Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops condemns the Pentagon's decision to livestream the execution of the Fort Hood shooter.

From FrontpageMag, anti-Israel Jews learn that the left hates even anti-Israel Jews.

From Townhall, the person offered the job of White House press secretary has been announced.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Harvard University celebrates its anti-Israel Nobel Peace Prize winner.

From the Washington Examiner, the Republican gubernatorial nominee for my state is not seeking President Trump's support.  (Both chambers of Maryland's state legislature are dominated by Democrats.  Seven of our eight congresscritters and both of our Senators are Democrats.  Democrat presidential candidates have carried Maryland for decades.  But somehow we manage to occasionally elect Republican governors such as Bob Ehrlich and Larry Hogan.)

From The Federalist, in France and the U.K., multiculturalism is bringing about authoritarianism.

From American Thinker, the movement started by Trump must continue after he leaves office.

From NewsBusters, more on the new White House press secretary.

From Canada Free Press, "an unanswered question" about Canada and the WEF.

From TeleSUR, a magnitude-7.2 earthquake strikes Panama.

From Snouts in the Trough, how many economists are needed in order to destroy and economy?

From EuroNews, the U.K.'s former Prince Andrew receives £302,000 as compensation for surrendering his lease at the Royal Lodge.

From ReMix, Germany suspends naturalizing descendants of alleged Nazi victims, most of them Chinese citizens, due to suspected fraud.

From Balkan Insight, Montenegrin police arrest the two co-founders of a pro-Russia Telegram channel.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)

From The North Africa Post, the NGO Human Rights Watch decries the Tunisian government's failure to supply adequate amounts of water and electricity.

From The New Arab, commuters in Cairo, Egypt wonder if its new monorail is worth it.

From NDTV, a party leader in the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir calls a terrorist leader a "martyr".

From Gatestone Institute, confronting the lie of the alleged "genocide" in Gaza.

From The Daily Signal, the truth, the media, and a visit to Israel.

From The American Conservative, is U.K. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch reviving an old class war?

From The Western Journal, an illegal alien is arrested for allegedly exposing himself while canvassing for a Democrat congressional candidate in Pennsylvania.

From BizPac Review, CNN is shocked - shocked - that ICE agents are told to arrest illegal aliens.

From the Daily Wire, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) shows support for an criminal illegal alien as anti-ICE rioters attack police officers.

From the Daily Caller, the Department of Homeland Security redacts its deportation data.

From the New York Post, the highest-earning college degree in the U.S. is math at Duke University.

From Breitbart, Hollywood celebrities denounce the aforementioned plan to televise the execution of the Fort Hood shooter.

From Newsmax, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, China represents the greatest economic and military threat to the U.S.

And from ESPN, former NFL player and coach Mike Ditka goes to the gridiron in the sky.

Friday Fuss

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

From National Review, actor Tom Cruise's film Digger is a climate hoax satire.

From FrontpageMag, the cover model for the men's issue of New York magazine is.....(You'll have to click on the link to find out, but I'll call this person "Dylan Mulvaney in reverse".)

From Townhall, what senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich) gets wrong about having 1,000 millionaires instead of one billionaire.

From The Washington Free Beacon, The New York Times gets hypocritical about tax breaks.

From the Washington Examiner, according to Pope Leo XIV, the Vatican is renewing an "alliance" with "artists and cultural institutions" against AI.

From The Federalist, climate activists want the Supreme Court to impose the Green New Deal, which voters rejected, onto American industries.

From American Thinker, three classes that all college students should be required to take.

From NewsBusters, ABC, CBS and NBC upward revisions of GDP data.

From Canada Free Press, when Chicago made a Rosary of balloons.

From TeleSUR, Paraguay hosts over 8,000 competitors from 91 countries at the World Skate Games.

From EuroNews, Hungary and Ukraine edge closer to a deal on the rights of ethnic Hungarians in Ukraine, which could unblock Ukraine's efforts to join the E.U.

From ReMix, one French woman is burned with a makeshift flamethrower and another is beaten by a mob in rioting by students.  (If you read French, read the story at BMF.)

From Balkan Insight, the late Bosnian Serb politician Biljana Plavšić was a "war criminal who withdrew her remorse".

From The North Africa Post, Morocco exports 75 percent more blueberries to Switzerland during the year ending this past June than it did one year earlier.

From The New Arab, Egypt starts building a railway to the town of Taba in the Sinai region, raising concern in Israel.

From Gatestone Institute, Congress has the means to provide fusion power to the U.S.

