Stories For Ash Wednesday

On a cloudy and cool Wednesday, on which some people might be walking around with ashes on their foreheads, here are some things going on:

From National Review, TV host Stephen Colbert and senatorial candidate James Tagarico (D-TX) are lying to you.

From FrontpageMag, a left-wing outrage mob comes after congresscritter Randy Fine (R-FL) because he loves dogs.

From Townhall, you won't believe what the Iranian government did to people mourning at a memorial for a 16-year-old girl, whom it killed while she was protesting.

From The Washington Free Beacon, my governor's 2028 presidential hopes are drowning in a river of bull[bleep].

From the Washington Examiner, a dozen Democratic Senators and congresscritters will boycott President Trump's upcoming State of the Union address and hold a counter rally on the National Mall.

From The Federalist, red states struggle to deliver on their promises to teach pro-American history in their public schools.

From American Thinker, the four horsemen of the Western left-wing apocalypse.

From NewsBusters, Americans agree with fact-checking the news and questioning the media.

From Canada Free Press, actor/director/producer Spike Lee embarrasses himself and the NBA by dressing up as a Palestinian flag.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan, Nicaraguan and Cuban leaders mourn the death of U.S. civil rights activist Jesse Jackson.

From TCW Defending Freedom, is it time to change the U.K.'s national anthem?

From Snouts in the Trough, how many doctors in the U.K. from outside the U.K. are actually qualified?

From EuroNews, France leads a backlash against European Commissioner Dubravka Šuica, of Croatia, attending the first meeting of U.S. President Trump's Board of Peace.

From Free West Media, has Trump lost control to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu?

From ReMix, Germany's industrial sector lost 124,000 jobs in 2025.

From Russia Today, the E.U. urges Ukraine to repair the Druzhba oil pipeline, through which Russian oil is sent to Hungary and Slovakia.

From Sputnik International, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, talks about Ukraine in Geneva, Switzerland were difficult.

From The Moscow Times, two teenagers are sentenced to prison by a military court in Siberia for setting a military helicopter on fire.

From Romania-Insider, the Romanian men's bobsled team registers their country's best results at the Winter Olympics in 34 years.

From Novinite, who's in Bulgaria's new caretaker cabinet.

From The Sofia Globe, more on Bulgaria's caretaker cabinet.

From Radio Bulgaria, the Bulgarian research vessel Sts. Cyril and Methodius sails northward from Antarctica.

From the Greek Reporter, a former German soldier helps to restore the Agios Dionysios Monastery on Mount Olympus in Greece, which had been destroyed by Nazi German troops during World War II.

From Ekathimerini, Greece's Culture Ministry declares a photographic archive showing the executions of 200 communists during World War II a protected monument.

From Balkan Insight, the French family of a Croatian independence war fighter who died in 1991 in the city of Vukovar urges Serbia to extradite the man whom they believe killed him.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco uses desalinization to combat water shortages.

From The New Arab, some Sunni Muslim countries decide not to follow Saudi Arabia as to when the month of Ramadan begins.

From The Jerusalem Post, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei calls the late Jeffrey Epstein's island the outcome of "Western civilization and liberal democracy".

From Arutz Sheva, Hamas supporters target café in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem run by a black Ethiopian Jew.

From Gatestone Institute, right-wingers turn against the Jews.

From The Daily Signal, the shooting at a hockey rink in Rhode Island shows that the FBI should investigate transgender-motivated violence.

From The American Conservative, as shown by Secretary of State Marco Rubio's speech in Munich, Germany, the Trump administration takes Western civilization seriously.

From The Western Journal, co-host Whoopi Goldberg of The View rushes to explain her appearance in the Epstein files seeking to use his private jet.

From BizPac Review, video shows an avalanche overtaking off-trail skiers in the Italian Alps.

From the Daily Caller, a coalition of right-wing groups wants Trump to step up his deportations of illegal aliens.

From the New York Post, according to his daughter, the Rhode Island hockey rink shooter had "demons" and alienated his family well before becoming trans.

From Breitbart, demand for core capital goods rises for the sixth straight month, reaching a new all-time high.

