Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, anyone running for office can't be both a slimeball and lazy.  (Italicized emphasis in the article's title.)

From FrontpageMag, some questions for Muslims running for office.

From Townhall, Senator Socialism (I-VT) gives a weak clapback after being roasted by fellow Senator John Fetterman (D-PA).

From The Washington Free Beacon, Congress takes up legislation that would prohibit foreign adversaries from accessing U.S. national labs run by the Department of Energy.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump secures the release of an American missionary captured by a terrorist group in Niger.

From The Federalist, Trump signs an order intended to help expand American shipbuilding capacity.

From American Thinker, the witches of Salem, Massachusetts have returned, with pro-abortion legislation.

From NewsBusters, CBS covers a victory for the 2nd Amendment only in its streaming service.

From Canada Free Press, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney becomes a "snow flake melting in Hades".

From TeleSUR, protests in Peru force President Keiko Fujimori to subsidize fuel for certain transport workers.

From Snouts in the Trough, the U.K.'s National Health Service is looking for yet another "manager of total bollox".  (My spellchecker has no problem with "bollox", or even with the alternative spelling "bollocks".  Due to one of the pictures, reader discretion is advised.)

From EuroNew, Russia admits having a shortage of gasoline amid its long-range strikes on Ukraine.

From ReMix, Berlin backs off from racially segregating a public pool for six hours.

From Balkan Insight, a wildfire forces about 2,000 people to evacuate Omiš, Croatia.

From The North Africa Post, according to the International Organization for Migration, Algeria has become the leading country of origin for illegal irregular migration into Spain.

From The New Arab, Palestinians are divided over Hamas involvement in upcoming elections.

From Arutz Sheva, a note on the mini-October 7th suffered by a Catholic parish in Rouen, France.

From Gatestone Institute, the world's energy superpower is not China but the U.S.

From The Daily Signal, a look at senatorial candidate James Talarico's (D-TX) record in the Texas state legislature.

From The American Conservative, according to a panel of foreign policy experts, Trump's policies on Latin America won't stop drug trafficking.

From The Western Journal, the man on trial for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson pleads guilty.

From BizPac Review, Lieutenant Governor and senatorial candidate Peggy Flanagan (D-Min) claims that there are "no native voices" in the Senate, thus dissing Senator Fake Cherokee (D-MA).

From the Daily Caller, according to an opinion column, Kansas is now doing something that the whole country should do.

From the New York Post, a man is reunited with a muscle car that was stolen from him in 1993.

From Breitbart, according to a poll, the British have a more negative view of immigration than they did during the Brexit referendum.

From Newsmax, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announces felony charges for the woman who allegedly vandalized the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.  (An uncle of mine fought in WWII, so I regard the memorial as his.)

And from Fox News, the GSA finds that some technology labeled "Made in USA" really isn't.

Wednesday Wanderings

On a warm and rainy Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong (D-Wis) is the "Grinch of all holidays".

From FrontpageMag, awakening gays to the true nature of Islam.

From Townhall, ICE arrests a convicted murderer, a sex offender, a robber, and an attempted cocaine distributor, among others.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich) wins the Democratic primary in Michigan.

From the Washington Examiner, the media leave out the fact that congresscritter Chuck Edwards (R-NC), who allegedly improperly treated his female staffers, is married.

From The Federalist, why the Trump administration was right to end the bailout for Medicare Part D insurers.

From American Thinker, the real reason why President Trump agreed to the MOU with Iran.

From NewsBusters, who could be a genuine conservative writer for The New York Times?

From Canada Free Press, it was former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who gave up on Canada as a country.

From TeleSUR, acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez inspects the repairs to thermoelectric power plants in the state of Carabobo.

From EuroNews, Iceland expels 21 anti-whaling activists.

From Free West Media, Israel attacks Hezbollah in southern Lebanon as they did to Hamas in Gaza.

From ReMix, a teenager recalls being attacked by two black men in Ghent, Belgium.