From The Daily Signal, a look at the Democratic Socialists of America's policy to end the nuclear family

From The American Conservative, is Russia planning to attack a NATO country, as alleged by Ukrainian President Zelensky?

From The Western Journal, leftists don't approve as rapper Eminem makes a guest appearance on Kid Rock's upcoming Christmas album.

From BizPac Review and the "no good deed goes unpunished" department, the manager of a Kroger food store is fired for trying to protect an elderly co-worker from shoplifters.

From the Daily Wire, New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) wants an "independent" investigation into the "Cornell 7".

From the Daily Caller, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy exchange some words.  (Language warning)

From the New York Post, four astronauts set a U.S. speed record going to the International Space Station.

From Breitbart, migrants contaminate a beach in Ceuta, Spain with their [bleep].  (If you read Spanish, read the story at El Faro Ceuta.)

From Newsmax, due to various complications, the Kennedy Center Honors will be held at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.

And from the eponymous site of Douglas V. Gibbs, how understanding Thomas Jefferson requires considering the context.

Wednesday Wanderings For The End Of September

Now that I'm back from wandering around the southwestern U.S., on a warm and partly sunny Wednesday falling on the last day of September, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a pilot flying a FlyDubai jet full of Israeli passengers going to Tel Aviv stabs his co-pilot and attempts to crash the plane, but is thwarted by passengers.

From FrontpageMag, the aforementioned attempt to crash a plane just might be part of a pattern.

From Townhall, gun control advocates want no one of any age to own guns.

From The Washington Free Beacon, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's (D) strategy for protecting Jews gets denounced by Jews.

From the Washington Examiner, Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signs a law banning ICE from using its shock gloves in California.

From The Federalist, senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX) is caught in a lie about his position in trans issues.

From American Thinker, the planned Mesabi steel plant in Iowa is President Trump's "tariffs in action".

From NewsBusters, are flock cameras a tool for fighting crime or a tool of mass surveillance?

From Canada Free Press, how to take back America by not outsourcing our minds.

From TeleSUR, millions of Brazilians attend a rally held by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Salvador de Bahia.

From Snouts in the Trough, is there yet more proof that U.K. police and judges are "enemies of the people"?

From EuroNews, the U.K. ends its "one in, one out" migrant return deal with France.

From Free West Media, why conservative politicians are regarded as more attractive.

From ReMix, data from Berlin shows that Europe's housing crisis is really an immigration crisis.

From Balkan Insight, tracing the cigarette smuggling through the mountainous borderlands of Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

From The North Africa Post, the African Development Bank Group grants Morocco €270 million to modernize its airports.

From The New Arab, when in Oman, please refrain from riding the turtles.

From Gatestone Institute, the "America first" policy doesn't mean that Israel is last.

From The Daily Signal, gas prices put into perspective.

From The American Conservative, why a potential impeachment of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth terrifies Republicans.

From The Western Journal, accused murderer Lindsay Clancy's defense team screams at a black member of the media as they enter a courthouse for a retrial hearing.

From Fox News, Attorney General Todd Blanche announces voter fraud charges against 10 lawful immigrants in Minnesota.

From BizPac Review, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) claims that 100,000 Virginians were kicked off SNAP, but those people might not really be Virginians.

From the Daily Wire, a deadly drug can be found right next to the candy bars.

From the Daily Caller, the Senate votes down an insider stock trading ban.

From the New York Post, a Connecticut man gets 92 months in prison for trying to support ISIS.

From Breitbart, according to a study, fans of musician Taylor Swift aren't all that bothered by her use of a private jet.  (Apparently, producing carbon dioxide is OK when she does it.)

From Newsmax, according to Senator John Husted (R-OH), Democrats are blocking his Ratepayer Protection Act just to deny Republicans a victory on affordability.

And from the Genesius Times, the WNBA bans all of its fans from its game after one of them pointed at Las Vegas Aces player A'ja Wilson.  (Is she named after a certain Steely Dan album?)

Tuesday Tidbits

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

From National Review, what happened at the U.K. air force base?

From FrontpageMag, according to a left-wing judge on the Michigan state Supreme Court, monkeys have rights but unborn human babies don't.

From Townhall, the holdout juror in the trial of accused murderer Lindsay Clancy finally speaks out.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to a watchdog, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund sent nearly $32 million to non-profits based in China.

From the Washington Examiner, according to Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), then-special counsel Jack Smith subpoenaed at least 4,782 checks from donors to then-candidate Donald Trump.

From The Federalist, an alleged gang rape at Cornell University could be a hoax, which would not be the first such event.

