest rate target in spite of President Trump.

From The Federalist, the sports media are more offended by Texas quarterback Arch Manning laughing at an AI video of something that never happened in real life than they are at male athletes beating women.

From American Thinker, the Houthis in Yemen inadvertently helped both the U.S. and Israel.

From NewsBusters, median household income set a record high in 2025.

From Canada Free Press, September 14th, 2026 will be remembered as the night when the Supreme Court betrayed America.

From TeleSUR, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva demands that the Brazilian Supreme Court investigates its judges so that none of them remain under suspicion.

From Snouts in the Trough, the U.K. is not having economic growth, but a recession.

From EuroNews, fives takeaways from a speech by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

From ReMix, due to a global shortage of interceptor missiles, Poland plans to transfer some Patriot missiles to Ukraine.

From Balkan Insight, the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague sentences former Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi to 25 years in prison and three co-defendants to terms ranging from 13 to 25 years for war crimes.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco is set to become the U.K.'s third largest foreign supplier of sweet peppers.

From The New Arab, 21 Palestinians are killed and many others are injured or missing in a collapse of a war-damaged building in Gaza City.

From AA, according to a senior Iranian nuclear official, Iran does not trust the International Atomic Energy Agency.

From Middle East Forum, what Turkish National Intelligence Organization head İbrahim Kalın's visit to Athens means as Turkey prepares for war.

From Afghanistan International, according to the Pakistani army, dozens of terrorist groups are operating in Afghanistan.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, the hijab debate in central Asia heats up as girls go back to school.

From The Straits Times, the German government proposes new security measures after an attack on a Pride parade.

From i24, a Pennsylvania man is arrested over an alleged ISIS-inspired plot.

From Gatestone Institute, American scholar Robert Spencer discusses stealth jihad in the West.

From The Daily Signal, according to an opinion column, the EPA has removed a billion-dollar barrier to reliable electric power.

From The American Conservative, will right-wingers constrain AI?

From The Western Journal, an illegal alien from Haiti who shouted "Biden forever!" while being arrested is deported by ICE.

From BizPac Review, CodePink picks the wrong congressional hearing to disrupt.

From the Daily Caller, the House goes on leave without addressing AI, the debt, or mass surveillance.

From the New York Post, how then-Vice President Harris's presidential campaign lied about entertainers Beyonce, Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny.

From Breitbart, a nonprofit cofounded by Muslim activist Linda Sarsour urges Muslims to register to vote.

From Newsmax, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee approves legislation to prevent government officials from pressuring private companies to censor speech.

And from Page Six, the U.K.'s King Charles III issues a "blistering" response to claims made in Charles Spencer's book about the death of his sister Princess Diana.

Monday Links

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

From National Review, five problems ignored by the U.S. government other than the national debt.

From FrontpageMag, King Charles III and the demise of the U.K.

From Townhall, how would a scandal like that of the recently deceased professor Jason Arday play out here in the U.S.?

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Department of Education proposes a rule that would require accreditors to take academic freedom into account when assessing universities.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump opens his "economic D-Day against Iran.

From The Federalist, 142 state legislators call on Trump to appoint a Census Bureau director to insure an "accurate" count of citizens in 2030.

From American Thinker, California abolishes the "free press" portion of the 1st Amendment.

From NewsBusters, former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom did more than wear a shirt before being ejected from a WNBA game.

From Canada Free Press, U.S. President Trump and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer respond to Canada's claims about trade issues.

From TeleSUR, Argentine professors call for a 48-hour strike over a university funding law.

From Snouts in the Trough, is it good riddance when "10 worthless scrotes" are unalived?

From EuroNews, French President Emmanuel Macron confirms the ban on mobile phones in high schools.

From Free West Media, tensions between Israel and Turkey raise fears of a wider regional conflict.

From ReMix, 80.5 percent of North African migrants in Switzerland are accused of at least one crime.

From Balkan Insight, a Ukrainian soldier recalls his captivity at the hands of a Bosnian Serb.

From The North Africa Post, the Moroccan company OCP bets on low-cadmium fertilizers, which would improve its access to European markets.