From Balkan Insight, low water levels on the Danube River threaten Serbia's electrical supply.

From The North Africa Post, Sudan exempts solar power systems from its customs duties due to its power crisis.

From The New Arab, Syria plans to restore an oil pipeline with Iraq within three years.

From Arutz Sheva, Hamas is reportedly moving its covert operations from Qatar to Turkey.

From Gatestone Institute, what the 15-point "Gaza Roadmap" really says.

From The Daily Signal, after opposition by hundreds of citizens, the City Council of McKinney, Texas unanimously approves the relocation of a mosque.

From The American Conservative, the invasion of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta tests American "civilizationism".

From The Western Journal, according to Trump, the aforementioned primary win by Abdul El-Sayed is "great news for the Republican Party".

From Gateway Pundit, Olympic gold medal-winning skater Alysa Liu's transgender brother is dominating several girls' sports in California.

From BizPac Review, the aforementioned Francesca Hong's comments about "proximity to whiteness" are blowing up.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritter Shri Thanedar (D-Mich) loses his primary election.

From the New York Post, New York's assisted suicide law takes effect.

From Breitbart, an Afghan suspected of killing a British woman in Greece was featured in an animation made for the Red Cross.

From Newsmax, more on the aforementioned Chuck Edwards.

And from SFGate, according to a study, roads in California have been made safer by....I kid you not....mountain lions.

Friday Phenomena For The End Of July

On a warm and partly cloudy Friday on the last day of July, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Spain deploys its military after 60,000 African migrants illegally enter the territory of Ceuta.

From FrontpageMag, Dr. Anthony Fauci claims the rights that he denied to his fellow Americans.

From Townhall, congresscritter Harriet Hageman (R-WY) talks about her bill that would end shakedown suits by climate activists.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senators from both parties aim to prohibit legacy preferences in college admissions.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump warns that what happened as mentioned above in Ceuta could happen in the U.S. if Democrats are reelected.

From The Federalist, the foreign invasion that could ruin your trip to the English countryside.

From American Thinker, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's (D) finger-pointing at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "sheer projection".

From NewsBusters, how media and news apps rushed to defend the aforementioned Dr. Fauci.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela starts the construction of 1,875 housing units for earthquake victims in the state of La Guaira.

From Snouts in the Trough, who are Europe's new "gods of hellfire"?  (The song from which this term is taken is a YouTube video embedded in the article.)

From EuroNews, more than 48,000 of the migrants who entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta have been returned to Morocco.

From ReMix, BMW plans to eliminate 8,000 jobs by the end of 2027 in order to cut costs.

From Balkan Insight, according to a watchdog, prosecution of war crimes in Croatia is stagnating.

From The North Africa Post, the U.S. sides with Morocco against Algeria and the group Polisario on the solution for the region of Sahara.

From The New Arab, Egypt will host ceasefire talks for Gaza after a proposed Hamas disarmament.

From RedState, 41 people are reported dead in the twice-aforementioned movement of migrants into Ceuta.

From the Daily Mail, Italy suspends its Schengen arrangement with Spain in response to events in Ceuta.

From Gatestone Institute, Turkey obtaining F-35 stealth fighters would be a threat to Greece, Israel, and the West.

From The Daily Signal, according to an opinion column, we should beware of Chinese military activity.

From The American Conservative, "understanding section 219" of the 2027 NDAA.

From The Western Journal, actor Bill Murray's 1987 skit on Saturday Night Live called out a trans surgeon as a child mutilator.

From BizPac Review, Florida carries out its first double execution since 1964.

From the Daily Caller, will the confirmation of Director of National Intelligence-nominee Jay Clayton revive the federal government's favorite warrantless spying tool?

From the New York Post, a "cancer cluster" neighborhood in Keyport, New Jersey has almost 400 cases as tests indicate high carcinogen levels.

From Breitbart, Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) urges New York state legislators to pass gun control laws to replace regulations loosened by the federal ATF.

And from Newsmax, to the moon, Alice!

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.

