Monday Mania

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

From National Review, how Russia inadvertently caused NATO to expand.

From FrontpageMag, how Islam is colonizing Christianity.

From Townhall, can't former President Obama get himself a new hobby?

From The Washington Free Beacon, meet senatorial candidate Graham Platner's (D-ME) oyster-farming business partner, who owns the island where the farms is based.

From the Washington Examiner, eight Senators (6-D, 2-R) urge President Trump to announce an arms sale to Taiwan before visiting China.

From The Federalist, now that the biopic about singer Michael Jackson has been released, it's time to let go of false allegations.

From American Thinker, either kill the senatorial filibuster, or make the filibusterers talk.

From NewsBusters, Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough calls a new statue of Trump "blasphemous" like the golden calf in the biblical book of Exodus.

From Canada Free Press, the "anti-American axis of evil" comes to Canada.

From TeleSUR, the governor of the Mexican state of Sinaloa will remain in Mexico despite a U.S. request for his extradition.

From TCW Defending Freedom, 200,000 migrants pour into the U.K. by boat, and will cost its citizens £65 billion.

From EuroNews, European passengers on the ship hit by the hantavirus will have to spend 42 days in quarantine.

From ReMix, two Polish former justice officials leave Hungary for the U.S. because new Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar indicated during his campaign that they would be extradited back to Poland.  (If you read Polish, read related stories at wPolsce and wPolytice.)

From Balkan Insight, the Bulgarian governing party Progressive Bulgaria drafts legislation targeting price hikes and implementing a "fair price" rule.

From The North Africa Post, Marrakech, Morocco celebrates its centuries-old caftan art.

From The New Arab, several Iraqi officials claim that the U.S. shielded an alleged Israeli base in the Najaf desert in southwestern Iraq.

From Gatestone Institute, Turkey under President Erdoğan sponsors terrorism.

From The Daily Signal, the U.S. State Department rejects a declaration on migration by the U.N.'s International Migration Review Forum.

From The American Conservative, the U.K. decides against prosecuting shoplifters.

From The Western Journal, the alleged White House Correspondents Dinner attacker pleads not guilty and asks for two officials to be disqualified from his trial.

From BizPac Review, according to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) will face a legal review for allegedly blabbing classified information on TV.

From the Daily Caller, a Norwegian neo-Nazi may have been in contact with the man who shot then-candidate Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.

From the New York Post, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, a motorcycle hits another vehicle and ends up hanging from a traffic light support.  (Evel Knievel would be proud.)

From Breitbart, for the first time in two year, the opening of the Eurovision Song Contest is free of Palestinian flags and pro-Hamas protesters.

From Newsmax, the families of two Americans imprisoned in China urge Trump to seek their release when he visits there.

And from The Babylon Bee, the state of New York offers to accommodate people infected with the hantavirus in nursing homes.

Stories For Mothers Day

On a warm and sunny Sunday, when you're celebrating the woman who had the business end of bringing you into the world, here are some things going on:

From National Review, imagine if President Trump were doing what Democrats in Virginia were doing.

From FrontpageMag, when your "black congressional district" is represented by a white congresscritter.

From Townhall, Trump unveils a new strategy to combat terrorism.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about "the unfinished story of the American Revolution".

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) tells the Democratic National Committee to "release the autopsy" of then-Vice President Harris's failed 2024 presidential campaign.

From American Thinker, "the West needs more mothers", and fathers in the same home.

From NewsBusters, CNN host Scott Jennings gets a liberal panelist to make his argument on redistricting.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer flails and digs up two old fossils.

From Snouts in the Trough, are police in Bournemouth, England "unable" to give a description of an alleged rapist?

From Palestinian Media Watch, how the Palestinian Authority brainwashes children into admiring murderous terrorists.

From Gatestone Institute, the "no" from Saudi Arabia.

From The American Conservative, how the language used by police robs crime and punishment of their morality.

From the Daily Caller, a girl who really isn't wins three jumping events in a post-season track meet in California.

From the New York Post, gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (R-OH) sounds the alarm on Medicaid fraud.

From Breitbart, according to Kurdistan Regional Government Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani, a deal with Iran could create a worldwide economic boom.

And from Newsmax, Trump goes to Beijing.

Saturday Links

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

From FrontpageMag, the U.K.'s Labour Party, used as an inspiration by the U.S. Democrats, gets wiped out in local elections.

