Wednesday Wanderings

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

From National Review, Speaker Johnson (R-LA) announces that males shall stay out of female bathrooms on Capitol Hill.

From FrontpageMag and the "rocks in their heads" department, a professor at Queen Mary University of London regards geology as a "colonial practice".

From Townhall, woman is raped on a running trail in Fairfax County, Virginia, allegedly by an illegal alien.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to Senator-elect Dave McCormick (R-PA), Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) picked up just four votes so far in counties that have finished their recounts.

From the Washington Examiner, voters in Bucks County, Pennsylvania promise to kick their Democrat election commissioners out of office.

From The Federalist, the illegal alien convicted of murdering Georgia nursing student Laken Riley will not be given the death penalty, which (in the opinion of the article's writer) "is a miscarriage of justice".

From American Thinker, when the U.S. paid tribute money to Muslims.

From MRCTV, a Catholic high school girls volleyball might be punished for forfeiting a match against a team with a boy on its roster.

From NewsBusters, ABC, CBS and NBC give almost four times as much coverage to "garbage-gate" than to the aforementioned trial of the illegal alien convicted of killing Laken Riley.

From Canada Free Press, possible election fallout and what lies ahead.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela's government calls the meeting between Argentine President Javier Milei and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni an act of political aggression.  (Venezuela has the right to tell the leaders of other countries whom they may or may not meet with?)

From TCW Defending Freedom, an idiot's guide to reducing carbon dioxide emissions, since the idiots are now in charge.

From Snouts in the Trough, should Prime Minister Keir Starmer be disbarred by the U.K.'s Solicitors Regulation Authority and/or by its Bar Standards Board?  (Since the U.K. has two types of lawyers, as in barristers and solicitors, it seems appropriate that it also has two authorities that can disbar someone.)

From EuroNews, centrist groups in the European Parliament agree to a deal to approve new members of the European Commission.

From ReMix, 63 percent of Germany's welfare recipients have a migration background.

From Balkan Insight, Greek workers strike for higher wages and better working conditions.

From The North Africa Post, military leaders from Morocco and other countries meet in Agadir, Morocco to plan for the multinational exercise "African-Lion 2025".

From The New Arab, displaced people in Gaza lack tents as the war in the area enters its second winter.

From JFeed, according to a U.N. official, the job of protecting aid convoys in Gaza belongs to Israel, not to UNWRA.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a 19-year-old man allegedly attacks police officers with a knife in Bremen, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at PressePortal.)

From The Jerusalem Post, an opinion column about Hamas supporters versus the advancement of knowledge.

From Gatestone Institute, the "new axis of tyrannies" against the West.

From The Stream, members of President-elect Trump's team have a lots of kids.

From The Daily Signal, in his three meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Biden avoids saying the G-word.

From The American Conservative, Trump has a realist strategy for dealing with China.

From The Western Journal, the man known as "Polling Nostradamus", who predicted that Vice President Harris would be elected president, gets to enjoy his serving of crow.  (I wonder if this guy is tired of the saying "eat crow" and its variants.)

From BizPac Review, Biden makes another policy change that could escalate the war between Russia and Ukraine.

From The Daily Wire, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will headline an event which will feature activists who supported Hamas's actions on October 7th, 2023.

From the Daily Caller, more on the aforementioned conviction and sentencing of the illegal alien convicted of killing Laken Riley.

From the New York Post, Texas authorities drop more buoys into the Rio Grande in order to stop migrants from illegally crossing it.

From Breitbart, congresscritter (R-NY) and U.N. Ambassador-designate Elise Stefanik calls the U.N. "a den of antisemitism".

From Newsmax, according to Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian, the incoming second Trump administration will be a "breath of fresh air" after Biden's government "overreach".

And from SFGate, according to a study from Stanford University, California's Central Valley is sinking at a record rate.

A Late Sasquatch's Dozen For Tuesday

Now that I'm back home after running around, here are 12 things going on:

From Arutz Sheva, Switzerland takes a harder line on terrorism.

From Gatestone Institute, when dealing with crimes and non-crime incidents, Britain is going bonkers.

From FrontpageMag, another left-wing nut-job calls President-elect Trump "Hitler".

From Townhall, here's who leads the Democrat pack for the 2028 presidential election.