Monday Links

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

From National Review, does Wisconsin want to be the first state with a socialist governor?

From FrontpageMag, the German mainstream appears to be baffled by the right-wing party AfD.

From Townhall, the latest update on Senator Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) health.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Vice President Harris's new mansion in Malibu is in an area that has long been accused of "hostility" toward people who aren't white.

From the Washington Examiner, people fear that Flock cameras will lead to mass surveillance.

From The Federalist, former senatorial candidate Graham Platner's (D-ME) replacement is "still a crazy leftist".

From American Thinker, what would foreign interference in American elections look like?

From NewsBusters, a reporter for The New York Times covers anti-Jewish rhetoric from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D).

From Canada Free Press, total surveillance arrives quietly and never leaves.

From TeleSUR, UNESCO gives two opera houses in the Brazilian Amazon World Heritage status.

From Snouts in the Trough, does England need high-speed trains?

From EuroNews, three people are injured in a knife attack in Paris, after which a suspect is arrested.

From ReMix, around 400 buildings in the Czech Republic are targeted by bomb threats.

From Balkan Insight, child maintenance systems fail single mothers in the Balkans and elsewhere.

From The North Africa Post, why Air Algérie is not a good alternative to Royal Air Maroc for flying to Nigeria.

From The New Arab, Arab states and Israel reportedly step up their security coordination against Iran.

From the Daily Mail, more on the aforementioned knife attack in Paris.

From Culture Watch, "Islam and the West cannot peacefully coexist".

From Gatestone Institute, why U.S. President Trump and Congress should reject the proposed nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia.

From The Daily Signal, Dr. Anthony Fauci's diaries reveal that he gloated about coronavirus lockdowns and seeking fame.

From The American Conservative, Trump's success against illegal immigration, and people who aren't happy about it.

From The Western Journal, if you commit a crime, writing a song about it is not a good idea.

From BizPac Review, Trump may have broken the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.

From the Daily Caller, new Senator Darline Graham (R-SC) is willing to stay in Washington, D.C. until the SAVE America Act passes.

From the New York Post and the "what could go wrong?" department, the aforementioned Zohran Mamdani plans 30 percent discounts at city-owned grocery stores, but it comes with questions.

From Breitbart, Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Masino plans to step down in August.

From Newsmax, according to Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), the aforementioned Mitch McConnell is "clear-minded" while recovering the fall he suffered in June.

And from The Babylon Bee, the aforementioned Dr. Fauci is starting to think that keeping a daily perjury diary might have been a bad idea.

Friday Fuss

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

From National Review, WNBA player Sophie Cunningham dishes out some common sense.

From FrontpageMag, a socialist candidate for the Wisconsin state house who thinks that he's a woman claims to be the "Republican's worst nightmare".

From Townhall, ICE keeps on arresting criminal illegal aliens.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) senatorial candidate "Decoy Dan" Sullivan (R-AK), but his nonprofit group ran an ad staring a Sullivan campaign representative.

From the Washington Examiner, now that socialists are telling us who they are, we should believe them.

From The Federalist, American manufacturers are coming back home, which was helped by the One Big Beautiful Bill.

From American Thinker, while Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) ignored the New York City neighborhood of Little Italy, to added an imaginary country to the city's map.

From NewsBusters, actress/possible conspiracy theorist Rose O'Donnell recounts fleeing President Trump's America.

From Canada Free Press, an official family portrait of Canada's federal, provincial, and territorial premiers.

From TeleSUR, the legacy of Latin American revolutionary Simón Bolívar inspires anti-colonial resistance in Latin America.  (The last time I checked, there were very few parts of Latin America that are still dependencies of any European colonial powers.  The only such territory on the American mainland is French Guiana.)

From EuroNews, over 30 Polish sejmcritters leave the opposition party Law and Justice.

From ReMix, almost half of the people in prison in Germany are not German.

From Balkan Insight, at least 25 incidents of satnav interference have been reported over Serbia.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan and Malian businessmen agree to boost their partnership.