From Newsmax, billionaire Les Wexner claims to have been "duped" by the aforementioned Jeffrey Epstein.

And from NPR, a Czechoslovakian wolfdog joins an Olympic cross-country ski race in Lago di Tesero, Italy.  (via the New York Post)

Jesse Jackson 1941-2026

American civil rights activist, Baptist minster, and former Washington, D.C. Shadow Senator Jesse Jackson died earlier today at his home in Chicago.  He had recently suffered from Parkinson's disease and progressive supranuclear palsy.  He was 84.

Jesse Louis Burns was born in Greenville, South Carolina to an 18-year-old high school student named Helen Burns and her 33-year-old neighbor Noah Louis Robinson.  A year later, she married post office maintenance worker Charles Henry Jackson, who adopted her young son.  Under Jim Crow laws, he used segregated water fountains and sat at the back of buses, conditions that he tolerated until the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.  Jesse Jackson attended a segregated high school in Greenville, where he was elected class president and lettered in three sports.  He turned down a minor league baseball contract, choosing to play football at the University of Illinois, and later transferred to North Carolina A& T, where he played quarterback and was elected student body president.

In 1965, Jackson got involved in the Selma to Montgomery marches, which were organized by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders.  King gave Jackson a role in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, later giving his the task of establishing an office for the organization in Chicago.  Jackson was in a parking lot at the hotel in Memphis, Tennessee when King was assassinated.  In 1971, Jackson founded Operation PUSH, "PUSH" being an acronym for "People United to Save Humanity".  (Later, he changed "Save" to "Serve".)  In 1984, he organized the Rainbow Coalition and resigned as president of PUSH to run for president of the United States.  He finished third that year in the Democratic primaries and convention to former Vice President Walter Mondale and second to former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis in 1988.  In 1991, Jackson ran successfully for the post of "shadow Senator" for the District of Columbia, serving until 1997.  He declined to run for president in more recent elections, instead mostly supporting Democratic candidates.  Eventually, Operation PUSH and the Rainbow Coalition were merged into a single organization.

Jackson married Jacqueline Lavinia Brown in 1962.  They had five children.  He also had a daughter from an affair with a staffer, which prompted him to temporarily withdraw from his activism.  He is survived by his wife and children.

Read more at NBC News, USA Today, CNN, AP News and NPR.

Tuesday Things For Mardi Gras

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

From National Review, the sex, lies and red tape in Washington.

From FrontpageMag, according to a jihadi, ISIS are "real Muslim" because "they make sharia".

From Townhall, an illegal alien tries to drown a woman in Florida.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Biden administration official who created the "Disinformation Governance Board" is appointed as an advisor to the FISA court.

From the Washington Examiner, according to an opinion column, former President Obama is in no position to lecture anyone about decency.

From The Federalist, how Oklahomans can overcome the bureaucracy and require better history teaching in its public schools.  (The article includes a picture of Mount Rushmore, which is in South Dakota.)

From American Thinker, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon was a friend of the late Jeffrey Epstein and is an enemy of Trump world.

From NewsBusters, CNN host Abby Phillip asks congresscritter Dan Goldman (D-NY) some tough questions on the claim that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will use ICE to steal elections.

From Canada Free Press, will the Louisiana State Police continue to seize dirt bikes and ATVs in New Orleans after Mardi Gras?

From TeleSUR, Argentine President Javier Milei will participate in the inaugural meeting of U.S. President Trump's Board of Peace.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. police still persist with their hate crime agenda.

From EuroNews, the Ukrainian military goes on a counteroffensive against Russian forces.

From VRT NWS, burglars try to break into the town hall in Ninove, Belgium while the municipal council was conducting a meeting.

From The Brussels Times, "pardon my Dutch".

From the NL Times, the body of a Dutch man who disappeared in 2008 while visiting the U.S. is identified almost 18 years later.

From Dutch News, when in the Netherlands, don't phone and drive.

From Deutsche Welle, a man in charged with the murder of a German nursing student in 1984.

From Polskie Radio, according to a poll, nearly all Poles support restrictions on children's access to social media.

From Radio Prague, the Czech government allows Ukrainian refugees to stay longer.