From American Thinker, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear's (D) new religion.

From NewsBusters, ABC, CBS and NBC spend a total of almost 29 minutes on confrontations with ICE while going Sergeant Schultz on crimes committed by illegal aliens.

From Canada Free Press, it's not heaven, it's just the United States of America.

From TeleSUR, El Salvador records its highest coffee harvest since the 2012-2013 season.

From EuroNews, two Hungarian assemblycritters are detained under Prime Minister Péter Magyar's "Operation Purge".

From ReMix, a Turkish woman living in Germany allegedly commits €11 million in fraud.

From Balkan Insight, Belgrade, Serbia Mayor Aleksandar Šapić denies punching city councillor Tatjana Mićić.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan King Mohammed VI appoints Fatima El Mansouri as the head of government, the first woman to be designated as such.

From The New Arab, who has committed sabotage against Syria's gas network.

From Digitalshield, the conflict between sacred law and international law in Morocco.

From The Straits Times, the Israeli air force sends a senior Hamas commander to his virgins, and the U.S. finally gets out of Iraq.

From Organiser, why do Sunni Muslims in the Indian state of Keralam support the Shia Houthi attacks against Saudi Arabia?

From The Jerusalem Post, Iranian judiciary chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei demands a crackdown against women who disobey Iran's hijab law.

From Kabul Now, the Afghanistan Journalists Center calls for support as the Taliban intensifies its crackdown on the media.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)

From Jihad Watch, Turkish President Erdoğan speaks against "the occupying Zionist mindset".

From Resonate, a South Korean college student is sentenced to at least a year in prison for pledging allegiance to ISIS and planning a bomb attack.

From AA, California officially recognizes the Islamic holidays Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.  (My spellchecker doesn't like "Fitr" and "Adha", but has no problem with "Eid".)

From Heartlander News, a Christian journalist sues Dearborn, Michigan for allegedly favoring Muslim holidays over Christian and Jewish ones.  (The last 10 stories, including two from The Straits Times, come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, is selling F-35 stealth fighter jets to Saudi Arabia a gift to China?

From The Daily Signal, a new bill introduced by Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) would prevent welfare agencies from accusing parents who don't "affirm" their children's trans status of child abuse.

From The American Conservative, on some issues, President Trump should be more like congresscritter Thomas Massie (R-KY).

From The Western Journal, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recuses himself from a high-profile climate change case.

From BizPac Review, journalist Chris Cuomo predicts that journalist Scott Jennings will leave MAGA.

From the Daily Wire, a look at Trump's crackdown on crime in Memphis, Tennessee a year later.

From the Daily Caller, a woman on death row in Tennessee claims to feel a "kinship" with the aforementioned Lindsay Clancy.

From Breitbart, U.K. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announces plans to import more asylum seekers from Afghanistan and the Palestinian territories.

From Newsmax, if you have the qualifications, you can join ICE.

And from the New York Post, if you have $4.4 million lying around, you can buy a mansion in Hollywood Hills, California which was once covered in graffiti.

Monday Mania

Now that I'm back from New Mexico, let's see if I can remember how to do my normal blogging.  On a mild and cloudy Monday, here are some things going on:

From FrontpageMag, a leftist passes for non-white.

From Townhall, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (D) creates a scholarship program, but not for her fellow Americans.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate Angie Nixon (D-FL) faces a criminal referral about allegedly concealing back taxes and student loans from the body she wishes to join.

From the Washington Examiner, Republican congresscritters demand that a lawyer for ActBlue testify over its foreign donor screening.

From The Federalist, a document on abortions for trans youth should be seen as a preview of California Governor Gavin Newsom's (D) potential presidency.

From American Thinker, middle class wages have risen faster during Trump's presidencies.

From Newsbusters, the MS NOW show Morning Joe tries to revive the Daniel Penny case.

From Canada Free Press, Americans voted for deporting illegal aliens.

From TeleSUR, Peru offers sustainable tourism.

From Snouts in the Trough, if you want a decent government pension in the U.K., don't ever get a job.

From EuroNews, Russian forces strike Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv.

From ReMix, after a 93-year-old woman is found dead in her house in Toulouse, France, police arrest an unclothed illegal migrant from Sudan, also found in the house.  (If you read French, read the story at La Dépêche.)

From Balkan Insight, Kosovo parliamentcritters express "deep concern" over the war crimes convictions of four former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco and Mauritania agree to upgrade a road between their El Guerguerat border crossing to the latter's capital of Nouakchott.

From The New Arab, Moroccans protest their country's deepening ties with Israel.