From Townhall, a trespasser runs onto a runway at Denver International Airport, thus making his last mistake.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the U.S. and Russia are both fighting wars, but only one is a quagmire.

From the Washington Examiner, a crowdfunding effort to buy Spirit Airlines has raised over $337 million in pledged funds.

From The Federalist, Virginia Democrats argued that an election is a single day after forcing a gerrymander vote that lasted 45 days.

From American Thinker, former President Obama needs to move on.

From NewsBusters, NPR interviews a congresscritter who represents a black-majority district - who himself is white.

From TCW Defending Freedom, AI is a bigger threat to the human race than nuclear weapons.  (The author is definitely not ready to welcome our eventual robot overlords or the next cycle of Cylons.)

From Gatestone Institute, never trust the Iranian government, and do not implement any "moratorium".

From The American Conservative, more on the aforementioned local elections in the U.K.

And from SFGate, hundreds of people visit a San Francisco Bay Area farm to eat giant cinnamon rolls.

Friday Fuss

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

From National Review, the Virginia Supreme Court rejects the Democrat's redistricting plan.

From FrontpageMag, the new illegal alien mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota promises to fight ICE.

From Townhall, the parents of Sheridan Gorman, who was killed allegedly by an illegal alien, fight back against the Democratic party's immigration policies.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a Pulitzer-winning photographer for The New York Times sides with Hamas against Israel.

From the Washington Examiner, the CDC sends a team to Spain's Canary Islands to evacuate Americans from a hantavirus-plagued ship.

From The Federalist, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is wrong to call America a "creedal nation".

From American Thinker, how do violent left-wingers delude themselves into thinking that they're good.

From NewsBusters, PBS correspondent Simona Foltyn accuses the IDF of "massacres" while ignoring Hezbollah's crimes.

From TeleSUR, the Chilean government rules out changing its three-ground abortion law.

From TCW Defending Freedom, for the U.K.'s Labour Party, accusing the Green Party of hating Jews is the pot calling the kettle black.

From Snouts in the Trough, turning pubs into mosques.

From EuroNews, the Bulgarian parliament elects former President Rumen Radev as prime minister.

From Free West Media, it seems that world rulers are all divorced from reality.

From ReMix, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski condemns an Israeli soldier for putting a cigarette into the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary.

From Balkan Insight, investors from the Gulf states buy land in Bosnia and Herzegovina that they can't build on.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco donates $5 million to the Gavi Vaccine Alliance.

From The New Arab, the Libyan government launches a crackdown on criminal groups in the oil port city of Zawiya.

From Gatestone Institute, Europe's "Global Alliance" is not peace but amounts to dispossession.

From The Daily Signal, why the left wants high-rise apartments for you and mansions for themselves.

From Radio Free Asia, satellite images show the Philippines expanding their runways and ports on two of the disputed Spratly Islands.  (RFA appears to have returned from its hiatus.)

From The American Conservative, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum races a domestic backlash after two American CIA agents die in a car crash in northern Mexico.

From The Western Journal, the elite monopoly on knowledge is wrecking the U.S., so here is how to raise kids who think for themselves.

From BizPac Review, Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy isn't saying that it's aliens....

From the Daily Caller, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) tees up for a possible presidential campaign by insulting several southern states.

From Breitbart, actor Mark Hamill is compelled to apologize after posting a picture wishing that President Trump was dead.  (Perhaps he knows something of the dark side.)

From Newsmax, satellite imagery shows an apparent oil spill near Iran's Kharg Island.

And from the New York Post, two moms celebrate an early Mothers Day with their "miracle babies".

Thursday Tidings

On a mostly sunny but cool Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, trying to track down people infected with the hantavirus.

From FrontpageMag, Hamas is celebrated - in Norway.

From Townhall, what you need to know about the aforementioned hantavirus.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a white disabled woman Multnomah County, Oregon after being denied rent relief by a race-based program.

From the Washington Examiner, Charlotte, North Carolina Mayor Vi Lyles announces her resignation.

From The Federalist, what all Americans can learn from the life and career of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

From American Thinker, how did pre-Civil War slaveowners protect the institution of slavery?

From NewsBusters, The Daily Show has an interesting idea about what to put in a time capsule to be opened 250 years from now for America's 500th birthday.

From Canada Free Press, "MAID in Canada" courtesy of Prime Minister Mark "Dark Carnage" Carney.

From TeleSUR, Lima, Peru will host an international documentary film festival.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the Irish elite wages a woke war on their fellow Irish people.