From The New Arab, Syria sentences former Grand Mufti Ahmed Hassoun to life imprisonment.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Syrian clan leader has 32 children and receives €100,000 per year in child benefits.  (If you read German, read the story at Apollo News.)

From The Straits Times, arson and bombings occur in over 70 places in southern Thailand.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to a senior official from the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Hamas is impeding humanitarian operations in Gaza.

From Al Jazeera, more on the aforementioned Ahmed Hassoun.

From The Daily Mail, an 18-year-old Afghan woman begs a Taliban official for a divorce from her allegedly violent husband.  (The last five stories come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, Palestinian terrorist groups are reborn as political parties.

From The Daily Signal, Vice President Vance gives a rousing speech in Middletown, Ohio about manufacturing investments.

From The American Conservative, Trump has good reason to reduce the defense ties between the U.S. and South Korea.

From The Western Journal, more about the aforementioned Enes Kanter Freedom being ejected from a WNBA game.

From Sp!ked, the myth of the aforementioned Jason Arday.  (I found this story linked to a post on YouTube.)

From BizPac Review, a Chinese humanoid robot runs the 100-meter dash even faster than Usain Bolt did.

From the Daily Caller, Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) threatens to hold up Trump's nominations over a rule put in place under then-President Biden, which farmers claim violates their property rights.

From the New York Post, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas tears into the left-wing notion that black people can't be conservative.

From Breitbart, Iran reportedly puts a $10 million bounty on Barron Trump.

From Newsmax, more on the aforementioned "economic D-Day" against Iran.

And from The Babylon Bee, Canada promises to retaliate against Trump's tariffs by imposing a crippling moose tariff.

Monday Links

On a hot day that's been sunny, rainy and cloudy, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the problem with both major political parties.

From FrontpageMag, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich) is "an American tragedy".

From Townhall, an AI data center has been good for Ellendale, North Dakota.

From The Washington Free Beacon, congressional candidate Manny Rutinel (D-Col) once filed a lawsuit on behalf of a horse.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump turned a longstanding conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia into a model for peace.

From The Federalist, the father of a woman killed by an illegal alien urges Wisconsin voters to not let their state become Illinois.

From American Thinker, Trump tackles birth tourism, despite a recent Supreme Court ruling.

From NewsBusters, the aforementioned Abdul El-Sayed admits that "Medicare-for-all" means more taxes.

From Canada Free Press, life in a "workers' paradise".

From TeleSUR, at least 111 people have been killed by a magnitude-7.4 earthquake in Colombia.

From Snouts in the Trough, will a book written by British "professor" Jason Arday be classified as fiction, or maybe fantasy?

From EuroNews, according to Ukrainian President Zelensky, Russia is preparing to deploy more troops from North Korea.

From Free West Media, Ukraine loses its access to the Black Sea.

From ReMix, a Moroccan man is arrested after allegedly entering the home and the bed of a woman in Ceuta, Spain.

From Balkan Insight, Kosovo protests as Serbia considers changing the course of the Ibar River.

From The North Africa Post, Sudanese gold exports in the first half of 2026 match their total for the year 2025.

From The New Arab, ancient sites in Syria are ravaged by "massive" looting.

From the Daily Mail, migrants attempt to invade Ceuta by air, one making his last mistake.

From RedState, tensions flare after the town council of McKinney, Texas approve a large proposed expansion of an Islamic center.

From The Times Of Israel, Iran's new security chief is wanted by Interpol in connection with the bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

From the Express, three terrorists linked to a plot to blow up airplanes over the Atlantic Ocean could be released from prison.  (The last four posts come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, the Arab-Islamic formula for "peace" is to ignore Hamas and blame Israel.

From The Daily Signal, according to congresscritter Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), socialists and antisemites have hijacked the Democratic Party.

From The American Conservative, thanks to the open border policies of then-President Biden, the New World screwworm has reentered the U.S.

From The Western Journal, several American food chains recall salsa from Mexico due to contaminated jalapeño peppers.

From BizPac Review, NBC finally asks the twice-aforementioned Abdul El-Sayed a question about left-wing commentator Hasan Piker that he can't dodge.

From the Daily Caller, overall crime in Washington, D.C. is down, but violent assaults are up.