From Gatestone Institute, Palestinian Authority President Mahmood Abbas tells the U.N. that reforms carried out by his government are complete, but the evidence doesn't agree.

From The Daily Signal, according to an opinion column, President Trump is transforming the U.N.'s failures into American savings.

From The American Conservative, a quiet change to immigration enforcement is a quite significant.

From The Western Journal, Trump is set to announce the construction of what will be the largest steel production plant in the U.S.

From BizPac Review, singer and Trump supporter Nicki Ninaj tells young Americans to "vote red".

From the Daily Wire, five men are arrested for allegedly plotting to bomb a British air base hosting American forces, and then released on bail.  (The DW is allowing me to read this article without subscribing or registering, so I'm passing it on to you.  I hope that this will be their policy from now on.)

From the Daily Caller, FBI Co-Deputy Director Andrew Bailey announces his resignation after one year on the job.

From the New York Post, NBA record holder LeBron James joins the Philadelphia 76ers in hopes of extending his records.

From Breitbart, according to a study, politically biased spam filtering by Microsoft and Google obstructed an estimated $117 million in fundraising for Trump and Republicans.

From Newsmax, more on the aforementioned new steel plant.

And from The Babylon Bee, Trump announces a plan to give Iran a yuge wooden horse.

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.

Tuesday Tidings

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

From National Review, imagining what a normal president (you know, not like Trump) might say about AI.

From FrontpageMag, there are valid concerns about AI, and stupid ones, too.

From Townhall, why do Democrats despise the requirement that immigrants wishing to obtain American citizenship should be self-supporting?

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed's (D-Mich) imam delivered an "absentee funeral prayer for a slain Hamas leader.

From the Washington Examiner, AI leaders have a new message for President Trump.

From The Federalist, California police are using Flock cameras to spy on a small village - in Wisconsin.

From American Thinker, leftists don't and never did understand the market economy.

From NewsBusters, Massachusetts steals a teenager from her Catholic parents to transition her.

From Canada Free Press, the TV series The Prisoner showed the difference between the community and the collective.

From TeleSUR, on their Independence Day, Hondurans in the capital city of Tegucigalpa mark against President Nasry Asfura.

From Snouts in the Trough, does anybody do hate like leftists?

From EuroNews, according to Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys, NATO is "committed and ready" after a drone is shot down over Lithuania.

From Free West Media, after inaction by authorities, locals in Ceuta, Spain take action to clear the enclave's beaches.

From ReMix, a Ukrainian company "that puts children on sale" is not allowed to operate in Warsaw, Poland.

From Balkan Insight, europarliamentcritters slam Serbia for its "disturbing" funeral for the late Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladić.

From The North Africa Post, the group Polisario's welcoming of an offer of Spanish citizenship to Sahwaris born under Spanish colonial rule exposes its hypocrisy.

From The New Arab, Syria plans to reinstate about 14,000 teachers who were dismissed from their jobs under then-President Bashar al-Assad.

From ABC News,  rapper Macklemore is dropped from musician Ed Sheeran's U.S. tour after his "free Palestine" remarks.  ("A" stands for "Australian".)

From Organiser, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim meets with Indian Grand Mufti Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar despite his comments about women.

From Punch, Nigerian authorities arrest six kidnappers in the state of Adamawa, and a Boko Haram terrorist surrenders in the state of Borno.

From The Straits Times, the Houthis in Yemen strike targets in Saudi Arabia.

From Gatestone Institute, due to China's proxy conflicts, is World War III upon us?

From The Daily Signal, a new way to teach about the West.

From The American Conservative, illegal immigration has turned Europe into a crime-ridden mess.

From The Western Journal, while leaving his home to return to work, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) appears to be in even worse shape than former President Biden.

From BizPac Review, journalist Sue O'Connell went after the holdout on the Lindsay Clancy jury, and now has to defend herself.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritter Thomas Massie (R-KY) announces that he will force a vote on impeaching Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.

From the New York Post, the aforementioned holdout juror's brother reveals some details about why he voted guilty.

From Breitbart, authorities in Ceuta, Spain report 35 alleged sexual assaults in 45 days.

From Newsmax, the Federal Reserve is expected to raise its short-term interest rate.

And from the Genesius Times, climate advocates pray to Saint Greta to bring hurricanes and to fulfill the prophecy of former Vice President Al Gore.

Wednesday Wanderings

On a very warn and sunny Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, three cheers for the TSA's "gateside" program, which revives a pre-9/11 tradition.

From FrontpageMag, Muslims plotted terror against gay "Pride" parades four times in five years.