From EuroNews, the Swedish government plans to place electronic tags on children at risk of being recruited by criminal gangs.

From ReMix, police in Paris catch a Moroccan migrant rapist in the act.  (If you read French, read the story at FDeSouche and Europe 1.)

From Balkan Insight, Bosnia and Herzegovina sets an election date in October amid a push for new voting technology.

From The North Africa Post, Libya opens an investigation after the Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a shipment of she-don't-lie headed for port of Benghazi.

From The New Arab, Israeli forces send the son of Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya to his virgins.

From Jewish News Syndicate, beware the fake AI "rabbis", and Palestinian terrorists throw firebombs at Israeli civilians and flee into a church, thus using Christians as human shields.

From the Daily Mail, the U.K. Green Party leader Zack Polanski denies that Israel has a "right to exist".

From Allah's Willing Executioners, was the man who allegedly murdered a 14-year-old boy in Memmingen, Germany an Islamist?  (If you read German, read the story at Junge Freiheit.)

From The Jerusalem Post, according to an editorial, Jews in New York City show resilience in the face of antisemitism.

From Gatestone Institute, a nuclear-armed Iran is unthinkable.

From The Daily Signal, congresscritter Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) is accused of violating federal law by meeting with foreign ambassadors about getting oil to Cuba despite U.S. sanctions.

From The American Conservative, "one cheer" for President Trump's withdrawal of U.S. troops from Germany.

From The Western Journal, Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives a great response when asked about his hope for America's future.

From BizPac Review, former CNN journalist Jim Acosta tells Democrats in Montana that he's finally reporting "real news".

From Breitbart, according to Border Czar Tom Homan, some Cabinet members are lobbying Trump to grant some form of "legal status" to illegal aliens.

From Newsmax, according to Prime Minister Benjamin ‌Netanyahu, Israel's enemies will have no "immunity".

And from the New York Post, in Texas, there's another "Learing Center".

A Bit Of Wednesday Whatnot

On a mild but rainy Wednesday, now that I'm back from wandering around, here are a few things going on:

From The Jerusalem Post, according to the Syrian Interior Ministry, the Syrian government thwarts a Hezbollah-linked plot to kill government officials.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a rejected asylum seeker known to police allegedly kills a 14-year-old boy in Memmingen, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at BR24.)

From the Daily Mail, U.K. Green Party leader Zack Polanski insists that he was traumatized viewing footage of the arrest of the alleged Golders Green attacker.

From Gatestone Institute, Islam's takeover of Europe gets turbocharged.

From The American Conservative, moderate left-wing terrorism.

From TeleSUR, the Brazilian Senate approves the creation of their country's first native people's university.  (When I clicked on TeleSUR yesterday, it gave me a page that said 403 Forbidden.  I must have been some technical difficulties which have since been resolved.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, the grass roots are finally rebelling against the sex ideologues.

From Snouts in the Trough, don't tell U.K. climate minister "Mad" Ed Miliband that countries which greatly reduce carbon dioxide emissions also reduce their economic growth.

From National Review, reading George Orwell's book Animal Farm backwards.

From FrontpageMag, the U.S. military blockade costs Iran $400 million per day in lost oil revenue.

From Townhall, a reporter has a meltdown over the FBI raid on the office of Virginia state Senate President pro tempore Louise Lucas (D).

From The Washington Free Beacon, Democratic congresscritters and congressional candidates lash out in response to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee endorsing seven candidates in the party's primaries.

From the Washington Examiner, "how Democrats and the left-wing media whitewash political violence", at least when it comes from their side.

From The Federalist, Republican voters don't want former Vice President Pence's version of their party.

From American Thinker, a U.K. activist for slavery "reparations" is herself a descendant of Nigerian slave traders.

From NewsBusters, the truth about AI data centers.

And from SFGate, the actor who portrayed the droid C-3PO in the Star Wars movies speaks before the Castro Theatre's showing of The Empire Strikes Back.

Links For Cinco De Mayo

On a warm and sunny Tuesday falling on the anniversary of a minor battle in the Mexican Revolution, here are some things going on:

From National Review, congresscritter Nancy Mace (R-SC) exposes congress's sexual harassment settlements.

From FrontpageMag, what happens, for example in Canada, when a government stops defending its citizens?

From Townhall, congresscritter Johnny Olszewski (D-MD) introduces a bill that would impose term limits on Supreme Court justices.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Georgetown University lets Qatar be "consulted" on "speakers" and "themes" under an "Islamophobia" agreement.