From The New Arab, which airlines have canceled or suspended their flights to the Middle East?

From the Daily Mail, the Iranian government claims that the U.K. is within its missile range.

From Gatestone Institute, if Iran can't have centrifuges for enriching uranium, why should Saudi Arabia?

From The Daily Signal, how have states responded to the Department of Homeland security revealing the numbers of non-citizens on U.S. voter rolls?

From The American Conservative, Ukrainian President Zelensky's military overhaul explodes Western fantasies.

From The Western Journal, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) is quickly rebuked after lying about voter ID in Virginia.

From BizPac Review, Senator Tim Sheehy (R-Mon) gives a powerful speech about Iran.

From the Daily Caller, why attacking the Houthis in Yemen can be a real pain you-know-where.

From the New York Post, the "diarrhea parasite" spreads into four more states.

From Breitbart, co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin claims that the SAVE America act would "disenfranchise more Republicans".

From Newsmax, the number of measles cases in the U.S. in 2026 has already exceeded the total for 2025.

And from SFGate, the biggest attraction at the California State Fair was illegal just a few years ago.

Thursday Things

On a hot and sunny Thursday down here in South Carolina, here are some things going on:

From National Review, New Jersey admits that thousands of non-citizens were registered to vote.

From FrontpageMag, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) accuses Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of war crimes.

From Townhall, what's going on with Massachusetts having a plan to establish an Islamic Commission?

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senator John Ossoff (D-GA) has spent thousands of dollars in campaign funds on "makeup services" so far this year.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump's patience with Senator Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is reportedly "running out" over the SAVE America Act.

From The Federalist, the many times when non-citizens appeared on American voter rolls.

From American Thinker, the problem with left-wing women.

From NewsBusters, NBC host Seth Meyers accuses Trump of announcing war crimes.

From Canada Free Press, political commentator Jon Stewart joins the Democrats in obscuring their socialist agenda.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela launches a unified housing registry for the victims of the two recent earthquakes.

From TCW Defending Freedom, after 12 years, TCW says "goodbye", but archives its contents behind a paywall.  (This article was published on July 18th, which was the site's last day.  I had to acknowledge the end of its regular publishing, with some sadness, and give readers a chance to subscribe to its archived content, for any who wish to do so.)

From Snouts in the Trough, Thames Water is a rip-off.

From EuroNews, Florence opens the first social media addiction center in Italy.

From ReMix, French magistrates add an aggravating racism factor to the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old boy in the commune of Crépol in 2023, thus recognizing the existence of anti-white racism.

From Balkan Insight, a mountainous region shared by Kosovo and Montenegro remains cut off due to closed roads.

From The North Africa Post, a U.S.-based publication spotlights Morocco's planned Hassan II Stadium, which is expected to host the 2030 World Cup.

From The New Arab, the struggle for the province of Suweida is a test for Syria's transition.

From Gatestone Institute, Hamas gets a new leader for the same old jihad.

From The Daily Signal, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt tells New Jersey that having non-citizens on the voter rolls is "completely unacceptable".

From The American Conservative, U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham sets a collision course with U.S. President Trump.

From The Western Journal, former Special Prosecutor Jack Smith is referred to the Department of Justice for possible criminal charges.

From BizPac Review, First Lady Melania Trump seeks sanctions against "journalist" Michael Wolff, who tried and failed to sue her.

From The Daily Caller, more on the aforementioned tensions between Trump and Thune.

From the New York Post, a 16-year-old girl tries subway surfing in New York City, is hit by a beam, and survives.

From Breitbart, the Department of Homeland Security reportedly finds 278,000 non-citizens on the voter rolls.

From Newsmax, the New York City Police Department rescues 43 people from human traffickers during World Cup soccer matches in New Jersey.

And from The Babylon Bee, Greek warrior Odysseus returns to Ithaca after 20 years to find out that his wife Penelope has run out of baking powder and needs him to go out again.

Wednesday Wanderings

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

From National Review, meet senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI), Michigan's answer former candidate Graham Platner (D-ME).