From Townhall, did the nurses on accused murderer Lindsay Clancy's jury not follow their instructions?

From The Washington Free Beacon, the imam at the mosque attended by senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed rails about homosexuality and Jews teaching about Islam.

From the Washington Examiner, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz accuses the party AfD for having an "ethnic cleansing" agenda and postpones a call to U.S. President Trump.

From The Federalist, the 9/11 attacks proved that we need less immigration from the Third World, but we got more instead.

From American Thinker, the choice of 9/11 as the date for an attack was not random.

From NewsBusters, according to a study, 60 Minutes aired five times as many liberal stories than conservative ones during the past six seasons.

From Canada Free Press, how much of anti-Israel sentiment is propaganda from the Chinese Communist Party?

From TeleSUR, Colombia aligns its foreign policy with American security objectives.

From Snouts in the Trough, illegal migrants were not in peril when they were at sea.

From EuroNews, Hungary takes one more step to normalize its relations with the E.U.

From Free West Media, did postal voting cost the aforementioned AfD an absolute majority in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt?

From ReMix, according to Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Hungary's expulsion of 10 Russian diplomats "will not go unanswered".

From Balkan Insight, Montenegrin opposition parliamentcritters move to oust Speaker Andrija Mandić for offering public condolences after the death of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić.  (My spellchecker has no problem with these men's first names, but objects to their last names.)

From The North Africa Post, the Swiss company Synhelion signs a memorandum of understanding with the Moroccan government to build a synthetic fuel plant in the province of Tan-Tan.

From The New Arab, at least 14 people are killed in an explosion at a weapons depot near Sarmada, Syria.

From Jewish News Syndicate, the U.S. war on terror is not over 25 years after 9/11.

From Organiser, Fulani terrorists in Nigeria abduct a Christian pastor, taunt his wife, and dump his body.

From Gatestone Institute, fusion energy will become dominant.

From The Daily Signal, a left-leaning news outlet edits a video of a professor asking her audience to "[bleep]-up" an ICE officer.

From The American Conservative, Trump's oil with Venezuela is a "big gamble".

From The Western Journal, three members of the aforementioned Lindsay Clancy jury accidentally admit that they wanted to acquit her based on wrong criteria.

From LifeNews, the Obama Presidential Center will host a fundraiser for Planned Avoidance Of Parenthood.

From BizPac Review, a researcher resigns from the company Anthropic and warns "do not underestimate the power of AI".

From the Daily Caller, the war with Iran roars back after weeks of relative calm, sending Brent crude oil above $100 per barrel.

From Breitbart, according to "unearthed" documents, the U.K. government planned to build a camp for 3,500 migrants next to a village with a population of about 350.

From Newsmax, Republicans open their first national midterm convention in Dallas.

And from the New York Post, a "superfan" of the New York Islanders hockey team made a sign just after 9/11, which still inspires today.

Monday Mania For Labor Day

On a warm and mostly sunny Monday which is also Labor Day, here are some things going on:

From National Review, today's holiday should be called "Economic Growth Day".

From FrontpageMag, the persecution of Coptic Christian Dr. Augustinos Samaan.

From Townhall, the myth of the "vital" illegal alien worker.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump wishes "radical left lunatics" a happy Labor Day while posting maps of "New America".

From The Federalist, how private equity is making life worse.

From American Thinker, no "Democratic Socialist" is completely honest about what they will do if elected.

From NewsBusters, CNN international correspondent Jeremy Diamond gives a one-sided report about Israeli actions in Lebanon.

From Canada Free Press, a look at Fox News's firing of TV host Maria Bartiromo.

From TeleSUR, President Claudia Sheinbaum plans to defend Mexico's electoral system following advice from former Colombian President Gustavo Petro.

From Snouts in the Trough, could the enrichers be different from us?

From EuroNews, the German party AfD's win in the state of Saxony-Anhalt exposes divisions in the French "far-right".

From Free West Media, the firewall imposed by "mainstream" German parties against the aforementioned AfD crumbles.

From ReMix, four reasons why AfD's aforementioned win is so incredible.

From Balkan Insight, a Kosovo man accused of spying for Serbia pleads not guilty.

From The North Africa Post, scientists warn that a virus from southern Africa may threaten sardines in Moroccan waters.

From The New Arab, two Iraqi armed factions allied with Iran refuse to turn over their weapons.

From Gatestone Institute, the persecution and genocide of Christians in May 2026.

From The Daily Signal, the House Education and the Workforce Committee investigates how AI affects college admissions.