From The Washington Free Beacon, anti-Israel students protest outside Harvard University's main campus Jewish center.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump's "fury" over President Biden's judicial nominees sends Vice President-elect J.D. Vance back to the Senate, where he still represents Ohio.

From The Federalist, FEMA Director Deanne Criswell claims that criticism of her agency is "misinformation".

From American Thinker, Pennsylvania election officials are still counting illegal votes, and even Governor Josh Shapiro (D-PA) calls out the cheating.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the blatant hypocrisy of the climate conference crew.

From The Stream, is the deep state deliberately risking nuclear war in order save the skin of its own criminals?

From The American Conservative, Health and Human Services Secretary-designate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is getting lied about.

And from the Genesius Times and the "don't give him any ideas" department, Biden annexes Ukraine as America's 51st state to expedite the start of World War III.

Monday Links

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

From National Review, Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and the Democrats are trying to steal an election in Pennsylvania.  (Tell me again how it's wrong to deny election results.)

From FrontpageMag, the Women's March is currently being run by someone who is not a woman.  (For the time being, at least, he has yet to "identify" as a woman.)

From Townhall, if you don't really want to leave the U.S. due to former President Trump's reelection, you can instead go on a cruise lasting most of his upcoming second term.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the "hair-raising" content of a mandatory course taught at the University of California, San Francisco medical school.

From the Washington Examiner, according to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R), a replacement for Secretary of State nominee Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) could be chosen by early next January.

From The Federalist, The New York Times has no problem with "election deniers" if they are Democrats.

From American Thinker, former President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama get their comeuppance.

From MRCTV, on his way out, President Biden imposes a tax on methane.

From NewsBusters, for the position of FCC chairman, Trump picks someone who believes in free speech.

From Canada Free Press, "let me count the ways" in which right-wingers, the U.S., and the world have benefited from Trump's electoral victory.

From TeleSUR, according to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, U.S. imperialism "has entered a phase of madness".  (He said this in response to Biden's decision to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles provided by the U.S. against Russia.  It thus seems that his definition of "U.S. imperialism" is "opposition to Russian imperialism".  Back during the Cold War "U.S. imperialism" could have been defined as "opposition to Soviet imperialism".)

From TCW Defending Freedom, the billions upon billions of U.K. pounds wasted on face masks.

From Snouts in the Trough, is U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves someone whom you would trust?  (SitT just keeps on picking on her.)

From EuroNews, what targets in Russia could Ukraine strike now that it may use U.S.-provided long-range missiles?

From Remix, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock of the Green Party welcomes the U.S. decision to allow Ukraine to use the aforementioned long-range missiles.

From Balkan Insight, Kosovo and North Macedonia agree to make crossing their mutual border easier for each other's citizens.  (It wasn't all that long ago when both were parts of a larger country named Yugoslavia.)

From The North Africa Post, Morocco sends more humanitarian aid to flood-stricken parts of Spain.

From The New Arab, the Egyptian parliament intends to review a 40-year old rent law.

From The Jerusalem Post, police in the English county of Cambridge regard the sending of a swastika to Jewish students as a non-crime hate incident, but not an actual hate crime.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a migrant from Afghanistan allegedly desecrates a statue of the Virgin Mary at a church in Einsiedeln, Switzerland.  (If you read German, read the story at Junge Freitheit.)

From IranWire, an Iranian who converted to Christianity is sentenced to 10 years in prison for "propaganda against the Islamic Republic through promoting Christianity".

From Arutz Sheva, when in Europe, don't criticize Islam unless you want to deal with the police.

From Gatestone Institute, UNRWA hires terrorists, including those with Hamas, and glorifies terrorism.

From The Stream, hope for what the second Trump administration might accomplish.

From The Daily Signal, even most Democrats oppose sex-change surgery for minors.

From The American Conservative, right-wing journalist Pat Buchanan deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

From The Western Journal, former White House press secretary Jen Psaki admits that Democrats are "in the wilderness".

From BizPac Review, Trump's dance moves rock the NFL and even go global.

From The Daily Wire, congresscritter James Comer (R-KY) has evidence that FEMA's policy of avoiding Trump-supporting homes was wider than previously thought.