From the New York Post, what to know about the chances for success in freezing one's eggs, which congresscritter AOC (D-NY) is starting to have done.

From Breitbart, WNBA player DiJonai Carrington, who accused fellow player Sophie Cunningham of having "white privilege", has been quite privileged herself.

From Newsmax, more on the earthquake in Colombia.

And from The Babylon Bee, senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX), inspired by the aforementioned AOC, also decides to have his eggs frozen.

Saturday Links

On a very warm and partly cloudy Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, according to The Lancet, wildfires are the latest "health emergency".

From FrontpageMag, a Pakistani illegal alien freed under the policies of then-President Biden allegedly tries to rape an elderly woman.

From Townhall, gun control activist David Hogg tells moderate Democrats to go fly a kite.

From The Washington Free Beacon, The Odyssey and "the clash of civilizations".

From the Washington Examiner, according to Vice President Vance, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich) would hurt the middle class and the auto industry.

From American Thinker, stop negotiating with Iran and get the job done.

From NewsBusters, MS NOW is terrified that the Department of Justice is stopping illegal aliens from voting.

From Snouts in the Trough, ladies, be careful whom you sit next to on a plane.

From Gatestone Institute, President Trump should beware of the motivations of "friends" in the Middle East.

From The American Conservative, copying Chinese technology to defend the U.S.?

From BizPac Review, Trump asks federal prosecutor Jeanine Pirro to reconsider her decision not to prosecute a former Olympic athlete who allegedly vandalized the Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C.

From the Daily Caller, the Senate narrowly confirms Attorney General-nominee Todd Blanche.

From the New York Post, New York Police Department Chief Michael LiPetri praises the force for a record low number of shootings in July.

From Breitbart, former Jill Biden press secretary Michael La Rosa breaks with his fellow Democrats and endorses senatorial candidate Mike Rogers (R-Mich).

From Newsmax, congresscritter Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) defends WNBA players who speak out against males competing in women's sports.

And from Fox News, the Nigerian military rescues 308 hostages held by terrorists in the state of Kwara.

Thursday Tidbits

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

From National Review, the very concept of America will be on the ballot this coming November.

From FrontpageNews, Dr. Anthony Fauci's fraud against the American people.

From Townhall, Senator Fake Cherokee (D-MA) seems to not understand how rent works.

From The Washington Free Beacon, an electric vehicle executive who donated about $450,000 to Democratic candidates is identified as a "comrade" of the Chinese Communist Party.

From the Washington Examiner, Jewish Democrats grapple with the primary victory of senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich).

From The Federalist, what happened in Ceuta, Spain could happen in the U.S. due to the recent Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship.

From American Thinker, how Islam and communism both see the world as binary.

From NewsBusters, MS NOW fearmongers about President Trump's Department of Justice election monitors.

From Canada Free Press, "the real forever war" is not with Afghanistan, Iraq or Ukraine.

From TeleSUR, 272 new home are given to victims of Venezuela's two recent earthquakes.

From Snouts in the Trough, why Britain is no longer either a "nation" or "great".

From EuroNews, Ceuta Mayor Juan Jesús Vivas tells europarliamencritters that the migrant "invasion" has traumatized his city and demands deportations.

From ReMix, a teenager who threw a grenade into a couple's home in Västerhaninge, Sweden, killing their dog, gets two years and four months in secure youth care, thus avoiding prison.  (If you read Swedish, read the story at Mitti Stockholm and Samnytt.)

From Balkan Insight, Kosovo Serb businessman and politician Milan Radoičić is among 20 people indicted for allegedly committing war crimes in 1999.

From The North Africa Post, Libyan House of Representatives Speaker Aguila Saleh receives his country's state accounts report and pledges stronger oversight.

From The New Arab, Lebanon debates the future of the company Solidere.

From the Daily Mail, Taliban morality police round up Afghan women in the city of Herat, even though they were wearing hijabs.

From Gatestone Institute, giving Hamas money will not bring peace but will finance their next war.

From The Daily Signal, Trump expands a low-income child housing program that shrank under then-President Biden.

From The American Conservative, the left flank of the Democratic Party is not assured of a permanent victory.