From The American Conservative, Japan and the U.S. should join forces against financial globalization.

From The Western Journal, U.K. citizens protest as their government brings illegal migrants ashore.

From the Daily Caller, some American small businesses are dropping health insurance for their employees because of increasing costs.

From the New York Post, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) calls for his current successor to skip the memorial services for the 25th anniversary of 9/11.

From Breitbart, congresscritter Jim Jordan (R-OH) warns that Democrats will weaponize their oversight power if they win the midterms.

From Newsmax, Democrats and pro-abortion groups target Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) over her vote to confirm then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

And from The Babylon Bee, the nation's murderers are excited to learn that killing is legal if you can show that you were sad.

Saturday Links

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

From Townhall, the anti-gunners won't like the 2026 National Firearms Survey, whose findings go against their arguments.

From The Washington Free Beacon, strategies from the Civil War applied to the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Federalist, secretaries of state from Kentucky, Mississippi and Nebraska file a brief with the Supreme Court alleging that the Ninth Circuit "erased" the right to remove non-citizens from voter rolls.

From American Thinker, women's suffrage seemed like a good idea back then.

From NewsBusters, MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart claims that President Trump's conflict with the Smithsonian is about destroying "our democracy".

From Snouts in the Trough, if you want to get rich, join an environmental/nature protection non-profit NGO.

From IANSLive, according to a report, Western government support enables a "deeply misogynistic culture" in Pakistan.

From Gatestone Institute, Iran prepares for a post-Trump world.

From The American Conservative, a review of a book about the transformation of the American right since 2015.

From BizPac Review, the jobs report from August proved 77 "experts" to be wrong.

From the Daily Caller, Republican House leaders don't crack the whip to advance their agenda like Democrat leaders do.

From the New York Post, due to increasing crime, Rome creates a "red zone" around the Colosseum and adds extra security.  (If you read Italian, other than musical directions, read the story at ANSA.)

From Breitbart, according to legal commentator Nancy Grace, accused murderer Lindsay Clancy's lawyer should have been held in contempt.

From Newsmax, Russian President Putin pauses attacks on Ukraine while U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner hold talks in Kyiv.

And from Fox News, Trump puts in his $0.02 about the trial of the aforementioned Lindsay Clancy.

Friday Fuss

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

From National Review, the judge in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial declares a mistrial.

From FrontpageMag, a "practicing Muslim" migrant allegedly kills two people outside a gay bar in Tucson, Arizona.

From Townhall, some "totally insane" reactions to the aforementioned Lindsay Clancy mistrial.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Success Academy charter school network sues New York state Education Commissioner Betty Rosa for allegedly blocking the release of AP test scores.

From The Federalist, why Hollywood has no successors for the recently departed Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, and Peter Cullen.

From American Thinker, illegal aliens migrants in Ceuta, Spain catch and kill a baby dolphin, just for the fun of it.

From NewsBusters, the U.S. economy added 162,000 jobs in August, which is much better than predicted.

From Canada Free Press, the real destroyer of Canadian sovereignty is Prime Minister Mark Carney.

From TeleSUR, the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego endorses President Javier Milei's proposal to establish a naval base within its territory.

From Snouts in the Trough, more fun in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.

From EuroNews, five countries in the E.U. agree to set up deportation centers for illegal irregular migrants.

From ReMix, a Moroccan soccer player allegedly sexually assaults an Italian volleyball player on a cruise ship docked at Taranto, Italy.  (If you read Italian, read the story at La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.)

From Balkan Insight, Kosovo indicts 35 suspects for alleged involvement in the murder of 26 civilians at a compound run by Kosovo Liberation Army commander Adem Jashari in the village of Prekaz.

From The North Africa Post, the Central Bank of Libya will host the fifth Arab Conference on Savings and Financial Literacy in the city of Tripoli.

From The New Arab, Lebanon abolishes the death penalty, but its new amnesty law divides the country and raises new questions.

From the Daily Mail, more on the aforementioned killing of a young dolphin in Ceuta.

From Gatestone Institute, Iran was losing, but the U.S. then gave it time.

From The Daily Signal, journalist Nick Shirley sues California over the law that's (unofficially) named after him.

From Radio Free Asia, North Korea prepares to open bridges to Russia and China.

From The American Conservative, President Trump gets "Bushy".

From The Western Journal, a fake Republican midterm convention link seen on Google sends interwebz users to a Department of Justice page related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

From BizPac Review, an Oregon teenager who wanted to attack ICE is sentenced to probation.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritter and gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds (R-FL) unveils his immigration plan to help American workers.

