Tuesday Tidbits

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

From National Review, the French left unleashes its revolutionary politics.

From FrontpageMag, France is on fire.

From Townhall, inside the secret Democratic plot to weaponize Congress against the Chief Twit.

From The Washington Free Beacon, attorney general candidate Saritha Komatireddy (R-NY) is doing surprisingly well against incumbent Attorney General Letitia James (D-NY).

From the Washington Examiner, when in Pennsylvania's coal country, follow the climate change money.  (I say this as a descendant of coal miners and workers who lived in Pennsylvania.)

From The Federalist, in California, one-party rule shows that it's a madhouse.  (Apologies to Charlton Heston.)

From American Thinker, how the party of "No Kings" support policies that take away our freedoms.

From NewsBusters, right-wing commentator Mark Levin tells Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich) that she's being attacked for "echoing Stalin", not for being a woman.

From Canada Free Press, Canada's speech police knock on Action4Canada founder Tanya Gaw's door over her posts about Islam.

From TeleSUR, four Colombian policemen are arrested in connection with the death of a suspect in their custody.

From Snouts in the Trough, as society drifts from the truth, it will hate those who speak it, which includes President Trump.

From EuroNews, France promises a security operation including military personnel in response to protests planned for this coming weekend.

From ReMix, https://rmx.news/article/france-rioters-threatened-woman-with-rape-her-while-she-was-holding-her-infant-but-feminist-activist-claims-mere-collateral-damage-for-the-revolution/.

From Balkan Insight, the Romanian parliament backs a new government.

From Morocco World News, Moroccan preschool teachers demand higher pay and better job security.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco welcomed 1.3 million tourists from the U.K. in 2025.

From Hürriyet Daily News, the dietary habits of ancient Lydians are revealed in charred seeds.

From Turkish Minute, Turkish police detain 14 suspected ISIS financiers after a tip from the German embassy.

From Rûdaw, Iraq recorded 220 human trafficking cases during September.

From ArmenPress, according to an intergovernmental panel report, Armenia would face serious economic consequences if its EAEU membership is suspended.

From Public Radio Of Armenia, the Armenian Education Ministry signs a memorandum of understanding with Ghent University in Belgium to promote Armenian studies.

From Azərbaycan24, installed power generation capacity in Azerbaijan reaches 9,395 megawatts.

From AzerNews, can factories in the Aghdam Industrial Park make the Azerbaijani region of Karabakh economically sustainable?

From Organiser, France ranks 33 in human freedom and 25 in press freedom, so why can't it protect its streets from Islamist extremism?

From Culture Watch, "on civilizational suicide".

From Arutz Sheva, Germany summons the Iranian ambassador over a plot to target Jewish figures.

From Gatestone Institute, the damage that weak leaders can inflict on their own countries.

From The Daily Signal, according to an opinion column, the Democratic Socialists of America want to hold Congress hostage.

From Radio Free Asia, the joint airbase in Laos could give China another outpost in Southeast Asia.

From The American Conservative, former Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle has flamed out, but other ambassadors have burned the night away.

From The Western Journal, the Social Security Agency cleans up its records and correctly marks millions of people as deceased.

From BizPac Review, a high school football player tackles an opponent who was carrying the American flag.

From the Daily Wire, parents in Texas find disturbing advice inside a transgender pamphlet sent to kids.

From the Daily Caller, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Trump considers another offensive against Iran.

From the New York Post, according to sources close to her, New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) is ready to announce a chipmaking plant in the city of Utica, despite a ban on AI data centers.

From Breitbart, a judge in Florida issues an arrest warrant for 95-year-old Cuban dictator Raúl Castro.

From Newsmax, according to a poll, 64 percent of Americans support data centers - conditionally.

And from the Genesius Times, the Louvre Museum in Paris holds an open house for looters, but the painting Girl with the Suicidal Empathy is left untouched.

Monday Mania

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

From National Review, the rioters in France are destroying what the Nazis couldn't.

From FrontpageMag, one third of gang members in Minnesota are Somalian.

