On a rainy Thursday, here are some things going on (and a bit of my own $0.02):
From The New York Times, Planned Parenthood allegedly mistreats pregnant employees. (Considering that this organization specializes in terminating pregnancies, I can't claim to be surprised by such an allegation. The story comes via Life News.)
From Accuracy in Media, a news organization named Splinter accuses the Trump administration of hating the poor. (Which Republican administration has not been accused of hating the poor?)
From the New York Post, President Trump releases his inner Oliver Douglas.
From CNS News, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testified didn't like being accused of lying about the border policies.
From the Washington Examiner, Nielsen announces a policy change for migrants trying to enter the U.S. illegally.
From The Blaze, although the Popeyes "emotional support chicken" is an advertising gimmick, PETA is still not amused. (Can I say that PETA can go cluck themselves?)
From The Federalist, three loopholes in U.S. immigration laws that need to be closed.
From American Thinker, "life lessons learned from Charlton Heston". (When caught in a net, be sure to tell your captors to "Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!")
From National Review, the problem for Democrats has always been the wall.
From FrontpageMag, since the start of the Obama presidency, the number of Christians has greatly decreased in some Middle Eastern countries.
From Townhall, Defense Secretary James Mattis announces his retirement.
From The Washington Free Beacon, left-wing billionaire George Soros gave over $1 million to a group filing suits and complaints against Trump.
From Voice Of Europe, Finland announces a policy change for migrants trying to enter the country illegally.
From Russia Today, Russian President Putin denies being at war with rap.
From Sputnik International, a magnitude-7.5 earthquake strikes Kamchatka.
From Radio Poland, the U.S. supports the Three Seas Initiative, led by Poland.
From Radio Praha, dozens of gold coins have been found in a pasture in the Czech region of Pardubice.
From The Slovak Spectator, a Slovak company is expected to sell flying cars in 2020.
From the Hungary Journal, Hungarian President Janos Ader signs an amendment to labor law, which had inspired protests.
From About Hungary, the protesters caused "millions of forints" of damage to the Parliament building and Kossuth Square.
From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian defense ministry purchases an air defense system from Airbus.
From Deutsche Welle, two members of the German Bundestag meet with Julian Assange.
From the NL Times, it's another hand grenade.
From Dutch News, some environmental groups are "furious" that a new Dutch climate deal will not include a tax on carbon dioxide emissions. (This goes to show that such groups are interested mainly in making government bigger, such as by tax increases.)
From VRT NWS, Flemish authorities set up a Brexit helpline.
From Politicalite, the "yellow vest" movement spreads northward in Britain. (via Voice Of Europe)
From BBC News, German airports are on alert after suspected terrorists were seen staking out the airport in Stuttgart.
From the Express, Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg comes up with a "simple" plan for dealing with the Irish border.
From the Evening Standard, for the second straight night, Gatwick Airport is closed due to numerous drone sightings.
From the (U.K.) Independent, Tory and Labour MPs move to stop a no-deal Brexit.
From the (Irish) Independent, Ireland's Taoiseach reveals that the Irish government is not preparing for a hard border with the U.K. (If anyone knows how to pronounce "Taoiseach", feel free to tell me in a comment.)
From the Irish Examiner, President Michael Higgins signs into a law a bill making abortion legal in Ireland.
From France24, the French government raises police wages.
From RFI, nine people have now died in the "yellow vest" protests.
From El País, two jailed Catalan separatists sign a joint letter calling for peaceful protests.
From SwissInfo, Switzerland and the U.K. sign a treaty on worker rights for citizens living each other's country.
From ANSA, demolition works starts on what's left of Genoa's Morandi Bridge.
From Malta Today, Maltese customs officials seize five tons cannabis resin, the second largest drug bust in the country's history.
From Total Croatia News, the E.U. gives Croatia €6.8 million for border management.
From Ekathimerini, a Greek astrophysicist receives an award for contributing to the discovery of gravitational waves.
From the Greek Reporter, Greece's defense minister talks tough about Turkey.
From Novinite, the U.S. "wants stronger security ties with Bulgaria".
From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkey's defense minister, their military is preparing for another operation in Syria.
From Turkish Minute, land near Okluk Bay will be expropriated with compensation for a presidential summer residence.
From Arutz Sheva, the IDF starts demolishing four Hezbollah terror tunnels.
From The Times Of India, an Islamic seminary calls men and women eating together at a program or function un-Islamic.
From LailasNews, two women are arrested for planning a same-sex wedding in Kano, Nigeria.
From i24News, Egyptian security forces have killed eight terrorists who allegedly had been plotting attacks on Christians.
From Gatestone Institute, Palestinian children are victims of Arab apartheid.
From CBC News, in 2019, Canada will mint a new loonie to mark the 50th anniversary of the decriminalization of homosexuality. (The term "loonie" is a nickname for the Canadian $1 coin, which portrays a loon on its reverse side.)
From Real Clear Science, we need more venison. (via HotAir)
And from The Babylon Bee, Lena Dunham will star in an all-female reboot of Braveheart.
UPDATE: From The Hill, in a late-breaking development, the House passes a bill which includes funding for the wall.
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