From FrontpageMag, 13 Massachusetts state legislators back a bill calling for a "permanent commission on the status of people who practice Islam".

From Townhall, Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis) and journalist Nick Shirley blow the lid off a fraud pipeline that sent cash to Somalian terrorists.

From The Washington Free Beacon, more on the aforementioned Abdul El-Sayed and his riches.

From the Washington Examiner, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth testosterone testing and treatment for active military personnel at least 30 years old.

From The Federalist, according to Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Democrats weaponized the Department of Justice against acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, which proves that he's a good choice for the job.

From American Thinker, some congresscritters really are anti-America.

From NewsBusters, the aforementioned Nick Shirley uncovers $310 million in alleged fraud in just one New York City neighborhood.

From Canada Free Press, living a nightmare on the east coast of communist Canada.

From TeleSUR, acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez meets with state security agencies to assess earthquake relief efforts.

From TCW Defending Freedom, how the Hallett Inquiry closed its ears to evidence of injuries from coronavirus vaccines.

From EuroNews, the French parliament passes a bill to establish a right to assisted dying for some terminally ill patients.

From ReMix, the Czech Supreme Court upholds the suspended sentence given to a dissident who wore a pro-Russian "Z" hoodie.  (In the Czech Republic, expressing support for Russia against Ukraine is apparently not free speech.  If you read Czech, read the story at Echo24.)

From Balkan Insight, a report from rights groups claims that Serbian authorities "targeted Croatians" during a political crisis.

From The New Arab, the Iraqi Ministry of Finance puts Hezbollah on its banking sanctions list.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, an Afghan man threatens people, including schoolchildren, with a knife at a railroad station in Ruhpolding, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at Junge Freiheit.)

From Arutz Sheva, Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) baptizes the winners and buries the losers in New York City's demographic war.

From Gatestone Institute, U.S. President Trump's "Board of Peace", double standards, the U.N., and the Kurds.

From The Daily Signal, the left-wing war against public safety is coming to a town near you.

From The American Conservative, the Trump administration's slow breakup with Venezuelan opposition politician María Corina Machado.

From The Western Journal, the number of Democrats attending a Senate hearing about fraud is a big fat zero.

From BizPac Review, Trump tells ICE to resume making traffic stops.

From the Daily Caller, according to a bill introduced by Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), Trump could hire digital "privateers" to combat cyber crime.

From the New York Post, gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman (R-NY) slams the New York state ban on gas stoves as a "green energy scam".

From Breitbart, former Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) scolds young socialist candidates about running against Democrat incumbents.

From Newsmax, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin ICE's operations amid rising attacks against them.

And from the Genesius Times, with France eliminated from the World Cup, there are now no African teams left.

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.

A Sasquatch's Thursday Dozen

On a warm Thursday that went from sunny to rainy, here are 12 things going on:

From LBC, a man is arrested in Moygashel, Northern Ireland for allegedly burning a replica of a mosque.

From BNO News, a man in my part of the world is sentenced to 15 years for trying to join ISIS and plotting an attack against Jews and people who support Israel.

From IranWire, an Iranian official claims that U.S. President Trump was "spared" while he was in Turkey.

From Gatestone Institute, Hamas's latest trick is leaving the government of Gaza while keeping its weapons.

From TCW Defending Freedom, what would Winston Churchill think of the modern U.K. of Lucy Connolly, imprisoned for a post on X, and murdered Anglo-Polish student Henry Nowak?

From FrontpageMag, Iran puts up an illusion.

From Townhall, senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX) presents another doctrine of his fake Christianity.

From The Federalist, Democrats in Maine convince former senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D) to step aside only because they realized that he would not win.

From American Thinker, the U.S. can attack "birthright citizens" living in China with the IRS.

From The American Conservative, Trump should veto the 21st Century Road to Housing Act.

From the Daily Caller, for the third straight year, the most common name for baby boys in England and Wales is Mohammad.

And from Reuters, Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler goes to the soundstage in the sky.