From the Washington Examiner, the Chief Twit and the Securities and Exchange Commission settle a lawsuit over his investments in Twitter.

From The Federalist, Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt (R) has a shot at winning.

From American Thinker, the Supreme Court outlaws discrimination against white people and in favor of Democrats.

From NewsBusters, in reporting the shutdown of Spirit Airlines, the networks are reluctant to mention its proposed merger with JetBlue, which was blocked under then-President Biden.

From Canada Free Press, the group Stay Free Alberta ignites hope in the hearts of patriotic Canadians.

From TCW Defending Freedom, unchecked Muslim immigration into the U.K. could lead to it being balkanized.

From Snouts in the Trough, could President Trump again get "two birds with one stone"?

From EuroNews, Romania's pro-E.U. coalition government collapses with a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan.

From Free West Media, Iran is a "wounded lion", but can still shoot down enemy planes.

From ReMix, a security guard in Milan, Italy is fired after drawing his gun while confronting a gang who were allegedly harassing girls at a metro station.  (If you read Italian, read the story at Il Giornale.)

From Balkan Insight, the former leader of Montenegro's Anti-Corruption Agency is convicted of abusing her office.

From The North Africa Post, the Moroccan National Tourism Office partners with the U.K. golf tour operation Par5 Escapes to promote Morocco's golf travel market.  (Or as some people might put it, you might soon have a chance to chase those little white balls around Morocco.)

From The New Arab, why Israel may have to return to war in Gaza.

From Hasht e Subh, Taliban morality police beat a woman in Kabul, Afghanistan for note wearing the right type of hijab.

From The Times Of Israel, an illegal alien who allegedly killed one person and injured a dozen others in a firebomb attack in Colorado reportedly plans to plead guilty.

From Gatestone Institute, the Iranian terror regime shows its true face.

From The Daily Signal, according to a poll, Hispanic voters in Texas support Trump and oppose sharia and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX).

From The American Conservative, "the Wintour of our malcontents".

From The Western Journal, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth sets the record straight on the status of the ceasefire with Iran.

From BizPac Review, Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito writes a "scathing" response to a dissent written by fellow Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

From the Daily Caller, the Trump administration sues Denver, Colorado over its ban on modern semiautomatic firearms.

From the New York Post, a big-time New York City real estate developer slams Mayor Zohran Mamdani's (D) video shot outside Citadel CEO Ken Griffin's apartment as "ugly".  (No, the real estate developer is not Trump.)

From Breitbart, the number of casualties in a car ramming attack in Leipzig, Germany may be 80.  (I linked a story from Breitbart about this attack yesterday.  If you read German, read the story at NTV.)

From Newsmax, the Department of Education opens an investigation of Smith College for allegedly allowing biological males into female-only spaces.

And from the Genesius Times and the "don't give them any ideas" department, a federal judge overturns Cole Allen's failed assassination attempt and grants him a chance to retry.

Stories For Star Wars Day

On a warm and sunny Monday falling on May the fourth (be with you), here are some things going on:

From National Review, Spirit Airlines ran out of runway.

From FrontpageMag, left-wingers upset with the Trump administration's Department of Justice need to realize that they started what's going on.

From Townhall, the man who allegedly stabbed and killed a social worker at a San Francisco hospital is an illegal alien from Venezuela.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the National Education Association is hit with a federal antisemitism complaint.

From the Washington Examiner, inside the battle over Virginia's referendum on abortion.

From The Federalist, California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra (D) is not a moderate.

From American Thinker, the dangerous endgame of asserting that President Trump must be stopped.

From NewsBusters, only five percent of network evening news shows blamed Democrats for the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.

From Canada Free Press, "how blowing Israel to smithereens feeds the faithful" in Iran.

From TeleSUR, Panamanians celebrate the Congo Festival in the city of Portobello.

From TCW Defending Freedom, left-wing do-gooders and the horrible betrayal of children.

From EuroNews, according to Croatian police, four migrants have been found dead near the border with Slovenia.

From ReMix, in Barcelona, Spain, four people are stabbed and a shooting occurs outside a bar, with two total people killed.  (If you read Spanish, read the story at El Caso.)

From The North Africa Post, President Tebboune acknowledges Algeria's failure to create separatism in the Moroccan region of Sahara.

From The New Arab, Saudi Arabia links three Yemeni governorates to its power grid.