From the Daily Caller, Bucks County, Pennsylvania was given a $5 million state grant for election integrity, but was later sued for turning away voters who had waited in line for hours.

From the New York Post, First Son Hunter Biden goes to Disneyland and rides Dumbo.

From Breitbart, after a decade of calling Trump "Hitler", Joe Scarborough and Mike Brzezinski figuratively kiss Trump's ring.

From Newsmax, congresscritter Scott Perry (R-PA) supports Trump's appointment of former congresscritter Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as attorney general.  (Gaetz recently resigned from Congress.)

And from The Babylon Bee, a single bite of a McDonald's hamburger causes former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s (I) to balloon to 350 pounds.

A Few Stories For Sunday

On a cloudy and cool Sunday, here are a few things going on:

From National Review, President-elect Trump picks the CEO of a fracking company to be his energy secretary.  (An energy secretary who actually has some experience in the production of energy, what a concept!)

From FrontpageMag, a Muslim couple allegedly tries to honor-kill their teenage daughter for not accepting an arranged marriage - in Lacey, Washington.

From Townhall, President Biden authorizes Ukraine to use long-range missiles provided by the U.S. to strike inside Russia.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about the very long history of Iraq.

From the Washington Examiner, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin's (R) next act "is still being written".

From The Federalist, Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) endorses the Bucks County, Pennsylvania election board now conducting his recount in a manner which defies a ruling by the state's Supreme Court.

From American Thinker, Democrats gonna keep on being Democrats.

From NewsBusters, the media mock and belittle Trump's cabinet picks, just like they did in 2016.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the recently resigned woke Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and the wrong kind of clerics.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a man in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France points his gun at police, thus making his last mistake.  (If you read French, read the story at Actu17 and FDeSouche.)

From Arutz Sheva, multiple high-profile Israeli and Zionist accounts on the platform Instagram are disabled.

From Gatestone Institute, some challenges which Trump will face during his upcoming second term.  (I've come to realize that he will be inheriting a more difficult situation than he did eight years earlier.)

From The Stream, dealing with anxiety.

From The Daily Signal, Democrats should stop the weirdness.

And from The American Conservative, meet Vice President-elect J.D. Vance's mom.

Saturday Stuff

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

From National Review, a federal judge blocks a bid by The Onion to buy Alex Jones's platform InfoWars.

From Townhall, Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) says what right-wingers are thinking about his party.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Secretary of State nominee Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and the return of the Monroe Doctrine.

From the Washington Examiner, Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth has (gasp!) Christian tattoos.

From American Thinker, some ideas for the new Department Of Government Efficiency.  (Yes, I know.  The term "government efficiency" is all too often an oxymoron.)

From NewsBusters, on MSNBC, Hegseth's aforementioned tattoos are alleged to be "white supremacist".

From TCW Defending Freedom, the budget proposed by U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves brings the two certainties of debt and taxes.

From Snouts in the Trough, more about Reeves and her allegedly being "economical with the truth".  (Yesterday, I linked another SitT article about Reeves.  Have I picked on her enough for two days?)

From Union of Catholic Asian News, Parahyangan Catholic University in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia beefs up its security an alleged bomb threat from an Islamic terrorist group.

From Gatestone Institute, the possibility of the Middle East having a "golden age".

From The Stream, why in the Jewish and Christian traditions, a remnant preserves society.

From The Daily Signal, pro-lifers explain how President-elect Trump can protect pregnancy resource centers from attacks, such protection currently being undermined by the Biden administration.

From The American Conservative, President Biden "gets the last laugh", or at least the last smile.

From The Western Journal, an illegal alien is glad that Trump won, even if Trump deports him.

From BizPac Review, the Chief Twit defends Attorney General nominee and congresscritter Matt Gaetz (R-FL) against accusations from former National Security Advisor John Bolton.

From The Daily Wire, some government waste that could be targeted by the new Department Of Government Efficiency, such as transgender monkeys and Barbie fraud.

From the Daily Caller, the University of Oklahoma is accused of defying a state law by requiring a DEI course.  (Tell me again how "no one is above the law".)

From the New York Post, Democrats in Bucks County, Pennsylvania admit breaking the law to overturn Senator-elect Dave McCormick's (R) victory over incumbent Senator Bob Casey (D).  (Tell me again how "no one is above the law".)