Wednesday Whatnot

Now that I'm back from running around, in a different area, here are some things going on:

From National Review, what are Russian generals telling President Putin about the war against Ukraine?

From FrontpageMag, the socialists will eat the Democratic Party.

From Townhall, speaking at the NATO summit in Turkey, President Trump goes scorched earth against communism.

From The Federalist, former Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan avoids prison for obstructing ICE agents.

From American Thinker, America's Founders would not recognize today's Democrats.

From NewsBusters, CNN cites a non-existent congresscritter as a source for information on Senator Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) health.

From Canada Free Press, Trump launches a "lawfare" portal to protect farmers and ranchers from radical environmentalists.

From TeleSUR, Bolivian bakers promote Marraqueta bread hoping that UNESCO will declare it a "heritage of humanity".

From TCW Defending Freedom, part 2 of an interview with former U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss.  (TCW DF has announced that it will soon be discontinued.)

From Snouts in the Trough, in the U.K., is your foreign National Health Service doctor even qualified?

From EuroNews, Barcelona, Spain sets a new high temperature record.

From ReMix, a German woman tells a man whom she believes was stalking her to [bleep] off.

From Balkan Insight, the annual Peace March starts in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, marking the anniversary of the 1995 genocide of Bosniaks by Bosnian Serb military forces.

From The North Africa Post, the International Monetary Fund asks Algeria to stop printing money to finance its deficit.

From The New Arab, according to a rights group, Syria's Supreme Constitutional Court risks becoming a tool of the executive branch.

From Afghanistan International, according to a survey, 75 percent of Afghan respondents are dissatisfied with the Taliban.

From Arutz Sheva, an Israeli doctor once helped to save the life of Turkish President Erdoğan.

From Gatestone Institute, jihadists look to the Indian territory of Kashmir, but Kashmiris look away.

From The Daily Signal, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) reveals how then-Special Counsel Jack Smith and people working for him may have mishandled classified information.

From The American Conservative, in its decision on mail-in ballots, the Supreme Court misread the historical record.

From The Western Journal, the Treasury Department has no plans to replace President Andrew Jackson with abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill.

From BizPac Review, Senator Mark Kelly's (D-AZ) scare story about Trump goes awry.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritter Brett Guthrie (R-KY) insinuates that the aforementioned Mitch McConnell is not even in Washington, D.C.

From the New York Post, where to go dining on California state highway 1.

From Fox News, according to co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin of The View, the Democrats "botched" their vetting of senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME).  (via the New York Post)

From Breitbart, why Democrats want to replace Platner with a different nominee.

From Newsmax, Trump tells Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to discontinue all trade with Spain.

And from the Genesius Times, the twice-aforementioned Mitch McConnell gives a 17-minute press conference, pledging "no" on the SAVE America Act.

Tuesday Things

On a warm and rainy Tuesday, which prevented me from doing much exploring, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the woman who claims that senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME) sexually abused her accuses The New York Times of downplaying her accusations.

From FrontpageMag, can the Iranian government be trusted to abide by any deal that it makes?

From Townhall, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History allegedly erases the American Founders and imposes "white supremacy culture" training.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to a report, almost half of New York City's schools are failing.

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Socialism (I-VT) calls upon the aforementioned Graham Platner to quit running for Senator.

From The Federalist, the Supreme Court's ruling about men in women's sports left one big question unanswered.

From American Thinker, after a Muslim migrant allegedly rapes a 16-year-old girl in Glasgow, Scottish police come up with a new euphemism to describe him.

From NewsBusters, 58 percent of Democrats now view socialism favorably.

From Canada Free Press, the long road to communism in Canada keeps getting shorter.

From TeleSUR, the Venezuelan government sets up 82 camps for earthquake survivors.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a left-wing U.K. bishop breaks ranks in the debate over a bill to ban LGBT conversion therapy.

From EuroNews, right-wing politician Marine Le Pen promises to run in the French presidential election next year despite being convicted of fraud.

From Free West Media, Poland decides to buy three submarines from Sweden.