And from the New York Post, in Berkeley, California, beware of rabid bats.

Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, the menace from....believe it or not....Canada.

From FrontpageMag, crime is up 1000 percent in Ceuta, Spain after the migrant invasion.

From Townhall, President Trump drops some "huge" news for ranchers and farmers.  (Or as Trump himself might say, some "yuge" news.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of the movie Coyote vs. Acme.

From the Washington Examiner, the U.S. military zaps three drones with lasers at the southern border.

From The Federalist, ProFa networks panic after the State and Treasury Departments sanction their Italy-based tech collective.

From American Thinker, economic freedom is better than the cruelty of communism.

From NewsBusters, media networks go Sergeant Schultz over Iran's threat to First Son Barron Trump.

From Canada Free Press, Big Tech literally replaced concern about the customer with machines being slavemasters.

From TeleSUR, Argentinian authorities block over 300 domains that were illegally broadcasting live sports.

From Snouts in the Trough, were either the Cleveland police or the courts partly responsible for the deaths of two police officers?  (Since the article mentions a crash on the "A66", a British highway, the Cleveland being discussed would not be the American city in the state of Ohio, but a region within the English county of North Yorkshire.)

From EuroNews, a Dutch mental health institute warns about ecstasy pills shaped to look like the head of U.S. President Trump.

From ReMix, Spain's National Police claim that an attack by migrants against military vehicles in the Benzú region of Ceuta was pre-planned.

From Balkan Insight, according to a report, one out of every five women in Montenegro has suffered from domestic violence.

From The North Africa Post, tracing the history of Casablanca, Morocco, including its Anfa quarter.

From The New Arab, how Sudan built the very militia that is now trying to destroy it.

From Gatestone Institute, Syria has become Turkey's new battleground against Israel.

From The Daily Signal, gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand (D-IA) wants to distance himself from his party, but his record won't let him do that.

From The American Conservative, can U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham thread the needle between Israel and Palestine?

From LifeNews, Pope Leo XIV tells Catholic politicians that they can't be Catholic and pro-abortion.

From BizPac Review, three FEMA workers are fired for ignoring MAGA hurricane victims.

From the Daily Caller, according to newly revealed documents, Dr. Anthony Fauci tried to destroy emails about gain-of-function research.  (Silly Dr. Fauci.  Only former First Lady/Senator (D-NY)/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is allowed to do that sort of thing.)

From the New York Post, oil imports through the Persian Gulf rebound to two thirds their pre-war level.

From Breitbart, Democratic Socialists of America leader Ahmed Husain praises communist China as offering an "incredible positive vision" of socialism for the world.  (Does he know about China's world-leading manmade carbon dioxide output, its persecution of Falon Gong adherents, its control of Christian churches, or its internment of Muslim Uyghurs?)

From Newsmax, about 90 U.S. citizens are unaccounted for after floods in Nepal and Tibet.

And from Fox News, right-wing agitator Milo Yiannopoulos, a U.K. national, is arrested by ICE and held in a detention center in Alexandria, Louisiana.  (via the New York Post)

Thursday Tidbits

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

From National Review, five more problems that the U.S. has largely solved.

From FrontpageMag, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed defends former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, who harbored Osama bin Laden.

From Townhall, here what we know about a government shutdown possibly being averted.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a Hollywood talent agency stands behind actor Mark Ruffalo after he makes an "antisemitic" rant.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump signs and executive order renaming Lake Ontario.

From The Federalist, the recently departed Dolly Parton proved that artists can be successful without vulgarity.

From American Thinker, what the defenders of accused murderer Lindsey Clancy have shown about American women.

From NewsBusters, Fox News highlights ICE arresting 1,300 illegal aliens while MS NOW goes Sergeant Schultz.

From Canada Free Press, when it comes to our taxes and votes, we should never trust and always verify.

From TeleSUR, Uruguay officially mourns musician Ruben Rada.

From Snouts in the Trough, nobody has any responsibility anymore.

From EuroNews, according to local media, two people are killed in a "violent incident" in Gosen-Neu Zittau, Germany.

From Free West Media, can the world survive Russian President Putin's mistake.

From ReMix, police in Rzeszów, Poland investigate graffiti saying "white lives matter".  (The graffiti said "white lives matter" in English, not the equivalent in Polish.  If you read Polish, read the story at toRzeszów and a related story at wPolsce24.  ReMix gave me some technical difficulties when I clicked there on Tuesday and did not publish anything yesterday, but now appears to be back to normal.)