From The Slovak Spectator, scientists in Slovakia help design a light-sensitive compound that could fight cancer.

From ReMix, Prime Minister Robert Fico that Slovakia in talks with the U.S. about purchasing more F-16 fighter jets.

From Daily News Hungary, one of Central Europe's most modern military bases is being built on the site of a former Hungarian army barracks.

From Hungary Today, Hungary's House of Terror Museum will host programs for the Day of Remembrance for the victims of Communism.

From Balkan Insight, prosecutors in Novi Sad, Serbia launch an investigation after "thugs" attack protesters.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco shares the experience of its Green Energy Park with Côte D'Ivoire.

From The New Arab, is the Palestinian Authority's new constitution a roadmap to statehood?

From The Times Of Israel, Swiss TV accuses Israel's bobsled team captain of being a "supporter of genocide" in Gaza.

From The Jerusalem Post, a New York City Health Department staffer appointed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) says "one Israeli left is too many".

From Red State, residents of New York City awaken to the Islamic call to prayer.

From Jewish News Syndicate, Turkey inaugurates a mosque in Gaza City in the name of the "father of global jihad".

From Gatestone Institute, have some terrorists in Germany been getting a pass?

From The Daily Signal, according to congresscritter Thomas Massie (R-KY), the "retirement caucus" will oppose Trump on some key votes.

From The American Conservative, the people of the U.K. have "nothing to fear but Keir himself".

From The Western Journal, the videos of congresscritter AOC (D-NY) speaking in Germany are so bad that The New York Times has officially called her out.

From BizPac Review, with actor James Woods, sometimes one word says everything.

From the Daily Caller, the CEO of DC Water oversaw $520 million in DEI contracts, and the biggest sewage spill in U.S. history in the VA-MD-DC area.

From the New York Post, golfer Tiger Woods refuses to rule out playing in this year's Masters tournament.

From Breitbart, an alleged ProFa leader is expected to testify as one of nine defendants facing trial over an attack on the Prairieland ICE Detention Center.

From Newsmax, according to the Department of Homeland Security, reports of a strained relationship between the aforementioned Kristi Noem and Coast Guard officials are greatly exaggerated.

And from The Babylon Bee, the aforementioned AOC condemns Spain for stealing its language from Mexico.

Presidents Day Links

On a cold and cloudy Monday, falling on Presidents Day, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the affordability problem in California that Governor Gavin Newsom's (D) fans don't want to talk about.

From FrontpageMag, who is the real "tyrant", "fascist", or "xenophobe"?

From Townhall, former First Lady/Senator (D-NY)/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lied about deportations under her husband Mr. Bill and then-President Obama while speaking in Munich, Germany.

From the Washington Examiner, Secretary of State Marco Rubio boasts of a "golden era of relations" between the U.S. and Hungary.

From The Federalist, five things to know about the school transgender bathroom policy in New Richmond, Wisconsin.

From American Thinker, the real greenhouse gas is not carbon dioxide.

From NewsBusters, CBS host Norah O'Donnell lets my governor scoot around questions about his honesty.

From Canada Free Press, Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) is "the last moderate Democrat".

From CBC News, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney taps former Privy Council clerk Janice Charette as Canada's chief negotiator for a review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement.

From Global News, what we know about the investigation of the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada.

From CTV News, a woman is found dead inside a garbage bin in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.

From TeleSUR, Colombia turns over the remains of Catholic "guerilla priest" Camilo Torres, who was killed by the Colombian army 60 years ago today.

From the Express, the party Reform UK humiliates Prime Minister Keir Starmer as his Labour Party reverses its decision to postpone 30 local elections.

From The Standard, two people are dead and one other critically wounded in stabbings in the city where (so I've thought) knives are illegal.

From the Independent, an Amazon delivery van gets trapped on the Essex mudflats due to a GPS error.

From the Irish Independent, gardaí in County Wicklow, Ireland investigating the disappearance of missing women Jo Jo Dullard and Deirdre Jacob bring in an excavator.

From the Irish Examiner, the increasing cost of making pancakes doesn't stop Cork, Ireland from holding its annual pancake flipping race.