From Townhall, why do the Democrats not want anyone to monitor the vote count.

From The Washington Free Beacon, AI ethicists try to give the AI model Claude a conscience.

From The Federalist, instead of making the entire country of Canada the 51st state, just take the province of Alberta.

From American Thinker, left-wing women don't understand who their biggest enemy really is.

From NewsBusters, 60 Minutes cohost Lesley Stahl fearmongers over the upcoming midterm elections but downplays voting by noncitizens.

From Canada Free Press, the "No Kings" rallies were really no big deal.

From Snouts in the Trough, will the people currently of the U.K. be ready to fight for the Islamic Republic of Britanistan?

From EuroNews, France announces partial curfews after a weekend of rioting.

From Free West Media, protests spread to cities in Portugal.

From ReMix, after 2,000 shops are looted or damaged in France, Interior Minister Laurent Núñez offers his resignation to French President Emmanuel Macron, who refuses to accept it.

From Balkan Insight, the Albanian capital of Tirana is rocked by protests and clashes with police.

From The Malta Independent, Maltese Finance Minister Clyde Caruana expects the current protests in parts of Europe to continue for months.

From Malta Today, a tiny snake native to the Indo-Malay region slithers across Malta.

From ANSA, truck drivers block a gate at the port of Naples, Italy.

From SwissInfo, the Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Sprüngly fires its CEO Adalbert Lechner.

From France24, according to Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, France is ready to declare a state of emergency "if needed".

From RFI, five men go on trial in Aix-en-Provence, France over a triple murder linked to drugs wars in Marseille.

From The Portugal News, 10 percent of the population in 101 Portuguese municipalities (out of 308 total) are foreigners.

From The North Africa Post, the company Green Sky Capital, based in Doha, Qatar, plans to invest $239 million in a green jet fuel facility in Morocco.

From Gatestone Institute, the Palestinian Authority dangerously seeks unity with Hamas.

From The Daily Signal, as Europe burns, is the U.S. next?

From The American Conservative, do we really need ambassadors?

From The Western Journal, Secretary of State Marco Rubio widens his lead over Vice President J.D. Vance in a presidential straw poll.

From BizPac Review, communists, unions and activists are shown as key players in the aforementioned rioting in France.

From the Daily Wire, the real story behind the Chief Twit's new flying car.

From the Daily Caller, a National Guard member is shot in Washington, D.C. and the shooter is wounded in return fire.

From the New York Post, a bagel shop in New York City is forced to remove its cartoon mascot because someone called it "blackface".

From Breitbart, ICE personnel arrest a foreigner for allegedly voting in the 2024 election after making a false claim of American citizenship.

From Newsmax, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) urges his fellow Democrats to be more "ruthless".

And from The Babylon Bee, France films a huge campaign ad for U.S. Republicans.

Union Canal Tunnel Park

Today I visited Union Canal Tunnel Park, which is near the borough of Cleona and the city of Lebanon here in Pennsylvania.  The park includes a remnant of the Union Canal, which once ran between Middletown, PA on the Susquehanna River and Reading, PA on the Schuykill River.  This remnant includes a tunnel that runs under Tunnel Hill Road, and which is the oldest transportation tunnel in the United States.  From the south side of the tunnel, you can see all the way through it.  I parked the Bigfootmobile on the aforementioned Tunnel Hill Road, above and behind what is seen here.

Checking In On A Saturday

I have reached my latest undisclosed location in southern Pennsylvania after a relatively short drive.  But then, this is a much shorter trip than my recent visit to New Mexico.  Due to a Virginia Tech football game that I wanted to watch, I delayed blogging until afterwards.  Naturally, if I find anything worth reporting, you'll see it here.  See youz soon.

Friday Fuss

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

From National Review, President Trump is right to not have the execution of the Fort Hood shooter livestreamed.  (The Babylon Bee suggests that it should be put on pay-per-view instead.)

From FrontpageMag, the permissions for beheading and killing in the earliest Islamic history.

