I'm making this post later than normally because the Virginia Tech - William & Mary football game ran from 2:00 to about 5:30. In what has to be an unprecedented achievement, three different Tech quarterbacks scored rushing touchdowns, the last one by the third-stringer going for 69 yards. Besides lots of NCAA gridiron action, here are some things going on:
From ZDNet, the U.S. House of Representatives passes a bill that would require the White House to create a database of foreign hackers.
From the New York Post, recently sentenced former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos details his run-ins with foreign operatives.
From AP News, pro-abortion activists send 3,000 coat hangers to the office of Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine). (via The Daily Caller)
From NewsBusters, CNN contributor Ben Ferguson explains why some people are offended by the National Anthem kneeler. (via CNS News)
From the Express, former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair reveals his one-word labels for some other noted European characters.
From the Evening Standard, the U.K. records its first ever case of monkeypox.
From The Guardian, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini joins Steve Bannon's European populist group. (Like yours truly, Bannon is an alumnus Virginia Tech.)
From the Independent, protesters against climate change march in numerous cities. (As far as I can read, none of those cities are in China, which is by far the world's largest carbon dioxide producer.)
From France24, 18,000 people march against climate change in Paris. (Was the Chinese embassy anywhere along the march's route? Just wondering.)
From Deutsche Welle, a neo-Nazi gang allegedly attacks a Jewish restaurant in Chemnitz, Germany.
From Russia Today, Abkhazia's prime minister dies in a car accident traveling from Sochi airport after returning from Syria.
From Sputnik International, protesters clash with police in Thessaloniki, Greece.
From Ekathimerini, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras promises to lower VAT and property taxes.
From the Greek Reporter, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross speaks in Thessaloniki.
From Hürriyet Daily News, at least 12 people have been killed in an attack by Iran against a DPIK camp in Iraq.
From XinhuaNet, Afghan civilians suffer from repeated terror attacks.
From Rûdaw, ISIS is still killing and abducting people in Iraq.
From Gatestone Institute, the German party AfD increases its popularity.
From Breitbart Texas, the number of human smugglers arrested at California checkpoints has more than doubled this year.
From Townhall, the "independence and fortitude" of SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
From American Thinker, see you, Nike.
And from The Washington Free Beacon, "the empire strikes Bach".
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