From Balkan Insight, former Bosnian Serb Army leader and convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić is no longer with us.  (On Tuesday, I linked a BI article indicating that Serbia made a request for his release from prison on "humanitarian" grounds.)

From The North Africa Post, a Moroccan company works on producing an AI-powered drone that would monitor water quality in reservoirs and behind dams.

From The New Arab, the death of a Syrian detainee sparks fears that Syria's prisons could become like those under former President Bashar al-Assad.

From the Daily Mail, the Berlin police department struggles to find recruits who can speak German.

From Tasnim News, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian calls for greater unity among Muslim countries.

From Gatestone Institute, Hamas running in Gazan elections by another name would still be Hamas.  (To my surprise, GI did not publish anything yesterday, but is back today.)

From The Daily Signal, according to a report, the housing affordability crisis was caused by "too much socialism", not too little.

From The American Conservative, how to Russia and China from supporting Iran's war efforts.

From The Western Journal, right-wing commentator Will Chamberlain exposes left-wing commentator Mehdi Hasan inconsistency about group responsibility for historical injustice.

From BizPac Review, congressional candidate Eric Hafner (D-AK) advances in the Democrat primary for Alaska's one House seat, even though he's in a federal prison in New York.

From the Daily Caller, Trump weighs in on Senator Ted Cruz's (R-TX) 2028 presidential ambitions.

From the New York Post, as part of a project to build 20 nuclear "micro-reactors" in the U.S., New York state will get its first nuclear reactor built since 1988.

From Breitbart, Bangladeshi Muslims living in Venice, Italy threaten action after a permit for a mosque is denied.

From Newsmax, more on Trump changing the name of Lake Ontario.

And from SFGate, after ignoring Las Vegas for 17 years, the Michelin Guide gives out some stars to the city's restaurants.

Tuesday Things

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

From National Review, the trade war with Canada is pointless.

From FrontpageMag, how two white liberal women in New York became Muslim terrorists.

From Townhall, ICE lodges a detainer in a Florida murder case.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Palestinian Authority schools glorify Hamas's attack on October 7th, 2023 as the West Bank government tries to gain power in Gaza.

From the Washington Examiner, Governor Ron DeSantis (R) cuts tattoos, tanning beds and tobacco from Florida's welfare benefits.

From The Federalist, Department of Agriculture bureaucrats bemoan having to work at the office or in red states.

From American Thinker, the myth of Minnesota criminal George Floyd's overdose.

From NewsBusters, CBS calls out left-wing commentator Hasan Piker's antisemitism, but skips some of his other smears.

From Canada Free Press, Senator Fake Cherokee (D-MA) knows nothing about politics and even less about finance.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela's oil production exceeds 1.23 million barrels per day.

From Snouts in the Trough, the U.K. leads the world in disabilities.

From EuroNews, Spain plans to reform its asylum laws to align with the E.U.

From Balkan Insight, Serbia again requests a "humanitarian release" of former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladić.

From The North Africa Post, Algerian citizens lead the E.U. in removal orders in 2025 and early 2026.

From The New Arab, Egyptian soccer player Omar Marmoush is set to join the Manchester City club.

From the Daily Mail, a migrant boat hits a girl swimming in the sea near a Sardinian beach, and keeps going.

From Arutz Sheva, the IDF and Shin Bet destroy five Hamas weapons storage sites inside mosques.

From Gatestone Institute, "the Islamization of Europe", as seen in Belgium.

From The Daily Signal, according to an opinion column, "the housing shortage isn't just about supply", but also about market access.

From The American Conservative, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) "is an opportunistic chameleon".

From The Western Journal, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed likens transgender surgery to circumcision.

From BizPac Review, senatorial candidate Angie Nixon (D-FL) changes her tune, but her opponent Ashly Moody (R-FL) gets fact-checked.

From the Daily Caller, more on the aforementioned Abdul El-Sayed's comments about circumcision.

From the New York Post, the son of the Iranian propagandist known as "Screaming Mary" tries his darnedest to stay in the U.S.

From Axios, President Trump claims that mines have been removed from the Strait of Hormuz.  (via the New York Post)

From Breitbart, immigrant grocery store owners in New York City sue Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) over his plans to establish government-run grocery stores.

From Newsmax, the Secret Service is aware of Iran's threat against First Son Barron Trump.

From The Atlantic, is Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei no longer with us?  (via Newsmax)

And from the Genesius Times and maybe the "don't give them any ideas" department, Massachusetts passes a law requiring woman to have at least two abortions before giving birth to live babies.