From Townhall, congresscritter Ro Khanna's (D-Cal) comments on the thwarted mass shooting that would have targeted a Hindu temple in Aurora, Illinois omit some important details.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate Troy Jackson (D-ME) claims that there were no billionaires funding him, but two days later admits that some of them are.

From the Washington Examiner, is Secretary of State Marco Rubio running for president without running for president?

From The Federalist, how Democrat activists have conned us all by impersonating "journalists".

From American Thinker, "lazy voters" in Alaska could elect a man imprisoned in New York to Congress.

From NewsBusters, NPR interviews left-wing commentator Hasan Piker.

From Canada Free Press, one state believes that AI can bypass medical doctors and write prescriptions.

From TeleSUR, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signs a constitutional amendment that reduces the country's work week to 40 hours.

From EuroNews, five takeaways from the recently concluded summit of E.U. leaders.

From ReMix, Polish police arrest a Ukrainian man in connection with an arson attack on a Starlink station, for which two Turkish citizens were previously detained in Germany.

From the Greek City Times, a former Greek non-commissioned officer is sentenced to five years in prison for stealing 300,000 liters of fuel.

From Ekathimerini, an ancient Greek statue of an Athenian nobleman on his horse, damaged in the Persian invasion of Greece, is reunited with its original marble support.

From the Greek Reporter, the ancient Greek myth of the Minotaur might have roots in recreational chemisty.

From Kosovo Online, according to Prime Minister Albin Kurti, Kosovo has met the final requirements needed to join SEPA.  (I ran across this site awhile back and decided to add it to the rotation.)

From the Sarajevo Times, Bosnia and Herzegovina will soon get its first drone instructors.

From Total Croatia News, a man from Omiš, Croatia recieves an award for saving 60 people from a fire.  (Both today's and yesterday's dates appear in the article, so I'll give it the benefit of the doubt.)

From Balkan Insight, police in Split, Croatia arrest supporters of the Hajduk Split soccer team for allegedly chanting antisemitic and pro-Nazi slogans.

From The Slovenia Times, food delivery workers employed by the company Wolt strike over pay and working conditions.

From The North Africa Post, nine years of careless money printing have crushed the Algerian dinar.

From The New Arab, the Egyptian army bombs "illicit" gold mining sites on its border with Sudan.

From Gatestone Institute, the persecution of Christians in June 2026.

From The Daily Signal, two counties in Virginia differ vastly in how much FOIA requests about their respective school superintendents will cost ya, pilgrim.

From The American Conservative, the right-wing tide in Latin America could reach Brazil.

From The Western Journal and the "well, that was quick" department, White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is reportedly "transitioning out".

From BizPac Review, Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) wants New York City garage owners to block ICE agents from their properties.

From the Daily Wire, the man who killed the Bend, Oregon school shooter is identified as the father of two girls who attend the school.

From the Daily Caller, more on the aforementioned Katie Zacharia "transitioning out" of being the White House press secretary.

From the New York Post, horse-drawn carriage drivers in New York City accuse the aforementioned Mayor Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin of hypocrisy for planning to ban their industry.

From Breitbart, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) exposes the weakness of Democrat Senators.

From Newsmax, Pope Leo XIV calls Russian President Putin and asks for a humanitarian ceasefire to allow aid to reach the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky.

And from LifeNews, a pastor in Northern Ireland fights in court to overturn his conviction for preaching near a hospital that performs abortions.

Thursday Tidings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A Bit Of Wednesday Whatnot

Now that I'm back from wandering around on a sunny and unseasonably warm Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, may everyone have a happy election month.

From FrontpageMag, Jews in the New York City borough of Manhattan who want to appease terrorists get a taste of Hamas.

From Townhall, senatorial candidate Roy Cooper (D-NC) threatens to sue a media outlet for asking about his age.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)

From The Washington Free Beacon, President Trump announces that Taiwan has agreed to purchase 30 percent of natural gas shipped through a new pipeline in Alaska and to invest in the project.