And from Breitbart, congresscritter Seth Moulton (D-MA) admits what's wrong with his party.

Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, President-elect Trump gets ready for a confirmation war.

From FrontpageMag, Border Czar-designate Tom Homan has a tough message for Democrat governors who favor open borders.

From Townhall, former Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) decides to run again in 2026.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senator Katie Britt (R-AL) warns universities about antisemitism.

From the Washington Examiner, the good, the bad, and the ugly among Trump's nominees.

From The Federalist, America's adversaries don't want Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) to become its next secretary of state.  (This, of course, is precisely why Rubio should become secretary of state.)

From American Thinker, the problem with the government is not fraud, waste and abuse, but bureaucratic power.  (I would somewhat disagree.  Fraud, waste and abuse are still a problem, but power wielded by unelected bureaucrats is a bigger one.)

From MRCTV, co-host Whoopi Goldberg of The View joins the anti-Trump sex strike.  (I liked her much better when she played Guinan, the host of Ten Forward on the Enterprise D.)

From The Times, police in the U.K. investigate a nine-year-old kid for calling a classmate a "retard".  (When I was a Littlefoot, I was called "retard" and similar insults, and likewise insulted other kids, more times than I can remember.  The story comes via MRCTV.)

From NewsBusters, CBS worries that the Palestinians are afraid of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R), whom Trump picked to be ambassador to Israel.  (As with the aforementioned Secretary Of State-designate Rubio, this is precisely why Huckabee is a good pick.)

From Canada Free Press, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hides a list of suspected Nazi war criminals who immigrated to Canada after World War II.  (Former Nazi rocket scientist Werner von Braun, who had a second career at NASA in the U.S., is unavailable for comment.)

From TeleSUR, Tropical Storm Sara makes landfall in northeastern Honduras.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K.'s National Energy System Operator tells climate official Ed Miliband that his plans cannot work.

From Snouts in the Trough, will Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeve's destroy all of the U.K.'s pensions?

From EuroNews, over 200 students go into the streets of Turin, Italy for a "No Meloni Day" protest and injure 15 police officers.

From ReMix, the Polish government locks 28 bank accounts belonging to Sacred Heart Priests.

From Balkan Insight, Croatian Health Minister Vili Beroš is detained for alleged bribery and corruption.

From The North Africa Post, the Moroccan government exempts military industry investors from its corporate tax.

From The New Arab, today's date is Palestine's Independence Day.

From Gatestone Institute, the call to "globalize the intifada" was realized in Amsterdam.

From The Stream, encountering Marxism at your local public library.

From The Daily Signal, Trump can prevent endless wars by restoring deterrence.

From The American Conservative, for three Democratic Senators, how 2024 is a mirror to 2006, when they were first elected.

From The Western Journal, actor Sylvester Stallone calls Trump "the second George Washington".  (I disagree.  While Trump, like Washington, has been president of the United States, he has never been a surveyor, a horseman, a military leader, or a whiskey producer.)

From BizPac Review, recently imprisoned Trump alley Steve Bannon tells MSNBC host Rachel Maddow to "lawyer up".

From The Daily Wire, according to Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), FEMA acted "contrary" to its "taxpayer-supported mission" and owes Americans some answers.

From the Daily Caller, according to data from ICE, sanctuary cities freed tens of thousands of criminal illegal aliens during the Biden presidency.

From Breitbart, congresscritter Wiley Nickel (D-NC) calls for Democrats to set up a "shadow government" to oppose Trump, and suggests Senator-elect Adam Schiff for its "shadow" attorney general.  (This, of course, would take the idea that "Schiff happens" to a whole new level.)

From Newsmax, according to JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, Wall Street bankers are "dancing in the street" over Trump's win.

And from the New York Post, dozens of new emojis will be available for your iphone in 2025, including one depicting the possibly non-existent beast whose name yours truly has appropriated.

More Late Stuff For Thursday

Once again I've gotten home after running around on a Thursday, this one cool and rainy, so here are a few things going on:

From National Review, President-elect Trump's pick of former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is pro-abortion, is "disastrous".

From FrontpageMag, left-wingers go nuts over Trump's pick of veteran and Fox News host Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense.

From Townhall, why Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) hasn't conceded the race that he by just about all accounts lost.