From TCW Defending Freedom, smart meters are merely a way for the elites to control everyone else.

From Snouts in the Trough, the aforementioned Labour Party's great idea is to shackle the U.K.'s people to the E.U.

From EuroNews, French police raid the Arab World Institute in Paris in connection with its former president Jack Lang and his daughter Caroline, over suspected financial links to the late Jeffrey Epstein.

From ReMix, the German party Berlin Greens calls for taking in climate refugees and ending deportations despite Berlin's housing and fiscal crises.

From Balkan Insight, the Albanian governing Socialist Party that would grant immunity to senior government officials.  (In other words, one set of rules for senior officials, another for everyone else.)

From The North Africa Post, the U.S. appoints a chargé d'affaires to succeed Ambassador to Algeria Elizabeth Aubin, instead of a new ambassador.

From The New Arab, the Syrian government turns its attention to the province of Suweida.

From Organiser, a "white collar" terror cell planned to carry out attacks in the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

From Sp!ked, where is the anger over the plot to attack Jews in Manchester, England?

From Gatestone Institute, the new Palestinian "constitution" is about destroying Israel.

From The Daily Signal, some facts about George Washington that you might not know.

From The American Conservative, according to congresscritter Thomas Massie (R-KY), the Department of Justice is still withholding some documents related to the aforementioned Jeffrey Epstein.

From The Western Journal, an anti-ICE agitator protester gets arrested and then calls for her "mommy".

From BizPac Review, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other Democrat extortionists won't budge on Homeland Security funding until ICE personnel take off their masks.

From the Daily Caller, the Chief Twit endorses the pro-deportation "Restore Britain" party.

From Alpha News, an anti-ICE group in Minneapolis "jury nullification training".  (via the Daily Caller)

From the New York Post, a man in San Diego, California impersonates an ICE officer and tackles a McDonald's employee.

From Fox News, Berlin Film Festival Director Tricia Tuttle defends the right of American actor not answering political questions "their right of free speech".  (She's correct because the right to free speech includes the right to not speak.  The story comes via the New York Post.)

From Newsmax, under President Trump, agreements between ICE and local law enforcement have increased by 950 percent.

And from Breitbart, Oscar winner Robert Duvall, known for movies such as The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, goes to the soundstage in the sky.

Rainday Links

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

From National Review, President Trump backs off the immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis.

From FrontpageMag, a pastor and his wife are roasted alive in their church in Nigeria.

From Townhall, the closing of a loophole will finally end the illegal alien truck driver crisis.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about the Israeli judiciary.

From the Washington Examiner, debunking flaws arguments from Democrats about the SAVE America Act.

From American Thinker, Vice President Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio drops "truth bombs in Munich", Germany.

From NewsBusters, the MS NOW show The Weekend lets former Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) rant about canceled elections and ICE "assassinations".

From TCW Defending Freedom, a dictionary about U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, which is owned by New York City, will not renew the lease held by Easy Aerial due to its alleged ties to Israel.

From Sky News, the rise of forced marriages in the Australian state of New South Wales.

From Gatestone Institute, pro-Hamas countries such as Turkey, Qatar, and Pakistan have no place on U.S. President Trump's Board of Peace.

From The American Conservative, the U.K. can still get worse.

And from Cowboy State Daily, why some ranchers in Wyoming feed their livestock during winter using horse-drawn sleighs.

Saturday Links For Valentine's Day

On a sunny and relatively mild Saturday falling on February 14th, here are some things going on:

From FrontpageMag, Pakistani Muslims in Chicago are indicted for alleged health care fraud.

From Townhall, what the media is trying to keep quiet about the attorney who just resigned from Goldman Sachs.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Japan's "Iron Lady" Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi won't go wobbly when dealing with China.

From the Washington Examiner, SWAT teams swarm locations near the home of missing person Nancy Guthrie as DNA is found on her property.

From The Federalist, from Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to congresscritter AOC (D-NY), these are the worst people of the week.

From American Thinker, the problems that President Trump is dealing with have roots stretching back 100 years.