From The Western Journal, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee votes to hold the aforementioned Dr. Fauci in contempt of Congress.

From BizPac Review, Trump is allegedly supporting Vice President Vance to be his successor.

From the Daily Caller, we've read the twice-aforementioned Dr. Fauci's diary, so are his cellphone texts next?

From Breitbart, a man facing rape charges in the U.K. was a provincial legislator for the Pakistani province of Azad Kashmir.  (The article uses the term "state", but Pakistan is actually divided into provinces.)

From Newsmax, Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and congresscritter John Rose (R-TN) face off in the Tennessee gubernatorial primary.

And from the New York Post, for the right amount of money, you can have an old decommissioned New York City subway MetroCard Vending Machine.

Saturday Stuff For The Start Of August

On a warm and cloudy Saturday on the first day of August, here are some things going on:

From Townhall, the Democrats keep nominating freaks for political office.

From The Washington Free Beacon, China makes a gambit in the Persian Gulf.

From the Washington Examiner, a battle emerges for the seat of former Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal).

From American Thinker, the spiritual connection between the left and Islam.

From NewsBusters, NBC mourns that Spain's border crisis has "been seized on by President Trump".

From Gatestone Institute, the E.U. and the U.N. appease Iran's tyrannical government and betray the Iranian people.

From The American Conservative, Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger's "coalition of nothing".

From BizPac Review, former First Son Hunter Biden reveals a new reason why his father, then the president, lost the debate to then-candidate Trump.

From the Daily Caller, gubernatorial candidate James Fishback (R-FL) claims that a whistleblower approached him with evidence that his rival, congresscritter Byron Donalds (R-FL), has committed a "felony crime".

From the New York Post, marine scientists warn that El Niño will push sharks, sea snakes, and other "oddities" into unusual places.

From Breitbart, the Trump administration helps to cancel over 28,000 commercial drivers licenses given to illegal aliens.

From Newsmax, my governor is worried that Trump will interfere with the upcoming midterm elections.

And from People, a woman spends $17,000 to transform her basement into a sanctuary for her nine special-needs rescue cats.

Thursday Tidings

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

From National Review, whatever happened to the establishment Democrats?

From FrontpageMag, Ukraine strikes an Iranian ship in the Caspian Sea that was delivering Russian war materiel to Iran.

From Townhall, the tapes made by then-private citizen Joe Biden don't lie, even if he did.

From The Washington Free Beacon, congressional candidate Manny Rutinel (D-Col) sponsored legislation to require health insurers to cover sex changes with no age restrictions.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump considers "temporarily" withdrawing the nomination of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche for permanent attorney general.

From The Federalist, former President Obama is the father of today's Marxist Democrats.

From American Thinker, Canada provides the illusion of free healthcare.

From NewsBusters, GDP growth slows during the second quarter of 2026, but consumer spending increases.

From Canada Free Press, Minnesota goes from fraud to perversion with "MyGenderDolls".

From TeleSUR, Mexico plans to host the DOQUMENTA International Film and Non-Fiction Narrative Festival.

From Snouts in the Trough, how many council bureaucrats does it take to turn off one water faucet?

From EuroNews, NATO speaks with Polish authorities after an alleged "Russian missile" crashes near Tarnawa-Kolonia, Poland.

From ReMix, a Tunisian man is jailed and banned from France for starting a fire near a Lidl supermarket which did not allow him to enter because he was drunk.  (If you read French, read the story at CNews.)

From Balkan Insight, the Pristina Basic Court detains two Serbs suspected of war crimes committed during the Kosovo War in 1999.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco expands its export of palm dates into Germany.

From The New Arab, Kuwait strips six people of citizenship.

From PIME AsiaNews, a Pakistani court orders that a girl who was kidnapped, forced to convert to Islam, and coerced into marriage is returned to her kidnapper.

From Gatestone Institute, when words are meant to kill.

From The Daily Signal, what impact will data centers have in Georgia?

From The Western Journal, an "obnoxious" leftist makes a "smug" prediction about Dr. Anthony Fauci, and then deletes it after Fauci starts testifying.

From BizPac Review, podcaster Joe Rogan warns leftists that they could ruin Texas.