From The Washington Free Beacon, anti-Israel student groups at Columbia University encourage classmates to "get involved" with a designated terrorism financier.

From the Washington Examiner, Democratic election commissioners in Buck's County, Pennsylvania vote to count illegal ballots in the aforementioned Senate race.

From The Federalist, Wisconsin senatorial candidate Eric Hovde (R), who lost narrowly to incumbent Senator Tammy Baldwin (D), considers requesting a recount.  (Both sides can play the recount game, you know.)

From American Thinker, border czar-designate Tom Homan is out for justice.

From MRCTV, a woke mob can't stand that a historically known Jew is portrayed by a Jew.

From NewsBusters, some "not so random thoughts" about the 2024 election.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the fatal flaws in an assisted dying bill being considered by the U.K. parliament.

From The Jerusalem Post, Australia votes in favor of a resolution for Palestinian sovereignty.

From Arutz Sheva, pro-Arab activists riot in Paris ahead of a soccer match between France and Israel.

From Gatestone Institute, Bangladesh is becoming Talibanized.

From The Stream, beware of the new Irish inquisition.

From The Daily Signal, still more about the twice-aforementioned Senate race in Pennsylvania.

From The American Conservative, Trump is a weaver.

From The Western Journal, Trump lawyer Alina Habba announces that she does not seek to become his White House press secretary.

From BizPac Review, actress Eva Longoria and her family leave the U.S.

From The Daily Wire, three people are charged with faking a hate crime in an attempt to help a left-wing candidate get elected mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado.

From the Daily Caller, RNC chair and former and future First Daughter-In-Law Lara Trump makes a pitch for Senator Marco Rubio's (R-FL) seat due to his nomination to be Secretary of State.

From the New York Post, driving into Midtown Manhattan in New York City is gonna cost ya, pilgrim.

From Breitbart, a high school teacher in California storms out of her classroom when she sees a student wearing a MAGA shirt and accuses him of a hate crime.

From Newsmax, according to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, the U.S. economy's recent performance is the best of any major economy in the world.

And from SFGate, eight Bay Area chefs are named among the most powerful people in American fine dining.

Wednesday Whatnot

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

From National Review, the archivist of the United States releases a statement on the sentencing of two climate protesters who vandalized display cases for the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

From FrontpageMag, President-elect Trump decides against including former Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in his new administration.

From Townhall, Trump names former congresscritter Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) as Director of National Intelligence.  (In case anyone hasn't heard, she's now a Republican, and has a title which is much more respectable than "congresscritter", as in "Lieutenant Colonel.")

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Biden-Harris administration's crackdown on gas-fired power plants will apparently not be kept in place by the incoming Trump administration.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump names congresscritter Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as attorney general.

From The Federalist, instead of naming South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to head the Department of Homeland Security, Trump should abolish it.

From American Thinker, a roundup of the votes on some state matters.

From MRCTV, Jewish members of the faculty at the University of Rochester are targeted with hundreds of "wanted" posters.

From NewsBusters, a flashback to when the media claimed that Russia "hacked" the 2016 election.

From Canada Free Press, a 17-year-old autistic female soccer player faces a 12-game suspension for asking an innocent question.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela increases its oil production despite sanctions from the U.S.  (I regard this as good news because an increase in supply can results in lower prices for oil and gasoline.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, the Church of England should choose the next Archbishop of Canterbury an election in which its members vote.

From Snouts in the Trough, the U.K.'s National Health Service is already more diverse than the country itself.

From EuroNews, at her trial, French politician Marine Le Pen denies embezzling E.U. funds.

From ReMix, four Turks, including one illegal alien, are arrested in connection with a stabbing in Warsaw, Poland.

From Balkan Insight, former Bosnian military police commander Kerim Lučarević goes on trail for allegedly failing to protect Yugoslav soldiers retreating from Sarajevo in 1992.

From The North Africa Post, according to Transport Minister Abdessamad Kayouh, Morocco plans to set up a train assembly plant.

From The New Arab, why did Israel reopen the Kissufim border crossing with Egypt?

From IranWire, an Iranian woman is arrested after defending herself from a soldier who harassed her.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a 16-year-old Chechen boy is arrested for allegedly planning a terror attack on a synagogue in Le Mans, France.  (If you read French, read the story at Le Parisien.)