From The Times Of Israel, a post by the show Sesame Street on the platform X honoring Jewish American Heritage Month draws hateful antisemitic comments.

From Jewish News Syndicate, about 200 Jewish doctors in France "prepare to immigrate to Israel".

From the Daily Mail, a teenager who allegedly lying to police about a bomb is removed from a court after an outburst.

From Gatestone Institute, the Palestinian Authority's "reforms" are incitement to violence in classrooms and empty promises to Western countries.

From The Daily Signal, Trump proposes meaningful cuts to the budget of the Department of Education.

From The American Conservative, the candidate whom no one is talking about is Donald Trump the Younger.

From The Western Journal, "Project Freedom" has some quick success in the Strait of Hormuz.  (Yes, I know.  Get back to everyone when gasoline prices start going down.)

From BizPac Review, MS NOW hosts ambush California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton (R) with a "gotcha" question that has nothing to do with the state.

From the Daily Caller, CNBC host Andrew Ross Sorkin asks GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen about his company's attempt to acquire eBay, and things get awkward.

From the New York Post, according to a poll, an "overwhelming number of voters" support Trump's policies, including the deportation of criminal illegal aliens and keeping males out of female sports.

From Breitbart, a driver is arrested after allegedly killing two people and injuring possibly dozens more with his car in Leipzig, Germany.

From Newsmax, according to a study, a small icy world beyond Pluto has a thin atmosphere.

And from The Babylon Bee, Senator Fake Cherokee (D-MA) proudly shows off the scalp of Spirit Airlines.

Sunday Links

On a sunny but cool Sunday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, an NL writer gets a close up view of a May Day protest by the Chicago Teachers Union.

From FrontpageMag, Afghans stone a teenage girl for refusing an arranged marriage - on the Greek island of Lesbos.

From Townhall, why a Pennsylvania senatorial candidate got arrested for allegedly threatening President Trump.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about Japanese General Hideki Tojo.

From the Washington Examiner, according to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey was "not just" about his "86 47" sea shell social media post.

From American Thinker, former congresscritter Barney Frank (D-MA) is preparing to publish a book calling out Democratic left-wing extremists.

From NewsBusters, CNN host Kasie Hunt blames Trump for violent rhetoric, but ignores similar language from Democrats.

From TCW Defending Freedom, listen and learn from a "right-wing" granny.

From Jewish News Syndicate, antisemitic graffiti is seen in the New York City subway.

From the Daily Mail, U.K. Green Party leader Zack Polanski questions whether policemen who arrested the suspected Golders Green terror attacker used "proportionate force".

From The Jerusalem Post, according to the USAID Office of Inspector General, four current or former UNRWA personnel participated in the October 7th terror attack and/or are affiliated with Hamas.

From Gatestone Institute, four illusions from the war on Iran.

From The American Conservative, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's faith is militarized.

And from Fox News, actress Meryl Streep claims to have had a "beef" with actress Goldie Hawn while they filmed the movie Death Becomes Her.

Saturday Stuff

On a partly sunny and cool Saturday, after I've come back from walking in a forest like a good sasquatch, here are some things going on:

From National Review, is the LIV Golf league, backed by Saudi Arabia, on its way out?

From FrontpageMag, the Australian government responds to the Bondi Beach terror attack by calling for "gun buybacks".

From Townhall, the thing that never happens allegedly happens in New Jersey.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the visit to the U.S. by the U.K.'s King Charles III "hits all the right notes but doesn't reflect reality.

From the Washington Examiner, the respective Republican chairmen of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees criticize President Trump's decision to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany.

From The Federalist, a federal appeals court blocks the FDA from allowing abortionists to send abortion drugs by mail.

From American Thinker, how Argentine President Javier Milei took down the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes.

From NewsBusters, ABC and The Washington Post hype the appointment by Pope Leo XIV of a former illegal alien as a bishop in West Virginia.

From TCW Defending Freedom, sometimes, being a man requires fighting.

From Snouts in the Trough, U.K. Prime Minister "Sir" Keir Starmer gets surprised.

From The Jerusalem Post, a man gets 10 months in prison for relieving himself in an inappropriate place in Harish, Israel.

From Gatestone Institute, the Trump administration should beware of the so-called moderates in Iran.

From The American Conservative, weirdos want to kill Trump.

And from The Gateway Pundit, vandals spray paint a large "8647" graffito onto the bottom of the drained reflecting pool in Washington, D.C.