From the Daily Caller, Houston, you might have less of a problem.

From Breitbart, the WNBA suspends and fines Seattle Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton for cursing at fans of Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham.

From Newsmax, more on Trump "temporarily" pulling the nomination of the aforementioned Todd Blanche.

And from the New York Post, hidden earthen formations and geoglyphs in the Amazon region reveal lost ancient societies.

Tuesday Tidbits

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

From National Review, the damning diaries of Dr. Fauci.

From FrontpageMag, the Democratic Socialists of America's opposition to prisons is based in Third World-ism.

From Townhall, you won't believe why officials in Sacramento, California are inspecting people's trash.

From The Washington Free Beacon, congressional candidate Don Leonard (D-OH) claims that he's not a socialist but would lie to people to "get their votes" if he were one.

From the Washington Examiner, the French navy fires live shots in the English Channel near a boat carrying U.K. parliamentcritter Chris Philp.

From The Federalist, 10 questions which Congress should ask the aforementioned Dr. Fauci.

From American Thinker, Poland should be made a member of the G-20.

From NewsBusters, ABC, NBC and PBS go Sergeant Schultz over tapes then-private citizen Joe Biden made in 2017 and over the aforementioned Fauci diaries.

From Canada Free Press, a dean at Penn State's law school resigns and is kept on a member of the general faculty.

From TeleSUR, Keiko Fujimori wins a runoff election and becomes Peru's first female president.

From Snouts in the Trough, are today's wildfires really "the worst ever"?

From EuroNews, how bad could the wildfires in Europe get?

From Free West Media, the "no-whites" letter that reshaped the public image of a South African company.

From ReMix, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš warns that the Czech Republic could become a net payer to the E.U. by 2029.

From Balkan Insight, Skenderaj, Kosovo Mayor Sami Lushtaku is acquitted of obstructing justice in his war crimes trial in 2017.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco starts a financing push for the Africa-Atlantic gas pipeline.

From The New Arab, the Sudanese army retakes a key route between the cities of El-Obeid and Omdurman, but El-Obeid's ordeal continues.

From The Jerusalem Post, Iran publicly executes in the city of Isfahan two protesters arrested during demonstrations in January.

From the Daily Mail, the first halal-only student halls for Muslim men in Britain spark accusations of "segregation".

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Salafist influencer in Germany blames the recent attack in Berlin on the party AfD and Israel.  (If you read German, read the story at Apollo News.)

From Gatestone Institute, a "respected" medical journal wages a war against doctors.

From The Daily Signal, U.S. President Trump concludes meetings with Ukrainian President Zelensky and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.

From The American Conservative, America needs courtyards.

From The Western Journal, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed gets crushed in a debate when asked about his foreign sources of money.

From BizPac Review, CNN commentator Scott Jennings warns that Democrats might have a problem with the front page of the recently departed Senator Lindsey Graham's funeral program.

From the New York Post, a magnitude-7.1 earthquake collapses part of a shopping mall in Kashima Town, Japan.

From Breitbart, for the first time in 20 years, Austria deports more migrants than its number of received asylum applications.

From Newsmax, more on the aforementioned Joe Biden tapes.

And from SFGate, after 18 months, Sonoma State University brings back sports.

Thursday Tidings

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

From National Review, New York Governor Kathy Hochul's (D) "silly" war on data centers.

From FrontpageMag, the fallacy of books that the left calls "banned".

From Townhall, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent schools reporters about left-wing violence.

From the Washington Examiner, senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX) challenges senatorial candidate Ken Paxton (R-TX) to three televised debates.

From The Federalist, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) doesn't see the difference between the weaponization of the Department of Justice under then-President Biden and President Trump's pursuit of justice.

From American Thinker, some socialists are even more ignorant of others.

From NewsBusters, billionaire and podcaster Chamath Palihapitiya skewers the media for lying about Trump, whom he used to criticize.

From Canada Free Press, there are 25 million communists in the U.S.

From TeleSUR, Guatemala will repatriate the remains of Nobel laureate writer Miguel Angel Asturias.

From TCW Defending Freedom, when the late parliamentcritter Ann Widdecombe, a Catholic, charmed the U.K.'s Protestant hearts.