From ReMix, 70 percent of tested "unaccompanied minor" migrants in Madrid, Spain turn out to be adults.  (If you read Spanish, read the story at El Debate.)

From Balkan Insight, meet the Albanians taking to the streets in the capital city of Tirana.

From The North Africa Post, the Moroccan tax authority used AI against organized fraud in 2025.

From The New Arab, can Iraq's crackdown on corruption succeed?

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Muslim bus driver in Ergoldingen, Germany parks his bus for several minutes in order to pray.  (If you read German, read the story at Welt.)

From Arutz Sheva, several explosions occur in Damascus, Syria near the hotel where French President Emmanuel Macron is staying.

From the Daily Mail, media reports of the death of former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad turn out to be greatly exaggerated.

From News(dot)com(dot)au, an Australian Muslim influencer is accused of faking charitable work for poverty-stricken children with AI-generated images.  (The last four stories come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, the Iranian government's war on Christians.

From The Daily Signal, right-wing commentator Victor Davis Hanson, who wrote the article, tells New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) that he is a product of privilege and thus should act grateful.

From Radio Free Asia, according to analysts, China's Pacific missile test sends a message to American allies.

From The American Conservative, U.K. parliamentcritter Nigel Farage resigns his seat and calls for a by-election, challenging the "establishment" to defeat him.

From The Western Journal, a truck driver who killed a Pennsylvania state trooper in a crash turns out to be an illegal alien from Haiti who was given a Commercial Driver's License in Massachusetts.

From The Western Journal, "high-level sources" report that Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is brain dead.

From the Daily Caller, according to an opinion column, a visa loophole is "quietly crushing" young Americans.

From the New York Post, the aforementioned Mitch McConnell tells Republican allies that reports of his brain being dead are greatly exaggerated.

From Breitbart, about 73 percent of Italians want illegal aliens to be deported.

From Newsmax, according to a survey, the number of Americans taking weight-loss drugs has almost quadrupled in two years.

And from The Babylon Bee, the U.S. reenters the World Cup after President Trump deports the entire Belgian team.

Thursday Tidings

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

From National Review, injustice toward Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

From FrontpageMag, why right-wing opponents of mass immigration have no problem with the Amish, who "don't assimilate".

From Townhall, according to an opinion column, you should annoy a Democrat and celebrate America's upcoming 250th birthday.

From the Washington Examiner, all the ways by which President Trump earns his money.

From The Federalist, 37 All-American places to eat on your summer road trip.  (I've been to three of them: the Tune Inn in Washington, D.C., Bob & Edith's in Arlington, VA, and the Texas Tavern in Roanoke, VA.)

From American Thinker, rent freezes, such as in New York City by Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D), fit right in with the definition of fascism.

From NewsBusters, the worst outbursts from the anti-American Hollywood left.

From Canada Free Press, Trump is finishing what started in 1776, which is why the Democratic Socialists of America and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney want him gone.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela decorates Italian and Swiss rescue teams for their earthquake relief efforts.

From TCW Defending Freedom, immigration and the Labour Party's war against the British people.

From Snouts in the Trough, should your kids start learning Chinese?

From EuroNews, almost 1.2 million illegal migrants apply for Spain's amnesty regularization scheme.

From Free West Media, after Morocco beats the Netherlands in the World Cup, several Dutch cities go into civil war mode.

From ReMix, French police raid offices and residences of members of the party National Rally.

From Balkan Insight, protesters are detained and police are injured at an anti-government rally outside the Albanian parliament building.

From The North Africa Post, Sudan extends the opening of the Adré border crossing with Chad for three months to keep allowing aid to enter.

From The New Arab, six people are killed in an explosion at a cafe in Damascus, Syria.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, the man who allegedly shot six people in Stade, Germany was driven to the scene of the crime by a member of a government sponsored NGO.  (If you read German, read the story at Junge Freiheit.)

From the Daily Mail, a woman passes out while being publicly caned in the Indonesian province of Aceh.