From NewsBusters, the media conveniently forget how the Department of Justice under then-President Biden targeted Trump.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the ceasefire in Gaza will fall apart if Hamas doesn't disarm.

From Snouts in the Trough, will former Prince Andrew be exiled from the U.K. to a "paradise for prostitution".

From The Jerusalem Post, New York City's Times Square unveils a billboard pointing out that the Palestinian Authority still pays people to kill Jews.

From Gatestone Institute, the Iranian regime's strategy.

From The American Conservative, Costa Rica continues Latin America's rightward turn.

From the Daily Caller, Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives a Valentine's Day speech in Munich, Germany.

From the New York Post, how long diseases linger in the air after an infected person leaves the room.

From Breitbart, more about the aforementioned police action in and around the home of Nancy Guthrie.

And from Newsmax, on Valentine's Day, Olympic athletes run out of a commonly desired item.

Phenomena For Friday The 13th

On a sunny but cold Friday, on the 13th of February, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the release of the Epstein files starts to have consequences.

From FrontpageMag, author Robert Spencer goes to Washington.

From Townhall, the illegal alien from Ireland detained by ICE was reportingly facing charges back home.  (The title mentions the U.K., but the body of the article indicates that he is wanted in Ireland.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, meet the convicted murderers and rapists getting released from prison after making North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper's (D) "early release" list.

From the Washington Examiner, the Epstein mess gives President Trump some good news and bad news.

From The Federalist, Republicans will keep losing elections until they realize that power is not evil.

From American Thinker, the world forgets what U.S. President Trump has done.

From NewsBusters, despite stronger than expected new job numbers, PBS claims that Americans "might feel" that they're in a recession.

From Canada Free Press, some benefits from walking your dog.

From TeleSUR, according to Acting President Delcy Rodriguez, free elections in Venezuela require that the country does not face sanctions.

From TCW Defending Freedom, BBC weather reports about rainfall in January are full of lies.

From Snouts in the Trough and maybe the "you've got to be kidding" department, Iran is elected vice-chairman of a U.N. human rights group.

From EuroNews, a fugitive from Slovakia is arrested in Milan, Italy after arriving there hoping to watch the Slovak Olympic ice hockey team.

From ReMix, ProFa thugs attack a security guard in Lyon, France, which leaves him brain-dead.  (If you read French, read the story at ActuLyon.)

From Balkan Insight, migrants from China cross though Balkan countries attempting to reach the E.U.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan King Mohammed VI presides over the inauguration of one of the world's largest facilities for producing landing gear for airplanes.

From The New Arab, secret talks between the Moroccan government and the group Polisario produce an autonomy plan for the region of Sahara.

From The Times Of Israel, Iranian TV airs a "hit list" of seven top Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Netayahu.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Palestinian Authority drafts a constitution that omits the Jewish connection to Jerusalem and calls for a sharia-based legal system.

From Crisis Magazine, the Islamic month of Ramadan should not be equated with the Catholic season of Lent.  (For one thing, avoiding all food and drink from sunrise to sunset for an entire month must be a lot more difficult than abstaining from meat for just one day per week, and having just one meal on two specific days.  And the Catholic definition of "meat" does not include seafood, which many people like.)

From Gatestone Institute, Trump, like President Eisenhower before him, solves problems by initially making them bigger.

From The Daily Signal, congresscritter Michael Cloud (R-TX) trolls Democrats for their double standards on voter IDs.

From The American Conservative, the new Catholic on the White House Religious Liberty Commission pokes the (figurative) Zionist bear.

From The Western Journal, Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) pulls the rug out from his fellow Democrats when it comes to funding for the Department of Homeland Security.

From BizPac Review, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) "can't spin fast enough" when he tells the truth about Canada and Mexico being safe countries.

From the Daily Caller and the "inverted morality" department, a left-wing woman in Minnesota stalks ICE agents and tells them that she doesn't care that the illegal alien whom they were pursuing has allegedly raped a child and killed someone.

From Breitbart, the 71 prices that were lower during this past January than a year earlier.

From Newsmax, the El Salvadorian-born owner of a Mexican restaurant in Catalina, Arizona offers free food to ICE.