From EuroNews, 32 people, including a former CEO of Italy's largest motorway operator, are convicted in connection with the 2018 collapse of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa.

From ReMix, Finnish europarliamentcritter Sebastian Tynkkynen warns that the U.K. has become the "worst example" of the death of free speech.

From Balkan Insight, four Greek parliamentcritters are indicted for allegedly misusing E.U. farm funds.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco's mining sector plots its course to 2023.  (TNAP had some technical difficulties during the last two days, but these appear have been worked out.)

From The New Arab, Syrian Christians return to their villages in the province of Idlib that they had to leave behind during the Syrian civil war.

From The Jerusalem Post, U.S. President Trump announces that Iran has released an American woman whom it detained in 2024.

From Gatestone Institute, who decides when childhood ends in Pakistan?

From The Daily Signal, according to an opinion column, if Congress wants a single standard for child online safety, it must earn it.

From Radio Free Asia, according to experts, new buildings in North Korea near the DMZ could be shelters for rocket launchers.

From The American Conservative, Trump should bring American troops home from Europe.

From The Western Journal, while ranting against Trump on the Senate floor, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) appears to break wind.

From BizPac Review, well, that was quick.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritter Randy Fine (R-FL) declares war on Trump ally Alex Bruesewitz.

From Breitbart, Republican congresscritters ask for an investigation of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's (D) administration for possible violations of the Logan Act.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter Ryan Zinke (R-MT), Democrats are against funding the military and making sure that "your vote counts".

And from the New York Post, a deformed raccoon called "Jimothy" becomes a celebrity in Seattle.

Tuesday Tidbits

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

From National Review, congresscritter Ro Khanna's (D-Cal) Israel stunt.

From FrontpageMag, the return of socialism to the Democratic Party and a golden opportunity for Republicans.

From Townhall, Senator Jim Banks (R-IN) introduces a bill that would codify President Trump's position on illegal immigration into law.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the father-in-law of senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed is among the leaders of a group linked to terror funding.

From the Washington Examiner, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is still intending to run for president in 2028.

From The Federalist, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche can end former President Biden's mail-order abortion scheme.

From American Thinker, Trump returns millions of acres from two national monuments to the American people.

From NewsBusters, consumer prices record their largest monthly decline in over six years in June.

From Canada Free Press, Islam's law of fate.

From TeleSUR, acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez inspects temporary shelters for earthquake victims in the capital city of Caracas.

From TCW Defending Freedom, how campaigns of fear are silencing family court professionals in the U.K.

From Snouts in the Trough, will the U.K. be destroyed by its own "suicidal empathy"?

From EuroNews, can Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar remove President Tamás Sulyok from office?

From Free West Media, Hollywood censors comments from people objecting to a black actress portraying Helen of Troy in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey.

From ReMix, according to senior immigration officials, Spain's amnesty of illegal migrants could result in about 3 million people obtaining legal status and cause immigration checks to "collapse".  (If you read Spanish, read the story at El Mundo.)

From Balkan Insight, former Croatian soccer player Dario Šimić is arrested in an anti-corruption operation.

From The New Arab, who wants the fragile peace in Syria to fail?

From Gatestone Institute, the math shows that Europe might not pull through.

From The Daily Signal, was then-President George Bush the Younger treated unfairly?

From The American Conservative, an ethnically Greek writer weighs in on the aforementioned movie The Odyssey.

From The Western Journal, ICE announces the arrests of illegal aliens who are also murderers, sex offenders, or drug traffickers.

From BizPac Review, more on the legislation introduced by the aforementioned Senator Banks.

From The Daily Caller, Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan ask a House subcommittee for more money for security.

From the New York Post, the late Senator Lindsey Graham's (R-SC) sister Darline Graham Nordone is sworn in to complete his term.

From Breitbart, CNBC's survey alleging that 10 red states are the "worst to live in" gets debunked.

From Newsmax, Trump announces that he is replacing a proposed reimbursement fee on shipping in the Persian Gulf for trade and investment agreements with Middle Eastern countries.

And from SFGate, Culver City, Californian decides to ban drive-through restaurants.