From Gatestone Institute, why negotiating with terrorists such as Hamas and terrorist regimes such as Iran is a terrible idea.

From The Daily Signal, why talk show host Bill Maher has become liberalism's apostate.

From Radio Free Asia, Papua New Guinea received millions of dollars after Cyclone Maila, but some residents still haven't gotten any relief.

From The American Conservative, the Supreme Court demands that America commits national suicide.

From The Western Journal, the media omit an unpleasant detail in former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's story about Child Protective Services taking his kids away for a day.

From BizPac Review, a CNN segment "goes off the rails" when a guest tells some uncomfortable truth about immigration and foreign exploitation of birthright citizenship.

From the Daily Caller, Congress plans to "reign in" birth tourism scams after the recent Supreme Court ruling.

From the New York Post, air traffic control audio reveals a New York Police Department helicopter pilot's to the two people who climbed the Empire State Building.  (The line between the labels "badass" and "stupid people" can be pretty thin, but because they allegedly committed several crimes with their stunt, I give them the latter.)

From Breitbart, more Americans are in the American work force.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter Tom McClintock (R-Cal), government housing subsidies should be eliminated because they cause home prices to rise.

And from Page Six, singer Madonna appears to take aim at her ex-husband Sean Penn in a new song.

Tuesday Tidbits

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

From National Review, the Supreme Court rules against President Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship.

From FrontpageMag, when has negotiating with Muslim terrorists ever accomplished anything?

From Townhall, Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH) calls on Congress to address the issue of birthright citizenship.

From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter Ro Khanna (D-Cal) lives like the rich people he claims to oppose.  (To steal a line from noted British economist John Lennon, "baby you're a rich man, too".)

From the Washington Examiner, Washington, D.C.'s plan for a 180-acre stadium complex for the Washington Commanders includes housing, hotels, and a grocery store.

From The Federalist, the Supreme Court upholds state laws women's sports from trans-identifying men.

From American Thinker, "the history of white flight and gentrification", whose cause and impact has been lied about.

From Newsbusters, ABC frets the ruling allowing state to limit female sports to real females, and so does CNN.

From Canada Free Press, if Muslims want to rewrite American history, then let's rewrite the Koran.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelans save their fellow Venezuelans.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the West cannot survive Islamo-communism.

From Snouts in the Trough, thanks to Volkswagen for exposing the uselessness of the people ruling the U.K.

From EuroNews, according to Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Ukraine has backed out of a "MiGs for drones" deal with Poland.

From Free West Media, the German military struggles to get new recruits.

From ReMix, two "dark-skinned" men allegedly rape a 16-year-old girl in a toilet facility in Stuttgart, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at SWR.)

From Balkan Insight, according to a report, freedom of information is still impeded in western Balkan countries.

From The North Africa Post, U.S. President Trump halts duties on Moroccan phosphate fertilizers.

From The New Arab, the Syrian parliament announces President Ahmed al-Sharaa's appointment of 70 new parliamentcritters to presently vacant seats.

From Arutz Sheva, the archbishop of Canterbury, terrorists, and the Christians whom she ignores.

From Gatestone Institute, who will enforce Trump's deal with Iran after he leaves office?

From The Daily Signal, according to right-wing commentator Victor Davis Hanson, who wrote the article, the WNBA has a racist agenda toward player Caitlin Clark.

From The American Conservative, how the U.S. can last through its 500th anniversary.

From The Western Journal, more on the Supreme Court's aforementioned ruling on birthright citizenship.

From BizPac Review, a Democratic congressional candidate in Colorado ignites a (figurative) firestorm with her comments about 9/11.

From the Daily Caller, in her concurring opinion on the twice-aforementioned ruling on birthright citizenship, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson uses Gen Z slang.

From Breitbart, Dutch politician Geert Wilders calls for rioting Moroccan soccer fans and their families to be deported.

From Newsmax, the Supreme Court rules against limits to campaign spending by political parties.

And from the New York Post, the Nassau County, New York police department unveils drone "first responders".