And from the New York Post, the first solar eclipse of this year will be visible to penguins.

Thursday Tidings

On a cloudy and very cold Thursday, here are some things going:

From National Review, events at El Paso International Airport have become a mystery.

From FrontpageMag, a video shows author Robert Spencer testifying to a House subcommittee on the dangers of sharia law.

From Townhall, will the media stop calling President Trump a "dictator" after hearing how White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended CNN reporter Kaitlin Colling?

From The Washington Free Beacon, new New York City health czar Alister Martin founded a left-wing nonprofit that registered mental hospital patients to vote.

From the Washington Examiner, according to border czar Tom Homan, Trump has approved wrapping up the ICE and CPB operation in Minnesota.

From The Federalist, the media bend over backwards to refer to the Canadian transgender school shooter by his preferred pronouns.

From American Thinker, the media deceptively reports on declining murder rates in order to not credit Trump.

From NewsBusters, the U.K. could learning something from Japan.  (Or put another way, an island country whose people drive on the left side of the roads has a lesson for another such country.)

From Canada Free Press, the history and importance of the U.S. having a free press.

From TeleSUR, Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley secures her third consecutive term.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the man who should have been the first to resign in the scandal involving Peter Mandelson being appointed the U.K. Ambassador to the U.S.

From Snouts in the Trough, the U.K.'s Conservative and Labour Parties have provided an international health service.  (The article's title refers to the name "Tory", but the party's actual name is "Conservative".)

From EuroNews, Switzerland will hold a referendum on whether to limit its population to 10 million by 2050.

From ReMix, German courts could issue a "speaking ban" against AfD politician Björn Höcke.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?  If you read German, read a related story at BR24.)

From Balkan Insight, Greek authorities issue a European arrest warrant for the founder of a Norwegian NGO that allegedly helped migrants to cross from Turkey to Greece.

From The North Africa Post, a "quintet" or international organizations calls for a halt to the conflict in Sudan and protection for the country's civilians.

From The New Arab, U.N. staff scuffle with residents of the Al-Hol refugee camp in Syria, while Iraq almost completes the transfer of ISIS fighters from Syria to its own facilities.

From The Jerusalem Post, protests are expected on the final day of Israeli President Isaac Herzog's trip to Australia.

From Gatestone Institute, the other big lie from the Palestinians.

From The Daily Signal, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) accuses Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) of enabling fraud.

From The American Conservative, revelations related to the late Jeffrey Epstein about which you'll never read in The New York Times.

From The Western Journal, in 2023, right-wing commentator Matt Walsh commented on a post made on Reddit, made by a user who might have been the aforementioned Canadian school shooter.

From BizPac Review, federal prosecutor Donald Kinsella has a very short time in office.

From the Daily Caller, Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announce the largest deregulation in American history.

From the New York Post, Zeldin also claims that he's trying to end the "Obama switch" that causes cars to shut off while idling at stoplights.  (Yes, the current Bigfootmobile has one.)

From Breitbart, Canada's stringent gun control did not prevent the mass school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia.

From Newsmax, American troops prepare to pull out from a second base in Syria.

And from the Humor Times, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) introduces legislation to make Pluto the 51st state.

A Few Wednesday Wanderings

Now that I'm back home from running around on a cold and cloudy Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, mother of TV host Savannah Guthrie, takes a disturbing turn.

From FrontpageMag, Japan defends itself against mass Muslim migration.

From Townhall, congresscritter Ted Lieu (D-Cal) slams Attorney General Pam Bondi for not interviewing an Epstein witness, but there's a problem.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to experts, the Democrat demand that ICE obtain only judicial warrants could bring immigration enforcement to a virtual "halt".  (This, of course, is their whole idea.)

From the Washington Examiner, the House of Representatives passes a bill directing the Department of Energy to address vulnerabilities in the mineral supply chain.

From The Federalist, the school shooting in the Canadian province of British Columbia by a man cosplaying as a woman is the latest act of transgender violence.

From American Thinker, the NFL puts politics first and Americans last.

From NewsBusters, the "mainstream" media claim that the aforementioned Canadian school shooter was "woman".