From the Washington Examiner, the Chief Twit claims that Trump and the U.S. military place speed restrictions on Starshield communication systems.

From The Federalist, an op-ed in The New York Times shows why voters concerned about affordability should be wary about Democrats if they regain power.

From American Thinker, why should Virginia enshrine abortion in its constitution?

From NewsBusters, the tale of two inflation rates just got worse for the left-wing media.

From Snouts in the Trough, the U.K.'s "Miliband magic strikes again".

From Deutsche Welle, a Ukrainian citizen goes on trial in Germany for alleged involvement in the attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines.

From Polskie Radio, the wreckage of a Polish military drone is found on a beach in the village of Karwia on the Baltic Sea coast.

From Radio Prague, according to the NGO Transparency International, the European Commission has confirmed that Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has a conflict of interest.

From The Slovak Spectator, police officers are under investigation for allegedly speeding through Bratislava, Slovakia with their sirens on.

From Daily News Hungary, a Soviet bomb from World War II is found at a construction site in Budapest, Hungary.

From Hungary Today, the Hungarian parliament passes a "gender law" in line with demands from the E.U.

From Organiser, Azerbaijan tells Turkey to refrain from interfering with its internal affairs in response to criticism of its ban on hijabs in schools.

From IranWire, the Iranian musical group Pallett cancels its nationwide tour because of restrictions imposed on their female musician.

From The Guardian, an Iranian woman is sentenced to death for "blasphemy" over a social media post.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From Gatestone Institute, Russian President Putin's "ceasefire" trap.

From The American Conservative, against livestreaming an execution.

From BizPac Review, girls in Washington state walk out of a cross-country race to avoid competing against a fake girl, and their parents explain why.

From the Daily Wire, an illegal alien whose sob story of being arrested while shopping "captured the nation" turns out to be a wife-beater.

From the Daily Caller, the Department of Justice issues almost a dozen subpoenas in their investigation of congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-Min), including some to members of her family.

From the New York Post, former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is now an influencer and shares her opinion of her former boss.

From Breitbart, congressional candidate Melat Kiros claims to come from a longer generation of "proud black socialists".

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter Ryan Zinke (R-MT), Montana is not communist.

And from SFGate, a Jack Russell terrier from California who was lost in Yellowstone National Park for over a month has been found.

Tuesday Things

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

From The Japan Times, Iraq has another power vacuum.

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

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

From Gatestone Institute, China establishes an airbase in Laos.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stories For Columbus Day

On a warm and cloudy Monday on the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's landing in the Bahamas, this year's federal holiday falling on today's date, here are some things going on:

From National Review, my governor has an unfinished bridge to sell you.

From FrontpageMag, celebrating Christopher Columbus - and hating him.

From Townhall, the criminal illegal alien recently shot by ICE was known for terrorizing the New York City apartment building where he lived.

From The Washington Free Beacon, gubernatorial candidate David Crowley (D-Wis) once backed a left-wing group that sought to build housing "for our sex offenders".  (How are these "our" sex offenders, Kemosabe?)

From the Washington Examiner, federal agents search the home of congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-Min).

From The Federalist, even female bosses can't stand the office environments created by feminism.

From American Thinker, the Cornell seven case is not just about sex, drugs, and accusations, but also about the disappearance of responsibility and due process.

From NewsBusters, CNN hosts clutch their pearls over the aforementioned search of Ilhan Omar's home.

From Canada Free Press, will this year include Canada's last recognizable Thanksgiving?  (Canada's Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the second Monday of October, which is today.)

From CTV News, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to people in the province of Alberta in a Thanksgiving message.

From Global News, early voting starts for a referendum in Alberta.

From CBC News, people are confused about the wording of questions in the Alberta referendum.

From the Express, Prime Minister Andy Burnham provokes Brexiteer anger by ramping up efforts to drag the U.K. closer to the E.U.

From The Standard, according to newly released figures, London is losing a pub every two weeks.