From the Daily Mail, an Iranian prisoner is hanged twice.

From Iran International, Iran opens a "hijab clinic", attempting to frame opposition to wearing the hijab as a mental health issue.

From RAIR Foundation USA, a Muslim in Amsterdam thanks the city's left-wing mayor for (as he claims) allowing Muslims to attack "Zionists".

From Jewish News Syndicate, Wikipedia destroys its credibility with anti-Israel propaganda.

From Arutz Sheva, according to an opinion article, supporters of Hamas no longer distinguish between American Jews and Israel.  (The last seven stories come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, the Mario Draghi report "To Save Europe" is late and confused, but has some important findings.

From The Stream, a warm handshake for the Orange Man and the Big Guy.

From The Daily Signal, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, whose country is hosting the U.N. climate conference COP29, praises fossil fuels and attacks climate "hypocrisy".

From The American Conservative, "can Trump deliver" during his upcoming second term?

From The Western Journal, recent vice presidential candidate Governor Tim Walz's (D-Min) children describe life after the election, which Vice President Harris might not want to hear.

From BizPac Review, Fox News contributor Katie Pavlich calls out Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for wanting to play nice now that his side has lost.

From The Daily Wire, Senator John Thune (R-SD) is elected Senate majority leader.

From the Daily Caller, insiders reveal who might and who won't replace Vice President-elect J.D. Vance in the Senate.

From the New York Post, former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (I) still wants Trump to appoint him as Secretary of Health and Human Services.

From Breitbart, actress Jamie Lee Curtis leaves the platform X.

From Newsmax, according to San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie (D), the city's people want a return to common sense.

And from the Genesius Times, Republican Senators pick Democrat John Thune (SD) to be their leader because they felt sorry about winning so much.

Tuesday Tidbits

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

From National Review, President Biden doomed his fellow Democrats even before their figurative ship started sinking.

From FrontpageMag, the biggest killer disease crosses the U.S. border.

From Townhall, why hasn't Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) conceded yet?

From The Washington Free Beacon, in this year's election, President-elect Trump carries Springfield, Ohio.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump names former Arkansas Governor (and father of his current successor) Mike Huckabee (R) ambassador to Israel.

From The Federalist, hard times lie ahead for the Bulwark, the Dispatch, and the Never Trumpers.

From American Thinker, thankfully, Trump has picked a real border czar.

From MRCTV, the fossil fuel industry and its consumers nervously hope for a change from the incoming Trump administration.

From NewsBusters, HBO host John Oliver claims that Vice President Harris ran a "centrist campaign" during her candidacy for president.

From Canada Free Press, has the weather become a "new mega weapon"?  (I used to joke that President Bush the Younger had a weather machine, which later presidents such as Obama and Trump had a hard time figuring out how to operate.  Similarly, Vice President Cheney had an earthquake machine which his successors Biden and Pence had trouble working.)

From TeleSUR, according to President Nicolás Maduro, governance in Venezuela will be based on direct democracy.

From TCW Defending Freedom, have the vaccine pushers in the U.K.'s National Health Service reached their last stand?

From EuroNews, according to Russian state media, a Russian warship carrying hypersonic missiles is training in the English Channel.

From ReMix, the Russian Duma passes a law banning the promotion of a child-free lifestyle and the adoption of Russian children to trans-friendly countries.

From Balkan Insight, media organizations demand the immediate release of jailed Turkish journalist Furkan Karabay.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)

From The North Africa Post, French Ambassador to Morocco Christophe Lecourtier becomes the first European diplomat to visit Moroccan Sahara.

From The New Arab, Tunisian authorities investigate three more pro-HamasPalestine activists.

From Arutz Sheva, Muslims attack Jewish soccer players - in Berlin.

From Jewish News Syndicate, according to a Palestinian Authority official, the attack on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam shows that "the world is sick of the Jews".

From The Jerusalem Post, pro-HamasPalestinian students at Columbia University hold an "anti-Veteran" day protest.

From Gatestone Institute, the way forward for Israel.

From The Stream, former and future First Lady Melania Trump declines an invitation for tea with current First Lady Jill Biden.

From The Daily Signal, the Democrat win in 2020 was a blessing in disguise.

From The American Conservative, some people whom Trump should appoint to national security positions.