From TCW Defending Freedom, Hong Kong resident and newspaper founder Jimmy Lai rots in prison while U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer trades with his jailers.

From The Times Of Israel, the White House takes down Vice President Vance's post recognizing the Armenian genocide during World War I.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to an Iranian doctor, the Iranian regime has killed wounded protesters in hospitals and arrested medical personnel suspected of treating them.

From Gatestone Institute, unpopular European regimes clinging to power crack down on dissent.

From The Daily Signal, the House of Representatives passes the SAVE American Act.

From The American Conservatives, "American conservatives don't hate Europe", but they do not like the erosion of European civilization.  (Actually, you say that "we" don't like the decay of European civilization.)

From The Western Journal, congresscritter Jerry Nadler (D-NY) appears to fall asleep on the job.

From Breitbart, survivors of grooming gangs in the U.K. claim that British women and girls were trafficked to Pakistan to become sex slaves.

And from SFGate, rapper Ja Rule gets off a plane at the San Francisco International Airport before it leaves, due to a pillow fight.

Tuesday Tidbits

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

From National Review, The New York Times finally changes its tune on marijuana.

From FrontpageMag, ICE and Israel face very similar situations.

From Townhall, according to CNN contributor Scott Jennings, Democrats are losing the argument over voter ID.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to commentator Oren Cass, writing in The (aforementioned) New York Times, "The finance industry is a grift".

From the Washington Examiner, acting ICE Director Todd Lyons refuses to apologize for the labeling of two people killed while interfering with ICE or Border Patrol agents as "domestic terrorists".  (Will anyone apologize for labeling parents who criticized school curricula or Catholics who attend a Latin Mass as "domestic terrorists"?  I won't hold my breath.)

From The Federalist, five takeaways from the suspect 2020 election in Georgia.

From American Thinker, will woke Hollywood give Helen of Troy a race change operation?

From NewsBusters, CBS "explains" Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show to viewers.

From Canada Free Press, a woman who was once a legal resident alien discusses illegal immigration.

From TeleSUR, three members of an Argentine family are sentenced to life in prison for killing a woman.

From TCW Defending Freedom, increasing council taxes after canceling an election is grossly unfair.

From Snouts in the Trough, will U.K. parliamentcritter Angela Rayner "be hoist by her own petard"?

From EuroNews, E.U. leaders agree to disagree about whether to talk to Russian President Putin.

From Free West Media, the rise of the party AfD and the German establishment's gambit.

From ReMix, 144,822 convicts in Italy serve their sentences in alternatives to prison, 30,279 of them being foreigners.  (If you read Italian, read the story at La Verità.)

From Balkan Insight, Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik is accused of using racist rhetoric in a speech celebrating the electoral victory of his ally Siniša Karan.

From The North Africa Post, Algeria artificially overstates its GDP.

From The New Arab, four people are killed and eight others injured by a landmine explosion in the Syrian region of Deir ez-Zor.

From Jewish News Syndicate, police in Stockholm, Sweden move an anti-Israel rally to a Holocaust memorial monument near the city's main synagogue.

From Sky News, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese refuses to condemn activist Grace Tame for leading protesters in chants of "globalize the intifada".

From Gatestone Institute, President Trump's "Project Vault" aims to ensure that the U.S. is supplied with rare earth metals.

From The Daily Signal, a federal judge appointed by Mr. Bill strikes down California's ban on ICE agents wearing masks.

From The American Conservative, the Democrats who want to abolish ICE can't even plow snow.

From The Western Journal, the home of Florida gubernatorial candidate James Fishback (R) is allegedly targeted in an arson attack.

From BizPac Review, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is accused of misrepresenting his ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein.

From the Daily Caller, according to reports, trash and wood accounted for a major share of "renewable energy" during Winter Storm Fern.

From the New York Post, the FBI releases photos of a suspect in the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, mother of TV host Savannah Guthrie.

From Breitbart, Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) announces that she's running for reelection.

From Newsmax, the aforementioned Todd Lyons reports that ICE has arrested 1,400 terrorists in one year.

And from the Genesius Times, letting the 83 percent of Americans who want voter ID have voter ID is a threat to democracy.