From the Independent, the aforementioned Andy Burnham vows that the U.K. will keep the Falkland Islands despite "sabre-rattling" from Argentina.

From TeleSUR, farmer organizations in Guatemala plan to hold demonstrations.

From Snouts in the Trough, are the "school" riots in France "Le Grand Gaslighting"?

From EuroNews, Citroën puts out an electric version of its 2CV.

From Free West Media, the digital revolution should be written off as a huge mistake.

From ReMix, 63.4 percent of welfare recipients in Germany have a migration background, which will cost German taxpayers about €21.1 billion this year.

From Balkan Insight, Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina elect a new grand mufti.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco's Bank Al-Maghrib completes its first tests of a digital dirham.

From The New Arab, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani visits Benghazi, Libya and meets with Saddam Haftar, son of Libyan General Khalifa Haftar.

From the Muddy River News, congresscritter Mary Miller (R-IL) warns that "Islam is inside the gate".

From Organiser, according to a report, al-Qaeda is targeting India using Bangladeshi terror groups to expand its reach.

From IranWire, according to Iranian official Mohseh Rezaei, Iran will target regional digital infrastructure.

From News24, shocking posts by an Islamic center in Melbourne, Australia are exposed amid links to the alleged FlyDubai hijacker.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Houthis in Yemen claim responsibility for the attack on the Riyadh, Saudi Arabia airport.

From Gatestone Institute, the gains in the Middle East that must not be squandered.

From The Daily Signal, according to an opinion column, the hidden cost of socialism is the innovation that it prevents from being created.

From The American Conservative, open borders do not provide funding for schools.

From The Western Journal, a bar complaint is filed against New York state Attorney General Letitia James (D) due to her comments about the aforementioned Cornell seven.

From BizPac Review, Italy's proposed ban on face coverings in schools ignites a fight over assimilation, and an expert warns that the U.S. could be next.

From the Daily Wire, why Trump administration officials are calling the investigation of the twice-aforementioned Ilhan Omar "World War Eleven".

From the Daily Caller, former Secretary of Labor and Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao has been visiting a kindergarten in Shanghai, China for decades.

From the New York Post, a thief tries to steal tools from vans and escape on a skateboard, but crashes and gets busted.

From Breitbart, Democrats congresscritters recognize "Indigenous Peoples' Day".

From Newsmax, President Trump (U.S.) defends his diesel deal with President Putin (Russia).  (Does this mean that Trump has now colluded with Russia?)

And from The Babylon Bee, despite overwhelming evidence, a fringe conspiracy theorist believes that senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX) is not insane.

Rainday Links

On a cool and rainy Sunday, here are some things going on:

From FrontpageMag, the Daughters of the American Revolution disbands a chapter for trying to keep fake women out.

From Townhall, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), all 93 years of him, files for re-election in 2028.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about Mary Kay Ash and her cosmetics empire.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump announces an "energy ceasefire" between Russia and Ukraine.

From American Thinker, former President Obama's Death Star is hopeless.

From NewsBusters, CNN host Audie Cornish faults Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for not joining the Fort Hood shooter's firing squad.

From EuroNews, a man is arrested for allegedly planning to attack Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.

From Free West Media, when so-called anti-fascism attacks democracy.

From The Straits Times, the Houthis in Yemen warn everyone to stay away from airports in Saudi Arabia.

From Gatestone Institute, Europe is not only missing the AI train, but is now banning the tools.

From The American Conservative, China has some "gray-zone options" against Taiwan.

From the Daily Wire, senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich) likens his past criticism of Obama to second-guessing a parent.

From Breitbart, Hurricane Isaias leaves almost 396,000 people without power in Alabama and Florida.

From Newsmax, Catholic League communications director Michael McDonald discusses a documentary about Americans whose religious freedoms have allegedly been violated.  (Mr. McDonald should not be confused with the musician with the same name.)

And from the New York Post and possibly the "Darwin Award nominee" department, a Siberian tiger who killed an idiot visitor who entered his enclosure at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park in England will not be euthanized.