From The Western Journal, according to an op-ed, "why Trump won" this year's election.

From BizPac Review, the Democratic owner of a restaurant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania explains to CBS reporter Scott Pelley why she voted for Trump.

From The Daily Wire, according to fired FEMA supervisor Marn'i Washington, the directive to "avoid homes" with Trump signs is not an "isolated" incident.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritters Lisa McClain (R-Mich), Erin Houchin (R-IN) and Kat Cammack (R-FL) announce their candidacies to succeed congresscritter Elise Stefanik (R-NY) as Republican conference chair, because Trump appointed her to be ambassador to the U.N.

From the New York Post, according to his former presidential campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, Trump is ready to do a U-turn on banning the Chinese app TikTok.

From Breitbart, if Trump appoints Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) to be secretary of state, whom should Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) appoint to fill Rubio's seat in the Senate?

From Newsmax, Trump chooses congresscritter Mike Waltz (R-FL) to be his national security advisor.

And from AP News, two 59-year-old Norwegian women who were switched at birth sue the Norwegian government and the municipality where they were born.  (via the New York Post)

Stories For Veterans Day

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

From National Review, the Democrats start their blame game.

From FrontpageMag, where did those missing 11 million 2020 votes for then-candidate Biden go?

From Townhall, in the 2024 election, Democrats faced something far worse than the revenge of the working class.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a list of winners and losers from the 2024 election.

From the Washington Examiner, making a case for mass deportation.

From The Federalist, the lesson which some left-wingers have learned from President-elect Trump's victory should terrify all of us.

From American Thinker, seven lessons which the Democrats should learn from the 2024 election.  (I'll add one more which this article doesn't mention.  You're not going to get Americans to vote for you by insulting them and subjecting them to name calling.)

From NewsBusters, the aftermath of this year's elections.

From Canada Free Press, Democrats provide some great comic relief after their loss.

From TeleSUR, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa appoints Planning Secretary Sariha Moya as temporary vice president.

From TCW Defending Freedom, hidden injuries from Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine.

From Snouts in the Trough, the principles of "plan-do-review" versus "double-down and cover-up".

From EuroNews, the Russian government denies that President Putin spoke about de-escalation in Ukraine with U.S. President-elect Trump.

From ReMix, Poland celebrates Independence Day.  (On the day when World War I ended, Poland regained its independence after 123 years of being partitioned between Austria-Hungary, Russia and Prussia, which merged with other states to become Germany.  If you read Polish, read the story at Salon24.)

From Balkan Insight, several thousand protesters in Belgrade, Serbia demand resignations and justice over the disaster at the Novi Sad railway station.

From The North Africa Post, at the G20 conference, the African Union calls for the creation of an international fund to protect and preserve African heritage.

From The New Arab, a Saudi Arabian man becomes the first from his country to die "fighting for Hezbollah" against Israel in Lebanon.

From AMU, the Taliban reportedly maintain their tolerance toward al Qaeda and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.

From Gatestone Institute, America failed Vice President Harris.

From The Stream, the pro-life movement has a lot of work ahead of it.

From The Daily Signal and the "I sure hope so" department, the left-wing woke agenda died in this election.

From The American Conservative, how the conflict in Gaza saved the U.S.

From The Western Journal, President Biden appears to have some difficulty walking on a beach.

From BizPac Review, MSNBC host Jon Capehart questions about how to "live" with Trump voters.  (If you ask me, it's very simple.  Treat everyone with proper respect without regard to politics.)

From The Daily Wire, for Veterans Day, Gold Star families offer their stories of service and sacrifice.

From the Daily Caller, the incoming Trump administration needs to start pulling security clearances on day one.

From the New York Post, Biden and Harris make their first public appearance together after her election loss, visiting Arlington National Cemetery for a Veterans Day Event.

From Breitbart, filmmakers Rob Reiner and Michael Moore are trolled for going into radio silence after their predicted victory for Harris didn't happen.

From Newsmax, Trump names longtime advisor Stephen Miller to be his deputy chief of policy.

And from The Babylon Bee, Republican congresscritters tell the American people that they're working hard trying to figure out how to squander the next two years.  (Wait a minute.  I though that TBB was a satirical sight.  This sounds way too much like the truth.)